The community gathered at the First Congregational United Church of Christ on Front Street to celebrate the 238th anniversary ...

Finally, in 1787, the Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, which officially established the territory as an area to be administered by an appointed Governor, while it got chopped ...

This year marks the 238th Anniversary of the Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1787. A program celebrating that anniversary at ...

The film "The Westward Movement: Settlers Of The Old Northwest Territory" (1962) explores the migration and settlement of the Northwest Territory in the United States following the Revolutionary ...

The Northwest Ordinance's 238th anniversary showcases its enduring legacy, including in Ohio's legal system and education ...

Paul LaRue, president of the Ohio State Board of Education and Retired Teachers, presented his “Honoring the Birth of ...

The ordinance provided a plan for governance for the American territory west of Pennsylvania and north of the Ohio River. It provided that the land be surveyed and divided into 6-mile-by-6-mile ...

MARIETTA — Citizens of Marietta gathered around the Start Westward Memorial Thursday morning to celebrate the 236th Anniversary of the Northwest Territory Ordinance of 1787. Starting off the ...

Finally, in 1787, the Confederation Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance, which officially established the territory as an area to be administered by an appointed Governor, while it got chopped ...

White Southerners may have brought a few slaves into Northwest Territory states -- the Dred Scott case arose from a similar situation -- but the ordinance clearly deterred large slaveholders from ...