| Caledonia had its origin in a blacksmith shop & a
whisky distillery built near the big spring. Thomas Sloan fitting up the former, &
Ferges Sloan & Joshua Morrison the latter. After them came Alexander Craighead, who
put up the first store as early or perhaps earlier than 1817. His store was a double
cabin, one end being used for a dwelling. The first dwelling house, a hewed-log house, was
built by Robert Sloan. When Caledonia was platted in 1819 & the lots offered for sale,
it was announced that whoever purchased the first lot could name the town. Alexander
Craighead named it after Caledonia, Scotland. The land on which the town is located was
secured to Miles Goforth in 1804 by the Spanish Government. Goforth taught the first
school in Bellevue Valley in 1804. |
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This home was built in the 1920's.
Photographed: 21 Aug. 2001
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