Geauga County archivists took visitors on a journey through the area’s earliest days during the official kickoff of America 250 – Geauga on April 15.
Geauga County archivists took visitors on a journey through the area’s earliest days during the official kickoff of America 250 – Geauga on April 15. Ashley Serraglio, Geauga County assistant archivist, and Madeline Simmons, records specialist, regaled a crowd of about 100 at Schoolyard Studio in Burton Village with documented stories of early settlers drawn from Deed Book 1800 – 1804. They recounted how Roger Newbury purchased 54,774 acres in the Western Reserve from Pardon Brown in four sections. Newbury later served on the Western Reserve’s board of directors before helping develop Cuyahoga Falls. Moses Cleaveland led a surveying team...
