Columbian High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Tiffin, OH)

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IISEND i A CIIENTVIUIRYY OIF IPIRCDOEIRIESS i IIQIUND r . QT-I 'qi' HISTORICAL SKETCH FOREWORD ln any sketch honoring the one-hundred years of service of the Tiffin Public Schools, it is fitting that we review also the beginnings of our city and pay tribute to the people who paved the way for later advancement. I Frontier Fort ' The statue of the Indian maiden on Frost Parkway is a reminder of the time when this land was the home of the Seneca and Wyandot tribes. Forty thousand acres, mostly within the present Seneca County, were known as the Seneca Reserva- tion. Statue of Indian Maiden Frost Parkway Fort Ball Built in l8l3 The first authenticated event in the history of Tiffin was the erection in l8l3 of a military stockade, Camp Ball, by United States' cavalry along the banks of the Sandusky River, about where the Soldiers' Monument now stands. The squadron was under Lieutenant Colonel Iames V. Ball and had been sent by General William Henry Harrison. The fort had three blockhouses, with room for 500 men. Years later from the ruins of this stockade grew a sycamore tree, which is still standing on Frost Park- way, marked with a bronze tablet as the site of Fort Ball. Before bridges were constructed, a ferry was the only way to get from Fort Ball to the opposite side of the river, the fare being two cents. Sycamore Tree on site of Old Fort Ball First White Settlers 1? 'Ying K Wag? gy Q Www aff fx if K N' W 2 t lkrbq li' fax 'Ml A' . ...Q .-..i3'3r: . . ' 4 -1r,.',' in ,-'-'X A T .. w Q ' L , re' ,iw . , v my , Q , H211 - - t J 1 f an ., -.f Aff. 5 '-41 '3f fs 4. A f. ,f'T,f4r,3mf Q in grfa.a,,!?- Lf--if Q:-11? 1:42 r lf 7'-' 7 1 . ' -'- I my ,rf M ,sh , , it rg ' at 7 f fwfr is is . 3 lr , gli 1. 'age-m - if-1 .:,iil'-is 12. 19 't-lv. -.g 'W' 3cWf?41f' t was - f 2- 5, -3 '-J :Ang -,wwf i 4 A ' I fu . K- .4 L9 . Pr sg.. ev. 44.5 4, Q 15 -f-..,..Q3Ag .5645 Bowe's Log-Cabin Hotel Erastus Bowe was the first permanent settler in this vicinity. ln l8l3 from Camp Ball he had seen what is now Tiffin. There was then no village nor hamlet in this county of Seneca except for the mili- tary stockade here and one at what is now Old Fort. The first building here was a log cabin erected by Mr. Bowe, serving as his home and as a hotel for travelers. lt was on the lot known as 24 North Washington Street. In l823, a Mr. Iesse Spencer laid out and platted the village of Oakley, including the Fort Ball stockade, Mr. Bowe's log-cabin hotel, and one or two other cabins. A postoffice station was established at Oakley in 1821. The postmaster had few patrons to serve, so when going on surveying or fishing trips, he sometimes carried the mail in his hat and delivered it as opportunity presented. In 1824 Oakley was again surveyed and the name changed to Fort Ball. PAGE FOUR