From The Little List
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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