The Toledo War of 1835-1836, also known as the Ohio-Michigan War, the '''Battle of Phillip's Crossing, the Ohio-Michigan Boundary War and the Michigan-Ohio War''', was a largely bloodless boundary dispute between the state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory of the United States over a 468 square mile (1,210 km²) strip of land including what is now the city of Toledo, Ohio. John Quincy Adams, who at the time represented Massachusetts in Congress, supported Michigan and summed up his opinion on the dispute: "Never in the course of my life have I known a controversy of which all the right so clearly on one side and all the power so overwhelmingly on the other." When the Northwest Territory was established with the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, there were no accurate Surveying of the region. The Ordinance defined an east-west line from the southern tip of Lake Michigan to divide the Northwest Territory for administrative purposes. The precise location of that Ordinance Line became the subject of dispute between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory. When Ohio became a state in 1803, its constitution included a provision that redrew the Ordinance Line such that it angled slightly northward and included Toledo and all of Maumee Bay in Ohio. The discrepancy between the original Ordinance Line and Ohio's revision defined an area that became known as the Toledo Strip. When Michigan applied to become a state in 1835, it claimed the original Ordinance Line as its southern boundary. However, Ohio refused to cede the Toledo Strip. Ohio's Governor Robert Lucas drew counties and set up county governments in the strip. Toledo was placed within Lucas County, Ohio of Ohio, named after the Governor. Michigan's youthful territorial governor Stevens Thomson Mason (Michigan) responded by sending a militia force to the area. Lucas did the same. The Strip was at the time covered with dense Eastern arborvitae swamps (collectively known as the "Great Black Swamp"), which today have been almost totally drained to create farm land. The two militias got lost for weeks and never actually found each other in the swamps. Though at one point a Monroe County, Michigan, deputy was stabbed while arresting an Ohio man in a tavern, no one else was seriously injured. The Congress of the United States agreed to grant Michigan statehood in 1836, but only if it relinquished its claim to the disputed tract. In exchange, Michigan would be granted the western two-thirds of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the eastern portion was already part of the Territory). At the time this appeared to make Ohio the winner because the Upper Peninsula was thought to be worthless; only later was the extent of its rich mineral and timber resources learned. The "war" ended at a Michigan territorial convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 14, 1836, at which Peter Morey, a delegate from Lenawee County, Michigan, put forward a resolution noting that though the delegates "solemnly protest" the conditions of admission to the union, they would nevertheless agree to the terms "as a token of our respect for the Congress of the United States, and a convincing evidence of our love for the union, and our desire to be admitted to partake of its privileges." The bitterness between Ohio and Michigan led to the meeting's being referred to as "the Frostbitten Convention." Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, becoming the 26th state. The boundary between Ohio and Michigan in Lake Erie was not finally resolved until a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1973. Traces of the original Ordinance Line can still be seen in northwestern Ohio and northern Indiana. The northern boundary of Ottawa County, Ohio with Lucas County, Ohio follows the original Ordinance Line. Many township boundaries also follow that line and many old north-south roads are offset as they cross the line. The line is identified on topographical maps as the ''Old Indian Treaty Boundary''. A common (but unsubstantiated) legend claims that Ohioans gave Michigan its nickname, "The Wolverine State", because Michiganders were vicious and bloodthirsty during the Toledo War. The wolverine is not a common sight in Michigan, having been extirpated from the state in the early 1800s. ==See also== * Ohio Lands * Toledo Strip timeline * Military history of the United States ==External links== *[http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0004127.html&StartPage=127&EndPage=198&volume=4¬es=&newtitle=Volume%204%20Page%20127 Ohio History Journal article on the boundaries of Ohio] *[http://www.toledolibrary.org/tprofile/chapter_three.htm Toledo Library History] *[http://laws.findlaw.com/us/410/420.html Text of MICHIGAN V. OHIO, 410 U.S. 420], 1973 Supreme Court decision resolving Michigan-Ohio boundary in Lake Erie United States warsOhio historyMichigan history
I think this is the only thing anyone paid attention to in my Michigan history classes back in middle school ==recent edits== #Land in Indiana did not play any role in the "Toledo War". Additional land was transfered from Michigan Territory to Indiana many years before this conflict took place. And as can be seen by the slight difference in northern borders between Ohio and Indiana, the land used different survey lines which were done independently. #The J.Q. Adams quote is out of place. I don't doubt that he said something like that, but he was most definitely not a representative at the time of the conflict. The quote needs to be better contextualized for it to be of use here. User:Bkonrad≠User talk:Bkonrad 11:49, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC) ---- Moved from User talk:Bkonrad Your edits on the Toledo War are mindboggling. You need to take a moment to read John Quincy Adams' bio. When is it you think he was a member of Congress, and where are you finding this information? (Do share your source here.) His quote on the matter is one of the most compelling comments on the War. I'd suggest you contact a historical society in the area if you truly believe your changes to be correct and warranted; any will have ample information on the War. I have done this myself--thus my confidence in reverting to the last edit on 01:58, Oct 25, 2004. And be careful when you edit not to introduce syntax errors. :John Quincy Adams represented Massachusetts in Congress from March 4, 1803, until June 8, 1808. The Toledo War took place in 1835-1836. You tell me how he can be called a member of Congress at the time. Now, disputes over the boundary predates the actual "war" by many decades--since the time that Ohio became a state in 1803. Perhaps Adams' comment is from that period, but there is insufficient context provided to tell. :I am quite familiar with many different accounts of this conflict. If you'd like to discuss something specific, please do so. If you simply revert my changes, I will also revert unless you can provide some better evidence here. Your edits about Indiana are completely off. User:Bkonrad≠User talk:Bkonrad 12:20, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC) Fine then, we'll take it one fact at a time. From John Quincy Adams: Rather than retire, Adams would go on to win election as a Democratic-Republican to the House of Representatives beginning with the 22nd Congress, serving from March 4, 1831, until his death. John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767–February 23, 1848) Again, your contradictory source is? And ''have'' you contacted a historical society to check your assertions? What sources are you drawing upon? :My apologies on the JQA quote, I neglected to read further down for his second period in Congress. Although the quote still needs some better contextualization. As for contacting a historical society, what, specifically, are you referring to? User:Bkonrad≠User talk:Bkonrad 12:55, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)
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The Toledo War of 1835-1836, also known as the Ohio-Michigan War, the '''Battle of Phillip's Crossing, the Ohio-Michigan Boundary War and the Michigan-Ohio War''', was a largely bloodless boundary dispute between the state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory of the United States over a 468 square mile (1,210 km²) strip of land including what is now the city of Toledo, Ohio. John Quincy Adams, who at the time represented Massachusetts in Congress, supported Michigan and summed up his opinion on the dispute: "Never in the course of my life have I known a controversy of which all the right so clearly on one side and all the power so overwhelmingly on the other." When the Northwest Territory was established with the Northwest Ordinance in 1787, there were no accurate Surveying of the region. The Ordinance defined an east-west line from the southern tip of Lake Michigan to divide the Northwest Territory for administrative purposes. The precise location of that Ordinance Line became the subject of dispute between the State of Ohio and the Michigan Territory. When Ohio became a state in 1803, its constitution included a provision that redrew the Ordinance Line such that it angled slightly northward and included Toledo and all of Maumee Bay in Ohio. The discrepancy between the original Ordinance Line and Ohio's revision defined an area that became known as the Toledo Strip. When Michigan applied to become a state in 1835, it claimed the original Ordinance Line as its southern boundary. However, Ohio refused to cede the Toledo Strip. Ohio's Governor Robert Lucas drew counties and set up county governments in the strip. Toledo was placed within Lucas County, Ohio of Ohio, named after the Governor. Michigan's youthful territorial governor Stevens Thomson Mason (Michigan) responded by sending a militia force to the area. Lucas did the same. The Strip was at the time covered with dense Eastern arborvitae swamps (collectively known as the "Great Black Swamp"), which today have been almost totally drained to create farm land. The two militias got lost for weeks and never actually found each other in the swamps. Though at one point a Monroe County, Michigan, deputy was stabbed while arresting an Ohio man in a tavern, no one else was seriously injured. The Congress of the United States agreed to grant Michigan statehood in 1836, but only if it relinquished its claim to the disputed tract. In exchange, Michigan would be granted the western two-thirds of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (the eastern portion was already part of the Territory). At the time this appeared to make Ohio the winner because the Upper Peninsula was thought to be worthless; only later was the extent of its rich mineral and timber resources learned. The "war" ended at a Michigan territorial convention in Ann Arbor, Michigan on December 14, 1836, at which Peter Morey, a delegate from Lenawee County, Michigan, put forward a resolution noting that though the delegates "solemnly protest" the conditions of admission to the union, they would nevertheless agree to the terms "as a token of our respect for the Congress of the United States, and a convincing evidence of our love for the union, and our desire to be admitted to partake of its privileges." The bitterness between Ohio and Michigan led to the meeting's being referred to as "the Frostbitten Convention." Michigan was admitted to the Union on January 26, 1837, becoming the 26th state. The boundary between Ohio and Michigan in Lake Erie was not finally resolved until a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1973. Traces of the original Ordinance Line can still be seen in northwestern Ohio and northern Indiana. The northern boundary of Ottawa County, Ohio with Lucas County, Ohio follows the original Ordinance Line. Many township boundaries also follow that line and many old north-south roads are offset as they cross the line. The line is identified on topographical maps as the ''Old Indian Treaty Boundary''. A common (but unsubstantiated) legend claims that Ohioans gave Michigan its nickname, "The Wolverine State", because Michiganders were vicious and bloodthirsty during the Toledo War. The wolverine is not a common sight in Michigan, having been extirpated from the state in the early 1800s. ==See also== * Ohio Lands * Toledo Strip timeline * Military history of the United States ==External links== *[http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0004127.html&StartPage=127&EndPage=198&volume=4¬es=&newtitle=Volume%204%20Page%20127 Ohio History Journal article on the boundaries of Ohio] *[http://www.toledolibrary.org/tprofile/chapter_three.htm Toledo Library History] *[http://laws.findlaw.com/us/410/420.html Text of MICHIGAN V. OHIO, 410 U.S. 420], 1973 Supreme Court decision resolving Michigan-Ohio boundary in Lake Erie United States warsOhio historyMichigan history
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I think this is the only thing anyone paid attention to in my Michigan history classes back in middle school ==recent edits== #Land in Indiana did not play any role in the "Toledo War". Additional land was transfered from Michigan Territory to Indiana many years before this conflict took place. And as can be seen by the slight difference in northern borders between Ohio and Indiana, the land used different survey lines which were done independently. #The J.Q. Adams quote is out of place. I don't doubt that he said something like that, but he was most definitely not a representative at the time of the conflict. The quote needs to be better contextualized for it to be of use here. User:Bkonrad≠User talk:Bkonrad 11:49, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC) ---- Moved from User talk:Bkonrad Your edits on the Toledo War are mindboggling. You need to take a moment to read John Quincy Adams' bio. When is it you think he was a member of Congress, and where are you finding this information? (Do share your source here.) His quote on the matter is one of the most compelling comments on the War. I'd suggest you contact a historical society in the area if you truly believe your changes to be correct and warranted; any will have ample information on the War. I have done this myself--thus my confidence in reverting to the last edit on 01:58, Oct 25, 2004. And be careful when you edit not to introduce syntax errors. :John Quincy Adams represented Massachusetts in Congress from March 4, 1803, until June 8, 1808. The Toledo War took place in 1835-1836. You tell me how he can be called a member of Congress at the time. Now, disputes over the boundary predates the actual "war" by many decades--since the time that Ohio became a state in 1803. Perhaps Adams' comment is from that period, but there is insufficient context provided to tell. :I am quite familiar with many different accounts of this conflict. If you'd like to discuss something specific, please do so. If you simply revert my changes, I will also revert unless you can provide some better evidence here. Your edits about Indiana are completely off. User:Bkonrad≠User talk:Bkonrad 12:20, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC) Fine then, we'll take it one fact at a time. From John Quincy Adams: Rather than retire, Adams would go on to win election as a Democratic-Republican to the House of Representatives beginning with the 22nd Congress, serving from March 4, 1831, until his death. John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767–February 23, 1848) Again, your contradictory source is? And ''have'' you contacted a historical society to check your assertions? What sources are you drawing upon? :My apologies on the JQA quote, I neglected to read further down for his second period in Congress. Although the quote still needs some better contextualization. As for contacting a historical society, what, specifically, are you referring to? User:Bkonrad≠User talk:Bkonrad 12:55, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)
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