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Ancient burial mounds and forts throughout the region showed evidence of the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1283 Hopewell Indians]. In the 1600's, [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/time_period.php?rec=2 European explorers] found the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=584 Delaware], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=631 Shawnee], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=608 Mingo], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=646 Wyandot], [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=606 Miami] and other [[Indians of Ohio|Indian tribes]] living there. At one time France and Great Britain both held claims to the Ohio area. After the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=772 Northwest Territory] was established, and the [http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1418 Treaty of Greenville] signed, thousands of settlers came to the Ohio region. Among the early settlers were Revolutionary War soldiers who had been given [http://www.genealogy.com/24_land.html bounty lands] in southeast Ohio for their military service.  

To connect with trade to the East, Ohio built a 1,000-mile long canal system of eighty-three locks called the [http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~lstevens/canal/ Ohio and Erie Canal], opening in 1825. This made an outlet for the Ohioan’s farms, forests and mines to conduct trade with the outside communities. The [http://www.west2k.com/ohstations/stations.htm railroad] arrived in the mid 1800's, turning Ohio into a crossroads for trade and migration.