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Gateway to the Northwest
1779
Clark's Army Crosses the Wabash in Winter
1779
Lieutenant Governor Hamilton Surrenders Fort Sackville
1787
Northwest Ordinance Organizes Clark's Conquests

Vincennes

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George Rogers Clark's 1779 winter march and capture of Fort Sackville opened the Northwest Territory to American expansion.

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The Hair-Buyer's Surrender

Henry Hamilton had a nickname that followed him to his grave: 'the Hair-Buyer.' British policy on the frontier paid Indigenous allies for American scalps, and Hamilton administered that policy from Fo...

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