East Liverpool High School - Keramos Yearbook (East Liverpool, OH)

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Krramna 9 Historical Sketch 0 East Liverpool Its Schools and Pioneers ' l BY C. W. RoB1NsoN, '12 ILLUSTRATIONS AND DATA 1 COURTESY J. H. SIMMS BOUT 1797, the Fawcetts. www! Smiths, Boyces, Mcliinnons and l-Iickmans came from Washing- ton county, Pa., and settled in and about what is now East Liverpool. It is said that some of the families, at least some of the male members, came over into the Northwest Territory a few years earlier. during the Whiskey Rebellion, with which they were more or less promi- nently identified. The wilderness on the north side of the Ohio was found to be a good hiding place from the troops lfVashington sent to suppress and subdue the insurrection. The Indian occupants had nearly all moved westward beyond the Maumee. They found the land splendid, the timber IH21g'llllICCllt,VVCll watered, with game of all kinds in abun- dance. Thomas Fawcett and joseph Smith, who married Abigail Fawcett, purchased about 1100 acres fronting on the Ohio river from l3abb's Island to the mouth ot jethro Run. joseph Smith built a cabin on the banks of the Ohio River, a little east of what is now Union street, while Thomas Fawcett built quite a good sized cabin on the high ground immediately west of the present XVest End ball park. commanding a grand view down the river as far as Wellsville. and up the river as far as the famous Indian resort, now beautiful and legend? ary Rock Springs Park, at the north end of the old Indian Catawba Trail. Thomas Fawcett, with the assistanceiof the pioneer surveyor, Terra Jones, laid out a village in 1798, which was called Fawcettstown. Prior to the coming of the pioneers named above, there was a block house and a small settlement near the foot of Broadway and Union streets, which was called St, Clair. The old state road from the mouth of the Little Beaver to the mouth of Big Yellow Creek, was just ai bridle path along the bank of the north shore of the Ohio, and was traveled between the block house and the river. ln 1824, Thomas Fawcett and his partner, james Pemberton, sold all their holdings of lots in Liverpool, as well as Fawcett's homestead and farm, to Claiborne Simms, Sr. This tract ol lanl embraced all the territory from the west side of Market street, beginning at the Ohio River to a point along the old Calcutta Roal as far as Gardendale, thence on a line west crossing Carpen- ter's Run at the Stone Ilridge, and up to the crest of Croft's Hill, thence south to the mouth of Jethro Run and up the river to the place of beginning. Claiborne Simms took possession in 1824 and erected a grist mill on the west bank of Carpenters Run, opposite West End l.'ottery, where he built a large log house as a home for himself, his wife and numerous children. The First School House. The first school house was of a log construction, and was erected on land

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8 ilirrauinz piesident of the Republic of Bolivia. Then there is that second class-the kicky mules. Wlienever there is a motion before the house to exercise the instruments of propulsion known as the hind legs, these kicky mules prompt- ly second the motion, and after the motion is passed, they immediately turn into a national executive department to see that everything is properly car- ried out. A mule of this class is one of the most pacific animals to be found on the face of the globe. If a person happens to be around its hind quarters, it grinningly tickles the end of its nose with the tip of its left ear, and caress- ingly lifts out its hind legs toward the person. After landing in the ash heap, or some other soft place, he quietly re- covers himself and invariably goes up and strokes the mule under the chin and while so doing he usually recites texts from the Bible. A kicky mule will absolutely refuse to listen to any- thing but gentlemanly language. It de- mands that when addressed the title, Your Majesty, shall always be used. The third general division, that of the stubborn mules-includes all other divisions that have ever been made. These mules insist that their own opin- ions of certain important questions are always corect. Mules of this class are frequently met with in Wall Street. They are great balkers and sometimes absolutely refuse to move from their tracks, until an escort of the mayor, four lawyers, three policemen and a tire chief has been formed to accom- pany them on their triumphal march. A stubborn mule is the contradiction of a command, for it generally prefers to do that which is directly opposite to what you desire. If stubbornness makes a mule, then a great many peo- ple belong to the mule family. If a mule constantly contradicts what you tell it, that mule is a stubborn mule. Now, mules are of two genders-note the distinctly scientific classification- lirst, those who sing solos, and second, those who bray. Any mule can belong to both genders. For, if a mule exer- cises its voice at night, the vibrations which reach the ear are in the form of a solo-5 and, if a mule takes his voice culture between sunrise and sun- set, the noise thus caused is called a bray. Some mules have the, acquire- ment of the hee-haw, which is a mod- ified form of the so-called horse laugh. But in spite of all that can be said about this animal, the fact which each one of us ought to remember is that a mule is-nothing but a mule.- M. F. C., liz. Hill Here is a story that was keenly enjoyed today by members of both parties in the House and Senate cloakrooms: A man called on his neighbor armed with an imposing-looking document. Bill, said the caller, I want you to sign this petition. Wl1at is it? his friend asked. Well, was the reply, it now looks as if Roosevelt would be nominated in Chicago, and Bryan in Baltimore. This is a petition praying that the country be restored to the Indians. Teacher-Who wrote PiIgrim's Progress? Pupil-DeFoe. Teacher-U child! VVell, what was it about? Pupil-About a Pilgrim who came to America and his progress here. Dentist tto old lady who wants her tooth pulledj- Do you want gas, madam? Old lady-'WVell, I should say so. I don't propose to stay in the dark with you or any other man. --K. Lowry.

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10 Keramna now occupied by the Pennsylvania Com- pany with their side tracks and freight yard on XVest Market street. This school house had log puncheon floors, an open fire place for log fires, the windows were made of greased parchment, for there was no window glass in time, and is said to have been a very courteous and affablc gentleman. The Fawcett, Smith, McKinnon, Simms, Davidson and other pioneer children at- tended this school. Later the two lots on which the Central School building is now located were donated by Fawcett JW. i FAWCETT MONUMENT. RIVERVIEW CEMETERY those days. The benches were made from logs with round poles for backs. The tirst teacher was the old surveyor, Terra Jones, who was one of the government surveyors who assisted john lleaver in surveying the first seven ranges of the North- west Territory. Terra jones was an Irishman with more than ordinary education for that and Pemberton for school purposes, for which it has ever since been used. The first log structure gave place to the old four room brick building, which was torn down when the Central Building was erected. The old four room structure served as Primary, First and Second Reader Grade, Third and Fourth Read- er Grade and High School, or Master's Room, where the master and many