The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1909-10-07
BY E. B. Comfy, Read at Twice Five Club


dence of Silas Hedges. Andrew
Alexander occupied a log house
where the Rochester store now
stands, as his residence. John
Rochester resided on the north
west corner of Mulberry and Sec
ond streets. Thomas w. Claxton
! lived on the lot now occupied by
Mrs. John Tritsch. Mr.. James
also mentions small house where E
Charles Wright's residence now is,
but does not mention the occupant,
little way east of this house was
the blacksmith shop belonging to
Graham, and east Of that was the
carpenter shop of Andrew Alex
ander. 1t stood on the lot where
the residence of Mrs. j. j. Snider
now is. Sumner L. Gushing lived
in little house just north of the
Gimble corner. Old Mr.. Kanode
on what was then outlot No. 8 on
Walnut street. John A. Smith
lived on the lot now occupied by
the Steinman residence. On the
lot where the present Probate Office
and Jail is, was large frame
building which had been con-
structed for carding machine
factory, using horses for motor
power, but at this time belonged
to the county and was used for a
court house. The M. E. Church
building is still standing on sec
ond street and is occupied now by
Mrs. Mahala Cook as a residence,
The first jail stood on the corner
of Hunter and Walnut streets, and
was constructed of rude logs
closely fitted together. 1t CON
sisted of two compartments, one
for criminals and the other for
persons imprisoned for debt. The
above description of Logan by Mr.,
James is condensed and we leave
you to draw upon your own i'm
agination as to architecture and
palatial style of the buildings of
Queen city in the year 1882
MIR. James quotes few prices
Of produce at that time, he says:
81 could buy Venison Hams at
l5cts. to 81 90 pair, Butter at
sets to Gets. per ID Eggs Bets
per doz., Maple sugar at to Gets
per h., Pork Let's. per lb."
If you had considerable mer-
chandise to export, one of the
methods of transportation 1T that
time was to build fat boat, walt
for the river to rise and float ii
down to the cities on the Ohio
river. Hence at this time there
was practically no market for the
products of the country because
of the limited facility for trans,
porting. This condition continued
to exist until the year 1910 when
the canal was completed,
The first boat to come down the
canal was the A. McCaw using
two yoke of oxen for motor power,
carrying number of passengegs
to Logan who came to hear the
address of the Hon, Tom Corwin
IN the celebrated "Log cabin and
hard cider" campaign of 1910.
This was a gala day in Logan
l have heard my father tell of the
log cabins hauled on wagons to the
political meeting of that campaign
and presume they had them in
Logan on this day. They also
had barbecue near the old tan
yard in the northwest part of town
and barrels of hard cider with the
heads knocked in, tincups in pro.
fusion, SO the enthusiastic voters
could drink inspiration to his
hearts desire.
This canal, now abandoned was
of inestimable benefit to Logan
The census shows that during the
next decade Logan practically
doubled in population. Ia The
year 1915 John Rochester ST. built
the old warehouse on Mulberry
street which is still standing,
using it for storing grain and
country produce until shipped,
thus giving the farmers of Hook
ing a home market for their sur
plus products. This WAS the only
public means of transportation I'M
til Col. Remple furnished a mor'
rapid one when he established his