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The Northwest Territory was the first American push westward outside the original 13 colonies. The Revolutionary war was over and the Constitution was on its way to being ratified, so enterprising ...

Editorial: There is one thing the Declaration of Secession makes abundantly clear: slavery is the prominent reason ...

The Northwest Territory was made up of all the land west of Pennsylvania, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River, up to the border with Canada — real estate that now includes ...

But which of the more than 250,000 rivers found in the U.S. are the longest? Here, we highlight the 30 that stretch the most ...

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If you can’t tell crows and ravens apart, you may think you’re uncovering a minor conspiracy when you’re actually witnessing ...

Francis Baily was 21 when he embarked on a tour of the young United States in the late 1790s, including visits to Cincinnati ...

From the very earliest. The publication refers to Fort Sanduski on the shores of what is now Sandusky Bay as the first fort ...

St. Clair served as president of the Continental Congress in 1787 and the following year was named governor of the Northwest Territory — including the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois.

Canada’s northwest territory. The frontier is truly spectacular. Several trip options chug past glacial rivers, waterfalls, gorges and plenty of wildlife. You’ll get a taste of yesteryear on ...