Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-02-14

! FRIEND TInNoSs Thinking your readers
would like TO learn a little concerning matters
and things In this section Of our great country,
! will give you rambling sketch on the sub
ject. M
Ia the long lime ago, when this section WAS
pesplel BY the savage, aud deer, bears, pan
theirs, aud other wild animals roamed at will,
Gen. Washington, the loved father of cur coun-
try, iraversod its wilds on a surveying expedi-
ton, an mlrked various trees in this mmedi-
ate neighborhood, IN order that he might have
guide to leud him through the irackIess for
Osts back to civilization when his task was ac-
complshed. Z
/. has been the tramping and hunting grounds
Of the celebrated Indian Chiefs, Big Foot, Com
stalk, and others, as well us of Daniel Boone,
the Poe brothers and numerous others OF the
white race that have done SO much toward
making this land the great and glorious country
It now is.
Guysudatte, situated at the mouth Of a small
stream of the same name, and one Of the Oldest
towns in this State, is vet but sm III and in.
significant town, while other towns have sprung
up in close proximity to il and have grown to
the dimensions Of second class cities. This may
be accounted for, mostly, because OF the lack Of
enterprise that eharacterizes its cilizsns, who,
for the nlpst part. are content ii they have en-
ough To eat aud wear, II is only three miles up
tho river from this point.
; During the late war, THE section was not noted
for anything except lis being the scrire Of ex
ploits Of the rebcl General jenkins, who was an
old and respected resident Of this county, and
: whose relatives continue to reside at the old
! homestead on Green Bottom, about eighteen
miles abnro the town Of Guyand'tte. Many a
time, while you and were campaigning in the
/ Valley, with the gallant old 5;h Ohin, did |
laugh at the futile efforts of the Uuiop forces to
capture this General, who was as famiiiat with
| every foot Of ground for miies around as you
are with the streets Of Perrysburg, On several
occasions did he pass by them nat mure than a
/ hundred yards ef. when they expected tn find
him mapping in his comfortable hnnIe. But he
at last met his fate in Pennsylvania during Gen
Lees campaign, which terminated with the bat
/ tie " Gettysburg.
Thus was one cut down in the prime Of man
hood, who turned his hand against the land
that gave him birth, and who endeavored "a
crush from existence the glorious Stars and
Stripes that had once been his pride and ad-
miraiinn, and under whose folds he might have
won honor aud renoun. Truly, might we ex-
claim. 'How have the mighty fallen." lie was
/ lnved aud honored by all in this State before
the war, but now ho is remembered only by his
few remaining followers in that unhoy war
But enough Of this.
This winter has been the coldest known IL
this section for MANY years, and as ccnse'
quence. the river has been closed to navigation
nearly all the time since the middle Of last No
vember. Such being the case, we have ha'
the time been without regular mail facilities
but beyond this, we have suffered but little in
convenience, for improvements have beer
nft hafl.t .tt,fyu
and the complexion Of the Chesapeake g. Ohio
Railroad, thereby giving us direct connection
with the East and South. On last Wednesday
ths last spike was driven. and that night trail
arrived from Richmond. welcomed BY the cheer,
ani shouts Of hundreds Of our citizens, wht
have long and patiently waited for tli:
auspicicus event
Already has Huntington received a new I'M
peus business has revived considerably, anC
the prospects for an exceedingly lively time II
all branches nf industry, as soou as the srrini
opens. are good. More annn. w.
HUSrISoroN, We est Va, Feb. 3, lSf3.s