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Lenawee County By John J. Adam, February 7th, 1878.
In the south and southwest part of the county, the first land enter in Fairfield was in 1830, and the first house built was built in 1831. Senaca the first houses were built in 1832, and the village of Morenci was laid out, and its first settlements commenced in 1835. The first set tiers in the town of Medina, moved in there in May and June, 1834. In th southeast part of the county, the town of Ogden began to be actively settled in 1836, though some scattering settlements were made several years earlier. There were some settlers moving into the south part of Riga in 1836, but the north part was but little settled until Roswell W Knight and others moved into it in 1839. Mr. Knight got a station on the E. & K. R. R., named Knight's station, and was the active and leading ing business man there for many years. After his death the name of the station was changed to Riga.
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