. Book of the Royal blue . WARD the close of the eighteenthcentury, permanent peace having beenestablished with the Indians, the greatfertility of that portion of the NorthwestTerritory now known as Ohio, attractedboth emigrants and land speculators, andthe services of the surveyor were speedilyin demand. Early in the year of 17i>7. Lucas Sulli-vant, with his corps of assistants, engagedin surveying the lands of the \irginiamilitary district, and in the course of hisduties reached central Ohio. first years of the settlement it was extremelysickly, the land lying low, and malarial feversprev
. Book of the Royal blue . WARD the close of the eighteenthcentury, permanent peace having beenestablished with the Indians, the greatfertility of that portion of the NorthwestTerritory now known as Ohio, attractedboth emigrants and land speculators, andthe services of the surveyor were speedilyin demand. Early in the year of 17i>7. Lucas Sulli-vant, with his corps of assistants, engagedin surveying the lands of the \irginiamilitary district, and in the course of hisduties reached central Ohio. first years of the settlement it was extremelysickly, the land lying low, and malarial feversprevailed to such an extent, the future ofthe little settlement seemed doomed. Better conditions prevailed in a few-years, however, and when Franklin Countywas organized in 1803, PVanklinton wasmade the county seat, and was considereda town of considerable importance. The seat of government for the newState of Ohio was originally at (^hillicothe,but this being so far from the northernsettlements along Lake Erie, a more central. STATK lIorsK, COLlMBf: Becoming enamored with this sectionof the country, in August of the same yearhe laid nut a town on the west bank of theScioto River, just south of its confluencewith the Olentangy, naming it were offered to permanentsettlers, and a year or so later, Mr. SuUi-vant married and settled in the new town. He is described as a man of enterprise,good judgment and great energy of char-acter. His good judgment, however, inthe selection of a site for his town, seemsto have been questionable, for during the location was desired, and accordingly, in1810, the Legislature appointed five com-missioners to select the most eligible sitefor the future capital. Several placeswere considered, among them Franklinton,on account of its central location, but itslow situation and reputed unhealthinesswere deemed objectionable, and no decisionwas reached at the time. At the next session of the Legislature,however, two years later, a compa
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