78 Village was platted in 1807 by Slingluff Deardorff and Boehn. Dover remained an inconsiderable village until the building of the Ohio Canal between the years 1826 and 1830. At the time of beginning the construction of the Canal in 1826, there were not more than a dozen houses in (ft ihe town. Fortunately for the place, the Canal was located on the west side of the river for this brought it to the very gates of the town plat and gave it a leading position in the traffic of this then mighty high-way. It at once became a center of trade and commerce. Constant streams of grain and other farm products flowed into its capacious warehouses - to be shipped to Eastern markets. Men of superior business ability were attracted by its advantages and in 1840, Dover was the first town in the county in point of population and importance. Dover -was incorporated as a village in 1842 by the legislature, in response to a petition presented by the citizens. Dr. Joseph Slingluff was the first mayor. In a few years the people grew tired of incorpora- i tion. The ineffective and expensive method of collecting the taxes was one of the principal causes that led to this result. Accordingly,
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