Zaka zambiri dziko la Ohio lisanakhale boma mu 1803, kumpoto chakum'maŵa kwa dzikoli kunali dziko la Connecticut. Iwo adatcha gawo ili kuti "Western Reserve" ndipo dzina komanso zojambula za New England, malo a tawuni, ndi miyambo zikhoza kupezeka kudera lonseli.
New Connecticut
Chigawo cha dziko la Connecticut chakulowera kumadzulo, kuchokera ku gombe mpaka ku gombe, chinapatsidwa boma ndi Mfumu Charles II mu 1662.
Mzerewu unaphatikizapo kumpoto kwenikweni kwa dziko la Ohio, kuyambira ku Nyanja ya Erie mpaka kufupi ndi Akron ndi Youngstown masiku ano.
Pofuna kuthetsa ngongole zawo za Revolutionary War, Connecticut inagulitsa zonse koma dziko lawo la Ohio litangotha nkhondo. Iwo adakhala ndi maudindo oposa mahekitala 3 miliyoni kuchokera ku Pennsylvania mpaka kumene tsopano ndi Huron ndi Erie Counties. Nyumbayo, inakhala "njovu yoyera" ndipo mu 1796, Connecticut inatumiza dziko ku Connecticut Land Company.
Mose Cleaveland Afika
Pambuyo pa ntchito yosungiramo umwini, a Connecticut Land Company anatumiza mmodzi mwa ofufuza awo, Moses Cleaveland, ku Western Reserve mu 1796. Cleaveland adalemba malowa pamtsinje wa Conneaut ndi Cuyahoga ndipo adakhazikitsa chisamaliro chomwe chikanakhala Cleveland Ohio.
Firelands
Malo akutali kumadzulo kwa dziko la Western Reserve, masiku ano a Erie ndi Huron Counties, amatchedwa "The Firelands", ndipo adasungiramo malo okhala ku New England omwe nyumba zawo zinawonongedwa ndi moto wa Britain pa nthawi ya nkhondo.
Western Reserve lero
Chikoka cha Connecticut chikuwonekeranso lero kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Ohio - m'makono, monga nyumba za Chardon, Hudson, ndi madera ena akum'maŵa a Cleveland; m'matawuni, monga Burton, Medina, Chardon, ndi ena; ndi maina, monga Hudson's Western Reserve Academy, Cleveland's Case Western Reserve University , ndi University Circle's Western Reserve Historical Society .