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| Source (LOC) (Partial 1849 Map From Pennsylvania To Canada) |
From Souvenir... Lincoln County, Ontario, June 30, July 1, 1907:
The soldiers of the famous corps known as "Butler Rangers" had at the close of the 18th century extensive holdings in what is now Clinton Township: but these old soldiers were not in every case actual settlers, probably, because of their long military service, which had bred in them a dislike for the toil and privations of pioneer life. This made it easy for the real settlers, who immigrated to this part of Ontario from Pennsylvania, to buy land cheap, When in the year 1799 a prospecting party of "Pennsylvania Dutch" visited the Niagara District, they could buy land along the Indian trail (now the stone road) for one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50). The year following a large number followed this party, among them the names, Albright, Kratz, High, Moycr, Honsbcrger, Grobb, Cross, Houser, Wismer, Fry, Fretz, Nash and others appear quite prominent.
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