![]() ![]() It worked for many years but was eventually replaced. It operated for about four months each year, powered by water and operated by an undershot wheel, one set of stones and a hand-bolt. It was located about ¼ mile north of Rowsburg near present day County Road 175, but no remnants exist. The first grist and sawmill in Perry Township was built by John Raver in 1817-18 on what was known as Raver’s Run. No one seems to know how it got its name. There is still a sign marking Wiggletown at the crossroads of Township Roads 1150 and 353. Today, the township is home to the small villages of Rowsburg and Red Haw. It was located on US Route 250 between what is currently Rowsburg and the Muddy Fork. In 1815, John Raver tried to sell lots at a public sale but no one was interested so the village never got started. The first attempted village to be established in Perry Township was named Elizabethtown. It was known as the Wyandot Trail which carved out from Sandusky to Fort Pitt to DuQuesne. There was a well-worn trail used in the southwest corner of the Township. ![]() There were two Indian mounds located near Muddy Fork. As the settlers cleared land, built cabins and plowed fields, many Indian trinkets and jewelry items were located in the newly cultivated ground, including ancient pottery and tools made from flint and stone. Land initially sold for 50 cents to $1 per acre in the township. The Indians left this area in about 1822. The township was primarily occupied by Seneca, Delaware, Mohican, Wyandotte, Shawnee, and Chickasaws Indians and they had many wigwams built around the land. It was gathered and sold from this area as well. Ginseng became a popular domestic crop with almost all of it shipped from 1821 to 1983 from the United States to the Far East. ![]()
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