The world: historical and actual . er having the best claim, the latter the least. Theyall surrendered their claims, except Connecticut,whichheld on, partially, to the northwest corner of Ohio,known as the Western Reserve. The Northwest Ter-ritory was organized in 1788, with General St. Clairwho had been President of the ContinentalCongress, as first governor. The ordinance es-tablishing the Territory forever prohibited slavery,and set apart for educational purposes a portion ofthe public domain, on a policy which has always been dependence of the people. In some portions of thestate grapes ar
The world: historical and actual . er having the best claim, the latter the least. Theyall surrendered their claims, except Connecticut,whichheld on, partially, to the northwest corner of Ohio,known as the Western Reserve. The Northwest Ter-ritory was organized in 1788, with General St. Clairwho had been President of the ContinentalCongress, as first governor. The ordinance es-tablishing the Territory forever prohibited slavery,and set apart for educational purposes a portion ofthe public domain, on a policy which has always been dependence of the people. In some portions of thestate grapes are raised in immense quantities, espe-cially iii the vicinity of lake Erie. There is a greatdeal of manufacturing industry. The large cities,Cincinnati and Cleveland especially, are extensivelyengaged in all sorts of manufactures using iron andwood. The state has a very large number of col-leges, most of them merely academies, Oberlin andAntioch being test known. The state has producedsome eminent men, Thomas Corwin, the great ora-. VIEW OP CINCINNATI. adhered to in the organization of territories. Thestate, under the name of Ohio, was admitted to theUnion in 1803. Prom a geographical point of viewKansas is the central state of the Union, but inpractical matters Ohio is really the central is rich and prosperous in a pre-eminent has no mountains, neither is it a prairie state. Itis a rolling tableland, admirably adapted, for themost part, to agriculture. It abounds in coal, andin the southern part are found immense deposits ofiron. Petroleum has also been found in large quan-tities. Wheat, corn and livestock are the main tor, Salmon P. Chase, statesman and jurist, JoshuaR. Giddings, statesman, and James A. Garfield, sol-dier and statesman. It is also the home of Ex-Presi-dent Hayes and the birthplace of the three greatsoldiers of the Union, Grant, Sherman and is the capital. Politically it is almostevenly divided, but generally goes Republican
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