The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-03-03
OUT OF THE PAST.
HISTORIC NARRATIVE OF THE
 WESTERN RESERVE

Youngstown, Ohio--Interesting Ab- Stracts From the Diary of WalIing- ford People in the First Days of the New COnnecticut-the Establish ment of the Western Reserve Uni- versity.
 The following very interesting article was written by Miss Mary Morse of Poland, O., cousin of Mrs. Lucy H. Boardman of HilHlouse avenue, this city Kirtland hall, one of Yales fine new buildings, the gift of Mrs. Board- man to Yale, and which pertains to the Sheffield scientific school, is named in honor of Prof Kirtland, who left Wal lingford in 1903 for the west and is mar rated below. Prof Kirkland was con- nected with prominent western col lege.
 The little village of Walligford, Conn, was stirred to it's depths on this beautiful April morning in the year 1903.
 The long street on the hill top over looking the beautiful valley of the Quinnipiac was the scene of unwonted activity.
 Neighbors and friends were surging back and forth about the two covered wagons drawn up before the red gam brel roofed cottage that faced the vil- lage green.
 It was not joyous gathering Strained and anxious looks were noted on all the faces and many tear was furtiyely wiped away while they watched the storing of some forgotten article or some last gift from loving friend.
 The minister in all his dignity of of flee was waiting to give the benedlc- tion and God-speed to the travellers about to start for that distant land called "New Connecticut"
 Finally from out the house struggled the little cavalcade-the father and mother, three tiny children-the eldest but six--and their two servants.
 Clinging to the mothers side was a boy of ten or ereabouts-cliny.ag as though no power on earth could tear them apart. As she neared the wagon that was to bear her away the mother gathered the boy in her arms so fierce ly and withal so tenderly. Then with Spartan fortitude gave him over to her father, for Jared was to remain behind to be educated in the east. And the separation from her eldest born that was to last for many a long year, was begun Catching the little two-year- old Nancy to her breast and drawing the other two children to her side, the poor old woman turned her face toward that great unknown and much dreaded country of the northwest. If go out into that wilderness shall never re- turn,' was her but true prediction.
 The last adieux were said amid sobs and tears the whips cracked and slow ly down the hillside creaked the great wagon and "Ho! for New Connecticut was hence forth the cry.
 Connecticut's. new possessions in the northwest were attracting the atten- ton at this time of all her people. But few years since a number of men, known as the Connecticut Land com pany. had bought from the state the three million acres of land granted her by congress and known from that time to this as Connecticut's Western Re- serve, and now each of the proprietors of this company was doing all in his power to develop his property-that land of great promise.
 In the early summer of 17sS Judge Kirkland had brought out by means ot oxen and sledges a party of surveyors and several families, and had settled the latter in Burton, and surveyed and laid out Township No. 1, which he shortly after named Poland in sympa- thy with that northern Poland which then, as now, was grooming and tra- vailing under the oppressor's hand Each subsequent summer he had spent upon the reserve improving his posses sions, and his novel experiences while sojourning in this new country he jot- ted down from day to day in his diary
 Regarding his second trip in 1799 he writes: q arrived at No. 1; put up at Stephens in Youngstown. That even ing MT. Jonathan Fowler arrived in th cause (his wife and baby as welD and took my wagon and carried him dowr to No. l; built up fire and staid al night"* MT. Law had cut set of house logs and planted some garden seed. And so began the first settlement o1 Poland
 Continuing the journey to Burton ht says II went with Isaac Fowler ant wife and MT. Law with two cows anG my wagon for Burton; arrived al Youngstown and found to my grea disappointment that the road was st incomplete that I could not take m! wagon farther than No. (Warren),
 We went on to Salt Springs; put up It rained some.
 We drove to Burners in No.4; lief my wagon and mounted our horses ant took what provision we could carry ant the cows and drove on to 23 Mile Stone It rained all the afternoon extremel! hard and filled the sWamps ant streams to an uncommon height. w made us tent with bark and slep sweetly." The next day he continues "The head waters of Grand river wer so high we went back to our camp one half mile and staid until noon and thel determined to cross if possible. w swan our horses and cattle and car ried over our baggage and continues on in the same manner until we cam to Cuyahoga swamp and put up.
 We crossed the swamp with the Ut most difficulty by bridging miring an wading until ten o'clock, and then wen on to Burton at noon, being all day il water, for it rained constantly fo three days"