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a lake, and the region about good hunting territory. Chippewa lake 

 is but six miles distant. Great quantities of flint arrow-heads and 

 stone axes have been found about the marshes. 



LITCHFIELD TOWNSHIP. 



The soil of this township is a tough clay, much like that of Lorain 

 county, which lies immediately west. The surface is level, but a slight 

 ridge runs north-east and south-west, crossing the center road two miles 

 east of the village of Litchfield. On this ridge are flowing wells which 

 afford large supplies of water throughout the year. There is a thick- 

 ness of eight feet of clay above the Cuyahoga Shale at the "Center." 



A gas well of some note is situated one mile and a half north and on© 

 mile west of the Center. Mr. J. V. Straight — who, with Mr. E. Rice, 

 bored the well in 1860 — makes this statement concerning the boring 



"We passed through the following strata: 



FT. IN. 



1. Clay 4.. 15 



a.^ Sliala 160 



3. Hard slate ., 2 



4. WMteflint 2 



5. Coal 2 



6. Shale 1 



7. Sandstone 25 



"Of the above series, No. 1 is Drift clay; Nos. 2 to 6, Cuyahoga shale; 

 No. 7, Berea Grit. No. 6, "Coal," is not true coal, but either a layer 

 of carbonaceous shale, or a local accumululation of vegetable matter, 

 such as is sometimes met with in the Waverly rocks. 



"Oil was brought up by pumping, but not in any great amount. 

 During the drilling, gas escaped with a clear, whistling sound, and 

 when set on fire it blazed up from twenty to thirty feet, the. outlet 

 being eight inches square." 



Three other gas springs are known in the township. 



LIVERPOOL TOWNSHIP. 



Liverpool is the most westerly of the northern tier of townships. 

 Rocky River flows through the Center from the south to the north, 

 making an occasional exposure of the Cuyahoga shale. For most of the 

 distance the river flows so far from the old blufis that not being subject 

 to its wearing action, they have become gentle slopes, and so have a 

 dense covering of Vegetation. The old blufis are, in several places, full 

 a half a mile apart, while the river channel is not over fifty feet wide. 

 There is but slight exposure of the rock in the northern part of the 



