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  Ohio Country: Just the facts...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Ohio Country quickly became one of the most desirable locations for Trans-Appalachian settlements, in particular among veterans of the American Revolutionary War (The revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783).
Virginia (A state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War) was granted the land south of the Ohio and Pennsylvania (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) was granted the area around the headwaters of the Ohio.
The "Ohio Territory" is sometimes used in reference to the Northwest Territory.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/oh/ohio_country.htm   (985 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ohio Country   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ohio, the region north of the Ohio River and south of the Great Lakes, was originally controlled by various native tribes.
Ohio's southern border is defined by the Ohio River (with the border being at the 1793 low-water mark on the north side of the river), and much of the northern border is defined by Lake Erie.
Ohio was also a deciding factor in the 1948 presidential election when Democrat Harry S. Truman defeated Republican Thomas Dewey (who had won the state four years earlier) and in the 1976 presidential election when Democrat Jimmy Carter defeated Republican Gerald Ford by a slim margain in Ohio and took the election.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ohio-Country   (883 words)

  
 Read about Ohio Country at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Ohio Country and learn about Ohio Country here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and in the region of the upper Ohio River south of Lake Erie.
The high-water mark of the Native American struggle to retain the region was in 1782, when the Ohio Nations and the British met in a council at the Chalawgatha village along the
Public Land Survey System, sections of the Ohio Lands were incrementally granted to various parties and were surveyed using disparate survey systems.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Ohio_Country   (1177 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Ohio Country Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Ohio Country was the name used in the 18th century for the regions of North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and in the region of the upper Ohio River south of Lake Erie.
The rivalry between the two Europeans nations, the Iroquois, and the Shawnee for country of the region played an important part of the French and Indian War in the 1750s.
The Shawnee and the their allies the Lenape had been driven from east of the Alleghenies by the British of the Pennsylvania Colony through what the Shawnee considered to have been an unjust treaty.
www.ipedia.com /ohio_country.html   (1221 words)

  
 Genealogy: Ohio Genealogy Sites
Ohio genealogy sites with surnames, look ups, marriage records, census sites, biographies, death records, military, and libraries to help with your Ohio genealogy research in your search for your ancestors.
Ohio genealogy look ups, genology societies, publications available from genealogical societies and individuals, lost female ancestors queries, and related links for genealogy research in Ohio.
This digital collection illuminates specific moments in the history of Ohio's African-Americans and provides an overview of their experiences during the time period 1850 to 1920 in the words of the people that lived them.
www.genealinks.com /states/oh.htm   (621 words)

  
 George Croghan Suggested Reading   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Twentieth century history of Sandusky County, Ohio and representative citizens.
Croghan, beneath the monument erected in his honor on Fort Stephenson, Fremont, Ohio.
The Ohio Country between the years 1783 and 1815.
www.sandusky-county-scrapbook.net /Croghan/CroghSugRdg.htm   (102 words)

  
 Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth, Ohio, country singer, Too Many Times October 17 in History
Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth, Ohio, country singer, Too Many Times October 17 in History
Earl Thomas Conley, Portsmouth, Ohio, country singer, Too Many Times
When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1941/october_17_1941_100299.html   (56 words)

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