With
the establishment of the United States of America at the conclusion of the Revolutionary
War, this fledgling, imprudent nation began the greatest experiment of mankind. To
guarantee the success of its new nationhood, immigrants were needed for population growth
as borders expanded west into the Northwest Territories, including Ohio and Shelby County.
The Louisiana Purchase (1803) created a nation considerably larger than its
motherland, and with the boundless courage of the explorers, Lewis and Clark, the gates
were now open... |