History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . f^ Cline. HISTORY OP BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 333 TIic naiiu; uf .Sherwood Forest, in Iliiiilaml, is latiiiliiir Inall. Thore, in the days of Auld Lanf: Syno, HohiiiHood and his nierrie men liold hijjh carnival; bold Little Jolin and Friar Tuck won each a pap;o in his-tory, and liiuso kni^iits of tlu how and r|uivor atdiievedwondrous deeds beneath the sliadts of the triondly stands Newstead Abbey, the birthplace of the poetwiiose lines have thrilleil
History of Branch county, Michigan, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . f^ Cline. HISTORY OP BRANCH COUNTY, MICHIGAN. 333 TIic naiiu; uf .Sherwood Forest, in Iliiiilaml, is latiiiliiir Inall. Thore, in the days of Auld Lanf: Syno, HohiiiHood and his nierrie men liold hijjh carnival; bold Little Jolin and Friar Tuck won each a pap;o in his-tory, and liiuso kni^iits of tlu how and r|uivor atdiievedwondrous deeds beneath the sliadts of the triondly stands Newstead Abbey, the birthplace of the poetwiiose lines have thrilleil the jiations of the world,—theimmortal Uyroii,—lie who espoused the Greek , andfinally laid down his life in their territory. In SherwoodForest, however, are his restini;, far from the landwhere he witnessed .scenes of strife and carna^re. But littleof the original forest now remains, although the name stillclings tenaciously to the region so historic and so dear tothe heart of every Briton. The first white man who made a permanent settlementin Sherwood township was Alexander E. Tomliuson, whoon the 14th of March, 18
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