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North side of Main Street in "Rebuilt Schoenbrunn.
The First Settlement in Ohio.
Schoenbrunn Memorial State Park, New Philadelphia, Ohio.
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NORTH SIDE OF MAIN STREET.
SCHOENBRUNN STATE MEMORIAL,
NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIO.
Ohio's Historical Places
Schoenbrunn, meaning "Beautiful Spring," the first
organized town in Ohio, was settled on May 3, 1772,
by David Zeisberger, a Moravian Missionary, and a
small company of Christian Indians. Here were estab-
lished the first Protestant Church and School north and
west of the Ohio River. Here, also, was adopted a
code of rules or laws which might be termed, Ohio's
First Civil Code." Schoenbrunn attained, at its height,
a population of 414 inhabitants. In the year 1777
these peaceful folk were driven out by a band of war-
ring Munsees (Monseys) and their town completely
destroyed. Restoration of the village was begun by
the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
in 1927.
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