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HISTORY OF HURON COUNTY
HISTORY OF THE FIRELANDS	5
HISTORY OF HURON COUNTY	6
INTERESTING HISTORICAL DATA FROM THE FOUNDING OF PLYMOUTH COLONY TO THE SETTLEMENT OF NORWALK IN 1809	14
HUTON COUNTY'S SOLDIERS	16
THE FIRELANDS	20
NORWALK-ORIGIN OF THE NAME	46
ONE CENTURY OF NORWALK	51
THE CHURCHES OF NORWALK	73
HURON COUNTY HOME FOR THE AGED AND INFIRM	78
THE INDIANS OF THE FIRELANDS	84
THE SETTLEMENT OF HURON COUNTY	85
INDIAN HABITS AND CUSTOMS	86
PIONEER GATHERINS	88
MONROEVILLE	168
CHICAGO JUNCTIONS	173
NORWALK	183
PLYMOUTH	194
LIST OF TOWNSHIPS IN HURON COUNTY	195
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PREFACE It has been well and truthfully said that fortunately the present occupants of the Firelands are not like those of some other countries, compelled to plunge into the chaos of antiquity for the origin of their settlements or to trace the founders of their prosperity to the caverns of the barbarian or to the sucklings of a wolf. The inhabitants of the pioneer period of the Firelands were for the most part, a noble-minded, generous people, bold and brave in the defense of right and 'upright in their dealings. Like their ancestors of Plymouth Rock, the Firelanders when they arrived on the Western Reserve felt that they had reached the theater upon which duty, as well as interest, commanded them to devote their labors and their lives. Having entered the threshold of the second century in the history of Huron county, a retrospective glance at the progress made during those hundred years reveals achievements of which the first settlers of the Firelands never dreamed. Being blessed with natural resources, with a healthful climate and a fertile soil, these with the industry and activity of an enterprising people made the success that has since been achieved. The hand of improvement has certainly here been employed, and in that hundred years, which is only a short time; as nations reckon time, all these advancements have taken place. The land once covered by the forest is now cultivated fields. District schools have sprung up on all sides and churches are to be seen in all parts of the -country. Markets for the purchase of, all kinds of products have been opened upon every hand, whereas sithen they had none. The manners of the people and the fashions of dress have undergone a revolution. Corn-huskings, flax-pullings and the old festive games have been put aside for the supposed more accomplished amusements of modern times. The still-houses have vanished. And those who first broke the silence that reigned here in the wilderness in 1811 have disappeared—some to make new settlements farther west, and others have gone the way of all things earthly. Some were cut off in the midst of their toil and were buried amid the scenes of their labors. Some lived to see what was once a wilderness changed to a land smiling with peace and plenty, peopled with intelligent beings and went down to the tomb full of years. 4 - PREFACE The author acknowledges himself ,indebted to the members of the Advisory Board for their encouragement and assistance, and to the press for its friendly notices. Also, to other friends' for their assistance in the gathering and in the compilation of the matter contained in this work. To the Firelands publications and to Williams' History of Huron County we are indebted for information which doubtless might have been unattainable otherwise. And my thanks are especially due to the Hon. C. H. Gallup, president of the Firelands Historical Society, for courtesies. and valuable information. Many biographical sketches are given in. this work, for biography is the meat and marrow of history. The aim has been to discriminate carefully in the selection of subjects, although names worthy of perpetuation have in a number of instances been omitted, either on the account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the, necessary information for the same. A. J. BAUGHMAN, November, 1909 Mansfield, Ohio.