. History of Morrow County and Ohio. 29. 54 ,, . ,,,,05,,, |,98. | 8 1 .50, 922| 1 .3533 4 ±.. ® 4i»_ HISTORY OF MORROW COUNTY. 197 CHAPTER II. EARLY INHABITANTS—MOUND BUILDERS—INDIAN POSSESSION—EARLY SETTLEMENT BY THE WHITES—ORIGIN AND ORGANIZATION OF MORROW COUNTY—COUNTY BUILDINGS—THE PRESS—.JOHNNY APPLESEED. THE earliest history of Morrow County, in com-mon with

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. History of Morrow County and Ohio. 29. 54 ,, . ,,,,05,,, |,98. | 8 1 .50, 922| 1 .3533 4 ±.. ® 4i»_ HISTORY OF MORROW COUNTY. 197 CHAPTER II. EARLY INHABITANTS—MOUND BUILDERS—INDIAN POSSESSION—EARLY SETTLEMENT BY THE WHITES—ORIGIN AND ORGANIZATION OF MORROW COUNTY—COUNTY BUILDINGS—THE PRESS—.JOHNNY APPLESEED. THE earliest history of Morrow County, in com-mon with that of the State, is veiled in mys-tery, and what share it had in the pre-historictimes can be only guessed. It is the opinion ofantiquarians that three distinct races have in-habited North America prior to the coming of thepresent inhabitants. Of these, the builders ofthose magnificent cities the ruins of which strewfor miles the plains of Central America were thefirst. The mind is startled, says an eminentwriter on this subject, at the remoteness of theirantiquity, when we consider the vast sweep of timenecessary to erect such colossal structures of solidmasonry, and afterward convert them into thepresent utter wreck. Compar

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