The Western Territory appears in non-fiction

The Western Territory is the unincorporated territory of America that stretched from the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the west, and from the Great Lakes in the north to Spanish Florida in the south. This area was closed to settlement during British rule, but was opened again after independence. Settlers and land speculators began streaming into the region, to the concern of many in government. The Western Territory is an important matter to the Convention, which must determine how new states will be allowed into the Union, and on what level of participation in the government.