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Was five miles wide and eight miles wide by the time it reached lakeeren ie. It was like a pieshaped wedge that became the toledo strip that ohio and michigan started to wrangle over. Both ohio and michigan were focused on what was back then the port of miami, miami being the indian term for the river. It is that connection to the river basin and lake erie. Everyone knew eventually that would become a very important port. Both michigan and ohio wanted to be part of that. Theerie canal opened in 1925. People recognized the value of the canal system. Now you have the miamierie canal being built. They realized it had to be built somewhere in this area. Both michigan and ohio wanted that. What a legend is a fur trapper familiar with the area came down with the legislature and reminded them if they drew that line, they were going to lose the toledo area that we know today. So they made an adjustment and moved the line northward as they reached lake erie. That went into the 1803 statehood ap
Profession, you need to get men to want to do the job because the payee inevitably will go up. [laughter] if you want to explore our nations past, every weekend on cspan3. Next on the civil war, Kristen Pawlak talked about the battle of Wilsons Creek, fought between union and Confederate Forces in southwest missouri in august 1861. She explained that the conflict, while not widely known, is significant because it was the first major battle west of the mississippi river. This talk was a part of a symposium on forgotten battles of the civil war hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Our next speaker will be speaking on the battle of Wilsons Creek. Pawlak. Kristen graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor of arts degrees in civil war studies. She has worked for the misery Civil War Museum in st. Louis, the American Battlefield trust, and the Gettysburg College special collections. She currently serves on the board of directors for the marine scholarship foundation. She is working
Police stay the good news is nobody was hurt but the shooting is cause for concern. This is an ongoing and active investigation. Police have blocked off the main entrance of the library to collect evidence. Multiple rounds struck not only the library but a city parking garage. When officers arrived they found two windows, one on the 7th floor, another on the 8th floor that had been shot at. The university sent out a alert to avoid the area. Social media a student reported glass falling on his studying materials. People were directed to the bac library and ay away. I got a phone call from a friend saying there were shots fired, sirens. San jose p. D. Was allaround. Shots in the 7th floor window. I wont park in there, i will research from home. Im used to shootings, the fact it was in the library. Across the street from the Library Officers were at the parking garage above the flames restaurant. We discovered at least three bullet holds in a elevator shaft window. The shots may have been