86 are among the best in the county. Mineral Point.—Another of the active, energetic and progressive towns of recent growth in Tuscarawas County is Mineral City, more generally known as Mineral Point on account of that being the name of the post office. Mineral City was laid out by Alfred Davis and George Lechner in 1853. The original plat consisted of forty lots of various dimensions, located between Huff's Run and the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Railroad. Additions to the original plat have been made by Davis and Lechner, Davis and McGreW, Ferdinand Brinkman. Philip Black, Thomas McCreary, John Deiringer, Wesley M. Tracy, C. E. Holden and M. D. Skeels. Alfred Davis, one of the proprietors, built the first house and kept the first store. A post office was established in 1854, and Mr. Davis was appointed first postmaster. The fire brick works were built in 1872 by C. E. Holden who still remains proprietor; and has succeeded in establishing an extensive trade in hislineof business. He manufactures chiefly material for the construction of glass furnaces. The clay used and coal consumed
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