. Book of the Royal blue . laim to allthis vast territory of prairie and forest,except the tract, then known historicallyas Connecticuts Western lieserve, ex-tending from the western boundary of Penn-sylvania westward 120 miles and about fiftymiles in width, the forty-first parallel beingthe southern boundary and the InternationalLine bounding it on the north. This tract,containing nearly l,0(KI,()0 of acres, is nowrenowned and well known as the West-ern Reserve. In 17i)2 the State donated•)0() acres of her Western Reserve to her and education; there are several traditionsregarding his history
. Book of the Royal blue . laim to allthis vast territory of prairie and forest,except the tract, then known historicallyas Connecticuts Western lieserve, ex-tending from the western boundary of Penn-sylvania westward 120 miles and about fiftymiles in width, the forty-first parallel beingthe southern boundary and the InternationalLine bounding it on the north. This tract,containing nearly l,0(KI,()0 of acres, is nowrenowned and well known as the West-ern Reserve. In 17i)2 the State donated•)0() acres of her Western Reserve to her and education; there are several traditionsregarding his history but all agree he wasbrought from (.Quebec by .Jesuit missionariesto found a mission among the Ottawas, butsoon became identified with them. Thebay was called Lac Sandoustee, meaninglake at the cold waters, and strange asit may appear Lake Erie was the last ofthe great lakes to be explored and thesouth shore, of which Sandusky P>ay is apart, the last of all. Charlevoixs map(17741 is marked, this shore almost
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