Reviewer, editor, pagecreator, pagedeleter
41,690
edits
Ohio History: Difference between revisions
m
Replaced obsolete footnotes
m (Text replacement - "=FS Library book" to "=FS Catalog book") |
m (Replaced obsolete footnotes) |
||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
*[https://ohiostatepress.org/books/BookPages/VanTineBuilders.html Builders of Ohio]. | *[https://ohiostatepress.org/books/BookPages/VanTineBuilders.html Builders of Ohio]. | ||
*[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawhome.html The First American West:The Ohio River Valley 1750-1820]. | *[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml/fawhome.html The First American West: The Ohio River Valley 1750-1820]. | ||
*[http://www.genealogybooklinks.com/Ohio.htm Ohio Genealogy Book Links] | *[http://www.genealogybooklinks.com/Ohio.htm Ohio Genealogy Book Links] | ||
*[http://www.columbuslibrary.org/myhistory Ohio's digital history collection]. Images and index. | *[http://www.columbuslibrary.org/myhistory Ohio's digital history collection]. Images and index. | ||
*[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories3.htm#oh County and Town Histories], with biographies | *[http://www.learnwebskills.com/family/countyhistories3.htm#oh County and Town Histories], with biographies | ||
=== History === | === History === | ||
Ancient burial mounds and forts throughout the region showed evidence of the | Ancient burial mounds and forts throughout the region showed evidence of the Hopewell Indians. In the 1600s, European explorers found the Delaware, Shawnee, Mingo, Wyandot, 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 Northwest Territory was established, and the Treaty of Greenville signed, thousands of settlers came to the Ohio region. Among the early settlers were Revolutionary War soldiers who had been given bounty lands in southeast Ohio for their military service. | ||
The | The Harrison Land Act in 1800 which enabled common people to purchase land in the Northwest Territory, which they did rapidly helping Ohio to become the 17th state on March 1, 1803. | ||
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. | 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. | ||
Ohioans were instrumental in smuggling freedom seeking slaves to Canada by using the | Ohioans were instrumental in smuggling freedom seeking slaves to Canada by using the Underground Railroad. This resulted in a scattering of small [http://www.angelfire.com/oh/chillicothe/ugrr.html African American communities] serving as temporary safe havens in southeastern Ohio.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "History of Ohio," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ohio, accessed 17 May 2025</ref> | ||
The following important events in the history of [[Ohio, United States Genealogy|Ohio]] affected political jurisdictions, family movements, and record keeping. | The following important events in the history of [[Ohio, United States Genealogy|Ohio]] affected political jurisdictions, family movements, and record keeping. | ||