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Traditions of the Western Reserve and early Ohio settlement
A historical sketch recounts the Western Reserve's sparsely populated beginnings in 1796, desert forests and the hardships faced by settlers. It traces a father's perilous journey to fetch provisions, the endurance of winter, and the unity of regional states amid slavery era debates and legal limits on Black and mulatto rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chardon Spectator
Western Reserve
New England
Ohio
Lake Erie
Great West
Utica
Detroit
New York
Connecticut Land Company
Cleveland
Conneaut
Erie
Presq Isle
Buffalo
Raisin
Connecticut
Hartford
Mree
Cattaraugus
Seneca Billy
Presquisle
Elt Creek
Committee On the Judiciary
Cusheg
Gaeseral A Sarnbis
United States
Qhio
South
Virginia
Kentucky
Electora
Neishkefom
Gto
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Vermont
American Society