Esikhathini eside ngaphambi kokuba i- Ohio ibe umbuso ngo-1803, ikhoneni elingasenyakatho-mpumalanga lombuso lalilingumbuso wase-Connecticut. Babiza le nsimu ngokuthi "i-Western Reserve" futhi igama kanye nezakhiwo zesitayela sase-New England, izikwele zedolobha, namasiko namanje zingatholakala kuyo yonke indawo.
I-Connecticut entsha
Isiqephu somhlaba esivela esifundazweni saseConnecticut esiya ngasentshonalanga, kusukela ogwini kuya ogwini, sanikwa umbuso kaKing Charles II ngo-1662.
Lesi siqeshana sasihlanganisa onqenqemeni asenyakatho yalokho okwakungaba yi-Ohio, kusukela eLwandle Erie kuya emgqeni ngaphasi kwe-Akron ne-Youngstown njengamanje.
Ukuze baxazulule izikweleti zabo ze-Revolutionary War, iConnecon yazithengisa konke kodwa i-Ohio iminyango ngemva nje kwempi. Baye bafaka isihloko ezingaphezu kuka-3 million zamahektha ukusuka ePennsylvania kuze kube yilokho manje i-Huron ne-Erie Counties. Kodwa-ke, le ndawo, yaba "yindlovu emhlophe" futhi ngo-1796, iConnecticut yadlulisela izwe ku-Connecticut Land Company.
UMose Cleaveland Ufika
Phezu kokudluliselwa ubunikazi, i-Connecticut Land Company yathumela omunye wabahloli babo, uMoses Cleaveland, waya eNtshonalanga ye-Western ngo-1796. UCleaveland wabeka lezi zindawo emlonyeni weNayile yeConneaut neCuyahoga futhi wasungula indawo ezoba yiCleveland Ohio.
Firelands
Ingxenye esentshonalanga yezwe laseWestern Reserve, i-Erie ne-Huron Counties yanamuhla, ibizwa ngokuthi "i-Firelands", futhi igcinwe njengendawo yokuhlala kwabakhileyo eNew England imizi yabo yabhujiswa ngemililo ebekwa iBrithani phakathi nempi.
I-Western Reserve Namuhla
Ithonya le-Connecticut lisabonakala namuhla eNyakatho-Ohio - ekwakhiweni kwezakhiwo, njengezindlu zaseChardon, i-Hudson, nakwamanye amadlelo aseCleveland empumalanga; ezinkathini zedolobha, njengeBurton, iMedina, uChardon, nabanye; futhi ngamagama, njenge-Hudson's Western Reserve Academy, eCleveland's Case Western Reserve University , nase-University Circle sikaWestern Reserve Historical Society .