Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-04-29
HER PROGRESS, PERSEVERANCE AND
PUBLIC SPIRIT.
Of Its present Enviable and Proud Position--Thel
Metropolis of Monongalia County never looks
Backward, but Always ForWard-The Best
Locality in the State for Manufacturing and
= Industrial Enterprise.

city in the state. The rich and the
poor, the lazy and the industrious
all work hard ten or more hours
a day. It's the religion of the
town. It's not the fashion to stop
when one grows old or to wait un-
til one grows up to begin. Even
the office men work harder than
they do in most cities. The whole
population seems to have the I'M
pulse of tireless and persistent
energy, with no patience with in
dolence or weakness.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL.
Considered from both geo.
graphical and typographical stand
point, Morgantown has its advan-
tages that are manifold in inn
portance, as we'll as attractive to
the admirers and lovers of beauty
It is very pleasantly situated in
the picturesque valley of the Mo-
nongahela river, on the east bank,
below its confluence with Decker
creek, and so miles in a direct line
south of Pittsburg and 81 miles by
rail east of the Ohio river, on the
F., M. & P. division of the B. & O..
R. r. 1t is pleasantly located
upon the elevated terraces of the
river, at q height of from SO to 100
feet above high water mark. The
inclination of the surface towards
the Monongahela river and Deck
er's creek and the favorable COM
position of same, renders excellent
facilities for sanitary arrange
ments. The location is healthful.
No stagnant pools of water, no
swamps or marshes are found, and
not for many years has the city
been visited by violent epidemics.
Beneath the town that rock STRAIT
UNI, known as the Mahoning sand
stone, is spread and is a perfect
protection from any inroads that
otherwise high water from
either Decker's creek or the Mo-
nongahela river might produce.
The city is bounded on all sides by
rich agricultural districts, farming,
gardening and stock raising being
the leading pursuits throughout
the country. The hills and noun
tains surrounding the town are
"dusky diamond stores whose
doors are only beginning to be
battered down by the invincible
forces of science. Morgantown is
the largest town, and chief COM
mercial and manufacturing center
of Monongalia county, of which it
is the capital. 1t has population
of about 5000, and is rapidly in
creasing in numbers every year.
1t may be a matter of interest to
know something of the early his
tory of Morgantown. Much could
be said of the early and remarka-
BILE history of this town, but it
would take entirety too much space
to trace step by step, its advance
aent during the past century.
The first white men VINO ever trod
the soil on which our city stands
we're Thomas Decker and a few as
sociates who came here in 1853.
He pitched his camp" it is be-
! lieved, on the bank of the river
/ just above the mouth of the creek,
which thenceforth was to bear the
name of this adventurous pioneer.
In 1859 Decker and his compan-
ions were killed, excepting one,
by the Indians. blackwell Morgan,
for whom Morgantown was named,
came here, it is believed, in 1868.
In October, 1856, town was es-
tablished here by an act Of the
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