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Meadville. Village settled in 1788 by David Mead and others (John Mead, Robert Fritz Randolph, Cornelius Van Horne, and others) largely from Wyoming area in northeast PA. The men started on the banks of French Creek—site was the former Iroquois village of Cussewago. The former Indian village contained lowlands suitable for corn and other field crops. Although relations with some Seneca was peaceful, it wasn't until Fort Franklin was built at the mouth of French Creek that their settlement could be assured of relative calm. In 1789 and 1790, they built a grist mill and a saw mill to entice others to the area. The Mead house was surrounded by a fifteen-foot stockade, and in the winters of 1791-92 served as quarters for fifteen militiamen from Fort Franklin. During this period, the settlement was no more than an outpost. By 1794, after Wayne's victory at the Fallen Timbers, settlers moved back and the town began its true growth period—although, Mead's stockaded house would sometimes be called back into use.

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