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First Settlement

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Archibald Prater, John Williams, Ebenezer Hanna, Clayton Cook, and others attempted to settle here in 1794 but were driven out by Indians. They returned in 1800 and established Licking Station on a hill in a horse shoe bend of the river, a good defense against Indians.
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