In the years following independence, the newly-formed United States ... conquer territory and sell off land to eager European settlers. Its first target is the vast, resource-rich 'Northwest ...

belonging to the United States.... After the Constitution was ratified in 1788, the new United States government assumed ownership of the vast Northwest Territory that had been ceded to the pre ...

Costner produces, hosts and narrates the eight-part series, which includes historian Doris Kearns Goodwin among its executive producers.

(Photo by Gretchen Dowler) “The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is a beacon of American history,” Jarrells ... creating new states and territory, and admitting equal power of those states once ...

The Northwest Territory Museum Society is hosting events throughout the day on Friday to celebrate the 200th anniversary of ...