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Contents 1 Western Reserve Road 2 Architecture in the Western Reserve 3 County formation 4 Modern Use 5 History

[edit] Western Reserve Road

Who was the original surveyor of Western Reserve Road?

Which one? According to the article at Streetsboro, Ohio, "In 1825, a turnpike from Cleveland to Wellsville, Ohio (better known as State Route 14) was laid by Frederick Wadsworth, Samuel Cowles, John Strauyhen and Titus Street. Street agreed to give enough land to make it through the township. In 1827, the turnpike was completed." Is this the Western Reserve Road to which you refer? -- SwissCelt 20:56, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Architecture in the Western Reserve

I eliminated the wording that denoted there was a "Western Reserve" style of architecture noted for its six over one light window; this is pure gibberish. My reasoning is thus:

• An architectural style is not determined by window light (panes of glass) placement.
• At the time the Reserve was settled, the manufacturing of large expanses of plate glass had not yet been made practical.
• The era of design that corresponds to the settlement period is Federal, Georgian and Greek Revival.

user: stude62 user talk:stude62 03:33, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] County formation

I'm not sure how much detail is needed in this article, but I corrected a statement that CWR became a part of the Northwest Territory in 1800 with the formation of Trumball County. That was not correct and I'm not sure if it is correct to imply that Trumball County was the first county government over the area. Washington County was the initial county of the Northwest Territory (NWT) and included most of the eastern half of Ohio, including roughly all the CWR east of the Cuyahoga River. Wayne County was established in 1796 and included all of northwest Ohio west of the Cuyahoga. Jefferson County was formed out of Washington County in 1797 and included the CWR east of the Cuyahoga. Trumball County was formed in 1800 from parts of Wayne and Jefferson counties and its boundaries corresponding to that of the CWR. older ≠ wiser 14:09, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)

OK, with a bit of further research, it appears that jurisdiction over the CWR was a matter of some dispute until Connecticut made a final cession in 1800 (after which the NWT government established Trumbull County). Although Connecticut "reserved" this land (hence the name) when it ceded claim to other western lands, the area was also defined as being within the Northwest Territory when it was established. Arthur St. Clair, Governor of the Northwest Territory, established Washington County be declaration on the July 26, 1788, and included within it the land of CWR east of the Cuyahoga. Similarly, this land was included in the later creation of Jefferson County on July 29, 1797, also by declaration of St. Clair. Wayne County was created by declaration of the Secretary of the NWT in St. Clair's absence (and there was a bit of a dust-up over it). However, the residents of the CWR were faced with a dilemma, since all records of their land purchases were kept with Connecticut rather than under the jurisdiction of the NWT. To clarify the jurisdictional confusion, the residents petitioned Connecticut to cede the territory in 1800. Here are a few links for further reading Washington County History, Maps of Ohio County formation, Congressional Report No. 51 (exhaustive and tedious reading, but thorough).

[edit] Modern Use

I removed the following sentence from the article: The latter name [Western Reserve] is still used to describe the northeastern corner of Ohio. This is a historic term, and I don't believe anyone refers to NE Ohio as such, except in a historic sense. Specifically, one only hears "Homestead X was the first in the Historic Western Reserve," which indicates that the name is old, and no longer in common use. If anyone can find a source verifying that the area is still commonly called the Western Reserve, such as a news broadcast saying "riots continued today throughout much of the Western Reserve," please feel free to put the sentence back in. Confiteordeo 05:23, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

The History section sort of peters out. What happened to it: that is, how did it subsequently become part of Ohio? Jeff Worthington 14:04, 7 October 2006 (UTC)