Editing Union County, Ohio (section)

===Early history===
Union County has been under the rule of three countries in its history: France, England, and the present-day United States. It was discovered by the French explorer La Salle, along with traders and missionaries who accompanied him. After the [[French and Indian War]], the [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|Treaty of Paris of 1763]] placed the area under British rule. Following the [[American Revolution]], in 1783, the area would eventually become known as the Northwest Territory and part of the United States.<ref>[http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1 History of Union County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727173846/http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1 |date=July 27, 2011 }}, p.33,34, accessed April 11, 2009</ref>

[[File:Cavelier de la salle.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Robert de La Salle, French explorer of pre-modern Ohio]]
After the American Revolution, former soldiers from New England poured into Ohio after being granted land by the government. They surveyed the land, and sought to develop a state between Lake Erie and the Ohio River. Their proposals for the governance of the territory led to the passage of the Ordinance of 1787, which guided the establishment of states within the Northwestern Territory.<ref>[http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1 History of Union County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727173846/http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1 |date=July 27, 2011 }}, p.35-38, accessed April 11, 2009</ref> Bitter struggles with American Indians over the next decades would follow, culminating with the [[battle of Tippecanoe]] in 1811, which saw the final defeat of the American Indian tribes in Ohio led by [[Tecumseh]].<ref>[http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1 History of Union County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727173846/http://contentdm.photohio.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmpl_his1915&CISOPTR=3602&REC=1 |date=July 27, 2011 }}, p.33-43, accessed April 11, 2009</ref> A notable victim of the warring between the settlers and Indians was [[Jonathan Alder]], who resided in and around the Union County area throughout his life.