| CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION - Physical
Features - Forests - Story of the Rocks - Different Shales -
Drift, etc. - County Boundaries - Geoponcis - Stock Raising - Fine
Sheep - Material Resources - Quarries,
etc........................... pg. 165 |
| CHAPTER II - PRE-HISTORIC RACES - Their
Works - Indian Occupation - The Palefaces - Erection of the County
- Growth of County Business - Early Newspapers and Editors - A
Frontier Philanthropist............ pg. 197 |
| CHAPTER III - THE PROFESSIONS - Early
Lawyers - Courts - The Present Bar - Pioneer Physicians - Modern
Practice - Medical Society - Churches and Schools - Politics -
Railroads - Their Invention - Roads in the County ....... pg. 229 |
| CHAPTER IV - WAR RECORD - Patriots of '76
- Indian Struggles - 1812 Soldiers - War with Mexico - Soldiers
from Morrow County - The Late Rebellion - Sketches of Different
Regiments - Drafts, etc..............pg. 257 |
| CHAPTER V - GILEAD TOWNSHIP -
Topographical - Boundaries - Settlement - Pioneer Industries -
Social Equality - Progress - Towns Laid Out - Christianity -
Schools Established - Temperance Movement - Underground Railway
...... pg. 289 |
| CHAPTER VI - CARDINGTON TOWNSHIP -
Introduction - The Bunker Settlement - Other Pioneers - The
Village - Its Improvements - Indian Traditions - Schools of
Township and Village - Schoolhouses ...... pg. 303 |
| CHAPTER VIII - VILLAGE OF CARDINGTON - The
C. C. & C. Railroad - Growth of the Village - Municipal Activity -
Mercantile and Manufacturing Enterprises - Religious and
Benevolent Societies - Burying Grounds.... pg. 318 |
| CHAPTER IX - CHESTER TOWNSHIP -
Introduction and Topography - Advent of the Whites - Early
Buildings and Improvements - Towns and their Growth - Chesterville
in the New County - Christianity - Schools, etc. ..... 350 |
| CHAPTER X - WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP -
Topographical and Descriptive - Coming of the Pioneers - Capt.
Drake - The Aborigines and their Peculiarities - Early
improvements - Johnny Appleseed - A Pioneer Incident -
Manufacturers - Religious and Educational ...... pg. 373 |
| CHAPTER XI - NORTH BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP -
Topography - Occupation by the Whites - Progress and Development -
Religious - Education - School Statistics - Post Office - Roads,
etc. - Towns Laid Out - Their Business and Growth..........pg. 390 |
| CHAPTER XII - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP -
Introductory - Physical Features - Coming of the Pioneers -
Indians - Tanyards - Mills and Distilleries - Underground Railroad
- Iberia - Educational - Ohio Central College - Churches..... pg.
398 |
| CHAPTER XIII - FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP -
Boundaries and Topography - Early Settlement - Pioneer Features -
Improvements - Stores and Merchants - Early Society - Churches and
Preachers - The Schoolmaster - Educational Statistics...... pg.411 |
| CHAPTER XIV - PERU TOWNSHIP - Description
and Topography - The Different Settlements - Streams - Bridge
Incident - Village - Churches and Early Preachers - Schools -
Additional Pioneers - Sulphur Springs - Relics, etc.....pg. 428 |
| CHAPTER XV - CONGRESS TOWNSHIP - Its
Physical Geography - Water Courses - Population - The Pioneers -
Early Progress and Improvement - Indians - Education - First
Schools - Statistics - Religious - Towns...... pg. 439 |
| CHAPTER XVI - SOUTH BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP -
Geological, etc. - Early Settlement - Incidents - Township
Organization - Pioneer Industries - Miscellaneous - Religious -
educational - Early Teachers - Towns, etc......... pg. 448 |
| CHAPTER XVII - HARMONY TOWNSHIP -
Topography and Physical Features - The Pioneers - Their Occupation
of the Country - Social Life - Religious - Early Preachers -
Educational - Pioneer Schoolhouses - Statistics ..... pg. 465 |
| CHAPTER XVIII - CANAAN TOWNSHIP -
Topography - Mound Builders - Their Relics and Fortifications -
The Whites - An Incident - Indians - Their Intercourse with the
Whites - Hardships - Mills, etc. - Pioneer Schools and Churches
......pg. 474 |
| CHAPTER XIX - PERRY TOWNSHIP -
Introduction - Description and Boundaries - Pioneer Settlements -
Remarkable Tree - Indians - Improvements - A Soldier of Napoleon -
Christianity and Pioneer Preachers - Educational Towns,
etc..............pg 483 |
| CHAPTER XX - BENNINGTON TOWNSHIP -
Topographical and Descriptive - Early Settlements - Growth and
Improvements - Incidents - Churches - Early Preachers - Schools
and Schoolhouses ........ pg. 491 |
| CHAPTER XXI - TROY TOWNSHIP - Description
- Its Streams and Drainage - Character of Soil, etc. - Early
Settlement - Pioneer Industries - Religion - Churches and Schools
- Statistics - Villages...... pg. 504 |
| CHAPTER XXII - LINCOLN TOWNSHIP -
Topographical, etc. - The Early Settlement - Progress and
Improvements - Township Organization - First Roads and MIlls -
Religion and Education - Pedagogues......... pg. 509 |
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