Millgrove, Salem Twp from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio

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Contributor::	Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 13 April 2005
Sources:	The History of Warren County Ohio Part IV Township Histories Salem Township by J. J. Mounts, M. D. (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
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Page 667	Millgrove was settled early in the present century. It contained a grist and sawmill, a drygoods store, and a paper mill—the latter giving employment to a number of hands. For many years this was a thriving village; but after the
Page 668	construction of the Miami Canal, about 1845, the manufacture of paper was discontinued, on account of the river mills not being able to compete with the mills along the canal. Since then the village has dwindled to a mere shadow of its past importance. An effort was made to revive its waning fortunes by the erection of saw and gristmills, but without success.

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