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The total amount of appraisement of 440 lots in the plat, in September, 1837, was 8257,590, being an average of $585 per lot. At this time a second division was made by lot, of
the property of the Company. It was then re- solved " that it is expedient to complete the Hotel building," and that the plan be so modi- fied as to bring the cost, in addition to materials on hand, within $10,000, work on the same to be commenced in the Spring of 1838. Provi- sion was then for the first time made for im- proving the channel of the River opposite the Town, and also for dredging the' bar at the mouth of Swan Creck, to secure a channel of the depth of ten feet. Benjamin S. Brown was appointed as agent of the proprietors
A complete list of owners of lots in Port Lawrence Division, prepared in 1836, contained the names of the following persons, the same being classified, to distinguish those purchasing lots, from the original owners: Purchasers- John Baldwin, S. S. Humphrey, Daniel McBain, Win. P. Daniels, W. J. Daniels & Co., Charles Noble, Platt Card, Philo Bennett, W. J. Daniels, George Bennett, Platt & Miller, Coleman 1. Keeler, D. B. Mooney, G. W. Rhodes, A. E. Wing. A. Ritter, A. Noyes, J. Brandet, A. Bour- denois, G. Simpson, C'alvin Comstock, J. Rawles, P. Raymond, JJ. Clark, Mrs. General Vance (donation), Mrs. Harriet Daniels (dona- tion), T. & S. Darlington, W. Ritter and R. Foster. Proprietors-Wm. Oliver, M. T. Wil- liams, S. B. Comstock, I. S. Smith, J. B. Macy, Ed. Bissell, Raymond & Lynde, Andrew Palmer, H. D. Mason, Hicks & Co., Dart & Mott, James Myers, Charles Butler, J. R. Giddings, Lot ('lark, and C. W. Lynde.
In 1836, Robert Piatt tiled his bill of com- plaint in the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Ohio, against Oliver and his associates, praying for an injunction, a receiver, &c., in order that his legal rights to the prop- erty in question might be investigated and re- liet granted. In December, 1840, the District Court rendered a decision, which sustained Piatt's claim in behalf of the Piatt Company to an equal interest in the lands in question, and A. F. Perry, as Special Master Commissioner, was directed to examine and report what were the several interests. Subsequently, E. D. Mans- field was appointed for a like purpose. The final decision of the Court was, that Oliver and Williams held the legal title of tracts 1 and 2, 86, 87 and 10 acres of tract 3. jointly for them - selves and the other members of the Port Law- rence Company, as tenants in common, in the following proportions-dividing the whole into 2,832 parts-to wit: Alex. H. Ewing, 989.6 parts ; John Rowan, 496.6 parts ; Robert Piatt, 219,5 parts ; John G. Worthington, 219.5 parts ; William Oliver 165.10 parts ; M. T. Williams, 82.8 parts ; the heirs of William M. Worthing- ton, 219.5 parts; and the heirs of John H. Piatt, 439 parts. In addition to this, Oliver and Williams were required to make over to the parties named the same relative interests in lots 109, 110, 111, 119, 120, 121, 162 and 163, in Toledo, and other property interests, including
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debts due, &c., belonging to the Port Lawrence Company under the decree. Divers other de- tails of the decree, not essential to an under- standing of the general purport and effect of the same, are here omitted. Appeal was taken by Oliver and Williams to the United States Supreme Court, where, at the January term, 1845, the decision of the District Court was af- firmed, with costs. This litigation in no wise affected any rights by purchase of property from the Port Lawrence Company; but only the claims of the parties concerned in that Company. The suit was an important one, in- volving as it did the title to a large portion of the present C'ity of Toledo.
VISTULA.
In 1832, becoming satisfied that the Port Lawrence enterprise would not soon be prosc- cuted with energy, Major Stickney withdrew from that interest and turned his attention to- ward a new movement, on the River below the Port Lawrence plat, and on lands owned by him. In October, of that year, he made a contract with Samnel Allen, of Lockport, New York, under which improvements were to be made, Allen to have one-half the land in con- sideration of specified expenditures to be made by him. Allen failing in his agreements, in Jannary, 1833, Stickney made an arrangement with Otis Hathaway, also from Lockport, when a Town plat was laid out and named Vistula. About that time, Lewis Godard, of Detroit (father of Alonzo Godard), and formerly of Lockport, made a contract with Major Stick- ney for certain lots, he (Godard) to establish a store at the place. This he did, occupying for such purpose an old block-house built about 1817, by Wm. Wilson (afterward Judge), which had become unfit for use without material re- pairs, which were made by Philo Bennett, also from Lockport, who settled here, purchasing the tract on the East side of the River, adjoin- ing what became the Yondota plat and now within the Sixth Ward, Toledo. The store was in charge of Santord L. Collins, who had been in Godard's employ at Detroit. These with other demonstrations of progress on the part of Vistula, were recognized by the few residents as calling for suitable expression of their appreciation. Accordingly, a grand ball was given in the old log Warehouse of the original Port Lawrence Company at the month of Swan Creek, that building furnishing the best accommodations for the purpose in the vicinity. It was occupied as a residence by John Baldwin and family, the upper portion being the ball-room of the neighborhood, at- tracting, by its accommodations, participants from Maumee, Perrysburg, the Bay Settle- ment and Monroe.
The contract of Stickney with Hathaway and Allen, did not secure much in the way of improvement, and Allen returned to Lockport,
and not long thereafter came back with Edward Bissell, of that place, who entered into an arrangement with Major Stickney, similar to the one with Allen. Mr. Bissell went energet- ically at work-clearing off the plat of timber and brush, putting in docking along the River, trom Lagrange to Elm street, which was con- structed on the ice of the stream, and awaited the weakening of the ice to settle to its place, which was done, but not as successfully as the projectors of the experiment had hoped.
Mr. Bissell at once gave life to Vistula, by the expenditure of large sums of money for new buildings, for roads, and other improvements necessary to the proper start of an ambitious Town. Settlers and purchasers of lots began to arrive, and the general prospect to brighten. The sale of lots began December 19, 1833, when lot 958 was sold to Erie Long, for 875. But few sales were made in Vistula until April, 1834, when these became more active. and continued so until the Fall of 1835, at which time the proprietors deemed it best 10 close up the affairs of the Vistula Company and divide the remaining lots between them. For such purpose they met at Buffalo, October 2. 1835. There were present, B. F. Stickney, Edward Bissell, Isaac S. Smith, Hiram Pratt, W. F. P. Taylor, Robert Hicks and Henry W. Hicks. Full and satisfactory allotments were made to the several parties, according to in- terest. It was then agreed, that as soon as the Town of Toledo should be incorporated, lot 509, South side Huron, between Cherry and Walnut, and 789, South side Ontario between Lagrange and Elm, should be donated to the same for School purposes. They never were used for such purpose. Lot 580. North side HIuron, between Chestnut and Elm, and 605, North side Huron between Locust and Walnut, to be presented to the first two religious Socie- ties which should agree within a reasonable time to build houses of worship thereon, such houses to be of respectable dimensions and in such state of architecture as should meet the approbation of either two of the proprietors, B. F. Stickney, Edward Bissell and I. S. Smith ; it being at the same time understood, that B. F. Stickney, from his personal property, would give to the Town lot 435, North side Superior, between Magnolia and Mulberry, tor a Public School ; and fot 563, North side Huron, between Magnolia and Mulberry, for a Church.
A meeting of proprietors of undivided in- terests in Vistula, was held in July and Sep- tember, 1837, when was presented a recapitu- lation of appraisement of such property, amounting to 8388,880, which was divided by lot-B. F. Stickney taking 3-21ths; Hicks, Taylor and Pratt, 7-24ths ; and Ed. Bissell, 14-24ths. It was then decided to offer to the Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad Company " a strip of land under water, on the South side of Water street, 50 feet wide, extending on a line
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parallel with Water Street, from Lynn to Cherry Street, for the purpose of erecting thereon a Passenger Car- House," the same to be erected by January 1, 1839.
The following list comprises all lots sold by the Vistula Company, previous to the allotment of the property among the original owners :
Date.
Lot.
Purchaser.
Price
1835.
June 25 .. 25
374 857
Aldrice Belknap J. Irvine Brown. 200
L. Jay Root.
3,100
25
973
Willerby Kemp
1000
25
Parts lots 969, 970.
John Fundenter.
100
25
971
972
Sebastian Coberly
100
713, 714, 715, 717
Harlow Glass
850
.4
25
953, 954.
389 ..
511, 512
Charles Ford
300
Dec 19.
958.
Erie Long
$ 75
25
887, 888 and parts
Charles Nicholas
450
Jan. 1.
131
Daniel Washburn
125
25
532
Chester Walbridge
300
91
959. 960
594, 107, 108
Luke Draper
400
..
20
Parts 967. 968
Geo. Powlesland
200
30
128, 129, 130, 591, 592,
113, 473, 474 ._
Elijah Porter.
400
July
Parts 471, 472.
Elijah Knight.
600
30
344
Daniel Greenvault
1.550
=
27,528
Leander Hill
1,900
May 31
414.
Frederick Wright
1,600
..
517. 518
Stephen Hicks
200
. 4
951, 952 ..
Abraham Ritter 350
23
335, 387
Joshna B. Davis
450
..
21
771, 772, 733, 734
W. H Chapman 800
=
521.
Robert W. Dunn
150
46
893, S04.
Rowland Mosely 200
1
348
John B. Osburn.
100
Aug. 1
927, 968.
George Revans
100
1
407. 408, 105, 406.
Junins Flagy
1,200
..
10
977, 978, 979. 980, 981, 982, 983, 984
Henry S. llosmer
800
..
1
413
1
332, 353, 379, :80.
John Babcock
600
Nov. 1
Parts 881, 882
W. A. Post.
-100
lune 29
645, 646.
Joseph Welch
300
Ang. 3
John Higly and Heman Walbridge
300
=
05 to 672.
Samuel Eddy ..
800
Nov. 14
739
Ansel L. Johnson
400
Hosen L. Maynard
200
16
516
Mavor Brigham
500
..
29
545
Robert J. Buchanan 200
. .
17
611, 612, 613, 614, 381, 342, 785, 786_
Joseph R. Williams.
4,400
John W. Fellows
2,150
=
17
457, 458. 459.
George B Way_
2,200
Gabriel Manning
600
John E. Potter ..
300
=
29
718, 719, 720.
Derick Kniekerbocker.
600
29
375, 376, 503, 504
Cornelius G. Shaw
500
19
99 ft. lots 615, 616,
=
94.
Benj. Franklin
330
=
20
Cherry and Huron. 99 ft. of 743, 744, on Cherry
Wm. E. Morton & Co.
800
19
345, 346, 479, 480. 519, 520, 523
Joshua B. Davis
1.560
19
342.
B. S. Gleason.
330
21
524, 525
C. P. Leonard
300
23
607,608
William B. Tucker.
350
23
341
John O' Brien
Richard Greenwood
000
19
102, 95, 96, 97. 98, 99,
100, 101, 78, 79, 80.
81, 483, 905, 917, 651,
698, 768, 699, 851, 845, 836, 830, 298, 207. 606, 767
July 15 =
16
41. 42
=
16
58. 59
Warren Mills
825
16
$1. 62
=
16
44, 45
Lewis Vanderlip
825
=
16
381
Joseph Woodhouse
300
16
359. +4 6.51, 23 ft
of 339
Moses P. Swett ..
1,390
16
852
Samuel MeCloy 100
=
16
69, 70, 71, 60, 43, 657. 658, 659.
Frederick Pettis.
4,395
J. S. Ide and D. W Joyce.
990
23
858
Isane M. Johnson 100
Elias S. Root
400
=
23
15, 76. 513, 511 377,378
Jeremiah Wilcox
550
Aug. 21
21
309, 310
Ira Smith
1,370
21
348
Daniel Sprigg
330
April
92, 93, 343
O. P. Olmsted 600
1
3:15
Arthur M Reed 200
June 20
78
Daniel Davis. 100
1835.
Tune 25
4916 it. on Locust, couter of 969, 970. . 4913 ft. on Locust, east end lots 855, 856, and lot 779. 4016 ft. Locust off'
John Otto
100
4 .
25
27
cast end of 171, 172.
25
4936 it. Walnut. off
east end 181. 452
l'ornelius Hurl 400
John W. Crane 100
..
23
160, 161 and 1916 ft. 6-17, 648.
Alva Gilman, 1,620
25
609, 610, 619, 650. 729, 730, 735, 726, and parts 617, 648 .
Jacob Renelspheher 100
Date.
Lot.
Purchaser.
Price
25
25
Christian Fundenter
350
Samuel Greely
400
Lore & Alonzo Whitten.
200
25
470
Columbus S. Marshall. 400
Isaac Comstock
200
3
478, 467, 468, 469
Elias Stokes
200
3
641, 642, pts. 511, 512_
1
390, 475_
Samuel Eddy
Dr. Jacob Clark
120
=
20
Parts 617, 618 and 631, 632 ..
Samuel Donalds
750
716 ..
James Worden
100
17
4916 ft. pts. 745, 746 ..
C. B. MeKnight and C. S. Marshall
400
Samuel McDowell
700
17
99 ft. lots 745, 746, fronting Cherry_
W'm. T. Bly and J. T. C. Carpenter
500
19
721, 722, 723
Walter 11. Lathrop.
200
Peter H. Shaw
700
19
77
Charles S. Hill.
330
20
515, on Huron
Merseno Fox
500
=
21
653, ou Erie
31
603, 604, IIuron
Truman C. Everts
1,000
Dec. 9
510, 643, 740, 741, 742_
Wing Russell
2,500
The larger part of the above sales were with the condition, that purchasers should make im- provements on the property within specified periods, being chiefly dwelling-houses, of vari- ous sizes, from 16x20 feet upwards. Some contracts were to " build in the course of the Summer," some " to build within a year ;" some for " buildings ;" some for " dwelling-houses ;" some for " comfortable dwelling-houses ;" some to " build within three months-brick." In some instances the amounts to be expended for buildings was stated, and these ranged from $100 to $3,000.
It appears that in the management of each of the rival Towns of Port Lawrenee and Vis- tula, the proprietors had been compelled to expend considerable sums of money for inci- dental objects for common benefits. In the case of Port Lawrence the two leading objects seem to have been the provision of stage and mail connections with the outside world, and the opening of roads to the surrounding coun- try. The former of these was made specially important, from the fact that the mail-stage route then lay direct from Maumee City to Tremainesville, passing something like a mile and a half to the North and West of Port Law-
.
23
340. 341.
337
Daniel D. Sinelair 195
23
849, 850.
John P. Dorman
1.375
30
861, 601, 602
John Almy
Granville Jones
825
Ilezekiah D. Mason
1,300 500
886, 385, 509, 600, 477, 347. 522, 336, 476.
Jonathan Maxson.
100
717
1
338 and 10 ft 339
Chester Hunt.
100
506
655. 656.
961 962, 724
16
356, 487, 488_
Robert Johnson
300
526, 737, 738, pts. 529, 530, 783, 784
1833.
=
1834.
777,778
April 30
25
E. side 969, 970.
Thomas Corlett 350
W. Clark Blodgett 400
100
llarrow Gloss
330
351, 489, 490.
John Barse 825
200
959, 960.
S. Greely and J. Corbett. 400
200
TOLEDO'S START AND PROGRESS.
rence, the route lying along what is now De- troit Avenue, and making that Town dependent for stage and mail accommodations on its more fortunate rival on Ten- Mile Creek- a humilia- tion as well as a business subordination, not easy to bear. In order to relieve such em- barrassment, it was found to be necessary to subsidize the stage line, by compensation for the extra travel involved in the desired diver- gence to Toledo from the line between Mau- mee and Tremainesville. Such arrangement existed in 1835, 1836 and 1837, and resulted in an indebtedness by the proprietors of the Town to Willard J. Daniels & Co., through whom the plan was managed, in the sum of $1,943.38- the entire expenditure for such purpose having been $4,122.35. Among other items in the Port Lawrence expenditure were the following :
In 1832. Expended on Indiana Road, $170.
1833. On survey of Indiana Road, $30; labor on same, $24.
1834. Account of Toledo Gazette (published in Vis- tula), $85.
The Vistula account contained the following :
1833. Surveying Indiana Road, $60; engraved maps, $87.
1834. Staking channel in River, $33.75; Adrian Road, $500.
1835. Press and materials for Toledo Gazette (pur- chased in 1834), $954.96; rent of Gazette otlice, 6 months, $37.50; advances to sustain the Gazette, $509.25; for " taking statistical account of commerce and inhabi- tants," $52.13; "for clearing Town plat," $741.60; Ann Allen, for Locust trees, $10; for 5483 rods turn- piking, $1,097.
1836. For paper for Gazette, $109.50.
1837. Reese & Converse, on purchase of stages, c., $678.17 ; Hopkins, Engineer of Sandusky and Toledo Railroad, for expenses of survey, $1, 190 33.
The joint expenditure of the two Towns for stages was $4,123.35. The total Sandusky and Toledo Railroad account was 81,333.33, which was to be divided equally between the Port Lawrence and Vistula proprietors " when the Road should be commenced "-a condition which never was reached. Beyond preliminary surveys, nothing was done toward the con- struction of such Railroad.
TOLEDO APPEARS.
The rivalry of the two adjacent Towns, soon convinced the proprietors of cach that their in- terests and fortunes were too closely identified, as against the competition of neighboring en- terprises, for their continned separate and an- tagonistie management ; when an arrangement for corporate connection was made under the common name of Toledo .*
LOCAL JEALOUSIES.
Human nature, as developed in local jeal- ousies, was not wanting among the pioneers of the Maumee Valley, any more than else- where. The spirit of rivalry attends the settle- mont and improvement of neighboring Towns, no less than the progress of trade in the more advanced conditions of the same. The record of Port Lawrence, for the first 10 years of its questionable existence (1817 to 1827). would hardly be considered one to provoke the special jealousy of anybody. In fact, during the most of that period, the attempt to establish a Town where Toledo now stands, was so uncertain of results, that the few persons interested in the venture, were more concerned in the question of life or death, than in any rivalry with com- peting localities. And yet, there seems to have been, in the eyes of at least one neighboring Town, enough in Port Lawrence to justify some degree of' watchfulness as to its competi- tion. This fact was shown during the Winter of 1821-22, when the matters of the Post Route and the location of the road between the Mau- mee River and Lower Sandusky ( Fremont), as provided for by the Brownstown freaty, were under discussion. The points in the two cases are shown in the following letter of Dr. Horatio Conant, to United States Senator Brown :
FORT MEIGS, 9th February, 1822.
DEAR SIR: Feeling considerably interested in the measures proposed in Congress relative to this section of country, and not doubting your willingness to at- tend to any representations that might be commu- nicated, I take the liberty of addressing a few lines to you on those subjects.
I understand it is in contemplation to so alter the route of the great Eastern mail to Detroit, that it shall not pass this place, but go by Port Lawrence, nine miles below, on the Maumee River. Also, to estab- lish a land office at the River Raisin, in Michigan, for the sale of lands in this vicinity. Also, to remove the port of entry to Port Lawrence. And. also, I pre- sume, from a motion of Mr. Sibley, to open a road under the provisions of the Brownstown treaty, not from Sandusky [now Fremont] to Fort Meigs, accord- ing to the terms of said treaty, but from Sandusky to Port Lawrence.
I have been astonished at the fact that one del- gate from Michigan should be able to have the brain not only of a majority of Congress, but even of a con- siderable part of the Ohio Representatives ; but from the success attending his motions, 1 am obliged to admit the fact as true.
l'ort Lawrence has no claims to notice by Con- gress, much less to be honored by the proposed sacri- fices. The River Raisin has no claim, in any shape, superior to Fort Meigs ; and in point of situation for a Land Office, or any other business, far inferior. It is within little more than thirty miles of the land office at Detroit. Fort Meigs is not within one hun- dred miles of any office, except that at Detroit, and is seventy-five miles from that.
Respecting Port Lawrence, there is not, nor has there been for years, nor is there likely to be, more than three English families, including all within three miles of the place; and whatever publie business is done there, must be done by one man, who is already .Indian Agent and Justice of the Peace for Michigan .*
* Reference is here made to Major B. F. Stickney.
* Mr. Andrew Palmer states, that at a conference held at the time of the consolidation of Port Law- rence and Vistula, the matter of the name for the united Towns was discussed, when James Irvine Browne suggested Toledo, and it was adopted. Many other names had been proposed.
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The distance proposed to be saved by altering the route of the mail, ought not to come in competition with the increased risk in crossing the Maumee River, which in that place is very wide, and open to the un- broken surges of Lake Erie. The same objection will lie with increased weight, against opening a military road to cross the River there. It might as well eross the mouth of the bay, or any other part of Lake Erie.
If there was any business done at the place, or was likely to be, I should not so much object to the Cus- toms Collector's otlice being removed there; but at present I should esteem it ridiculous to entertain the idea.
I did not suppose it entirely necessary to make all the above statements to you, sir ; but it was difficult to say less, and say anything. You must pardon the apparent haste and carelessness with which this is written, as I have just returned from a week's absence and the mail is on the point of being closed.
Yours, very respectfully,
HORATIO CONANT. HON. ETHAN A. BROWN, Senator in Congress.
The conditions indicated by the foregoing letter, so far from becoming less in antagonism, only became more intensified in bitterness, as time advanced. Appreciating the natural ad- vantages of Toledo, when that point finally assumed definite position as a rival, its neigh. bors-Manhattan on the one side, and Maumee and Perrysburg on the other-seemed to make common cause against it, though to do so re- quired an abeyance of mutual jealousies by no means moderate in degree. Thus it was, that Manhattan largely sympathized with the "Foot of the Rapids," as the two Towns up the River were called ; while the latter made Manhattan the object of their special attention. Perrys- burg and Maumee Steamboat Captains never saw Toledo, in passing, except under the optical pressure of traffic. Evidently, the ex- perience of Port Lawrence and Vistula in fight- ing a common battle with the outside world, while inwardly consumed with the jealousy of bitter rivalry, had much to do with enforcing the corporate union of 1833. That step did not come too soon, since withont it, both must have suffered indefinitely, if not disastrously, from obstacles presented by common rivals on the River.
An enthusiastic writer of the time, in May, 1836, set forth the unequaled natural advan- tages of the Maumee Valley, in terms like the following : " From Maine to Georgia, and from the Atlantic to Lake Erie, the eyes of the whole community have been turned towards the Maumee country." Describing the approach to this wonderful region by the River, the writer says :
The first Town which meets the eye is Manhattan, now a thriving Village, with a population of several hundred, where, about six months ago, there was searcely a house, if, indeed, there wasone. Advanc- ing up the River, the next place is Toledo, of which, as it is an old place, it is unnecessary to speak. Still further on, and about 10 miles from the mouth of the River, lies the Military Reserve. This is a plat of ground extending up and down the River about a mile and a quarter, and lying on both sides. This was
selected many years ago by the Engineers of the War Department and reserved for military purposes. It is a beautiful situation, with a broad, deep channel in its front, a bold shore and banks of moderate ele- vation, and does eredit to the sagacity of the officer who selected it. On the North side, the banks form a beautiful creseent, almost as if made by hands of art. When the eye is beholding the beautiful seen- ery which surrounds this site, and the mind is in- formed of the advantages of its location, the depth of water in its barbor (t2 to 15 feet), almost to the shore, and sufficient to contain all the shipping which will probably sait on Lake Erie for 50 years to come ; and to all this is superadded the fact, that immedi- ately at the upper margin of this plat of ground, there is a rock-bar of solid limestone extending across the entire bed of the River ; we almost involuntarily ex- claim, "Here, indeed, are the elements of a large Town." The United States Government would never consentto part with this portion of the public domain until this Spring. It was advertised and sold at auction at Bucyrus on the 4th of April last, and immense sums of money were on the spot for the purchase. An ar- rangement was effected between 19 gentlemen from different parts of the country, and the whole was bid off for their benefit and placed in the hands of Trus- tees. The proprietors selected five Directors, and re- solved forthwith to lay out a Town, which they have named Marengo ; and it is expected early in June the sales will be opened by public auction, and from 300 to 500 lots disposed of in that way. It can scarcely admit of a doubt, that Marengo will in a few years become a large and densely populated City. There, it is believed, the Wabash Canal will terminate. as no good reason can be discovered for its extension further down the River; and all the rich commerce of Western Ohio, the Wabash country, a large portion of Illinois, besides much on the Ohio River, must be poured out here, with all the surplus produets of this proverbially luxuriant soil. seekinga Northern market. Good buildling stone can easily be procured, as the Rock Bar extends into the country on each side of the River. And in conclusion, permit me to say, that I hesitate not to predict. that at no distant day Marengo will be the largest Town in Western Ohio.
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