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Waterville (Images of America)

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Following the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794 and the tip of the War of 1812, the Maumee Valley become open to settlement. John Pray arrived in 1817, built a dam to run a mill, and the web site become referred to as Pray’s Falls. By 1831, Pray had platted the primary 50 so much and known as it Waterville. Others were attracted to the area, and the trading post inn that Pray had constructed in 1828 was once greatly enlarged in 1837. The Columbian House become crucial stop at the stagecoach run between Fort Wayne and Detroit and the social center of the village. In 1843, when the Miami and Erie Canal opened through Waterville, there was once an economic boom. The business center of town moved from Main Street (River Road) to Third Street, and the town was once incorporated in 1882.

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