The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-26
New Series. Vol. XVII. No. 8.

die to their boats, little further down
the Saudusky river From the sur
rounding forests thousands of trees
have since fallen by force of the wood
mans strong arm and ak. The forests
have been cleared up and turned into
fruitful fields, yielding to the husband
imam abundant crops of ali sorts of grain,
and a great variety, in kind, Of all sorts
of fruit.
At that time but three groceries stores
were to be found in the village Of Lower
Sandusky, whick kept up a sort running
trade with the few white families then
to be found in the village and its vicin-
ity, together with the Seneca Indians,
who then lived peaceably on their re-
servstiOn of 10000 acres, five miles
above town. The reservation now, for
the third of a century, has been in the
hands Of an industrious white population,
who have turned it into fruitful farms,
with elegant buildings and fine orchards,
producing abundance of the best Of
grated fruit
AT that time, A years ago, the town
of Lower Ssndusky had a school-house
but neither court house, jail or church.
Aud some one made the remark to me,
that two-thirds Of the inhabitants Of the
town and surrounding country, were
immoral characters, such as would be
then, or now, called "wild turkeys"
But they have all passed away, and
given place to better order of society.
The surrounding country has become
thickly settled by an industrious popu-
lation who attend to the farming inter
ests, and towns and villages have sprung
up, as by magic, in ali parts of this ouce
savage wilderness.
There is an immense trade carried on
from Fremont, in white lime. There is,
perhaps, no part of the world that pro-
duces any better article Of pure, we'll
burnt white lime, which is shipped on
the cars in all directions, and meets with
ready sale at fair prices. The lime
bushes, near Fremont, in quarrying the
stone aud burning it into lime gives
employment to number of men and
boys, who reportit as healthy. The cord
wood consumed, in burning lime, also
creates a market for wood the farmers
furnish the supply at from So to $4 a
cord. The Fremont lime is much
sought after, for various purposes; par
ticularlv for the manufacturing of glass.
The limestone region extends for miles,
in all directions from Frement-par-
ticulsrly westward and southwark
through the black swamp; but how far
above TifiD, the county-seat of Seneca
county, 1 did not learn; but for con
siderable way around Bucyrus, the
county-seat Of Crawford county, there
is no lime stone; their lime and lime
stone have to be brought from a dis
tsnce; and building stone has to be
brought from Berea, a short distance
west of Cleveland, for building purpo-
ses and grind stones. Notwithstanding
it is so abundant, around Fremont a
farmer, who lives two miles above that
place, informed me that be had found
a place on his farm that had no lime
stone in it; why it is 50 is worthy of
notice, as more than fifty feet have been
bored into the limestone ledge, and no
end to the limestone at that distance.
Nor need it be thought strange if this
ledge limestone should prove as thick
as that at Columbus and ST. Louis
each of which has been bored through
to the depth of 800 feet Two miles
above Fremont l found more small
smooth stones that belonged, in former
ages, to the Northern seas, than at any
other point
ROBERT A. SHERRARD.