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Indiana Territory

Indiana Territory Indiana Territory was an organized incorporated territory that was created by an Act of Congress and signed into law on May 7, 1800, by John Adams who was then the President of the United States. The territory existed from 1800 to 1816 and included parts of the present-day states of Illinois, Wisconsin, a major part of Indiana, Michigan, and the eastern portion of Minnesota. The territory officially became a part of the Union as the State of Indiana on December 11, 1816. Becoming A US Territory Map of the United States with territorial divisions fro 1805 to 1809. The Northwest Territory was an organized unincorporated territory that was created by the Confederation Congress via the Northwest Ordinance in 1787. The vast Northwest Territory included major parts of the land area that was located to the east of the Mississippi River and the north of the Ohio River. On May 7, 1800, the US Congress decided to split the Northwest Territory into two parts. The larger

Perfect for St Pat s Day—a history of the Irish in Illinois

New book by NIU professor, former student sheds light on towering roles of Irish Americans March 9, 2021 DeKalb, Ill.  Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, NIU History Professor Sean Farrell and his former doctoral student Mathieu Billings, now a faculty associate in history and political science at the University of Indianapolis, have a new book out titled, “The Irish in Illinois.” How did the Irish help shape the Prairie State? Who have been some of the most unheralded Irish in state history? Where does Illinois rank in terms of its St. Paddy’s Day celebrations? Farrell and Billings have the answers.

This Week In Illinois History: Salt In Our State s Wounds (March 3, 1803)

This Week In Illinois History: Salt In Our State’s Wounds (March 3, 1803) Edward Worthen poses with the 60-gallon iron kettle his grandfather used to extract salt in southern Illinois in the early 1800s (picture date unknown). Credit Internet Archive Before coal, before oil, even before corn, the biggest and busiest industry in Illinois was salt.   This once-booming enterprise was located just southeast of Equality, in southern Illinois’ Gallatin County. The heavily brined water was pulled from springs, boiled down and the salt laid out to dry. Native Americans did this for generations, then they taught the process to the French. In 1763, after the French and Indian War, control of the salt springs went to the British.

Early pioneer struggles include building their own place to live

Early pioneer struggles include building their own place to live Star Courier NEPONSET – Why would 1830’s Ohio and Pennsylvania families leave the comfort of towns, clap-board houses, general stores, schools and churches? Not to mention the livery stables, doctors and dentists. The answer is, not all folks were living in comfort. They were on lower rung of communities as tenant farmers, lower paid employees and young people with little future. Some farmers went west from the stony fields of New England, and Southern families went west from the crowded lands of Virginia and the Carolinas. Some suffering from bad luck, bad management or bad judgement with the law. Families were large, and only one child could inherit the family home. To European immigrants the American frontier offered political freedom and economic opportunity. As a group, they saw 160 acres of land offered in the Military Tract of 1812, Illinois Territory, North boundary as a way out. This specific area was 3.5

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