Kenton High School - Echo Yearbook (Kenton, OH)

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EEEEEEEEEEEEHEEEEEEEEEIHHEEEEEEVSEEEEEEEEEEEEEU IN 1786 the Shawnees settled on Hog River, some- times called the Ottawa River. Later Grassy Point, in what is now Hale township, was another vantage point because there were cleared lands and Indian corn fields. Here settlers gathered very early in the history of the county. A station for the purchase of furs was located on the popular highway-the Old Shawnee trail. However, no record remains of the families who lived in the vicinity.

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Upperclassmen 19555E5EEE5EiE5EEEFfiE'5il35EEEHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE HWHEN the earliest settlers entered Hardin County, it was densely covered by timber, while vast numbers of deer and other game roamed through the forests. From the undulating surface of the country, the red hunters of the Wyandots, Ottawas, and Shawnees made it a favorite resort during' the hunting season. The fur traders had many stations for the purchase of pelts. They were also responsible for the naming of several small streams throughout the countyf