The six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy originally occupied the lands. Europeans first arrived in the region when the French constructed Fort Presque Isle. The name of the fort refers to that piece of land that juts into Lake Erie. When the fort was abandoned by the French, it was their last post west of Niagara. The British occupied the fort at Presque Isle that year, three years before the end of the French and Indian War. Erie is situated in what was the disputed Erie Triangle, (a triangle of land that was claimed by the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Massachusetts.) It became part of Pennsylvania on March 3, 1792, after Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York relinquished their claims to the federal government. The Iroquois released the land to Pennsylvania in January 1789. The Seneca Nation separately settled land claims against Pennsylvania in February 1791.

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