( I and a third, Charles Boehn. bought part of a four thousand acre tract, owned by Morrison of Kentucky including the site of Dover. On their way to their purchase, they saw but two cabins from the Ohio, that of Leonard, at Canton, and Huff, at the mouth of Huff’s Run, a few miles north-east of Dover, When Dear- dorf and Slingluff first stood upon their purchase, but one settler, George Harbaugh, was on the west side of the river. The partnership was brief. Deardorff returned in 1805, bringing with him a mill wright and carpenter, built a cabin, and began the construction of a grist and saw-mill. These were where the salt-works are, about half a mile from town. This was the first water-mill within many miles, and the only one for several years. Previous to this, the hand-mill and hominy block had supplied the settlers wants. For several years, Deardorff lived in his cabin at the mill, doing his own cooking. In 1806 the settlers began to come more rapidly, and Dover grew. The first store in Dover was kept in Deardorff‘s house. It stood on the corner north of the Iron City House. The second was built by William Shane. The
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