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Pioneers arrived between 1755 and 1760, and the settlement was established in 1769. In 1765, 158 acres called "Good Purpose" were preempted for a Lutheran church. A warrant was granted in 1785 and a patent was granted in 1789. A log schoolhouse and church were built in 1772 on a site about 300 feet south of this spot, and Fort Allen was built in 1774 on a site about 400 yards south.
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