Further cessions from states were expected, and various founding-era figures hoped to acquire additional territory ranging from Canada to Cuba. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 promised that the ...

David McCullough is best known to most readers for his popular biographies of some of the most prominent names in American history — Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John Adams and the ...

The Daviess County Museum will host author and speaker Richard Day for a presentation on the historical significance of the 1787 Northwest Ordinance on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 1 ...

The Northwest Territory would eventually become Ohio ... Also Fort Steuben, which claims February 1787, but the original ...