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��HISTORY OF RICHLAND COUNTY.

��The next range, 18, was surve^'ed entirel}' by Maxfield and William Ludlow, in 1806 and 1807. The records in the Count}' Surve_yor's office show but xery little regarding this range. Many of the townships have no record of any returns. They were evidenth' made directly to the State Capitol or to the Surveyor Greneral. After much inquir}^ by mail, the j^ear of the survey' of each of the remaining ranges was ascertained, but the fleld-books could not be found. In this range, William Ludlow sur- ve3'ed Townships 21 and 22, and Maxfield Lud- low, Township 23, while together they surveyed Townships 19 and 20.

Range 19 was surve3'ed entirely' in 1807. Maxfield Ludlow surveyed Townships 19, 20 and 21 ; 22 and 23 were surveyed by himself and William. Range 20, the last one in the county, was all surveyed by Maxfield Ludlow, in 1807. It is evident that the survey' proceeded from the east to the west, and that this range

��was the last one in Richland Count}^ (not then created), to be reached l\y the surveyors.

As was their custom, they carefully noted all peculiarities of timber, land, the springs, the topographical features, etc. Afterward, when travelers or persons came in search of land, these surveyors knew just where to take them. Gren. Hedges kept a man who had been on the survey, ready, in after years, to show settlers where desirable lands could be found. Other early settlers soon explored the country, and became, in their time, guides to those who came after them.

No l)etter and more truthful accounts of the new lands in the West could have been pub- lished than the notes of the surveyors who trav- ersed the county in advance of civilization. The same is true of the West of to-day, and, did people rely more on scientific observations, many a disappointment might he averted.

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