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At one time, Ohio’s forests provided the resources for building materials and paper. Ohio farms, and Lake Erie provided food for this growing nation. Research how farming has changed from 100 years ago to today. Plan a trip to visit Lake Erie or a farm to see life of farmers and fishermen now.

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Summer Season: June through August, Wednesday through Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm

September & October: Saturday & Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm

Open other times for Signature Events or Educational Programming.
See a full list of our Signature Events Here

General Admission: Adult $10 (13 years or older), Youth $5 (3 -12 years), Free for youth 2 and under & active military

Cash, all major Credit Cards and Checks are excepted throughout the site
*Please note ad mission prices to reservation based programs or Signature Events may vary.
For more information please call 330-666-3711, email halereservations@wrhs.org, write PO BOX 296, Bath, Ohio 44210

Location: 2686 Oak Hill Rd. Bath, Ohio 44210 - for GPS use Peninsula, Ohio 44264

Hale Farm & Village is located 10 miles from downtown Akron, 25 miles from downtown Cleveland, 38 miles from Canton, 61 miles from Youngstown and 128 miles from Columbus

What to Expect
· Onsite Free Parking · Shop & Eat
Hale Farm & Village offers self-guided tours, plan on 2 hours to explore the entire open-air museum and dress appropriately for walking and weather. Hale Farm & Village, a living history museum of the Western Reserve Historical Society, is located on 90 acres in the Cuyahoga Valley with 32 historic structures, farm animals, heritage gardens, farming and early American craft and trade demonstrations including glassblowing, blacksmithing, spinning, weaving, candle making, pottery, broom making and more!

While you are here have lunch at Café 1810 which serves a variety of sandwiches, salads and sides along with locally sourced seasonal items. Beer and wine are also available or try a famous Hale Ale Root beer.
· 2018 Signature Events:
The MarketPlace at Hale Farm & Village offers unique handcrafted at Hale and Ohio made items along with a variety of history related, children, logo and seasonal merchandise.
· While you are in the Cuyahoga Valley stay and enjoy.. (More information coming soon)
· Make your trip to Hale Farm & Village extraordinary by riding the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. Tickets are available for weekends and special events dates here.

March 10, 11, 17 & 18 Maple Sugar Festival & Pancake Breakfast (select a date for more information)
10am-4pm (Breakfast served until 3pm)

June 9 & 10 Sow and Grow Farm Festival & Plant Sale 10am-5pm

July 14 & 15 Music in the Valley Folk & Wine Festival 10am-7pm (Museum attractions close at 5pm)

August 11 & 12 Civil War Reenactment 10am-5pm

August 31 & September 1 & 2 Made in Ohio Arts and Crafts Festival

October 6 Hale Harvest 5K* 9:15am

October 6, 7, 13 & 14 Harvest Festival 10am-5pm
November 17 Thanksgiving Dinner with Abraham Lincoln* 3:30-6pm

November 30 Holiday Market on the Farm 4-9pm
* Reservations required
December 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19-23 Holiday Lantern Tours* (select a date for more information) Tours begin at 5:40pm

Hale Farm & Village l 2686 Oak Hill Road l Bath, OH (use Peninsula, OH 44264 for GPS directions)

Only service animals are allowed on property

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Summer Season: June through August, Wednesday through Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm September & October: Saturday & Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm Open other times for Signature Events or Educational Programming.

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At one time, Ohio was a gateway to the West. Transportation in Ohio was booming, and many people traveled through this state. Create a travel brochure with a partner, promoting the different transportation systems throughout Ohio.

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Ohio and the United States have democratic constitutions that provide frameworks limiting the powers of the government and defining the authority of elected officials. Pretend that you are in Congress and in the process of creating a new amendment. Present your amendment to the class, and hold an election to see if your amendment would pass or not.

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Locate the states that were created as a result of the Northwest Ordinance.

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Dan Bryan, April 8 2012

In its brief existence, the Confederation Congress passed little legislation of lasting import. One of the few exceptions was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which controlled the admission of the Midwest states and laid the legal groundwork for their functioning.

One of Thomas Jefferson's often overlooked accomplishments is the work that he devoted to this plan. Less renowned but equally important advocates were Nathan Dane and Rufus King.

The ordinance applied to the Northwest Territory, which consisted of the entire Midwest located east of the Mississippi River.

Overview of the Northwest Ordinance

Admission of new states

It had been decided in other acts that the western areas of the United States should be admitted as separate states, and that the currently admitted states would not be allowed to expand.

The Northwest Ordinance laid out the details of the admission process. When a territory reached 60,000 people it could create a constitution and apply for statehood. This procedure was first applied to Ohio in 1803, and served as a continuing model for the remainder of the United States.

Voting rights and office-holding

Any man who owned fifty acres of property in the Northwest Territory was entitled to a vote. More property had to be owned in order to qualify for service in government. These restrictions were commonplace for the United States before the age of Jackson, and designed to restrict the influence of popular passions in the functioning of the new republic.

Slavery forbidden in the Northwest Territory

Slavery and involuntary servitude were forbidden in the Northwest Territory, thereby making the Ohio River a natural dividing line between the free and slave states of the country.

Unanimous consent from the states was required for the Northwest Ordinance to be passed. Thus one might ask -- why did the southern states agree to this provision?

There are a couple main reasons. First of all, under the Articles of Confederation, the power of the national government to potentially curtail slavery in the southern states was almost nonexistent. The paranoia that would later define the balance of free and slave states was not yet in full force. Slavery being established in Kentucky and Tennessee, it was also obvious that the remainder of the south would be allowed to adopt that practice without issue.

Secondly, the primary crop of most plantations at that time was tobacco. This was a crop that could only be grown profitably with the assistance of slave labor. By outlawing slave labor in the Midwest, the southern planters protected themselves from economic competition (and indeed, after the Civil War some tobacco was eventually grown in the Midwest).

Even though he himself lived in luxury with the aid of slave labor, Jefferson was (sometimes) keen to stop the spread of slavery, and he worked to keep it out of the Northwest Territory.

Individual rights preserved

Many of the guarantees enshrined in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were anticipated by the Northwest Ordinance.

Freedom of religion

Habeas corpus

The right to bail and trial by jury

No cruel and unusual punishment

Right to enter freely into private contracts

Right to compensation for eminent domain

It is not difficult to see the commonalities between these two documents.

The Northwest Ordinance and Land Ownership

Surveying and division of the land

The Northwest Territory was the first part of the United States to be surveyed under the Public Land Survey System. Land was divided into townships -- measuring 6 miles square. Townships were each divided into 36 sections of a mile square (640 acres). From this point land could be subdivided into smaller lots ("half lots" (320 acres), "quarter lots" (160 acres), and "quarter-quarter lots" (40 acres) were some terms used).

Each township was required to maintain one section for public buildings and education.

The influence of men like Thomas Jefferson can clearly be seen in this system. The purpose of such small lots was to avoid the concentration of land ownership, and to promote Jefferson's vision of an agrarian republic.

Public land sales

The national government as well as most state governments owed a large debt to the veterans of the Revolutionary War. In many cases, land was given to them in lieu of back pay, which helped ease the massive deficit that the new government was facing. Wealthier veterans and outright speculators acquired larger plots and sold pieces of them to newer arrivals.

The influx of war veterans left its mark upon Ohio. For example, Cincinnati was named by General Anthony St. Clair after the Society of the Cincinnati. This was a group of Continental Army officers -- led by George Washington -- who reaffirmed their commitment to the rights and liberties of the Revolution over the lure of power and fame, based on the example of the Roman general Cincinnatus.

Northwest Indian War

The Shawnee and Miami tribes opposed the new plans and attacked white settlers as they moved into Ohio. At first, they were successful. Two different militias were raised and sent after the Indian tribes, but both of them were defeated at a coast of 800 dead Americans.

President Washington then became involved, raising a larger federal army and sending it into the area, under the command of "Mad Anthony" Wayne. This army was more successful, winning a decisive victory at Fallen Timbers in 1794. The result was the Treaty of Greenville, in which the Shawnee and others ceded their claim to most of Ohio.

As settlements pushed to the west, similar conflicts were fought in the 1800s, such as the Black Hawk War in Illinois.

The Legacy of the Northwest Ordinance

In their objective of promoting egalitarianism, the creators of the Northwest Ordinance were largely successful. In spite of speculation and the inevitable abuses, the ownership of land was spread quite evenly across the Midwest, with fewer of the massive estates that came to dominate the southern and eastern regions.

The wisdom of abolition was clearly seen in the relative prosperity of the Midwest. On his tour of the United States -- nearly fifty years after the Ordinance -- Alexis de Tocqueville discoursed at length about the differences between Ohio and Kentucky. This article concludes with his prescient words:
"The State of Ohio is separated from Kentucky just by one river; on either side of it the soil is equally fertile, and the situation equally favorable, and yet everything is different. Here (in Ohio) a population devoured by feverish activity, trying every means to make its fortune; the population seems poor to look at, for they work with their hands, but that work is the source of riches. There (in Kentucky) is a people which makes others work for it and shows little compassion, a people without energy, mettle or the spirit of enterprise... The population of Kentucky, which has been peopled for nearly a century, grows slowly. Ohio only joined the Confederation thirty years ago and has a million inhabitants. Within those thirty years Ohio has become the entrepot for the wealth that goes up and down the Mississippi; it has opened two canals and joined the Gulf of Mexico to the North Coast; meanwhile Kentucky, older and perhaps better placed, stood still. These differences cannot be attributed to any other cause but slavery. It degrades the black population and enervates the white. Its fatal effects are recognized, and yet it is preserved and will be preserved for a long time more..."
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