1816-1916 Cedarville Centennial Souvenir

When we come back home-when we come back home! O, the call has reached each one of us from Panama to Nome, And we've sighed and sort of chuckled of the days that used to be When the world was not much bigger than the fields that we could see- And we've learned there is no welcome half so fine in other lands As the one that's waiting for us in the homefolks' hearts and hands. When we come back home-when we come back home! Now the years are shaken from us just as light as wind-flung foam; And again we have and hold them-all the half-forgotten joys That we did not know were precious when we were but girls and boys- Then we close our eyes and see it-see the creek, the streets, the mill, And .the heart beats to a home-song as we dream of Cedarville. -Wilbur D. Nesbit. Massie's Creek, named for General Massie, who surveyed all this region, and was popular in his day, is the chief stream in the town– ship. Thru the ages past it had worn in the solid rock a channel one– mi!e long, in places forty feet deep; and on either bank was a grove of cedar trees. It was one of the most picturesque scenes in America. Here at one time roamed the Indian, bear, panther, wolf, wildcat, deer, SCENES OF MASS~ES CREEK and all genera of smaller animals and reptiles. Today we find none of them. So, too, with the forest trees. The Indian, bear, panther, wolf, wild cat, deer, rattlesnake, and forest trees lived together. Now one and all are gone. The Anglo-Saxon race did not covet such companions. They came across the sea and drove them all out. They killed the Indian and they killed the forest. They cultivated the soil and caused it to produce bountiful harvests. They reared domestic animals, the horse, cow, sheep, hogs, and poultry of all kinds. They built palatial residences, cities where millions of people live together; towns and villages also. They build magnificent ships for traveling on the rivers, lakes, and oceans; and battleships for war. They build railway roads and cars. They use steam, electricity, and gas for power in machinery