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In 1788, George Washington said, " No colony in America was ever settled under such favorable auspices as that which has just commenced at the Muskingum ... If I was a young man, just preparing to begin the world, or if advanced in life and had a family to make provision for, I know of no country where I should rather fix my habitation ...".

The families of the settlers began arriving within a few months.

By the end of 1788, 137 people populated the area.