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City Government 814 Square, Monuments, etc.
School Building .. 815 Public Men
Newspapers. 816 Newspapers and Banks Miscellaneoua. 850
849
Secret Societiea. 816 Gas, Gas Wells and Public Halls. 820
Religious Societies. 820
823
Miscellaneous
CHAPTER XVIII .- WAYNE TOWNSHIP. 824-832
Lands and their Value .... 824 The Streama ... 825
Village of Beaver Dam .. 825
Carter Hill and Hare Creek. 829
Schools, Mills, etc ... 829
The State Fish Hatchery 830
The Pioneers ... 855 Railroads and Common Roads 855
Streams and Valleys 856 Religious Societies. 856
859
Mills, Quarry, Etc .. 860
860 Miscellaneous ...
PART V.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES-ERIE AND CORRY.
City of Erie (alphabetically arranged)
.. 977-1006 City of Corry.
PART VI.
TOWNSHIP BIOGRAPHIES.
Amity Township. 3
Concord Township.
11
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Elk Creek Township. 29 Springfield Township .. 152 Fairview Township. 37 Summit Township 164
Franklin Township. 45
Girard Township.
Greene Township ... 70
Greenfield Township. 75
- Le Bœuf Township. 98
McKean Township ..... 102
Mill Creek Township ..
116
North East Township .. 134
- Union Township. 168
58 Venango Townahip 183
. Washington Township 203
- Waterford Township. 216 Harbor Creek Townahip 80
- Wayne Township. 233
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Milla and Roads. 833 Public Schools. 834
Early Settlers ... 835
CHAPTER XX .- GIRARD TOWNSHIP AND BOR- 835-851 OUGHS OF GIRARD AND LOCKPORT .....
836
Early Settlers
839
Lands and Roads.
839
Railroads and Canal
Streams, etc ...
840 840 841
Mouth of Elk Creek
Mills and Churches. 842 Schools and Mounds.
842
West Girard. 843
BOROUGH OF GIRARD 844
Churches, Schools. etc .. 844
845 846 846
BOROUGH OF LOCKPORT .. 850
CHAPTER XXI .- FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP ..... 851-854 First Settlements. 852 General Description. 852
Mills and Schools 853
Churches and Graveyards
853
Village and Quarry. 854
CHAPTER XXII .- SUMMIT TOWNSHIP .855-860
The Pioneers. 830
Prominent Men
831
The Greeleys. 831
CHAPTER XIX .- AMITY TOWNSHIP 832-835 Streams and Bridges 832
School History. .....
....... 863-975 City of Erie (not alphabetically arranged-Hon. S. M. Brainerd) .... 976
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Conneaut Township.
Miles Grove.
CONTENTS.
PORTRAITS.
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Bennett, J. H., Venango Township. 887
McCreary, D. B., Erie. 747
McKea, Thomas, Mill Creek Township 268
Bowman, Jane, Elk Creek Township 608 Metcalf, Prescott, Erie ..... 507
Bowman, Lucretia, Elk Creek Township 518
Boyd, Charles C., Waterford Township. 727
Brightman, William, Wayne Township. 848 Brown, Samuel M., Mill Creek Township. 668
Burton, John, Mill Creek Township 468
Carroll, William, Union Township. 238
Casey, James, Erie .. 597
Chambers, James, Harbor Creak Township 187
Chapin, Pliny, Venango Township 708
Cochran, Robert, Erie .. 388
Colegrove, Isaac, Corry. 398
Cook, J. L., Waterford Township.
827
Custard, Robert, North East Township. Dobbins, Daniel, Erie. 79
Downing, J. F., Erie.
657 Sanford, G., Erie.
Sedgwick, John, Waterford Township. 367
Ebersole, Joseph, Harbor Creek Township. 307 Ebersole, Joseph J., Harbor Creek Township .. 697 Sill, Thomas H., Erie ..
Ellicott, Andrew, Erie .....
Frontispiece Sill, James, Erie. 818
Elliott, Thomas, Harbor Creek Township ...... 318
Farrar, F. F., Erie ....
897 Stafford, Henry C., Erie.
938
Foot, Jabez B., Venango Township. 358 Staples, F. E., Erie .. 947
Galbraith, John, Erie .....
227 Sterrett, Joseph M., Erie ...
Hammond, Paul, Concord Township ..
Stinson, William S., Harbor Creek Township. Stranahan, P.G., Union Township
648
Hartleb, Mathias, Erie. 768 Hasbrouck, William, Concord Township 637
Haynes, J. H., North East Township. 218
628
Henderson, Joseph, Erie. 807
Henry, Robert H., Harbor Creek Township. 788
Kennedy, D. C., Wayne Township. 438
Vincent, B. B., Erie.
457
Kincaid, John, Wayne Township 777
Vincent, Strong, Erie.
717
Koch, Moses, Frie .... 757
Loop, D. D., North East Township. 347
Lowry, N. D., Harbor Creek Township. 558
Wheeler, Silas, Corry.
178
Marshall, James C., Erie. 497
Wilson, David, Union Township
587
677 Marvin, Elihu, Erie. 327 Woodruff, S. E., Erie
MISCELLANEOUS.
Errata ..
12
Map of Erie County
Map Showing Various Purchases From the Indians .. 113
Diagram Showing Proportionate Annual Production of Anthracite Coal Since 1820 118
Table Showing Amount of Anthracite Coal Produced in Each Region Since 1820 119
Moore, M. M., Harbor Creek Township. 918 Nash, Norman, North East Township. 338
Nicholson, Isabel, Mill Creek Township. 867
Orton, J. R., Conneaut Townshlp 688
Ottinger, Douglass, Erie ..... 537
Putnam, William, Union Township. 878 Raa, Samuel, Springfield Township. 277
Rea, Johnston, Girard Township. 447
Reed, Seth, Erie .... 45
Reed, Rufua S., Erie. 157
Reed, Charles M., Erie ...
297
Reeder, Moses, Washington Township.
288
927 Russell, N. W., Erie.
377
Salahury, A. P., Conneaut Townahip.
527 167
Duncombe, Eli, Amity Township .... 488 Eagley. John, Sr., Springfield Township. 857 Selden, George, Erie .... 247 Short, Alfred North, East Township 567 257
Smith, Samuel, Wayne Township.
407
Foote, David E., Venango Township. 578 Sterrett, A. J., Erie .. 738 148
427 Hamot, P. S. V., Erie ... 134
Strong, Martin, Erie.
207
Taylor, Iaaac R., Washington Townahip
547 797
Hecker, A. W., Corry .....
Tracy, John A., Erie.
417
Tracy, John F., Erie ... 617 Vincent, John, Erie 198
907
Thayer, Alvin, Erie
Weed, William B., Greene Township .. 477 Weschler, Jacob, Erie .. 837
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Bowman, Ralph, Elk Creek Township .. 607
ERRATA.
Page 214-For "after the last war," read " before the last war."
Page 263-McCullough's mills were built in 1802.
Page 272-The steamboat Walk-in-the-Water was wrecked in [821.
Page 272-The steamboat Missouri was bought, not built, hy Gen. Reed in 1840.
Page 274-The U. S. revenue cutter Benjamin Rush was built in 1828.
Page 293-The block-house referred to as having been built in 1795 stood on Garrison Hill. Page 324-William Wallace located in Erie in 1798.
Page 332-The name of the first court crier was Daniel Nangle, instead of David Langley.
Page 341-William Hoge was a resident of Washington County.
Page 401-The Democratic vote for Congress in Warren County in 1878 was 821, instead of 1821.
Page 425-For Sylveras E. Webster, County Surveyor, read Cyrenus E. Webster.
Page 429-For David Langley, Court Crier, read Daniel Nangle.
Page 433-The first passenger train came into Erie January 9, 1852.
Page 463-The Observer office was the first to introduce a power press, not steam power.
Page 495-For Isaac Miller read Israel Miller.
Page 499-For Daniel Stancliff read Lemuel Stancliff.
Page 500-For Benjamin Colton read Benjamin Collom.
Page 500-John Teel, second, died April 21, 1872.
Page 656-For Benjamin Russell read N. W. and G. J. Russell.
Page 664-For Tract 47 read Tract 247.
Page 664-For Mr. Martin Stough read Mrs. Martin Stough.
Page 675-George W. Reed settled in Waterford in 1810.
Page 679, also 139-The park in Waterford Borough is about a mile from Waterford Station on the P. & E. road, making the distance by rail from Erie about twenty miles.
Page 680-For James Judson read Amos Judson.
Page 732-Rev. Cyrus Dickson completed his college course in 1837.
Page 744-For John M. Fratz read Joseph M. Kratz.
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CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, VILLAGES, SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, INDUSTRIES, ETC .; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; BIOGRAPHIES; HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, STATISTICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS MATTER, ETC., ETC.
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PREFACE.
TN entering upon the publication of a history of Erie County, the difficulty and importance of the task were not underestimated by the publishers. A desire for such a work has long existed, a work that would faithfully present a correct, concise and clean record of events, beginning with the Indian tribes that once inhabited the land, thence tracing its history down to the present period.
The burning of the court house, on the 23d of March, 1823, which destroyed the records of the first twenty years after the organization of the county, has ever been a source of annoyance to those tracing the original titles to lands through the names of the first settlers. This work shows where the titles of the lands in Erie County originated, to whom the first sales were made, and the locations of the earliest pioneers, thus supplying many missing links in the fabric of its recorded history.
The book may be said to have had its inception in 1879, when Mr. Benja- min Whitman, having sold the Erie Observer, which he had edited since Jan- uary, 1861, made a number of short tours over the county for the joint purpose of reviving old friendships and settling his outstanding accounts. After one or two trips he commenced writing up a series of articles for the Observer under the heading of "County Jaunts," and finding them received with favor, con- ceived the idea of expanding them into a history of the county. The effort of Mr. Whitman was more to give a plain and correct statement of facts than to indulge in fine writing, for which, it is needless to add, there is little op- portunity in a work of this kind. His manuscript was purchased by the pub- lishers, and is mainly embodied in the book.
He was largely aided in the collecting of his matter by Capt. N. W. Russell, whose father, Mr. Hamlin Russell, when on his death bed in 1852, after a res- idence of half a century in Erie County, said to him, "I have made, a great mistake in not keeping, for the good of future generations, a historical record of the advent and progress of the early settlers. Your retentive memory can yet collect them, and put them in a shape that will be of great use to the inhabitants hereafter. Promise me you will do so." The promise was given, and has been fulfilled to a considerable extent in this work. "In the preparation of the matter," says Mr. Whitman, "Capt. N. W. Russell, of Mill Creek Township, deserves very large credit. His remembrance of early events is remark- able, and to his valuable assistance I owe more than I can express. His fre- quent sketches on historical subjects, printed in the newspapers, were really the foundation of the book, and in many cases I have not done much more than to elaborate his articles. Mr. Russell has, also, revised all the proof, and vouches for the correctness of the historical matter."
For the convenience of its readers, the book has been divided into five parts. The outline history of the State, contained in Part I, is from the pen
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of Prof. Samuel P. Bates, of Meadville. The history of Erie County, included in Part II, was compiled by Mr. Whitman, with the aid of Mr. Russell, as above stated. The history of the city of Erie, in Part III, was written by Mr. R. C. Brown, of Chicago, Ill., excepting Chapter IV, which is from the pen of Mr. F. E. Weakley, of Lebanon, Ohio. The township histories, in Part IV, embrace a portion of the matter furnished by Messrs. Whitman and Russell, with additions by Messrs. F. E. Weakley and J. B. Mansfield; while the bio- graphical sketches in Part V, were collected by a corps of solicitors, and a proof of each sketch submitted by mail to each subject for correction. It is due to Mr. Whitman to add that the township sketches prepared by him were much more full than they appear in the book, the limits to which the publishers were obliged to confine themselves not allowing space for all of his matter.
The publication of such a work, for a patronage limited to a single county, was a hazardous undertaking, and much solicitude was felt by the publishers on this account during the first stages of the enterprise, but whatever their misgivings, they were soon dispelled by the liberal patronage of the people of the county. An earnest effort has been made to render the book reliable and attractive, and to more than fulfill every promise made in the prospectus.
Acknowledgments are due to County, Township, City and Borough officials, old settlers, members of the various professions and to citizens throughout the county, for favors and generous assistance in the preparation of the work.
THE PUBLISHERS.
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CONTENTS.
PART I.
HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA.
PAGE.
PAGE.
CHAPTERI .- INTRODUCTORY .- Cornelis Jacob- son Mey, 1624-25. William Van Hulst, 1625- 26. Peter Minuit, 1626-33 David Petersen de Vries, 1632-33. Wouter Van Twiller, 1633-38 .15-23
CHAPTER II .- Sir William Keift, 1638-47. Peter Minuit, 1638-41. Peter Hollandaer, 1641-43. John Printz, 1643-63. Peter Stuyvesant, 1647-64. John Pappagoya, 1653-54. John Claude Rysingh, 1654-55 23-33
CHAPTER III .- John Paul Jacquet, 1655-57. Jacob Alrichs, 1657-59. Goeran Van Dyck, 1657-58. William Beekman, 1658-63. Alex. D'Hinoyossa, 1659-64 ... .33-35
CHAPTER IV .- Richard Nichols, 1664-67. Rob- ert Needham, 1664-68. Francis Lovelace, 1667-73. John Carr, 1663-73. Anthony Colve, 1673-74. Peter Alrichs, 1673-74. .. 35-41
CHAPTER V .- Sir Edmund Andros, 1674-81. Edmund Cantwell, 1674-76. John Collier, 1676-77. Christopher Billop, 1677-81 .......... 41-50
CHAPTER VI .- William Markham, 1681-82. William Penn, 1682-84 .... .51-61
CHAPTER VII .- Thomas Lloyd, 1684-86. Five Commissioners, 1686-88. John Blackwell, 1688-90. Thomas Lloyd, 1690-91. William Markham, 1691-93. Benjamin Fletcher, 1693-95. William Markham, 1693-99 ......... 61-69
CHAPTER VIII .- William Penn, 1699-1701. Andrew Hamilton, 1701-03. Edward Ship-
pen, 1703-04. John Evans, 1704-09. Charles Gooken, 1709-17 .. .69-75
CHAPTER IX .- Sir William Keith, 1717-26. Patrick Gordon, 1726-36. James Logan, 1736-38. George Thomas, 1738-47. An- thony Palmer, 1747-48. James Hamilton, 1748-54 ... 75-89
CHAPTER X .- Robert H. Morris, 1754-56. Will- iam Denny, 1756-59. James Hamilton, 1759-63 .. .89-97
CHAPTER XI .- John Penn, 1763-71. James Hamilton, 1771. Richard Penn, 1771-73. John Penn, 1773-76 ... 98-104
CHAPTER XII .- Thomas Wharton, Jr., 1777-76. George Bryan, 1778. Joseph Reed, 1778-81. William Moore, 1781-82. John Dickinson, 1782-85. Benjamin Franklin, 1785-88 ...... 104-114
CHAPTER XIII. - Thomas Mifflin, 1788-99. Thomas Mckean, 1799-1808. Simon Snyder, 1708-17. William Findlay, 1817-20. Joseph Heister, 1820-23. John A. Shulze, 1823-29. George Wolfe, 1829-35. Joseph Ritner, 1835-39 .. 114-121
CHAPTER XIV .- David R. Porter, 1839-45. Francis R. Shunk, 1845-48. William F. John- stone, 1848-52. William Bigler, 1852-55. John Pollock, 1855-68. William F. Packer, 1858-61. Andrew G. Curtin, 1861-67. John W. Geary, 1867-73. John F. Hartranft, 1873-78. Henry F. Hoyt, 1878-82. Robert E. Pattison, 1682 .. 122-131
Gubernatorial Table.
132
PART II.
HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.
CHAPTER I .- GENERAL DESCRIPTION, ETC .- 137-144
County and Township Organization 137 Cities, Boroughs and Villages 138 Distance Table. 138 Organization of Cities and Boroughs. 139 Election Districts. 139
What Township Taken From, etc. 140 Post Offices. 141
.142-144
Census ...
County and Township Boundaries.
143
CHAPTER II .- PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY.
.145-150
The Land-Its Characteristics and Value ..... 146
Climate, Geology and Timber
149
Minerals, Oil Wells, etc .....
150
CHAPTER III .- GEOLOGY.
151-155
CHAPTER IV. - STREAMS,
LAKES,
BAYS,
BRIDGES AND CULVERTS ...
155-166
Principal Settlements, Railroads, etc ........... 156
Features of the Streams
159
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French Creek and Its Principal Tributaries 160 The Lake Shore Streams. 161 Lakes and Bays .. 162 The Interior Lakes. 165
Bridges, Culverts, etc .. 165
CHAPTER V .- PRE-HISTORIC REMAINS AND
NATURAL CURIOSITIES. 166-172 Ancient Embankments .. 169 More Strange Discoveries 170
Natural Curiosities .: 171
CHAPTER VI .- INDIAN HISTORY. 172-185
Extermination of the Eriez. 173 The Six Nations ... 174
French and English Intrigues. 175
Pontiac's Conspiracy.
176
Capture of Le Boeuf and Presque Isle. 176
American Occupation .. 180
Threats of an Indian War 181
Raids by the Savages ... 182
Indian Villages and Graveyards 183
Cornplanter, The Seneca Chief 184
CHAPTER VII .- THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH 185-194
The First Soldiers 186
Army of Occupation 186
Coffin's Statement 189
Washington'a Visit 189
Progress of the French. 191
French Village at Presque Isle.
191
Events in 1757 and 1758.
192
The English Gaining. 192
Evacuation of the French 193
English Dominion ... 193
The French and English Forts. 194
The French Road. 194
CHAPTER VIII .- THE TRIANGLE 194-200
The Western Boundary 195
The New York Line 195
The Triangle. 195
Release of the Indian Title 196 Outside of Erie City 263 Interesting Details .. 199 Other Early Mills and Factories. 264 List of Manufacturing Establishments 265 Continental Certificates 200
CHAPTER IX .- THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION 201-209
Protecting the Frontier .. 202 The Era of Steamboats. 272
Occupancy of Fort Le Boeuf .. 202
Interference of the General Government ... 203
Was the Danger Real ?. 203
A Lengthy Discussion .. 204 Government Vessels 274
An Important Council. 204
Fort Le Boeuf and its Garrison 205
A Treaty of Peace ... 206
Beginning of the Town of Erie. 206
The Last Indian Murder. 209
CHAPTER X .- ANTHONY WAYNE. 209-212
Massacre of Paoli. 210 His Western Campaign 210
Sickness and Death. 210
His Appearance and Bearing. 211
Disinterment of His Remains. 211
Appearance of the Body. 212 County Statistics 291
Second Disinterment 212
Workhouse 292 His Eastern Tomb 212
CHAPTER XI .- LAND MATTERS .. 213-226
Pennsylvania Population Company 213 A Great Land Speculator. 214
Plan of Settlement. 214
Holland Land Company. 215
Tenth Donation District .. 215 Harrisburg and Presque Isle Company. 216 The Moravian Grant .. 216 The Reservations Academy Lands.
216 219 Surveyors and Land Agents 219
More Land Legislation .... 220
Settled at Last .. 220
Abstract of Judah Colt's Autobiography. 221
Land Sales. 223
List of Purchasers ..
223
State Commissioners 224
Land Litigation
The Speculation of 1836 226
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CHAPTER XII .- THE PIONEERS.
229-233
Where the People Came From. 230 Marriages, Births and Deaths. 230 Condition of the People, etc ... 231
Game, etc.
232
CHAPTER XIII. - COMMON
ROADS, STAGE
LINES, MAIL ROUTES, TAVERNS, ETC .. 233-244 Buffalo Road .. 234
The Ridge Road. 235
The Lake Road. 235
Waterford Turnpike .. 235
Edinboro Plank Road. 236
Waterford Plank Road.
239
Wattsburg Plank Road ..
Lake Pleasant Road
The Colt's Station Road.
Old Taverns ...
241
Travel and Transportation 242
The Salt Trade ... 243
Stage Lines and Mail Routes. 243
CHAPTER XIV .- RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS
-CHURCHES-GRAVEYARDS, ETC ..... .245-262 Presbyteriau Misaionariea .. 245
The Erie Presbytery ..
246
Permanent Preachera.
246
Rev. Johnson Eaton.
246
The Erie and Other Churches 249 Methodist Episcopal Church. 249 United Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopa- lians, etc ... 254 Catholics and other Denominationa. 255 List of Churches 255 Sunday Schools. 260
Bible Society and Y. M. C. A 261
Graveyards and Cemeteries. 261
CHAPTER XV .- MILLS AND FACTORIES 262-270
CHAPTER XVI .- LAKE NAVIGATION .... 270-283
The Merchant Service .. 271
Propellers and Shipa 273
The Old Times and the New 273
Valuable Statistics ... 274
275
Opening of Navigation 279
Collectors at Erie
280
Deputy Collectora. 280
Veasels Owned in Erie .. 280
Business of the Port. 281
Light-houses and their Keepera. 282
CHAPTER XVII .- COUNTY BUILDINGS. 283-293
The County Jail .. 285
The Almshouse. 286
First Stages of the War. 294 Assembling the Militia 295
A Fleet Arranged For. 295
Perry Reaches Erie. 296
The First Step to Victory. 300
300
Menaces of the Enemy. 302
Getting over the Bar. 302
The First Cruise. 303
Challenging to Fight. 304
Preparing for Battle .. 305
Brief Account of the Victory 305
After the Battle. 309
Victories on Land.
310
Perry's Return to Erie. 310
Disasters on the Bay and Lake Distances by Lake ..
276
CHAPTER XVIII .- PERRY'S VICTORY AND THE WAR OF 1812-14 ... 293-320 Erie's Defenseless Condition 293
Safely Concentrated ..
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The Shunpike. 239
240 240 241
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The Winter of 1813-14. 311
A Fatal Duel 312
The Campaign of 1814 313
Incidents of the War 314 Disposal of the Vessels 814 American Army Officers. 316
The Story of James Bird. 316
Official Report of the British Commander .... 319
CHAPTER XIX .- BENCH AND BAR. .... 320-332
United States Courts. 323 The Bar. 324 Deaths, Removals, etc .. 330
Court Criers, and Other Matters 332
CHAPTER XX .- NOTABLE EVENTS 333-340
The King of France 333
Lafayette ..
333
Erie ..
445
Horace Greeley
333
Corry
446
Presidential Visitors.
334
Mckean.
446
An Exciting Campaign. 335
The Only Execution .... 335
Indictments for Murder 339 Girard
CHAPTER XXI .- POLITICAL HISTORY-AN- NUAL RECORD. .340-430 1788 to 1800. 340
1800 to 1802. 341
1803 to 1806 342
1807 to 1810 343
1811 to 1816 344
1817 to 1820.
1821 to 1823
345 346 349
1824 to 1825.
1826 to 1828 350
1829 to 1830
351
1831 to 1832.
352 353 354
1836
1837 to 1638. 355 Academies, etc .. 454
1839 to 1840 359
1841
Tabulated Statement. 456 1842
1843 to 1844
1845 to 1846
364
Early Newspapers. 459
The Erie Gazette. 459
The Erie Observer 460
The Erie Dispatch. 461
Other English Papers. 461
German and Portuguese Papers. 462
Defunct Papers 463 1853
373
1855 to 1856
374
Personal ..
464
376 Papers Outside of Erie 465 1857
1858
379 390
1859 to 1860.
1861 to 1862 382
1863 to 1864 383
1865 to 1866. 385
1867 to 1868 386 390
1869 to 1870.
1871 to 1672
391 394
1873
1874
395
1875 to 1876. 396
1877 to 1878 401
1879 to 1880 402
Officers from Erie County 475 1881 .. 1882
County Finances in Connection with the War .. 476
Prices Compared .. 479
The Erie Regiment-three months 479 The Eighty-third Regiment ... 481
The One Hundred Eleventh Regiment. 483
The One Hundred Forty-fifth Regiment 485
CHAPTER XXVII .- MISCELLANEOUS. 490-500 Agricultural Societies ... 490 Militia and Military Oganizations. 490 Temperance .. 492
Slaves and Slavery .. 492
Seal of the County 493 The Weather. 493 Early Justices. 493
495
Erie to Buffalo
433
Telegraph Lines 495 Erie to Cleveland, 433
Consolidation Effected. 434
Further Consolidation. 435
Local Features .... 435
Distances. 436
Philadelphia & Erie Railroad. 436
General Description 439
Other Matters. 439
Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad. 440
Buffalo, Corry & Pittsburgh Railroad .. 441 New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad ... 441 Union & Titusville Railroad .. 442 New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad (The Nickel Plate) 442
Projected Railroads ... 443
CHAPTER XXIII -PHYSICIANS AND DEN-
TISTS .. 444-461 List of Registered Physicians. 446-450
449
Union City
449
North East
449
Albion .....
449
Waterford
449
Springfield
449
Edinboro. 450
Mill Village 450 Other Localities 450
Other Matters 450
Dentists
451
CHAPTER XXIV .- SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, ETC. 451-456
The County Schools
453
School Books, etc. 453
Spelling Schools. 454
General Remarks.
455
360 361 362
1847
365
1848
366
1849 to 1850
369
1851
370
1852 ..
371 372
1854
Miscellaneous. 463
CHAPTER XXVI .- WAR FOR THE UNION .... 465-489 The First Regiment. 466 The Eighty-third Regiment ... 466 The One Hundred Eleventh Regiment. 469 The One Hundred Forty-fifth Regiment. 470
The First Draft. 470
Other Matters. 471
The Second Draft. 472
Lively Recruiting. 473 Half a Million More. 474
Nearing the End ... 474
404 405 406
1883 ...
LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS 406 United States Officers. 406 State Officers from Erie County .. 410
State Senators .. 411 Members of the House of Representatives .. 412 County Officers. 414
CHAPTER XXII. THE CANAL AND RAIL- 430-444 ROADS.
The Lake Terminus .. 431
Completion of the Canal. 431
Its Abandonment. 432
Railroads 433
The Cholera.
Shows and Circuses.
496
The Railroad War. 434 Cattle Driving 495
Wattshurg. 449
Fairview.
449
CHAPTER XXV .- NEWSPAPERS 459-465
1833 to 1835.
PAGE.
viii
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
PAGE.
Currency 496
Soldiers' Monuments 496
The Revolution 496
The Mexican War
499
The Flood of 1683. 500
PART III.
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ERIE.
CHAPTER I .- HISTORICAL ........... ...... 503-519
Scraps of History 512
CHAPTER II .- GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND
PROGRESS ...
519-534 Hotels and Public Halls .... 524
Pleasure Resorts ..
524
Railroads and Shipping Facilities. 525
Bay, Harbor and Peninsula 525
Life-Saving Service .. 532
The Head 532
Fisheries. 533
CHAPTER III .- MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
535-550
Water Works 543
Fire Department. 546
Markets 546
Police .. 549
Financial Exhibit. 549
CHAPTER IV .- CHURCHES 550-586
First Presbyterian Church .. 550 Park Presbyterian Church .. 552 TIONS 600-613
Central Presbyterian Church. 554
Chestnut Street Presbyterian Church 555 United Presbyterian Congregation 556
St. Paul's Episcopal Church. 560 St. John's Episcopal Church 563
Church of the Cross and Crown 564
First Methodist Episcopal Church 565 Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church. 569
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