Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-05-05
NORTHW EST TERRITORY.


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HOW Chicago WAS host "a III" state "'
"'S',lH'"'
Chicago would have been n Wiscon-
sin city If this Slate had been allowed
to retain the territory which one" right
fully belonged to her said General
Hobart, in conversation with rcpor.
ter for the milwaukee, "eHlHnch
he story Is long one, and covers
nearly one hundred years OF the histo-
~ OF the territory out OF which Wis
consin was formed Not only was Wis
consin deprived OF all the territory
which was added TO limos, out the
upper Michigan peninSu Ia belonged TO
Wisconsin BY rights and was added to
Michigan UcIorc Wisconsin was strong
enough to assert her rights. Wisconsin
was tie last state composing lhcNorth-
west territory to be admitted to the
nulon' ana mad to content herself by
taking what was lett
lhe words OF zen Hobart suggested
an examination INTO the early settle
ment ana orEalH ,tloh OF the states IN
cluded IN the Northwest territory, The
llrst INK III lhc cialM OF lille Is to be
louhd IN Tue ordinance OF 400 an
instrument adopted ny virginia III the
year mentioned by which the territory
northwest anu west OF me Ohlo river,
ana east OF Inc NllSSiss Ppl river, known
rs Northwest territory, was coded to
'h' United STATES Inc ordinance
stipulated that III inc settlement OF tho
territory 1t migHt be divided into not
less lhan three nor more than i've
states, Inc western state was TO DO
bounced ny INC ONO ana NaDaSh
rlPerS' dlr'cI liho 'FaWh lsom the
N"oA'h ahH luSt 'lhcents, que north
10 inc 'cTr't"!la inc between the Uni
tcu o'"to5 anu o"h"ua' ana ny INC sald
ieriltoflal me 10 Inc Lake OF the
WOODS ana MISSISSIPPI RIVER Inc
hiuale s'il'e 'no"'u DC bounded by
'hc sniu olcel iihc, tne aoash from
IoSV 'lhceGt 10 shc oN'oi W INC ONO,
py olFcct Ii"c uraWh uuc horth from
lhc mouth o. Inc 'lreat MlAmi TO the
saiu territorial me lhc pOuhdarles
ior inc eastern state were 10 DC "the
reh.SyIVah''' anu inc saiu territorial
iinc'
roiio"ihS inc uesiSn"'eu boundaries
VI ','c 'liicc s'"tcS was provision anu
uec4arHtioh tn'I NC oouhuarles Oh lheSe
thfee states Shou!u DC SUBJECT so lar TO
pe Altered that II congress should
thereafter iihu " eSPouieht' IL should
nave a"thorily 10 Term one or TWO
s'"teS III 'naI part OF INC territory lying
hor'l' Oh an cast anu west iihe urawh
through .ie Soulheriy Dehu OF extreme
u Lake MlchiSan'
nc lltst ul'' ,non oi the northwest
'ellitory was III looo' "neu part was
Se' on "n" N"o"n Us lnuian! terrltoly.
IN loo9 lhulaha was again dlVlueu, ana
limos 'errllory was formed the
hortherh boundary Deihg inc east ana
west me drawn 'hrougn the southern
extremity OF Lake NllcAIgan. INDIANA
was auhi'teu us state IN 1910 ana us
northern boundary was extended ten
mics horlh OF 'hat iihe' mus encroach.
inLs 10 'hat extent on the territory OF
tne iuture stn'c OF Mlchisan, On April
TO- 1910 limos WAS authorized to
form constitution, ana lis boundary
was continued horthward 10 Longitude
Az degrees ~ minutes, thus curtalllng
inc lulurc state OF Wisconsin to that
e%tcnt, ana taxing IN tho present coun-
Ties OF Mcllehry ana Look, portion
OF VIII county, and all tho territory
lying westward rs Tar rs the Mississippi |