Before Ohio became the 17th State, it had a fairly complicated history. You have the better part of two centuries where countries like the British Empire, France, and Spain tried to claim ownership, even though the native population had clearly been here long before them. You also had a number of settlers from other places […]

When looking at the history of Ohio, sometimes we’re tempted to start sometime around 1803 when Ohio officially became a state. There are a few problems with this, though, such as how it completely ignores the period of time from 1787 to 1803 when the area was part of The Northwest Territory. Starting then is