在1786年9月13日签订的地契中(康乃狄克州为偿还在美国独立战争中欠下的债项,把声称领有的土地让予联邦政府),康州得以保留 12,000平方公里(300万英亩)在俄亥俄的土地。1796年把俄亥俄的土地售予康乃狄克土地公司(Connecticut Land Company),但当地印地安人仍然拥有该片土地的所有权,直到后来在1795年按格林维尔条约和1805按因达斯特里堡条约(Treaty of Fort Industry)予以解决。该片土地的西端面积2,000平方公里(50万英亩)的土地被称为火地(Firelands,或受灾者补偿地 Sufferers Lands)以补偿在美国独立战争期间家园被英国军队放火摧毁的康州部分城镇的居民。土地公司对剩下的土地进行测量,并把每个镇的面积定为25 平方英里见方。这与俄亥俄州其他地区的城镇不同(面积36平方英里见方)。
早期的殖民者把这片土地称为“新康乃狄克”,但后来改称“西保留地”。1967年在哈德逊的西保留学院(Western Reserve College,又译西储学院,创于1826年)和凯斯理工学院(Case Institute of Technology,创于1880年)合并为凯斯西储大学(Case Western Reserve University)即为对这段历史纪念的一例(哈德逊校区后来改称西保留学会 Western Reserve Academy,为新大学的预备学校)。西保留地历史学会(Western Reserve Historical Society)即致力保存与当地相关的历史及文物。
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The Public Records of the State of Connecticut [HistRef ConnDoc G25 1776-]. This multi-volume set contains the record of transactions of the Connecticut General Assembly. Each volume covers a given time period and has an index. Researchers interested in the Western Lands should consult these volumes to gain knowledge of the legislative actions and petitions granted by the Connecticut General Assembly.
Burke, Thomas Aquinas. Ohio Lands: A Short History. [Columbus, OH]: Auditor of State, c1997 [CSL call number HistRef HD 243 .O3 B87 1997].
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Mathews, Alfred. Ohio and Her Western Reserve, With a Story of Three States Leading to the Latter, From Connecticut, by Way of Wyoming, Its Indian Wars and Massacre. New York: D. Appleton, 1902 [CSL call number F 491 .M42].
Mills, William Stowell. The Story of the Western Reserve of Connecticut. New York: Printed for the author by Brown & Wilson Press [ca. 1900] [CSL call number F 497 .W5 M6].
Peters, William E. Ohio Lands and Their Subdivision. Athens, OH: W. E. Peters, 1918 [CSL call number F 497 .W5 P47 1918].
Rice, Harvey. Pioneers of the Western Reserve. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1883 [CSL call number: F 497 .W5 R5 1883].
Upton, Harriet Taylor. History of the Western Reserve. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1910 [CSL call number: F 497 .W5 U7].
Wickham, Gertrude Van Rensselaer. Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve. [s.l.]: Whipporwill, [197- ] [CSL call number F 497 .W5 W63 1970z].
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