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Early Settlement of McLean and Ridout Townshina. (page 2) 1 While staying with relatives in Braoebridga they made : locations in Manon Tomahiy. Mark Langford than just a young man of I between seventeen and eighteen made loucation for his father Thomas ' Langford of Mi1vsrton, Perth County. Mr. Langford was a cripple, _ _ having been hart in a; will accident. Having a large family of mostly 'j boys, he thought it would be s great opportunity for than to acquire ‘ . 5 land and be near his out”. ' t When Mark bangrord, E. Attridga and two who” not out on ' , Soot... 1670, from Brecobrdigo with their blankata, axes, eto., and yro- » visions of' fifty pounds of flour, bacon, can, augar and tin dishes, may T found only a very rough road {in or ttix mils: through Macaulay C'owtr, ship and after that only a foot-path. 1 . TM gust day they only made seven or aight miles, staying ' with the aruoa Family overnight. Nut day, thoy started on. Three . ' nations had bon tannin Mob-an Twonship on the road which was to C be built but, 11.1.09, T. Bail add In. Hazy. Mr. Huzzy was working in a lulber camp and his with and son were living In their log cabin. , From tho Hussy 'tttate on thou no only a bland trail for three milen to than location. ’ It was almost night when they arrived at lot 18, Can. 9, , _ and diacoungod, my built. a fire humid. A shelving rock, cooked some supper and rolled ago-tn thou- blink-ts to not. In the morning ‘ they decided to "turn ta Erhuhridgo and get work there. They buried their flour beneath a trio, Bold choir othnr provisions and dishes to ‘ Mrs. Huzzy for almost nothing 1nd returned ta Btuoetrrtdtps whore Mark and , Attridga abound work, thiothsse man returned to their homes and gave , up their locations. Mark wrote to his ththmr that it was no good, but his father ~ wrote bank that may.“ and. plans to com on In the soiling, " Mark and . Attridge out out again in October accompanied this time by Dan. Gamay V who had located on the 8th Concession opposite the Langford loution. il Thoy had to carry in from provisions and dig untrue” flour. It was ' a big undtsrtalring to build cabins or about”: A. they called thnm. They i chopped down trees, carrying than: aft/5r cutting Into logs and built the , V walls. The roof no sands of spin cedar. They got the walls up and roof on before the snow got too deep. Mark returned to Braoobridge and gr. Gammage to his home In Brant county. T In March 1871. mama Lanyard and bio family arrived in i, Braoebridgu. By thin time A road had boon out to Bracobridga and they were able to bring than you". oxen were Nr more usatul in obsar1ng f A land on tho),- sold one Mam of horneaand bought a yoke of oxen. Mark ' and his two younger Moth-n. Joe and John (twins) out out with supplies V to finish the abantioa for tho not of the family. V I l I