Shortly after that, Congress designated the Michigan and Illinois territories. The War of 1812 would delay the federal government's ability to survey the Ordinance Line, which led to Indiana's ...

The surrender had huge implications for the War of 1812 in the Great Lakes region ... controlled the critical Straits of ...

1812 The War of 1812: A 12-year-old John Brown travels through the Michigan wilderness to deliver a herd of cattle. He lodged with a man who owned a boy slave. Brown was treated well, but the ...