Northwest Ordinance Lecture Series

The Northwest Ordinance lecture series is free and open to the public by sign up only. You have to have a passport ahead of time picked up at the library in order to participate in any of the lectures.

Simon Winchester ~ September 17th 2026

The ideas and legislation that transformed the Northwest Territory and brought the first federal surveyors to the Point of Beginning in East Liverpool.

Paul Zuros ~ October 15th 2026

Daily life for soldiers and surveyors at Fort Steuben in 1786 and 1787, the survey of the Seven Ranges, and the tools and equipment used at the time.

Alan Fitzpatrick ~ October 29th 2026

The dramatic events that reshaped the lived and cultures of Indigenous people in the Ohio County from the French and Indian War through the American Revolution.

Joseph Fenicle ~ November 12th 2026

Ohio’s unusual surveying history, land subdivisions, and how the wording of the Northwest Ordinance led to one of the most disputed state boundaries in U.S. history.