Coshocton County, Centennial History

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. When the Delawares arrived at the Forks of the Muskingum, impressed with the abundance of game and fish and the fertility of the soil of the valleys, they stopped in their migration until finally forced westward by the advance of Christian civilization, as represented by the rum-selling, unscrupulous trader and the hardy frontiersman.