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Beginning in the early 1780s, states with claims to western lands began to cede their rights to the central government.
In 1786, Connecticut, one of the seven landed states, ceded much of its claim within the Northwest Territory. However, a tract of nearly 3.7 million acres was held back (reserved) in the area west of Pennsylvania and south of Lake Erie. Connecticut officials hoped to enrich the state’s treasury by selling these lands at some point in the future. These lands became known as the Connecticut Western Reserve, but little development occurred in the early years.
In 1792, Connecticut granted 500,000 acres of the Reserve, later known as the “firelands," to state residents who had lost their property to British raids during the War for Independence.
The Connecticut Land Company purchased the remaining lands in the Western Reserve in 1795. This was a risky proposition because the heavily forested area was difficult to develop. Cleveland, Ohio, the Reserve's first permanent settlement, was established in 1796.
The Western Reserve was included in the Northwest Territory in 1800, when the first government was introduced to the area.
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Quotes regarding The Western Reserve.
By Horace Greeley
The best business you can go into you will find on your father's farm or in his workshop. If you have no family or friends to aid you, and no prospect open to you there, turn your face to the great West and there build up your home and fortune.
An excerpt from To Aspiring Young Men, 1846. This is often shortened and paraphrased to, "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."
Congress Grants Connecticut the Western Reserve
Congress Grants Connecticut the Western Reserve What in the west was "reserved" and who reserved it? When the American Revolution ended in 1783, the United States gained the Northwest Territory – an area of land that included thethe Western Reserve What in the west was "reserved" and who reserved it? When the American Revolution ended in 1783, the United States gained the Northwest Territory – an area of land that included the present states ...
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Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve
"Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve" published under the auspices of the Woman's Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission in 1896, edited by Mrs. Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham. GARRETTSVILLE, PORTthe Western Reserve" published under the auspices of the Woman's Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission in 1896, edited by Mrs. Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham. GARRETTSVILLE, PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO ...
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcclintock/pioneerwomen.htm
The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum - Western Reserve Historical Society
The Crawford Collection of historic vehicles was donated to the Western Reserve Historical Society in 1963. Prior to that, the collection was privately owned by TRW, Inc. and was housed in the Thompson Products Auto Album. NEWthe Western Reserve Historical Society in 1963. Prior to that, the collection was privately owned by TRW, Inc. and was housed in the Thompson Products Auto Album. NEW! Check out the ...
http://www.wrhs.org/crawford/default.asp
