History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 91

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1280

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STREAMS AND MILLS.

As before stated, Greene is the fountain-head of no less than five Erie County streams, viz., Le Boeuf Creek, Mill Creek, Walnut Creek, Four Mile Creek and Six Mile Creek. Le Bœuf Creek rises on the south edge of the township, and empties into French Creek below Waterford; a branch of Mill Creek starts on Jacob Lilleman's farm, in the northwest ; Four Mile Creek on R. Zimmer's farm, about a mile northeast from St. Boniface ; Six Mile Creek, on the farm of Mrs. Sarah Filley, a short distance south of Wales, and Wal- nut Creek, near the Greene and Summit line, a little northeast of Whiteford's Corners. The great gully of Four Mile Creek begins nearly at the head of the stream, about three and a half miles south of the Harbor Creek line, and continues to the crossing of the Station road, below Cooper's mill. The mills of the township are the saw and feed mill of Miles Brown, on Le Bœuf Creek; Kane's saw mill, near the north boundary, and David Ripley's saw mill, back of St. Boniface Church, both on Four Mile Creek, and two saw mills on Six Mile Creek, north of Wales. The first, last and only grist mill in the town- ship was built by Jacob Brown early in the century, and ran until 1872, when it burned down. Formerly there was another saw mill on Le Bœuf Creek, one near the Lake Pleasant road, a third near John Evans', and a fourth at Bogus Corners, but all have been abandoned.

ROADS AND RAILROAD.

The leading thoroughfares are the Wattsburg Plank Road; the old road to Wattsburg by way of Phillipsville, which branches off from the plank road at the Seigel place; the Lake Pleasant road; the road from Harbor Creek to Waterford, through West Greene; the old Shunpike, from Augustus Graham's, in Summit, to Waterford, and the road from the Shunpike to West Greene. The Wattsburg plank was completed in 1853, and given up as a toll road in the spring of 1865. The Lake Pleasant road was opened from Erie to the Mar- tin Hayes place in the winter of 1821-22, and extended to French Creek in the winter of 1826-27, through what was, for a good part of the way, a dense wilderness. Both of these roads traverse the entire width of the township

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from northwest to southeast. The Shunpike was laid out in 1827-28 to avoid the Waterford Turnpike, growing out of a quarrel between its owners and the stage company over the rates of toll. The Harbor Creek & Wattsburg road was opened in 1810, and the one which branches off from the Shunpike has been in existence thirty to forty years. The only railroad in Greene is the Phil- adelphia & Erie, which crosses about a mile of its southwest corner, between Summit and Waterford. It has no station in the township, and the nearest are at Belle Valley, Langdon's and Jackson's. The railroad bridge over Le Bœuf Creek is at the line between Greene and Waterford.

HAMLETS AND CHURCHES.

Greene Township has no incorporated towns, and no settlements that can strictly be called by the name of villages. There are, however, several thickly settled localities which have been honored with special names, such as West Greene, St. Boniface, Wales, Bogus Corners, Weed' Corners and Six Mile Creek. Wales, in the northeast, on the Venango line, derives its name from being first settled by Welsh, of whom the Hintons were the pioneers. The district known as Wales includes a Presbyterian and Methodist Church, a schoolhouse and a few farmhouses. The Presbyterian congregation was organized in 1849 by Rev. G. W. Cleveland, its first pastor, and erected a building in 1851 at a cost of $800. The succeeding ministers have been Revs. Steele, William H. Adams and John McMaster. The latter is now in charge, and the congre- gation is weak. The Methodist congregation has been in existence some thirty- five years. Rev. J. O. Osborne was pastor 1881-82. The circuit includes Phillipsville, West Greene and Wales.

St. Boniface is a German settlement on the Wattsburg Plank Road, seven miles from Erie, which derives its name from the Catholic Church there located. The congregation was organized in 1857 by Rev. J. A. Oberhofer, with a congregation of some forty families. Rev. Oberhofer remained in charge of the church until 1867, and again in 1871 became its pastor, and sustained that relation with the congregation until the summer of 1873. Since then, the pastors have been as follows: Fathers Maloney, M. Apple and Edward Hasse, the last of whom is now in charge. The post office name is Hamot.

A church was erected in 1857, which burned down in 1867, and the present elegant building was erected in 1873, at a cost of $4,000. Meantime a sepa- ration took place between the German and English speaking members of the congregation, which led to the construction of another edifice by the latter in 1870, at a cost of $400. This building, known as St. Peter's Church, was sub- sequently removed to Kuhl's Hill. A Catholic school, a parsonage and a grave- yard are attached to St. Boniface Church. Both congregations have the same pas- tor and get along now in harmony. Besides the church buildings, the settlement contains a grocery, wagon shop, blacksmith shop and a few residences. East Greene Post Office and a schoolhouse are situated near Bogus Corners. The Cor- ners are at the intersection of a cross road with the Wattsburg plank, not far from the center of the township. The East Greene Post Office was established about 1829, with N. M. Manly as Postmaster. Half a mile west are a German Luther- an Church and graveyard, a grocery and a saloon. The congregation erected its building in 1857, at a cost of $600. It is known as St. Paul United Luther- an and Presbyterian Church, and was organized several years previous with twenty-two members, by Rev. Michael Kuchler, of Erie, and, until the construc- tion of the church, worshiped in a schoolhouse. At present, a temporary va- cancy exists in the pastorate. The membership is about thirty-five. Weed's Corners, at the intersection of the road from West Greene with the Lake

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Pleasant road, is nothing more than a few farmhouses. It derives its name from William B. Weed, who was the first settler. West Greene consists of a small collection of buildings at the meeting of two roads in the south part of the township. Besides the post office, there is a Methodist Church, a cheese factory, store, blacksmith shop and schoolhouse. The cheese factory was opened May 12, 1873, and the church building has been up about twenty years.

The Methodist Episcopal Church at West Greene was organized in 1827, by Rev. Knapp, with five members-Nathaniel Brace and wife, John Brace and wife and Mrs. William B. Weed. Originally, this appointment formed a part of North East Circuit, which embraced Erie City, Waterford, Wattsburg, North East, Mckean, Russellville and other charges; at present it belongs to Greene Circuit, which includes three charges -Phillipsville, West Greene and Center Chapel-in this township. Rev. J. O. Osborne is the present pastor. The early meetings were held in dwellings and schoolhouses until about 1848, when a large frame church was built at a cost of $800. It was superseded in the autumn of 1883 by a new frame structure, erected on the site of the old church, a short distance north of West Greene, at a cost of $1,500.

About 1848, a church was built at West Greene and occupied for a number of years by a Free- Will Baptist congregation. After the dismemberment of the society, the building was removed to a farm.

In addition to these churches, the United Brethren have one on the Lake Pleasant road, just above the head of the lake, on the line between Greene and Venango, the congregation of which was organized in 1871, by Rev. John A. Thomas. The building was erected in 1872, at a cost of $1,300.

Six Mile Creek, about a mile north of Wales, consists of two or more saw mills and a few houses. There has been a post office at this point for several years. In the northwest part of the township is an old United Brethren so- ciety, which has been meeting for twenty-two or twenty-three years at the resi- dence of David Ripley, Sr. Formerly it held services in the Lawrence School- house. The class forms a part of Harbor Creek Circuit.

PUBLIC MEN.

The public officers furnished by Greene Township are Capt. Thomas Wilkins, Collector of the Port of Erie from 1861 to 1869; Jonas Gunnison, a prominent Erie attorney and a member of the Assembly in 1859; Rodney Cole, County Commissioner from 1851 to 1854; William B. Weed, from 1867 to 1870, and Albert B. Gunnison, from 1875 to 1881; Ora P. Gunnison, Deputy Sheriff for a few months; Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for a long term; Acting Collector of Internal Revenue from October 8 to November 8, 1875; Mercantile Appraiser in 1879, and Clerk to the County Commissioners, from 1881 to 1883; Horace L. Pinney, Jury Commissioner from 1870 to 1873; E. O. Pinney, Trustee of Erie Academy from 1875 to 1878, and William E. Hayes, County Auditor from 1874 to 1880. Rev. Martin Hayes, for forty years a prominent minister of the Presbyterian denomination, and C. A. Hayes, a lawyer in Chicago, are natives of Greene.

SCHOOLS.

According to William B. Weed, in 1825 no schools were held in what is now Greene Township. Soon after 1825, however, a schoolhouse was built on Lot 184, in the east part of the township. A second was erected about two miles farther south, and a third was built on the farm of William B. Weed. One of the first teachers was Mrs. Brace. She was a pioneer woman of the township, hailing from Connecticut. Below is a list of the school buildings:

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Kuhl, on Kuhl Hill; Drown, on Wattsburg road, near Hosea Drown's; Bogus Corners; New, at John Evans, near Wales; Weed, on Lake Pleasant road, near Weed's Corners; Lawrence (the voting place), on Lake Pleasant road, near the center; West Greene; and Brown near LeBoeuf Creek, in the southwest .. Pleasant Independent District, embracing parts of Greene, Summit and Mill Creek, has a building on the Lake Pleasant road, in the Pinney and Hayes neighborhood. Lake Pleasant Independent District takes in the southwest part of Greene and adjacent corners of Amity, Waterford and Venango.

CHAPTER XV.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF EDINBORO.

TN the organization of Erie County, the territory now embraced in Washing- ton Township, together with portions of Waterford and Franklin since taken off, was given the title of Conneauttee, after its lake and principal streams. The name was changed to Washington in 1834, to correct the in- convenience caused by two very similar township names in the same county. In 1844, a large slice was cut out of the west side in the formation of Frank- lin Township, and another reduction was made at a later period by taking a piece from the northeast corner and adding it to Waterford. The original jurisdiction covered 31,360 acres, but the township limits have been reduced to 27,473 acres, with a width from north to south of six and three-fifths miles, and a length from east to west of eight and a half in the widest part. The township is bounded on the north by Mckean, Waterford and Franklin, on the east by Waterford and LeBoeuf, on the south by Venango, Cussewago and Cambridge Townships, Crawford County, and on the west by Elk Creek and Franklin. It contains three small villages-McLane, McLallen's Corners and Draketown-all of which have post offices except the last named. The popu- lation of the township was 438 in 1820, 743 in 1830, 1,551 in 1840, 1,706 in 1850, 1,943 in 1860, 2,744 in 1870, and 1,880 in 1880. The assessment of 1880 gave the following results: Value of real estate, $734,836; number of horses, 473; of cows, 1,133; of oxen, 50; value of the same, $46,763; money at interest, $48, 731.

FIRST SETTLERS.

In the year 1796-the whole of Erie County being at the time an unbroken wilderness, excepting trifling settlements at Erie, Waterford, North East, McKean, Harbor Creek, Fairview and Mill Creek -- Alex. Hamilton and Will- iam Culbertson, both of Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Penn., visited the site of Edinboro and selected lands with the design of establishing a colony. They returned to their home in the fall and spent the winter along the West Branch of the Susquehanna enlisting settlers. In the spring of 1797, they came back, and were soon followed by Job Reeder, Samuel Galloway, Simeon Dunn, John and James Campbell, Mathias Sipps, John McWilliams, Phineas McLenathan, Matthew Hamilton, James, John, Andrew and Samuel Culbert- son, Mrs. Jane Campbell (a widow), two of her sons and daughter Hannah, and the wives of Alex. Hamilton and William Culbertson. Other parties ar- rived later in the season, making about fifty colonists during the year 1797.

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The Widow Campbell retraced her way to the Susquehanna in the fall, and re- turned the next spring, bringing her other three children. She and her family took up over 1,000 acres, embracing the properties now owned by John, Samuel and Moses Reeder, Elias McWilliams, P. Crane and R. B. McLaugh- rey, building several cabins so as to hold the land. James Culbertson located on the Hardman farm; John on the Lick, Webster and Giles places; Samuel on the old Perry farm, and William on the old Kinter farm. The latter soon changed to the tract now covered by Edinboro, and proved himself to be the most enterprising man of the party. He built the first house in Edinboro and the first grist mill and saw mill on Conneauttee Creek; was Justice of the Peace for forty years. Mr. Culbertson's earliest residence was on the site of F. C. Vunk's house, from which he moved to a building on the site of R. C. McLaughrey's store.

Alexander Hamilton took up 600 acres, including what is now the Martin Pratt farm; Phineas McLenathan settled on the west side of the lake, where his grandson John lives; and Mathias Sipps near the Waterford road, not far from the center of the township. Following are as nearly as can be ascertained the years in which other pioneers settled in the township: In 1798, Peter Kline; 1800, James Graham; 1802, Daniel Sherod; 1805, John Tanner and Davis Pifer; 1814, Simeon Meacham; 1816, Judah Wells; 1817 or 1818, Rob- ert McLallen, James Port and Nathaniel Etheridge; 1819, Isaac Taylor; 1819 or 1820, Nathaniel Gardner; 1825 or 1826, Jesse Lewis; 1827, Henry R. Terry; 1828, Jacob Lefevre; 1832, Sherman Greenfield and L. B. Goodell; 1833, George Sweet, Evi Twichell and Willard Wellman; 1834, J. J. Comp- ton, Benjamin White, Jesse Tarbell, Wanton Slocum, the Hawkinses and M. M. McLaughrey; 1835, John White, the Proudfits and the Potters; 1836, the Shieldses. Mr. Sweet was from Cayuga County, N. Y., and Mr. Compton from Delaware County, N. Y. Dr. J. C. Wilson made his location in 1856, coming from Bucks County, Penn. Among the early settlers in the Little Conneauttee Valley were Zopher Davis and John Sherwood, both of whom located in 1819; Walter Palmer, Henry Drake, Russell Stancliff, Ralph D. Phelps and Theo. Phelps. Jacob LeFevre was the second Justice of the Peace, receiving his appointment from Gov. Wolf in 1832, and serving till 1840. The first marriage was that of Job Reeder to Nancy Campbell, March 1, 1800; the first death that of Mrs. William Culbertson in 1804. Jane Cul- bertson was the first female child, born in 1799, and John Augustus Culbertson the first male child, born in 1800, though this was disputed by William Board- man, of Union City, who claimed to have first seen the light in the Little Con- neauttee Valley in 1796.

There was no road in the county nearer than Waterford, and a dense wilder- ness extended on both sides from the Allegheny River to the far West, so the early settlers had to travel to Waterford on foot or horseback for their supplies.

ROADS.

The leading highways of Washington Township are the Erie & Edinboro Plank Road, with its extension to Meadville, by way of Venango; the plank road from Waterford to Drake's Mills, Crawford County; the old Waterford road, the road from Cranesville to Waterford, the State road from Lockport through McLane to Waterford, and the Sherrod Hill road from Edinboro to Cussewago. The old Waterford road was established about 1802. The Erie & Edinboro Plank Road Company was formed in 1850, with Judge John Gal- braith as President; and in the same year the Edinboro & Meadville Company was organized, with Judge Gaylord Church as President. Both roads were

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completed in 1852, and simultaneously abandoned about 1868 or 1869. The plank road from Waterford to Drake's Mills, built about the same period, was allowed to fall into the hands of the township authorities when the others were abandoned.

There is no railroad in the township, and the nearest railroad station is at Cambridge, in Crawford County, where most of the freight to and from Edin- boro is received and shipped.

STREAMS, LAKE AND LANDS.

Few townships in the county are better watered than Washington is by Con- neauttee and Little Conneauttee Creeks and their branches. The East Branch of Conneauttee Creek rises near McLane, and the West Branch in a cran- berry marsh in Franklin Township, about two miles from the Washington line. After coursing through the western and central portions of Washington Town- ship from the north, they unite their waters at the head of Conneauttee Lake. Flowing through the lake, the stream continues some eight miles further to a point near Cambridge, where it joins French Creek, after a total length of about fifteen miles. Pratt Creek unites with the East Branch about a mile north of the lake, and Herbert Creek runs into the main stream two miles below the outlet. The Little Conneauttee rises in Mckean, perhaps a mile north of the township line, runs across the eastern portion in a southerly course, and empties into the Big Conneauttee a short distance above its mouth, having a length about equal to its more prominent namesake. Besides the above-mentioned streams, the north part of the township contains the head- waters of the South Branch of Elk Creek, which joins the main stream at Middleboro. Lake Conneauttee was originally about three-fourths of a mile long by half a mile wide, but was somewhat enlarged by the construction of the dam for Culbertson's mill across the outlet.

The lands of Washington Township will average as well as any of the southern districts of the county. There are no abrupt hills or precipitous gullies, and nearly the whole face of the country is susceptible of cultivation. A broad, fertile valley extends from the Mckean line across the entire town- ship, along Big Conneauttee Creek, and the valley of the Little Conneauttee, though narrower, is equally productive. Both valleys are good grain land, but that of the Big Conneauttee is marred by swamps, which are difficult of drainage. A high chestnut ridge, rising gradually from the valleys, lies be- tween the two streams, which produces grain, but is best for dairying. There is another ridge on the west side of the township, extending from Franklin to the Crawford line, which is the exact counterpart of its eastern neighbor. The price of land is from $25 to $50 an acre, averaging perhaps $30.

VILLAGES AND CHURCHES.

The village of McLane lies upon the Erie & Edinboro Plank Road, at the crossing of the State road, on the summit between the head-waters of Big Con- neauttee Creek and the South Branch of Elk Creek, fourteen miles south of the city and four miles north of Edinboro. It consists of a Methodist and Baptist Church (both frame). two stores, one blacksmith, wagon and carriage shop, one shoe shop, a schoolhouse, and about a dozen houses. The name was changed from Compton's Corners to McLane, in honor of Gen. John W. Mc- Lane, the gallant first Colonel of the Eighty-third Regiment. There is a union cemetery at the village, and a private race course a little south.

The Mckean Baptist congregation at McLane, until the erection of their church edifice, held services in Mckean Township. James Steadman, Jr., and

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James Steadman, 3d, Margaret Steadman, Sarah Thompson, Zera Crouch, William Crouch and Phidina Crouch met at the house of Martin Stancliff De- cember 7, 1838, to consider the propriety of organizing a Baptist Church, and on the following Saturday Elders McCumber, Alford and R. Cheney were ap- pointed a council for that purpose. The congregation met at the South Hill and Branchville Schoolhouses until 1866, when the present church building at McLane was erected. It cost about $2,000, and was dedicated January 23, 1867. Rev. Phelps' pastorate closed in 1882, and at present there is no regu- lar minister in charge.

The Methodist Episcopal society at McLane was organized in 1863, with six members, by Rev. L. D. Brooks, its first pastor. The church building was erected in 1867, at an expense of $1,800. The membership is now about thirty. The society is attached to McKean Circuit.

The village of McLallen's Corners is on the Little Conneauttee, at the crossing of the Waterford & Drake's Mills Plank Road by a road leading to Pollock's bridge in Le Bœuf Township. It embraces a Christian Church, a cheese factory, a schoolhouse, a store, a blacksmith shop and several houses. One of the oldest residents of MeLallen's Corners was Abel Trow, who died in 1881 at the age of ninety. The Christian Church was organized in the spring of 1828 with six members by Rev. Simeon Bishop. Services were held in the schoolhouse for twenty years; during the pastorate of Rev. Asahel Fish, who had charge of the congregation for about sixteen years, a church was erected, which has now been in use for thirty-five years. Succeeding Rev. Fish, the pastors have been Rev. William Bullock, Elders Jesse E. Church, Gardner Dean, G. W. Sherman, Stephen Washburn, Aaron Cornish, J. S. Johnson, G. W. Sweet, Philip Zeigler, J. H. Carr, A. M. Letts and Joseph Weeks, who now serves this charge. Rev. Eli Halliday came in 1857. The present membership is about 100.

Draketown, on the Little Conneauttee Creek, about two-thirds of a mile south of the State road, is nothing more than a thickly settled farm region. Besides a few houses, there is a Christian Church, a schoolhouse, a store and a blacksmith shop. The Christian Church was organized in January, 1877, by Elder G. W. Sweet, who is still its pastor. The church building, a neat frame, had been erected the previous summer. The membership of the con- gregation is about seventy.

There is a Methodist building at Ash's Corners, north of Draketown, and another of the same denomination at Sherrod Hill, in the southwestern part of the township. The building at Ash's Corners was erected in 1867, at a cost of $1,600. An old society had previously existed in this locality and met for worship in the Draketown Schoolhouse, the one at Phelps' Corners, one mile east of the present edifice, and the Ash Schoolhouse. The charge is a portion of Waterford Circuit, which besides this and Waterford appointments has a class at Sharp's Schoolhouse. The membership of the Ash congregation is small. Rev. John Graham was first pastor in charge after the new building was erected.

The Methodist Episcopal congregation at Sherrod Hill, several miles west of Edinboro, is in a prosperous condition and owns a substantial frame build- ing. It is attached to the Edinboro Circuit.

The cemetery at Edinboro is the common burial ground for town and town- ship, but there are a number of graveyards scattered about the country. The most prominent are those at McLane and Draketown.

SCHOOLS.

The first school in the township was taught by William Buckley on the

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west side of the Conneauttee Creek in what was known as the old Plank Schoolhouse. This building was also used for religious services. About 1819, Miss Barna Crosette taught a school in a room in Isaac Taylor's cabin about one and a half miles southeast of Edinboro. Soon after, a log schoolhouse was built on the east line of Mr. Taylor's farm, and besides the Taylor chil- dren, the families of Philip Kinter, of Joseph Walker and of John Tanner and others received instruction. Miss Crosette, who afterward married Samuel Perry, and resided near Edinboro, taught also in this log schoolhouse during a summer term or two. Horace Powers, from Massachusetts, was the first to hold sway here during the winter. He died many years after near Edinboro, aged seventy-six. The first schools were held in the southeast portion of the town- ship. The northern part was later settled and held its first schools in the cabins of its pioneers. A large schoolhouse stood in Edinboro in 1821, and had been erected years previous. It was used for both educational and relig- ious purposes. Hiram Powers gave instruction here as early as 1821. Probably a year later, Matthew Simpson presided at the teacher's desk. Amos Bailey, a New Yorker, taught the next winter, and soon after took his departure from the neighborhood. Capt. Samuel Beede, who hailed from New Hampshire, and dwelt at Compton's Corners, was the pedagogue about 1824 and 1825, and was followed by John Hodges, who died recently at the advanced age of over ninety years at his residence about eight miles east of Edinboro. Mr. Fuller- ton was also an early teacher at Edinboro. A schoolhouse was built in early times on the Perry farm, about a mile east of Edinboro. Following is a list of the school buildings and their locations: Greene, on the Greene road, in the southwest; Sherrod, on Sherrod Hill road, near the west line; White, on same road, two and a half miles from Edinboro; Gibson, on Gibson Hill road, a mile and a half from Edinboro; Wellman, on Greene road, a mile and three- fourths from Edinboro; Swift, at the Wellman cheese factory; Gillaspie, at junction of Erie plank and Crane roads; McLane, in the village of that name; Ash, at Ash's Corners; Macon, on road from Crane road to the State road; Draketown, in that village; Gleeton, on the Waterford road, two miles east of Edinboro; James McLallen, on the same road, half way between Edinboro and Waterford; McLallen's Corners, in that village; Cummings, on the Wa- terford plank, at the crossing of the Kinter Hill road; Kinter, on the Kinter Hill road, two miles southwest from Edinboro-making sixteen in all. Besides the above, the township is interested in three union schools, viz .: One in Franklin Township, near the west line; and two in Cussewago Township, Crawford County, near the south line.

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History of Erie county, Pennsylvania. Containing a history of the county; its townships, towns, villages schools, churches, industries, etc, Part 91

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.) Publication date: 1884 Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1280

Author: Bates, Samuel P. (Samuel Penniman), 1827-1902; Whitman, Benjamin, 1940-; Russell, N. W. (Nathaniel Willard); Brown, R. C. (Robert C.); Weakley, F. E; Warner, Beers & Co. (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1280