All the western states and territories . the Middle British Colonies, published in 1755. The rt;ader will perceive upon the east ])ankof Sandusky Kiver, near the bay, a Frenchfort there described as Fort Jiincaidat,huilt ill 1754. The words Wandots are,doubtless, meant for Wyandot towns. Erie, Huron, and a small part of Otta-wa counties comprise that portion of theWestern Reserve* known as the firehinds, beino; a tract of about 500,000acres, granted by the state of Connecticutto the sufferers by fire from the British intheir incursions into that state. It is quite difficult to ascertain who th
All the western states and territories . the Middle British Colonies, published in 1755. The rt;ader will perceive upon the east ])ankof Sandusky Kiver, near the bay, a Frenchfort there described as Fort Jiincaidat,huilt ill 1754. The words Wandots are,doubtless, meant for Wyandot towns. Erie, Huron, and a small part of Otta-wa counties comprise that portion of theWestern Reserve* known as the firehinds, beino; a tract of about 500,000acres, granted by the state of Connecticutto the sufferers by fire from the British intheir incursions into that state. It is quite difficult to ascertain who the firstsettlers were upon the fire lands. As early,if not prior to the organization of the state,several persons had squatted upon the lands,at the mouth of the streams and near theshore of the lake, led a hunters life andtratlicked with the Indians. But they were arace of wanderers and gradually disappearedbefore tlie regular progress of the devoted missionaries, the Moravians, made a settlement, which they called New. ?» The Western, or Connecticut Reserve, comprises the following counties in northern Ohio,viz: Ashtabula, Lake, Cuyahoga, Lorain, Eric, Huron, Medina, Summit, Portage, Trum-bull, and the northern part of Mahoning. OHIO. 139 Salem, as early as 1790, on Huron River, about two miles below Milan, on the Hathawayfarm. They afterward settled at Mihin. The first regular settlers upon the fire lands were Col. Jerard Ward, who came in thespring of 180^, and Almon Ruggles and Jabez Wright, in the autumn succeeding. Ere theclose of the next year, quite a number of families had settled in the townships of Huron,Florence, Berlin, Oxford, Margaretta, Portland and Vermillion. These early settlers gen-erally erected the ordinary log cabin, but others of a wandering character built bark huts,which were made by driving a post at each of the four corners, and one higher betweeneach of the two end corners, in the middle to support the roof, which were connected t
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