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The Walking Purchase was a treaty between the Penn family and the Lenape Indians, where the Penns claimed 1.2 million acres of land in present-day Pennsylvania and New Jersey by a walk of 70 miles. The Lenape protested the deal and sued in court in 2004, but lost the case.
This table lists the historical territorial acquisitions of the United States from 1783 to 1947, with dates, areas, costs and sources. The last territorial acquisition that completed the present boundaries of the United States on the North American continent was Alaska Purchase in 1867.
The Northwest Territory was the first organized incorporated territory of the United States, formed in 1787 from land west of Pennsylvania. It was governed by a governor and a legislature, and later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota.
Federal lands are publicly owned lands in the United States managed by the federal government. They include national parks, forests, wildlife refuges, and military bases, among others. The web page does not mention Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio, which is not a federal land.
Erie Triangle is a 300-square-mile tract of land in northwestern Pennsylvania that was disputed by New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts in the 18th century. It was acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania in 1792, giving it access to Lake Erie.
The Homestead Acts were several laws in the United States that allowed settlers to claim and own government land for free. They were passed in the 19th and 20th centuries and affected millions of acres of land, especially in the West, and the rights of Native Americans and Black Americans.
Of particular note, the agency approved an agreement to purchase two parcels—635 and 641 Pennsylvania Ave.—for $101, 000. The property, owned by Jeremy Milam, ... City's land reuse agency ...
The Depreciation Lands were a tract of land within a part of western Pennsylvania that was purchased by the Commonwealth from Native Americans in 1784. The area was located west of the Allegheny River, north of the Ohio River, and was bordered to the north by the east–west line that stretched from the mouth of Mahoning Creek (then known as Mogulbughtiton Creek) to the western border of ...