Title Blazes, posts & stones : a history of Ohio's original land subdivisions / James L. Williams

Edition First edition Published Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Series Series on Ohio history and culture Ohio history and culture. Contents Introduction: A History of Ohio's Original Land Subdivisions -- Land Act of 1785 -- The Old Seven Ranges -- The Ohio Company's Purchase -- The Donation Tract -- The Virginia Military District -- The Symmes' Purchase -- The Indian War of 1790-95 -- The French Grants -- The Land Act of 1796 -- The Greenville Treaty Line -- The United States Military Lands -- Congress Lands East of the Scioto -- Congress Lands West of the Miami River -- Congress Lands North of the Old Seven Ranges -- Muskingum River Survey or Buckingham's Survey -- Refugee Lands -- Congress Lands Between the Miami Rivers -- Connecticut Western Reserve, Parts 1 and 2 -- The New Purchase, North of the U.S. Military Lands -- Fire Lands or Sufferers Lands -- The Twelve Mile Square Reserve -- Congress Lands South and East of the Meridian -- Congress Lands North and East of the Meridian -- The Michigan Meridian Survey Summary A culmination of decades of research on field notes, plats, correspondence, legislation, and observations of surveyors, cartographers, government officials, military commanders, Native Americans, early settlers, and land speculators, this volume is the first of its kind in nearly a century. Interweaving the history of Ohio and biographies of the individuals associated with surveying and mapping, Blazes, Posts and Stones is a must-read book about the non-sequential development of Ohio lands and its subdivisions. The book is complete with maps and figures and provides technical descriptions of them. An excellent resource for county engineers, but also for those who have an interest in Ohio history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Public lands -- Ohio -- History Land grants -- Ohio -- History Surveying -- Ohio -- History Surveyors -- Ohio -- Biography Cartographers -- Ohio -- Biography Cartographers Geography Land grants Public lands Surveying Surveyors SUBJECT Ohio -- Geography Ohio -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094274 Ohio -- History, Local Subject Ohio Genre/Form Biographies History Local history Form Electronic book ISBN 9781937378516 1937378519 9781937378523 1937378527

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