of the Assembly and approved on February 26, 1773 by Governor of Pennsylvania Richard Penn. Connecticut, having lost control of the Wyoming Valley, held back in compensation an equivalent 120-mile strip of territory from its release of western land claims, starting at the Pennsylvania border, and this section of NE Ohio is now known as the Western Reserve. References Footnotes to history History of Luzerne County History of Westmoreland County History of Connecticut History of Pennsylvania Proposed states and territories of the United States