[145] Scott’s novel, The Monastery, was published in 1820.—Ed.
[146] In order to view the country, Flint pursued a singular route from Cincinnati to Lake Erie. His course was through Warren, Clinton, Highland, Ross, Pickaway, Fairfield, Licking, Knox, Richland, Huron, and Erie counties. The principal points touched were Lebanon in Warren, Lancaster in Fairfield, Newark in Licking, and Mansfield in Richland. He reached Lake Erie at the present Huron, at the mouth of Huron River. His roundabout tour brought him through some of the very best portions of the state.—Ed.
[147] Reading was first settled in 1794 by Abraham Voorhees, who laid out the town four years later. It was for some time called Voorheestown, but rechristened out of compliment to some of the early settlers who came from Reading, Pennsylvania.—Ed.
[148] The Kentucky religious awakening of 1800, spreading into southern Ohio, caused such a state of religious excitement that the Shakers of New Lebanon, New York, thinking it a profitable field in which to plant their doctrines, sent three missionaries to Warren County in 1805. They found many converts among the excited people, and Union Village, or Shakertown, soon sprang up. They were called Shakers not so much from the dancing, as from the handshaking, head shaking, and other bodily contortions in their religious exercises.—Ed.
[149] The four proprietors, who were also the only settlers on the site of Lebanon, laid out the town in 1802. Becoming the county seat of Warren County, it thereafter grew rapidly, and in 1809 was chosen as the site for Miami University.—Ed.
[150] The road crossed the Little Miami near the border line between Warren and Green counties.—Ed.
[151] For the Pickaway Plains, see Cuming’s Tour, volume iv of our series, note 143.—Ed.
[152] For the early history of Lancaster, see Cuming’s Tour, volume iv of our series, note 145.—Ed.
[153] Newark was settled and laid out in 1802 by William Schenck, of Newark, New Jersey. In the fall of that year a considerable colony came from Pennsylvania. It was incorporated in 1826.—Ed.
[154] Mt. Vernon, the seat of Knox County, was laid out in 1805, and named after Washington’s home on the Potomac, its early settlers having come from Virginia and Maryland.—Ed.