04/28/2026
"Clark Lane arrived in the Miami Valley as a young man who had grown up behind an anvil, the son of a blacksmith." He would go on to have a substantial impact on the Hamilton we know and love today. Read the full article below ⬇️
Clark Lane arrived in the Miami Valley as a young man who had grown up behind an anvil, the son of a blacksmith who was himself the son of settlers who had bought land from John Cleves Symmes when Ohio was still Northwest Territory. By the time Lane was eighteen, in 1841, he had taken over his fathe...