When  by  the  act  of  February  18,  1801,  the  tract  of  land  to  be
appropriated  was  determined  upon,  it  was  found  that  it  was-
located  in  the  then  wilderness  of  central  Ohio,  unsurveyed  and
uninhabited  and  of  no  known  value.  It  was  a  long,  difficult  and'
dreary  journey  from  New  York  or  New  England  and  even  from
Pennsylvania  through  the  wilderness  to  reach  these  lands,,  and


238  Ohio  Arch,  and  His.  Society  Publication.
