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- History of Morrow County, Ohio: a narrative account of its ..., Volume 1
By Abraham J. Baughman, Robert Franklin Bartlett
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(In part) Page 104
"My grandfataher White, who lived in Bennington township, has stood on the porch, or 'stoop' as they then called it, of his cabin, and shot deer and wild turkey. My grandfather Horr, who some of you knew, helped raise the first log cabin built in Cardington. He rode up here from Bennington, worked all day and rode home at night, a ride of more than eighteen miles. He received for his day's labor a three gallon iron kettle, which my mother now has. My grandmother was terribly pleased with the kettle, which she could hang on the crane in the fireplace and cook many a good dinner in. The cabin was erected for John Shunk, who started a little store in it. The cabin now stands on the banks of the race and is used for a stable........My grandfataher Horr used to take a load of wheat to Sandusky, bringing back salt and tea and coffee, the neighbors coming for miles to get these luxuries. It generally took him two to three weeks to make the trip. This of course was in the summer time, as in the winter the roads were almost impassable."
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