BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT

•All of NE Ohio covered in hardwood forest (Oak, Maple, Beech…Hemlocks only coniferous evergreens) •Blackberries, raspberries, strawberries everywhere •“the water is always clear with a brisk current… there are some beautiful small lakes in this country, with water as clear as “chrystall” and alive with fish.  In lakes as well as in River water fowl  in abundance in spring and fall.”