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Elyria's Early Bounds and Growth Through Time
A retrospective tracing Elyria's territorial shifts from Virginia and Connecticut claims to its final 1822 entry into Lorain county. The article recounts early settlers James Porter and Artemus Beebe, the rise of industry including a wooden bowl factory and a later-forward city life with churches, schools, temperance efforts, and expanding transportation and services.
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Elyria
Virginia
Ohio
London Company
Virgina Y James I
Hudson River
Connecticut
Charles II
George III
Valley of the Ohio
Cuyahoga
Sandusky River
Canahogue
Indiana
Maryland
Elstia
Wayne County
Western
Western Reserve
Cuyahoga River
Michigan
Detroit
Trumbull County
Geauga County
Huron County
Ridgeville
Lorain County
Huron
Connecticut Land Company
Elyria Township
Ely- Tia
James Forter
Porter
Massachusetts
Heman Ely
West Springfield
Ely
Artimus Beebe
Broad Street
James Porter
Artemus Beebe
Ely House
Beebe Tavern
Elrria
Enos Mann
Mqnor
Congress
A. R Webber
Boston
Congregational Church
West Sixth Street
Lotain Silk Company
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