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 ...

July 13, 1787: Northwest Territory established. Story by David Tristan ... They passed the Land Ordinance of 1784, which set up a process to divide the Northwest Territory into new states, ...

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 War.

By a vote of 17-1 on this day in 1787, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, approved legislation that set out a path for statehood for territories northwest of the Ohio River.

White Southerners may have brought a few slaves into Northwest Territory states ... So, this Thanksgiving season, take a moment to give thanks for the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Tags: CONSERVATISM.

Description. Author David McCullough talked about the Northwest Territory and its importance. He discussed the significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and its impact on the growth of the ...

Here's something to be thankful for: the Northwest Ordinance. You might ask: What is the Northwest Ordinance? The answer: It's a law passed by the Confederation Congress meeting openly in New York ...

Here’s a suggestion of something to be thankful for: the Northwest Ordinance.You might ask, ... It’s a law passed by the Confederation Congress meeting openly in New York in July 1787, ...

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 ...

The book goes on to tell how Cutler's son Ephraim Cutler founded the first Northwest Territory settlement at Marietta, ... take a moment to give thanks for the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.