A History Of Lebanon County Prior To 1876 Read Before The Lebanon County Historical Society October 31 1913 By Ezra Grumbine 6

Author : John L. Rockey
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267717477
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Eastern Border of Lebanon County, And, the Western Border of Lebanon County written by John L. Rockey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Eastern Border of Lebanon County, And, the Western Border of Lebanon County: Papers Read Before the Lebanon Historical Society, October 21, 1904 The early settlers were a plain people, nearly-all them without means. By occupation most of them were farmers, and'a large proportion of the descendants have ever been tillers of the soil, some attaining considerable wealth by this means. It has been supposed that the fertility of our lands attracted these immigrants, but that was probably a minor consideration. It is more probable that they preferred this section because they found here counter-parts of most of the features which they loved in their native country - the hills, mountains, pleasant vales, streams, springs of excellent water, which they had found nowhere else in America like here, and for which their hearts constantly yearned. At the beginning of the settlements this section was still a wilderness, occupied by a few Indians and was their rightful home.* They were very fond of this vallev and they did not relinquish their claims until a dozen years later. Hence for that space of time these early settlers lived on'lands without any title what ever. Consequently their improvements were meager and their methods of life extremely simple. But this was entire= ly in harmony with their purposes. They had not come hither in search' of large landed property or of great wealth, but simply to find a place where'they'and their children might make homes, unfettered by the restraints of the old country; and free from its persecutions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.