Toledo War

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The Toledo War (1835–1836), also known as the Michigan–Ohio War or Ohio–Michigan War, was a boundary dispute between the state of Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory over the Toledo Strip. Control of the Maumee River's mouth was seen by both parties as a valuable economic asset, due to the inland shipping opportunities that it offered and the good farmland to the west. Poor geographical understanding of the Great Lakes helped to produce conflicting state and federal legislation between 1787 and 1805, and varying interpretations of the laws led the governments of both Ohio and Michigan to claim jurisdiction over a 468-square-mile (1,210 km2) region along their border. The situation came to a head when Michigan petitioned for statehood in 1835 and sought to include the disputed territory within its boundaries, and both sides passed legislation attempting to force the other side's capitulation. Ohio Governor Robert Lucas and Michigan's 24-year-old "Boy Governor" Stevens T. Mason both...

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