Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-04-20
LOCRL HISTORY
Early Days in Spring Hill and Vicinity. The Begin
nings i'll Fulton County and Some of The
People Who Made Them
BY MARIE A. HIBBARD

lage. 1t was the first school in the
township of Dover, not then formed,
and was probably a subscription
school.
On February 4, 1910, she writes:
1T is two years today since we came
to this place. | had left large circle
of relatives and friends with whom
had lived since infancy, and yet these
two years have been spent as happily
as any l have seen since childhood. |
have little world of my own in
my happy home"
"March 1. Spring has come and
not in name only. The birds are sing
ing, and the frogs are peeping merrily
March 18. We went to ESQ. Ho-
bart's in Pike the afternoon of the six
teenth. Saw some beautiful wild
ducks swimming in pond by the
road side. Stayed at Esq. Hobart's
all night, the first time have stayed
away from home since [ lived in this
country. We took dinner at ESQ.
Howard's yesterday. Coming home
we saw four large deer bounding over
the plain. We stopped to see a large
beaver dam, and passed two deer
feeding by the roadside. Tradition
says a beaver dam was in or near the
"Old Pond" just east Of Spring Hill,
where the branch of Brush Creek now
flows.
June 2. Uncle Ambrose brought
me a pint of wild Strawberries today
today. We saw seven squaws, four pa
pooses, three loaded ponies, four dogs
and pig, on the way to new camp
ing ground.
July 20. Mortimer took US all to
the woods west to pick black berries
We found plenty of nice ones.
Aug. 20. DR.. Kendall came to see
Uncle Ambrose who is sick.
Aug. 26. We have plenty of good
melons. One was brought in today
that weighed twenty six pounds ano
four ounces.
Oct. 21. Uncle Ambrose left home
yesterday to go to the River. He is
hardly able to travel, but says he has
business that no one else can do. He
has been troubled with a cough fol
eighteen months. He thinks he vii
not live long.
Nov. 28. This township of Clinton
has been inhabited by white people
five years. The settlers were William
Jones'"
This William Jones was the father
of Hannah Jones, LONG remembered
in and about Spring Hill as a gooC
teacher. Her home was with her hal
brother, Jacob Boyers, on a farm
south of the village. He was a good
honest, substantial citizen; one of sew
eral who, on the discovery Of gold
took the long, hard journey to Cali
fornia, but, unlike many, he lived t.
return to his family. His wife wa
Lydia, daughter of Joseph Jewell, al
early settler.
writes, "The Indians who formerl!
lived in this place have been compel
ed this fall to leave it and go to tn
far west. They heard preparation
! were being made to take them away
and fled two hundred miles to wood
in Michigan. While there encampe
thew were overtaken, surrounded, an
| compelled to go. I cannot think ]
right to force them to leave their ma
= tive woods and plains to which the
seem so attached, and go to a strang
land, as they have done. They wer
r harmless people, never dlsturbln
= the whites, unless first misused b
e them-getting their living principa
r iv bv hunting, picking berries, an
E Sometimes making baskets, whic
e they exchanged with the whites to
i bread or potatoes.
They frequently came here hungr
e and asked for victuals. for which the
/ M seemed very thankful, but I neve
r knew them to take anything wlthor
h Thev were very fond of ornament
silver brooches, brass rings, glas
n heads or little bells which they wol
!. around waist, neck or arms"
8 "Dec. 4. I stayed alone with tn
v children last night, Mortimer havln
d gone to the River to see Uncle An
:. brose who is worse. fear ne WI
r never be any better. Must we los
e him, our only relative in this countr,
d and one who has always treated I
|, with so much kindness? l was lon'
7, some last night but not afraid.
IS There is a fire on the plains east
o us this evening. It is beautiful slgl
n unlike anything l ever saw in hill
e country. The country here IS so leve
J. the timber so scattering, without u
e derwood or brush, that when a III
II spreads in the dry leaves and gra
n we can see it in the evening extenolr
a in long, straight, unbroken nne :,
Ie a great distance, uninterrupted to Il
view except by the trunks OF mte
- vening trees"
1T The oak openings, or plains,
n which she speaks, were kept free tro
ef underbrush by the Indians who our'
ed them over each fall to make be
% ter hunting grounds. Some Of tt
Is giant oaks, scattered here and ther
l. stood until recent years. Inc
'e dians name, as given in the Journa
u and letters of that time, was IWal
u nabba's plains. From the fact that
Il is written in the possesslve 1t seen
probable that Twainnobba was, as
e4 f4 the case of Wauseon and Ottokee,, t
! name of an Indian Chief, in viii
\ ae case the correct spelling may ha
a been Twa-no-ba or Twanau- ba. III
a a this was the name of this locality
n confirmed by the report of res
~ dent of Dover, who while visiting
g the West recently, made trip to o
. ~ of the Indian towns of Oklahoma. 5
m.+ m found the people prosperous, ownn
az fine homes, automobiles, and living
II well-to-do whites live. When tn
~ learned from whence she came tn
an gathered about her, eager to ask a
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