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I ofSBElBTYfUJ llfi UPno oh bred nm(CoBtHMd «t Pa«t.)the in ? of Lo-J the Che-iyormarried and far fromWheeling, folioweBI^BRVhetzels toie at with §day i ar-beenijosi-rlonitherBrookvllle, where theNQBi office was located. With William Goodrich was Nathan and Sudan Goodrich, Ms parents—now growing old. They remained at Brookville until the land in this part of tfhe state was surveyed. William Goodrich entered two eightiesembracing all the land Walfcerrtlte ^and Forest Hill are now located ‘tin, running up and over to the Knights-town road and down to where the;old mill dams were located. Not a white man had ever set foot on this poll when he purchased it. paying fjj.25 per acre. IAs quick as William Goodrich Wandwere i thet by sons iabln 1.AS-ill-ANDSKD;ual-wen-The an til)nth.Su-loop,aa-eas-kttdl-cured his deed for this land ' he brought his family and his parents.9PIIhasuredishipargeap-isorahasfollowing the Whetyel blaze to a point northeast where he cut through the uoods. He selected as a location for Ms cabin a point of ground a Iff* lie east and south of the present Vine street bridge. The course of Little Blue is very much changed. At that lime the bank on the east side was high. These pioneers lived in two wagons until they cut enough trees io construct a small cabin. When the county was organized William Goodrich was made judge of the chart.His parents, Nathan and Susan Goodrich, are both buried in the City cemetery. There probably is one other Revolutionary soldier buried in the county.On that particular Fourth of July when the citizens of the new county met at the picnic grounds they brought with them such food as they had. One of the men went out with his rifle and in a few minutes returned with a deer. Thfs was dressed an-barbecued. There were but few dishes. Susan Goodrich said to One of the men take an ax and go with me and we will soon have plenty ot dishes. She picked the tree from which the bark was taken. From thir 4 an bark she fashioned dishes, loopif «lt;them and holding them together v »tl fine strips of bark. This she ler ned from the Indians during her • *ptiv-Jty. In this rude way the il.» u\ was served. One of the partleipans said a happier picnic was never held inByi MoTu-teewht7bedryrinerawegelTlifir*cox4thtrioTOIUuteitioVePUhadelieVewsocom- Shelby county.1UIM-welleeu-i the iringThere Is much, very much, tnori-that could be added from this recoils- | lection. At. this time perhaps not a tree had been cnt off of the ground now occupied by the public square. The settlers kept on the higher ground over near the east part of ther. - where Pennsylvania, Walker and the! John street are now located. All of ;e in • what is Harrison street was a quag-1 an j mire. It was only here and there that it oi) \a house was located and a patch of 1 ground cleared. A number of men uity, • are now living who wc\u remember arm,1 when tree stumps covered the publicsi)th-Heth-onlr.aptejTvwiWmlt;anbeC.paPi*talkd onDk apro-1 square. One of these but recently sess ! fated the incident of tht* settlors driv-. fig,; ing up a beet which was Bhot on the meiit \ grouud, dressed and hung up on pol»*3. ralue j uien building a fire and waichir^ it tale iaH night. Next day it was sold to the iUive ! ae tilers. being cut up on a white oakii in^ stump in almost the center of the year ! square. The men on watch to prevent rove- j the beef from being molested by dogs :t he | and wolves whiled the hours away whitiieing out pegs. When a sale of beef was made one of these slicks was run through it and between the fingers was carried away, to j It Is not far back to the birthday i th [of Shtdbyville and there yet remains tuok ’ * f*w of the old landmarks, rats ; Among these Is the little frame Sju building, the first one west of the Ue-fa* . publican office. It was used as tin utely office of the first clerk of the county, por . but not in its present location.A part of the Degelow residence on ! the east side of town Is a port of Uk i 'rT cabin erected by Major Hendricks, -other of Thomas A. Hendricks, when I he first came to ShelbyviUe, During ; the building of this cabfu Major Hcn-j dricks lived In the poene of William [Goodrich. These art probably the oldest buildings In SWlby county.The story of the llrat days of Shel-byville and Shelby county would vaiy but little from that of anjr other pioneer settlement. The settlers did not feel tfmt they were tmdurJng hardships. They did a tremendous lot or hard Work. They bad an abundance to eat. The woode were filled with game, the stream*'with fish. They ie at-i had all the maple molasses and sugar iwibg! they cared to make. Bee trees were tV. j abundant from which they secured tarry | larRe quantities of line honey. They soon had patches of wheat and corn; they spun the wool and flax and made their own clothing. They had nothing to do but to work and to be happy. They organized churches and schools, were intensely patriotic, they heard from the outside world every three or four weeks when some man would receive a newspaper from the East, which was read to all the settlers who cared to gather about Peace to the ashes of our towedcsrisCcHireOiA.feredeIMarbwas Circuit'd h mimingvouldJonesSlmerthw:hestK:aeeMw;CCn i at mllank eorgs r Olt-Ulrawase. A S ex-s ortoththifdeai8taiTlwhesiC3btatfoItSlt;siA11UUolfathers. bl
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Shelbyville Shelby Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jul 01, 1915
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