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This latest in the ""Regions of America"" series takes us into three heartland states formed in the early 1800's---Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Written by a native of that area, the book is a remarkably sensitive---almost poetic---invocation of the past, a stimulating view of the present. The coming of the French in the Seventeenth Century is particularly interesting, as when Tonty created his settlements and trade centers along the rivers, only to...
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Genealogy and local history volume LH10990
American commonwealths volume 12
American commonwealths volume V. 12
American commonwealths volume 12
American commonwealths volume V. 12
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From discovery, to final settlement of illegality of slavery in the state, about 1820.
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After the 1787 Congress enacted the ordinance establishing "the Territory Northwest of the river Ohio, this publication, delineeating the early history and colorful personalities of the region, originally appeared as chapters I - II in the fifth volume of the Dakota edition of Theodore Roosevilt's WINNING OF THE WEST.
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Genealogy and local history volume LH9050
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Reprint of the 1911 edition.
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The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West Virginia, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, more often than not they left their bones to bleach beside forest paths or on the banks of the Ohio River,...
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Young patriots volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
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Childhood of the explorer and soldier who won the Northwest Territory for the United States during the Revolutionary War.
20) Long Knife
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 36
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Two centuries ago, with the support of the young Revolutionary government, George Rogers Clark led a small but fierce army west from Virginia to conquer all the territory between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He battled the British, forged friendships with French and Spanish settlers, and made treaties with many Indian tribes who revered him and called him Long Knife.
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