The Ohio–Michigan boundary controversy reached an acute stage; Ohio attempted to take possession of the disputed lands and the governor of Michigan Territory ordered out militia.

The evidence

• “In 1834, the controversy reached an acute stage. Ohio attempted to take possession of the lands involved in the dispute, and the governor of the Territory of Michigan ordered out a force of militia to protect the possession of the territory.”

  1908-brown-rock-county/05-historic-evolution.md, Vol. 1, PDF p. 129 / book p. 115

  Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.

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