Cussewago contains two small villages-Mosiertown and Crossingville.
The former is located in the southern part of the township, and contains
two churches-Baptist and Lutheran-a school, two stores, one hotel, a
blacksmith, shoe, and a carriage-shop, three physicians and twenty
dwellings. A tannery was in operation for many years, but is now
suspended. A steam grist and saw-mill was also built and operated by
Lemuel Stebbins. It was destroyed by fire, and was not rebuilt. A Mr.
Phelps erected the first tavern about 1830, but a few years later removed
from this locality. Ephraim Smith, a blacksmith, moved in soon after the
arrival of Phelps, and for many years his anvil rang industriously. The first
store was started by John McFarland, of Meadville, who placed Archibald
Stewart in charge. The title Cussewago was formerly given the little village,
but it is now generally called Mosiertown, which is the name of the
postoffice located here.
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