<Tr> <Td> none </Td> <Td> 1 wounded </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> In exchange for ceding the Toledo Strip, all of what is now known as the Upper Peninsula was included within Michigan's bounds when it was admitted into the Union in 1837 (only the easternmost portion of the peninsula had been claimed in Michigan's 1835 statehood petition). </Td> </Tr> <P> The Toledo War (1835--36), also known as the Michigan--Ohio War, was an almost bloodless boundary dispute between the U.S. state of Ohio and the adjoining territory of Michigan . </P> <P> Originating from conflicting state and federal legislation passed between 1787 and 1805, the dispute resulted from poor understanding of geographical features of the Great Lakes at the time . Varying interpretations of the law caused the governments of Ohio and Michigan to both claim sovereignty over a 468 - square - mile (1,210 km) region along the border, now known as the Toledo Strip . When Michigan petitioned for statehood in 1835, it sought to include the disputed territory within its boundaries; Ohio's congressional delegation was in turn able to stall Michigan's admission to the Union . </P>

Why did ohio and michigan have such conflict over their state boundaries