Shadrach Hudson Log House — Auglaize Township, Paulding County, Ohio
A photograph, circa 1890, apparently "distributed as a pioneer souvenir item" and reproduced from Laurence Hipp's History of Grover Hill — from the Donald Hutslar collection, used courtesy of Jean Hutslar.
The 1917 History of Maumee Valley provides a brief description:
The first white settler in [Paulding County] was Shadrach Hudson, who arrived in the year 1819. He came from Miami County and built a log house on the right bank of the Auglaize River, about half a mile east of the present Village of Junction. It was in the usual style, being constructed of square logs, was two stories in height, and had a huge fire-place in one end. . . . It commanded a splendid view both up and down the river. He had also served in the American army during the War of 1812, and was so impressed with the fertility and natural beauty of this site that he decided to make it his home.
That Hudson found the site beautiful is surprising; Paulding County, in 1819, existed at the heart of Ohio's Great Black Swamp, a region whose land settlers considered nearly worthless.
Shadrach Hudson Log House — Auglaize Township, Paulding County, Ohio
A photograph, circa 1890, apparently "distributed as a pioneer souvenir item" and reproduced from Laurence Hipp's History of Grover Hill — from the Donald Hutslar collection, used courtesy of Jean Hutslar.
The 1917 History of Maumee Valley provides a brief description:
The first white settler in [Paulding County] was Shadrach Hudson, who arrived in the year 1819. He came from Miami County and built a log house on the right bank of the Auglaize River, about half a mile east of the present Village of Junction. It was in the usual style, being constructed of square logs, was two stories in height, and had a huge fire-place in one end. . . . It commanded a splendid view both up and down the river. He had also served in the American army during the War of 1812, and was so impressed with the fertility and natural beauty of this site that he decided to make it his home.
That Hudson found the site beautiful is surprising; Paulding County, in 1819, existed at the heart of Ohio's Great Black Swamp, a region whose land settlers considered nearly worthless.