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| | The History of Genesee, MI, Ch. 1, The Northwest Territory |
 | | In 1800 the Northwest Territory was divided, by a north and south line, a part of which is not the boundary between Ohio and Indiana, and which, extending north to the boundary of the United States, cut Michigan in two halves. |
 | | This area was called the Northwest Territory, out of which have been carved the states of Ohio, Indian, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin; its first governor was General Arthur St. Clair, a veteran officer of the American Revolution. |
 | | The western half was included in the new Indiana Territory, and when, in 1803, Ohio became a state, the whole of the lower peninsula of Michigan became a part of the new territory. |
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