Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-18
LACONOA NOTES.


The stream popularity known a~ Buck
Creek was. 10y the Indians. called LaL"uda.
Those best acquainted with the Indian
dialect say that it is derived from cough
Ohomda. or Bucks Horn. aftrrward ahhre-
Waited by the French traders Ia La
Ohonda. which early drnpprd by usage t"
Lagnuda. This term was. no doubt applied
tu the stream 10y the Indians because Of it~
furkrd and crooked course. which the reader.
If he will trace lis course upon tn" map.
will see has not a very distant T'ScmhIanC"
Ia a pair of huCk-horns. hence the name.
Buck creek.
In the year sos Simon kruton. who had
for some years lived on what Is now the lr-
hana pike. near the Hunt farm. moved tu
what was then called the rapids "l Buck
creek. now l.aEnmda. and A. was stated in
our first article had built gTiSt mill. and
attached thereto carding machine, which
did not prove a success for want ot perfect
machinery. krntun left this mill and his
home in I.agonda. in lNI2, tu Join the army
OF his country. then at war with England.
As before stated. krutun'~ first mill was nI
the north side of the creek just above the
present Shops The creek, then as now,
ran through a gorge Of limrstnn" rnck>,
above which krntuu made several frltlt>,
efforts Ia dam the creek. He finally mad,
| a dam of logs and loose stones. ahuut 100
| rods tn the east ut the first iocatiuu "a part
of which can be- seen YETI. and carried the
water Of the creek hy race Ia Il :
mill. krut"u also built ~aw-mI
upon the same site. being among il not tn,
| first. in Clark county. Since writing uul
first article We learn that after the war Of
1872 kemtnu'N friends induced congress t'
| donate him. for his SrrI ices a. spy and sol
| dRr. tract of thirty acres. laid out in 4
| square and covering all his improvements
| This tract embraced all the main portion u
lag"nda of today; all the shops. an,
| a portion below the hills. Ful
some unknown reason the title t,
| ;hi> land was not made out il
| kcntnn'~ name. but To William Ward a
| trustee of kenton. The original deed aIrt
papers of conveyance were recently f"un,
among the Logan county records at Belle
| t0utaInr. where krutnm once lived. As be
fore stated. Ward sold out to Prickrtt y
Ber>lry. who increased the size Of the mill
| In 1880, the heirs of the above sold II
Jeremiah Warder. VIII" in the same YEA
employed Oliver Armstrong. one "f tn,
most noted milIwriEht> of his day. to con
>truct heavy timber dam. jus
foundation. and then built thrr,->tor!
mill ON the south side of the creek, abou
where the old foundry now stands. Thl
was one Of the finest merchant mills in TN
country. 50 STYLED from having two runs -
burr> and a separate set of boiling marhin
crv especially devoted Ia the manufacture
of flour for shipping. There were ais
wheat and corn burrS. with mrrr>~ary bolt
ing and cleaning maChimry. devoted eutirri,
To custom trade. farmers then. as now
thinking their own grain superior To- thri
neighO0rs and the custom was To 20 wit
| a load Of wheat. often many miles. return
ing with the proceeds in flour and otIal. les
the toll for the grinding -Unt-riEhth q
corn. and Ont-trnth of wheat. j. I. WaT
der. then one Of the proprlrt"rs, says tina
the people came from Greene. Faypttr, Mad
i>On and other counties. Ia their mill. he hay
ing seen A. high a. forty wagons at one tim
waiting 10 be- served, they often having /
camp out. and wait perhaps 4 day or Nv
for their turn. In iSI? the dam last men
toned was washed ont. and. with a view a
obtaining more power the Wardrr brother
secured the right of Thomas Merritt Ia con
Struct a race-way and dam through par
Of his lands To the east To one they wcT
constructing on the former mill property
on the north side of the stream. and carrie
the water over the creek in a wuoden trunk
or trough. Some years after the milin
interest was given up. the old structure ID
ken down and its tlmbrr> put To other u>c
The. raCe-way spoken of Is the one still j
Use by the Champion firm. but which ha
been greatly enlarged and improved since