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Chapter I.
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- Preamble
- Boundaries
- Topography
- Ditches
- Natural History
- Geology |
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Chapter II.
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- French Occupation
- How and When they came
- The Indian Tribes
- Destruction and Eviction by the Blood thirsty Iroquois League
- Ohio almost an Uninhabited Wilderness
- Why the French first located North of the Lakes
- French and Indian War
- French displaced by English
- Treaty of 1753 |
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Chapter III.
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- Twenty Years' Occupation by the English - 1863 -
1883
- Pontiac's War
- Pontiac's Retirement to the Maumee
- Angry Interviews with Captain Morris
- "The English are Liars"
- Interesting Description of the Maumee Country at that early Date by the
English Sub-Commissioner, George Croghan
- England displaced in Authority by the United States, 1783 |
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Chapter IV.
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- Troubles of the New Government
- Indians dispute its right to settle on Lands north of the Ohio -
- Treaty with the Iroquois, or Six Nations, 1784, at Fort Stanwix, N. Y.
- Savage Aggregation of discontented Tribes and Noted Warriors about
Detroit
- English Traders help to fan the Discontent
- United States makes a Second Treaty at Ft. McIntosh, 1785, and a Third
at Ft. Finney, 1786
- U. S. Government plants its first Settlement in the Northwest Territory
at Marietta, 1788
- Rapid Influx of Settlers
- Indians still Object.
- Fourth Treaty, Ft. Harmar, 1789
- Massacre at Big Bottom, 1791
- Defeat of Gen. Harmar
- Gen. St. Clair leads a new Army toward the Maumee, and is routed with
great Loss
- Gen. Anthony Wayne defeats the Tribes on the Maumee, 1794
- Treaty of Greenville, 1795. |
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Chapter V.
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- The Greenville Treaty
- Opens the Flood-gates of Immigration
- British evacuate all Forts in the United States Territory, including Ft.
Miami
- Wayne County organized, 1796, with Detroit as County Seat
- Wood a Part of Wayne
- Ohio Admitted as a State, 1803.
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Chapter VI.
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- Our Indian Predecessors
- Their Numbers
- Somewhat of Habits, Customs and Manners, as described by Missionaries
and Others among them.
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Chapter VII.
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- Treaty of Ft. Industry (Toledo now)
- Traders attracted to the Maumee
- First Survey, 1805
- Major Amos Spafford, Wood County's first Permanent Settler
- Pioneer Civil Officer in Maumee Country
- Treaties of Detroit and Brownstown. |
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Chapter VIII.
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- War of 1812
- Arrival of Gen. Hull's Army at Maumee Rapids
- Hull's "Trace"
- Surrender at Detroit
- The pioneer Maumee Settlement abandoned to the Savages |
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Chapter IX.
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38-46 |
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- War of 1812 as far as Concerns Wood County
- Gen. Harrison's Campaign
- Gen. Proctor's Advance
- First Siege of Fort Meigs
- Dudley's Defeat |
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Chapter X.
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- War of 1812 Continued
- Second Siege of Fort Meigs
- Capt. Oliver's Perilous Mission
- Gen. Clay in Command
- Thrilling Incidents
- Tecumseh and Proctor
- Battle of The Thames
- Memoir of Tecumseh |
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Chapter XI.
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50-58 |
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- From the Close of the War of 1812-15 to the
Organization of Wood County
- For whom the County was Named
- First Election, First Meeting of Commissioners, and First Courts
- A General Retrospect of the Conditions Existing at that time
- Population, Etc. |
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Chapter XII.
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59-65 |
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-Transactions of the Commissioners
- Change of Officers
- Entries in the Pioneer Record Book
- Tax Levies
- Establishment of new Townships
- Early Court Houses
- The "Ten years' War"
- Question of Removing the County Seat from Perrysburg to Bowling Green
- Sundry Indictments, Etc. |
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Chapter XIII.
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66-68 |
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- County Buildings
- First Court House and Jail at Perrysburg
- Second Court House at Perrysburg
- Third Court House, Erected at Bowling Green
- The Present Court House at Bowling Green
- Jails
- Infirmary |
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Chapter XIV
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69-84 |
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- Bench and Bar
- Courts held at Maumee, Perrysburg and Bowling Green
- Early Trials, Judges and Jurors
- Court Incidents and notorious Trials
- Changes of Officers
- Judicial Districts
- Judges of Common Pleas
- Probate Judges
- Prosecutors
- Transactions of Supreme Court
- United States District Court
- Justices' Courts
- Members of old and new Bars. |
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Chapter XV
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84-94 |
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- Political Status of Wood County
- The Toledo War
- Incidents connected therewith
- The Whigs at Fort Meigs
- Elections in the County up to 1896
- Lists of National, State and County Official. |
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Chapter XVI.
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94-101 |
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- The Press of Wood County
- Pioneer Journalism
- Newspapers of Perrysburg, Bowling Green, North Baltimore, Weston,
Pemberville, Grand Rapids, Cygnet, Tontogany, Bradner,
and other Localities in the County |
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Chapter XVII.
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102-114 |
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- Pioneer Physicians
- Sanitary Conditions of the County between 18716 and 1845
-- Reminiscences of old Practitioners
- Appearance in the County of later Physicians
- The Cholera
- Roll of Physicians who settled in the County in recent Years, together
with some brief personal Sketches
- Maumee Valley Medical Association
- Wood County Medical Society
- Wood County Physicians' Associations |
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Chapter XVIII.
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114-169 |
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- Wood County in the War of the Revolution
- First War Meeting
- First Companies
- Regimental Sketches
- Roster of Wood County Soldiers
- Local Military Matters
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XIX.
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169-172 |
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- Early Missionaries on the Maumee
- Various Missions
- Names and Dates of Ministers of the Gospel who performed the Marriage
Ceremony from 1830 to 1852
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XX.
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172-175 |
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- Early Schools and Teachers in Wood County
- School Taxes and Laws
- School Examiners
- Important Meeting at Perrysburg, 1837
- School Improvement Association
- Statistics
- Teachers' Institute
- Its Officers, Members, Etc. |
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Chapter XXI.
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175-178 |
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- Pioneers of Wood County
- Maumee Valley Pioneers Association
- Maumee Valley Monumental Association
- Licensed Traders
- Sugar Makers
- Wolf Scalps |
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Chapter XXII.
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178-181 |
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- Wood County Agricultural Societies
- County Fairs and Fair Grounds
- Wood County Horticultural Society
- Wool Growers' Association
- Wood County Sheep-Breeders' Association
- Western Horse Thief Association
- Patrons of Husbandry
- County Council Patrons of Husbandry
- Wood County Fair Association
- Some Annual Fair Statistics
- Wood County Fair Company
- Farmers' Institute |
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Chapter XXIII.
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181-189 |
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- Indian and Pioneer Trails
- Early Roads, Bridges, Etc.
- The "Mud Pike"
- Turn Pikes
- Perrysburg and ?Findlay Plank Road Company
- Ferrymen
- Perrysburg Marine
- Incidents
- Wrecks
- Comparisons
- Railroads |
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Chapter XXIV.
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189-200 |
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- Public Lands
- Indian Treaties
- Land Surveys and Sales in the Western Territory
- The "Seven Ranges"
- First and later Surveys within what is now Wood County
- First Grant made by Congress for Lands lying within present Limits of
Wood County
- Town of Perrysburg
- Public Sale of Lands at Wooster
- Sundry Acts of Congress relating to Public Lands
- Land Grants
- Military Bounty Lands
- Canal Lands
- Swam Lands
- School Lands
- Miscellaneous Grants
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XXV.
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201-209 |
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- Gas and Oil Field
- Geology and Phenomena of the Wood County Field
- Well Drilling
- Various Results
- Prof Orton on Petroleum, Etc.
- History of the Industry
- Discovery of Gas
- Oil Wells
- Companies and Syndicates
- Pen Sketch of the Oil Business in Wood County, by James O. Troup. |
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Chapter XXVI.
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209-211 |
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- Assessments and Census Statistics
- Agricultural Products
- Statistics of Population
- Decennial Census |
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Chapter XXVII. -
BOWLING
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212-232 |
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- Preamble
- Settlement and Nomenclature (From the pen of C. W. Evers)
- Early Traders
- Reminiscences of Mrs. J. A. Shannon
- Business Circles, 1866 - 1876
- Schools
- Modern Buildings
- Municipal Affairs
- Fire Department
- Gas Company
- An Explosion
- Bowling Green's Pioneer Railroad
- Churches
- Cemeteries
- Miscellaneous Societies |
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Chapter XXVIII. -
BLOOM
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- Introductory
- Topography
- Population
- Pioneers and First Settlers
- The Stray Child
- First Land Buyers
- Male Residents, 1839
- An old Cemetery
- Organization, Naming of Township, and first Election
- Township Officials
- Early Schools
- Mills, Etc.
- Bloom Township Thirty Years Ago
- Villages; Bloomdale
- Bairdstown
- Cygnet
- Jerry City
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Chapter XXIX. - CENTER
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247-255 |
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- First White Settler
- First Land Entry
- Wrested from Savages
- Built a Cabin
- The first Wagon
- The Cox, Phillips and other Pioneer Families and Land Buyers
- The End of the World
- Random Notes
- Survey and Organization
- Trails converted into Roads
- Geology and Topography
- Wild Hogs
- Men of 1839
- Population, Etc.
- Joseph Wade
- Opposing a Constable
- A Bear Story
- The Williams Farm
- First Election
- Township Officials
- Churches
- Societies |
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Chapter XXX. - FREEDOM
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255-+267 |
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- How named
- Population, Survey, Etc.
- First Land Buyers
- First Settlement
- Early Trails and Roads
- Game and Hunters
- New Rochester Settlement
- An Old Mill
- Men of 1839
- Township Organization, and Cemeteries
- Societies
- Industries, Etc. |
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Chapter XXXI. - GRAND
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238-279 |
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- Its Origin and Nomenclature
- Organization and Officials
- Early Settlements
- The Huckleberry War
- The Early and other Traders, Enterprises, Etc.
- Incorporations and Official Lists
- Special School District
- Miscellaneous Items
- Churches, Schools and Societies |
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Chapter XXXII. - HENRY
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279-285 |
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- Introduction
- Population
- Surveys
- Organization
- Officials
- Pioneers
- Land Buyers
- Voters of 1839
- First Things
- Schools
- Hunters
- Villages
- Churches
- Oil and Gas
North Baltimore
- Its Commencement
- New Baltimore
- Census Reports
- Incorporation, Officials, Etc.
- First Things
- Schools
- Fire Department
- The Village of 1874
- Post Office
- Banks
- Opera House
- Electric Light Co.
- Gas and Oil Co.
- Great Industries
- Fires
- Board of Trade
- Churches
- Societies
Conclusion |
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Chapter XXXIII. -
JACKSON
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- Population, Growth, Etc.
- Pioneers
- The Lost Child
- A Tragedy
- Early Land Buyers
- Naming the Township
- Organization
- Township Officials
- Schools
- Hoytville
- Hamlets
- Churches
- Societies |
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Chapter XXXIV. - LAKE
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297-302 |
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- Its Early History
- Population, Etc.
Township Officials
- Schools
- Millbury
- Walbridge
- Latchie
- Moline
- Cummings
- Official History
- Churches
- Societies |
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Chapter XXXV. -
LIBERTY
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302-309 |
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- Survey
- Early Settlers
- Population
- Topography
- Pioneers
- Hull's Stockade
- Men of 1839
- Fever and Ague
- The Horse Thieves
- Early Land Buyers
- Organization
- Electors and Officers
- Records
- Township Officials
- Miscellaneous
- An Adventure on the Prairie
- Schools
- Churches
-- Hamlets
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XXXVI. -
MIDDLETON
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309-320 |
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- Its Survey and Early History
- Men of 1839
- The Pioneers
- Township Organization
- Township Officials
- Schools
- Cemeteries; Miltonville
- Dunbridge
- Roachton
- Dowling
- Sugar Ridge
- Haskins
- Post Offices
- Churches
- Societies, Etc.
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XXXVII. -
MILTON
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- Comparative Statistics
- Population
- First Elections
- Township Officials
- Pioneer Land Buyers
- A Reminiscence
- Pioneer Architecture
- Hunters
- Men of 1839
- Names and Incidents
- First White Child
- Schools; Milton Center
- Custar
- Officials
- Schools
- Churches
- Societies, Etc. |
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Chapter XXXVIII. -
MONTGOMERY
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329-344 |
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- Preamble
- Oil and Oil Wells
- Survey
- Establishment of Township
- Transactions
- Township Officials
- Pioneers
- First Resident Land Buyers
- Men of 1839
- Early Postal Facilities
- The Morgan School
- First Orchard
- Royalton
- Township Churches
- Common Schools
- Log Mill
- Other Mills; Freeport, or Prairie Depot
- Bradner
- Risingsun
- Village Governments
- Pioneers
- Surveys
- Mills
- Schools
- Churches
- Cemeteries
- Societies, Etc. |
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Chapter XXXIX. - PERRY
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344-356 |
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- Survey
- Population
- Topography
- A Pioneer Weather Bureau
- Organization
- Early Officers
- Township Officials
- First Law-suit
- Pioneers
- Early Land Buyers
- Early Mills
- Men of 1839
- Counterfeiters
- The Stone House
- Schools
- Churches; West Millgrove
- Hatton, Fostoria and Longley
- Surveys
- Village Histories
- Post Offices
- Village Officers
- Traders, Etc.
- Churches, Schools, Cemeteries
- Societies, Etc. |
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Chapter XL. -
PERRYSBURG
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356-365 |
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- Establishment of the Township
- Its Early History
- Justices of Waynesfield
- Perrysburg Township
- Officials
- Pioneer Reminiscences
- Mrs. Amelia W. Perrin's Story
- Mrs. Hester Green's Story
- Reminiscences of Mrs. Philothe Clark
- Some Account of A French Colony from the Maumee
- Men of 1839
- The Old and New Hamlets
- Schools
- Old Reminders
Perrysburg Village
- its Days of Infancy, Survey, Naming, Etc.
- Pioneers of the Village
- Prices of Goods, and Labor
- The Settlement in 1827
- Post Office
- Exchange Hotel
- The Underground Railroad
- First Execution
- German Pioneers
- Traders of 1840
- Miscellaneous Items
- Municipal Affairs
- Fire Department and Fires
- Cemeteries
- Cholera Victims
- Common Schools
- The Way Library
- Churches
- Societies
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XLI. - PLAIN
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383-389 |
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- Survey, Population, Etc.
- Topography
- Early History
- Pioneers
- First Land Buyers
- Pioneer schools and Scholars
- Modern Schools
- Establishment of Township
- Township Officials
- Nitro-Glycerine Explosion
- Churches
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XLII. -
PORTAGE
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389-396 |
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- Population
- Township Organization
- Records
- Township Officials
- Schools
- Pioneers
- Land Buyers
- Villages;
- Portage Village
- Its History
- Schools
- Incorporation
- Officials
- Churches
- Societies |
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Chapter XLIII. - ROSS
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- Introductory
- Census, Survey, Etc.
- Township Organization
- Township Officials
- Pioneers
- Early Land Buyers
- Pioneer Times
- Schools
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XLIV - TROY
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400-406 |
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- Survey and Early Settlement
- Population
- Organization
- Township Officials
- Schools
- First Land Buyers
- The Western Reserve Road
- Men of 1839
- The Cholera
- Landmarks
- Churches
- Stony Ridge
- Lemoyne
- Luckey
- Webb
- Conclusion |
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Chapter XLV. -
WASHINGTON
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406-411 |
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- Surveys, Population, Establishment, and
Boundaries
- Township Officials, Etc.
- Pioneers
- First Murder
- A False Alarm
- A Sweet Speculation
- Early Schools
- Board of Education
- Otsego
- Benton
- Germany
- Tontogany Village ---
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- Municipal Elections, and Officials
- Post Office
- Trade and Traders
- Churches
- Societies |
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Chapter XLVI. -
WEBSTER
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415-422 |
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- Survey
- Population
- Growth
- Establishment of Township
- Organization
- Township Officials
- Tax Levies
-- Schools
- Early Land Buyer
- Fenton's Reminiscences
- Cemeteries
- Fenton
- Ten Mile House
- Scotch Ridge |
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Chapter XLVII. -
WESTON
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422-426 |
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- Preamble
- Population
- Surveyor
- Organization and Officials
- List of Pioneers
- Early Schools
- First Ditch
- Curious Record
- Pioneer Road
- Churches
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- Its Growth, Industries, Etc.
- Settlements (from Dr. Spencer's Sketch of Early Settlement)
- Corporation and Officials
- Post Office
- Schools
- Churches
- The Western Gas Co.
- Banks
- Fires
-- Societies, Associations, Opera House, Etc.
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Map of Wood County----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Map of Ohio, 1805-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Plan Illustrating the Battles of the Maumee---------------------------------------------------------------- |
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