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CHAPTER I. -
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FIRST WHITE MEN - MISSIONS -
TRADING POSTS - A LEADEN PLATE - FRENCH AND ENGLISH CLAIMS -
OHIO LAND COMPANY - EXPLORATIONS - FRENCH FORTS - WASHINGTON'S
MISSION - FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - ENGLISH GAIN POSSESSION -
FIRST SURVEY - SQUATTERS - INDIAN TREATIES - LAND BOUNTIES TO
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS - THE OHIO COMPANY FORMED - GETS A GRANT
OF LAND FROM CONGRESS - RULES FOR SETTLEMENTS - MARIETTA SETTLED
- FIRST COURT - FIRST LAND PATENTS - PROGRESS OF THE SETTLEMENTS
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CHAPTER II. - |
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FIRST WHITE MEN IN NOBLE
COUNTY - JOSEPH REEVES - JOHN VORIES - CONFLICTING
STORIES - THE ENOCHS SETTLEMENT - THE DYE
SETTLEMENT - SECTION LINES - BUFFALO TOWNSHIP - FIRST SCHOOL
HOUSE - LAND ENTRIES - WHERE CALDWELL NOW STANDS - SALT KETTLES
- EARLY MILLS - AARON HUGHS IN HACKSON TOWNSHIP - HIS
STRENUOUS CAREER - REASONER THE TRAPPER - ALES' TAVERN - ENGLISH
IMMIGRANTS - BELL MAKING - THE IRISH SETTLEMENT - HUGH
O'NEILL'S SCHOOL - SCOTCH PIONEERS - SQUATTERS' RIGHTS -
FIRST GRAVE IN SHARON CEMETERY - GERMAN FAMILIES - PIONEER LIFE
- THE LOG CABIN - FRONTIER ADVANTAGES - AMUSEMENTS - EARLY
SCHOOLS - THE ITINERANT PREACHER -
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CHAPTER III. - |
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INDIAN RELATIONS - LAST ACT OF HOSTILITY - EARLY
ROADS - THE FEDERAL TRAIL - ROAD TO THOMPSON'S ILL - THE CENTER
ROAD - FIRST ROAD TO CALDWELL - STATE ROADS - POST OFFICES -
OLIVE - WHARTON - BATES' MILL - SUMMERFIELD - SHARON -
HOSKINSVILLE - EARLY MAIL CARRIERS - SARAHSVILLE - HIRAMSBURG -
CARLISLE - MOUNT EPHRAIM - "MOSS TAVERN" - BATESVILLE -
HARRIETTSVILLE - ROCHESTER - MIDDLEBURG - WHIGVILLE - MATROM OR
SOCUM - LEXINGTON - A NOVEL MARRIAGE CEREMONY - A HARVESTING
INCIDENT -
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FIRST COUNTIES IN OHIO - ADMISSION INTO THE UNION
- FORMATION OF GUERNSEY COUNTY - MONROE - MORGAN - EARLY
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATIONS - A COUNTY SEAT WAR - AGITATION FOR A NEW
COUNTY BEGUN - WHIG SENTIMENT - FIRST PETITION TO THE
LEGISLATURE - HOW THE COUNTY WAS NAMED - MEMORIAL OF 1849 -
PASSAGE OF THE ORGANIC ACT - FIRST ELECTION - LOCATION OF THE
COUNTY SEAT - SARAHSVILLE SELECTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS - FIRST
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS -
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EARLY CIVIL INSTITUTIONS - FIRST COURTS - NEW
OFFICERS INSTALLED - REORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIPS - ELECTION FOR
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE - SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES - FIRST NEWSPAPERS
- AN ECHO OF THE LOCATION OF THE COUNTY SEAT - A JAIL ORDERED -
TROUBLE WITH THE CONTRACTOR - A COUNTY SEAT WAR INAUGURATED -
SECTIONAL DIFFERENCES IN POLITICS - ACT OF 1854 - PLAT OF
CALDWELL SURVEYED - TOWN NAMED - CONTRACT FOR COURT HOUSE -
TEMPORARY QUARTERS - FIRST SALE OF LOTS - FIRST NEWSPAPER IN
CALDWELL - ORDER TO REMOVE COUNTY OFFICES - NEW JAIL - ANOTHER
NEWSPAPER - EARLY CHURCHES - COUNTY INFIRMARY ESTABLISHED. -
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FIRST TROOPS FROM NOBLE - MUSTER ROLL OF
COMPANIES - NAMES OF VOLUNTEERS - ENGAGEMENTS - MOVEMENTS OF THE
REGIMENTS - IN VIRGINIA - PART OF NATIONAL GUARD - ONE BATTALION
FROM NOBLE - MUSTER ROLLS - LAST CALL FOR TROOPS - NOBLE
RESPONDS - MISCELLANEOUS ENLISTMENTS - THE HOSKINSVILLE
REBELLION -
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PROGRESS SINCE THE WAR - THE OIL FIELDS - A
CONFIDENCE GAME - RAILROAD AGITATION - THE OLD CALICO ROAD -
ARIETTA & PITTSBURG COMPANY INCORPORATED - THE NARROW GAUGE -
ZANESVILLE & SOUTHEASTERN - TWO COMPANIES CONSOLIDATED - NEW
TOWNS IN NOBLE COUNTY - DEXTER CITY - SOUTH OLIVE - DUDLEY - AVA
- BELLE VALLEY - EAST UNION - MOUNDSVILLE - FULDA - GROWTH OF
CALDWELL - NEWSPAPERS - VILLAGE OF HTE SECOND CLASS - LIST OF
CITY OFFICIALS - BANKS - FAIR ASSOCIATION - BUILDING AND LOAN
ASSOCIATION - WATER-WORKS - SOLDIERS' REUNIONS - MOUND BUILDERS
RELICS - AUSTRALIAN BALLOT LAW - NEW JUDICIAL CIRCUIT -
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR - MILITIA - MEDICAL SOCIETY ORGANIZED - THE
GREAT SNOW STORM - CENTENNIAL ODE -
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BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY - AREA - SURFACE - SOIL
- CROPS - MINERAL PRODUCTS - SANDSTONE - COAL - IRON - SALT -
NATURAL GAS - MORTGAGES - CHURCHES - EDUCATIONAL GROWTH - SCHOOL
STATISTICS - FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS - CIVIL GOVERNMENT - LIST
OF OFFICIALS SINCE THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY - POLITICS -
ELECTION STATISTICS - CENSUS REPORTS - GENERAL REFLECTIONS -
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