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PREFACE.

The preparation of this work has been a labor of love. It was undertaken not for profit, but for the pleasure which I derive from the study of the past. I have been urged to write a complete his-tory of Jackson county. The material for such a work has been collected, but its publication will depend upon the reception ac-corded to this volume, which is devoted to the period from the advent of man to the sale of the Scioto Salt Springs.

Jackson, O., May 22, 1900.