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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 one 
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; 
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OD, INAS GhG CoS HSC tS SCE OER ICI tE ICL eg CLE gp re nie Peer ea 180 
SF PEAT CUA Lee ees Seetce Seyeae eel ge NCS eles aie Oh wk Sk Mis er ve ee os 2 
AMBER VSTIGOPIDIIO Upetenteite aie mee scl Aen eae oR AL Loe asa Ole rater 2 
By CORSE EE BR SEES eset ane iat Se iit eee RR RN seo ee z 
Gemma) OR Ave teeters ene eee ei teen che ee REO ee SEE se eS lo Ue Oe 1 
VERRAN CO SLOMS ire afore niseerere Sha ttaiale aifeis abete otere eid oie ld ates cera 0 mie siete wets siete 25 
“Of the above series, No. 1 is Drift clay; Nos. 2 to 6, Cuyahoga shale; 
No. 7, Berea Grit. No. 5, “Coal,” is not true coal, but either a layer 
of carbonaceous shale, or a local accumululation cf 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 bluffs that not being subject 
to its wearing action, they have become gentle slopes, and so have a 
dense covering of vegetation. The old bluffs 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 
