Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-15
UACONDA NOTES.
Early History.

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Th,! ,,,'i ,,,i,I Indian or,ir. I'm,
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i,s.It ami I'm, ir,r.rid krrtnn NJ nr,.. ,,,,-
,',r,.j ,i f. h'iId nm. In this he wa, ar,n1trd
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Iitti,. ~ r,Inmy than 10 rr,,ag,. in thr .ntrr-
mris,. - thrnnGh n,.runi,r, m~tI,,, for n. II
rr,n.mh.r,.J the. WILDERNESS, had mot VET b,,-
',,,,' IT,. r,s,.,t,. bIn,uir,, Thn mil a. :
hmiIt and was IN. first buiIdipp il
| o,,nud, II WA, Iu.sot.j .hnr Z
tnrTy rod. east Of the road bridge mn TN.
cr,.!r an IA. north side in what iI uuy
W,rJ.r,s na,turr II MAS huilt of lnr,.
r.xr. f,,t in ,ii,rrusinrs ruu,b,nn tnnr
,.l,,I.,,rJ roof aud TIN. held III, hv ,,.i,rht
,.,I,s instead If nails m. u,,.hiurr,
which .vrrnt IA. hrItiur ,uuar,t,I, was
,r,,,,IIrJ hy. wafer rnv.r was of tL,. sim
'I,.It LiuL auI Lnrr,.r,I,. Cust,uurr,
when ,Irir 4, heat had been yr,unJ tn rI,,,r
n,.r,. r,,,,ir,.d tu carr, il mn , Ind
der Ia TN. h,ltir,, r,,,r and
thrr. bolt for Themselves, tnruln.
ih,. hnIrur cloth h, what WA, called a
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ou,. eff th, early citizen, named Cnl,.h
Tuttlr vhn when a hr, had u,,.rt,\rI
his ,,utbful n,r,,l,. at tins hnItiu,r ,.r,s.,-s
nrta,, said hi. r,,rnII,.rtinus uf Siurn Ken
tnu yyer, i'm un way ulra,uut rr,uiudiuu
him uf hard work al th, winch
Their. N,r,.ul, 4 few pnuuds uf iron in
all thr marhinrry of this mill and rrnbabI,
moi uur nnund of nails krut,u ,,rnI
built A rude dwelling near his
mill In tht.Sr ,IaNS the Government
rfTrred and Snmrtln,.S maid 4 bonn, tu
r,rtirS who rrr,.t,d mill, in the. settlements,
lint the records at iraud fail Ia show that
th,, old piun,rr ever received ANYTHING ur
thi, account. TIriug nf the milling hu>i-
n,,, k,.ut,u ON tine 1gth of .JuIy I>Il
sold the prnr.rtN To- William Ward. and. on
the, 9TH daN of D,rrmhrr of the same wear.
it was purchased ui Ward hy VIM Br,'~tN
and Nicholas Prickrtt. The purchasers
being energetic and having some money. .
set la work Ia improve the property. .
4 Saw-miIl was soon added. and a long
telt public want supplied This Saw-lmill
was ia most respects similar Ia tlI"~t. at
later years. 1t had however. connected
with r a churn which was operated 10y a
rod attached to the upper part Of the SAW
frame. When the saw was in motion the
,hurnlmg process worked nicely. Mr.
Br,.~ly rrc4ted carlng and fullmg mill
and became noted for his enterprise lie
built dwelling for himself and family.
and several houses for the USE Of
mf the. rmplo,t.~ about him. Peter Kit.
about the year 1872 OF INli. erected Il
whisky distilrry near the large spring on
the farm now owned by j. +. Warder,
which did a thriving business for many
years.