Perry High School - Clock Yearbook (Massillon, OH)

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? f Perry Zvwnshhr - jllfl Surly History Years before Ohio became a state, Lake Sippo was a favorite area where Indians liked to fish and hunt. It was neutral ground where Indians would meet yearly to exchange prisoners. Lake Sippo, however, was not the size that it is todayg its boundaries fingered from the highlands of the northern section of the township to where Richville is today. Later, when the area became a part of the Western Reserve, the boundary of the United States, for a while, stopped at the Tuscarawas River in what today is known as Massillon. Be- yond the Tuscarawas was Indian territory. U Perry Township, although not yet named so, was the West to which the Easterner referred. As late as January 21, 1785, the Treaty of Fort Mclntosh, and August 3, 1775, the Treaty of Grenville, such was the case. A temporary gov- ernment was established for Ohio in 1787 with the passing of the Northwest Ordinance. The beginnings of Perry Township were now taking shape. Lands Ordered Surveyed In 1800 lands east of the Tuscarawas River were ordered surveyed and were thrown into the market for sale. Although Ohio became a state in 1803, the Indian title to this land was not canceled until 1809, but still the Indians clung to the land of their forefathers and traded furs for the white man's firewater. Two young unidentified men, in the spring of 1807, with a horse and covered wagon, loaded with provisions, blankets, and rifles, followed the old Indian trail fassumed to be Route 30j on the plains west of Canton to the Tuscarawas River. On numerous occasions they had to ford streams which were high in order to get to their ultimate destination which is now assumed to be the center of Massillon. At this timerthere still were no white men's cabins west of the Tuscarawas. Difficulties are Many Besides sometimes hostile Indians, the set- tlers in Perry Township had other problems. Wolves, foxes, and bears harassed the pioneers with regularity. Roads were simply nothing more than mere footpaths made by Indians. Streams became rivers that had to be forded. Carts broke down in mud that became quick- sand. But the settlers came. When settlers mooed into Perry Township, one of the first jobs accomplished was the har- nassing of the water so that saw mills and flour mills could be placed into operation.

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