BARNHILL AND BIG MOUND TOWNSHIPS---THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL AND PHYSICAL FEATURES---SETTLEMENT---AN INCIDENT OF DAVIS---WHO THE PIONEERS WERE, WHAT THEY DID, AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM---EARLY IMPROVEMENTS AND INDUSTRIES---THE FIRST EFFORTS AT MERCHANDISING---WRIGHT'S STORE, MILL AND TANYARD---A BUSINESS PLACE---SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES IN BARNHILL---THE SAME IN BIG MOUND---ODDS AND ENDS---FAIRFIELD'S BIRTH, ETC.
The history of Barnhill and Big Mound Townships is so interwoven that it cannot very well be given otherwise than in a single chapter. Both townships were settled early; they lie side by side, and the county-seat is alike situated in both, thus rendering much of their history identical. Each township contains fifty-four sections, or one and a half Congressional townships, and the quality of the land partakes much of the same nature in its topographical features throughout the two entire divisions. The surface may be termed generally level or undulating. But little of it is low and flat, nor is much of it broken and hilly. There is, however, a considerable quantity of what is termed "swamp land" in both townships. A large swamp takes up nearly all of Sections 25 and 26 of Barnhill, into which flows several small streams. Plenty of artificial drainage will, no doubt, reclaim even these swamp lands in time, and make them valuable for farming purposes. A swamp runs entirely through Big Mound Township, beginning in Section 31, and passing through Sections 32, 33, 28, 27, 34, 3 and 2, and like that in Barnhill, is fed by numerous streams, which keep it filled with stagnant waters the greater part of the year. The principal water-courses are Skillet Fork in Big Mound and Pond Creek in Barnhill, both of which are considerable streams, with a number of small and nameless tributaries. These townships are bounded on the north by Jasper and Lamard Townships, on the east by Leech, on the south by Hamilton and White Counties, and on the west by Four Mile and Arrington Townships. Barnhill, under the Government survey, comprises Township 2 and one-half of Township 3 south, Range 8 east; and Big Mound, Township 2, and one-half of Township 3 south, Range 7 east, of the Third Principal Meridian. The latter township received its name from an elevation of land which is known as "Big Mound," and is perhaps the highest point in the county. The "Air Line" Railroad passes over it, and a depot has been built upon the summit of the elevation known as "Boylston Station." Barnhill was named in honor of the Barnhill family, who were among the earliest settlers. The name was suggested by Mr. W. W. George, at township organization, and was unanimously adopted. Both townships were originally heavily timbered, with the exception of a few small prairies which, however, do not take up much of their area. A great deal of the timber has been cut off, but there still remains enough for all domestic purposes. The predominating timbers are several kinds of oak, ash, hickory, sweet gum, elm, swamp maple, etc., with numerous shrubs. Barnhill and Big Mound have the advantage of two railroads, viz., the Louisville & St. Louis Air Line, and the Springfield Division of the Ohio & Mississippi, which have done much to increase the value of lands and other property.
The settlement of these townships, and particularly Barnhill, may be classed among the early settlements of the county. Nearly seventy years ago, homes were selected in what is now the latter township by white people. This is but a short period when considered in the world's chronology, but in the history of this part of our country it seems a long, long time. Many and startling events have transpired since then---1813--- throughout this country and the old world. Thrones and kingdoms have passed away; empires have risen and flourished and fallen, and the remembrance of their glory has almost faded from the minds of men, as the waves of dark oblivion's sea sweep o'er them, and scarcely leave a track to tell us how, or where, or when they sunk. Ancient palaces, in whose spacious halls the mightiest rulers proudly trod, show the ivy clinging to their moldering towers, and
"Victor's wreaths, and monarch's gems,
Have blended with the common dust."
In our own county mighty changes have been wrought. Political revolutions have shaken the continent, and "Red Battle, with blood-red tresses deepening in the sun," and "death-shot glowing in his fiery hands, raged and maddened to and fro" in our fair land, and the shackles of slavery have been stricken from four millions of human beings. But these are the least of the great events the past seventy years have witnessed. Human progress and human inventions have done more in those years than in ten centuries before. The railroad, the telegraph, and improved machinery of every kind and description attest the rapid strides of the age. The early simple settler of the country little dreamed what his short span of life would witness.
The Barnhills were the first settlers in this part of the county. A tradition is current that Gen. Hargraves and his rangers encamped at a spring in 1813, near the northwest part of the present town of Fairfield, and that some of the Barnhills were with him. The tradition is further authority for the fact, that while the rangers were encamped here, the Barnhills selected the lands upon which they afterward settled. In the absence of authentic information to the contrary, we will give them the credit of being the first settlers here, and of dating their coming back to the year mentioned above. The elder Barnhill, the patriarch of the tribe, died in Gallatin County, where he had located very early, but his widow came here with her family, and settled in the north or northwest part of this township. The Widow Barnhill has a grandson living in Fairfield, now quite an old man. Another grandson was killed in the late civil war, but at that time lived in Xenia, Clay County. The older members of the family are all gone, and nearly forgotten, too, by the growing-up generation. They came here because the country, although but a wilderness, was beautiful to behold, and the abundance of wild animals gratified their passion for hunting. They flinched not from the contest that met them on the wild border, and even their women and children often performed deeds from which the iron nerves of manhood might well have shrunk in fear. In their death passed away some of the landmarks that divide the past from the present. Their names should not be suffered to sink in oblivion, but as the pioneers of this immediate vicinity, they should be kept in bright remembrance. Much is said of the Barnhills in other chapters of this volume.
Other early settlers of Barnhill were William Watkins, Asa Haynes, Walker Atteberry, Nathan Arteberry, Renfro brothers, Archibald Roberts, William Simpson, Jr., Daniel Gray, Moses Musgrave, James H. Smith, William Davis, James and John Butler, Daniel Kinchloe, Henry Tyler and his mother, John Cox, David Wright, the Turneys, Stephen Slocumb, David and Lewis Hall, Stephen Merritt, Sr., -- Stanley, George Borah, Jacob Beard, Day brothers, Gillem and Isaac Harris, -- Puckett, and perhaps others whose names have been forgotten. Puckett had one of the early mills of the township. Gillem and Isaac Harris were among the earliest, and were great bear hunters. The Day brothers came in early, and are both now dead, but a son of one of them still lives in the township. Daniel Kinchloe and Jacob Beard were brothers-in-law. Both were very early settlers, and Kinchloe lived to be ninety-five years old before passing to his reward. George Borah settled early and was a man of some note. He was man of more than ordinary intelligence, took much interest in educational matters, and exerted a great influence in the community. His farm was one of the largest and best improved in the neighborhood. He farmed extensively, raised stock, and was a successful farmer and a useful man in the township.
Archibald Roberts came from Virginia, and settled in Barnhill in 1817. His father was killed in that State by the Indians, when the remainder of the family moved to Kentucky, and afterward to Illinois. Archibald located in the south part of the township, and there commenced the manufacture of hats. He afterward moved to Fairfield, where he long continued the same business, but finally went to Mount Carmel and there died in 1863. A man named Stanley, whose first name is forgotten, came early, and was the first cooper ever in Wayne County. Stepehn Merritt, Sr., was an early settler. He had three sons, Stephen, George and William, who came at the same time, and also rank as early settlers. They were from Kentucky, and are all now dead except George, who is still living in the township. The Halls were also early settlers. A son of one of them now lives on the old Hall homestead. The Slocumbs settled here as early as 1816. Stephen Slocumb, the father of Rigdon B. Slocumb, came from Union County, Ky., and settled in this township, where the family figured actively for many years. So much is said of them in other chapters, particularly of Rigdon, that anything here would be but a repetition. A Mrs. Tyler, whose husband died before she came here, was an early settler. Henry Tyler, a son of hers, is looked upon as an early settler. William Watkins settled in the southeast part of Section 9, on the place now owned by Gideon Gifford. He came from Kentucky, and was a zealous preacher in the Baptist Church, as well as an enterprising farmer. William Simpson came from Tennessee, and had a large family. They were all thrifty farmers, and a large number of the name still live in the township. Daniel Gray came from South Carolina and settled on Section 11. He sold out here to W. W. George, and moved into White County, where the remainder of his life was spent. G. A. Church now owns the place on which he originally settled. The Butlers settled on Section 28, and were energetic farmers. They accumulated considerable property, and died well off, so far as this world's goods go. Representatives of the family still live in the township. Walker Atteberry settled on Section 8, and Nathan Atteberry settled on Section 29, on the west border of the township.
The Turneys settled in Section 10, and came from Kentucky. The elder Turney was a man of ability and energy. He reared several sons, who partook largely of the father's strength of character and intellect. Daniel Turney, one of these sons, was a physician, who attained to eminence in his profession, and also in politics, and was several times elected to the Legislature. He had a son, who, like his father, was a physician, and at one time was a member of the State Senate. William, a brother of Dr. Daniel Turney, was also an eminent physician. The old man died in the township, and most of his progeny have followed him to the land of shadows. Only one representative of the family now remains in Barnhill Township. Asa Haynes married a daughter of Turney. He was a plain farmer, and died in the township several years ago.
An early settler of Barnhill was William Davis, who settled on Section 34---afterward known as the Moses Musgrave place. Davis was a great hunter, and quite an eccentric character. He was once elected to the Legislature, and many incidents, some of them very ludicrous, are related in connection with his public service. The following is a sample: When the clerk of the house asked him his occupation, he was unable to obtain a direct answer. "Are you a farmer?" asked the clerk. "No," replied Davis. The same question was asked of all the other trades and professions, receiving each time the answer of no. The clerk very impatiently demanded --- "What in the Helen blazes are you then?" To this Davis replied, "A hunter by G_d," and was so recorded among the faithful. The proceedings of the Legislature show that his only great act during his term of service in the House, was upon a certain occasion when there was a bill pending, which he thought, effected his constituency. He arose, and tremblingly addressed the speaker as follows: "Mr. Speaker, I would thank you to lay that bill on the table," and then sat down, overcome by his own great effort. When Moses Musgrave came to the township he settled on the place on which Davis had originally settled. James H. Smith settled in north part of the township; Kinchloe and Tyler settled on Section 31, Cox on Section 30 and David Wright on Section 20. The Renfro brothers settled on Section 7, in the southern part of the township. Most of the settlements mentioned were made in the southern part, and were scattered principally along the old State road, leading from Fairfield, through Carmi and on to Shawneetown.
The following entries of land in Barnhill will add something perhaps, to the history of its early settlement. Many persons, however, entered land who never even settled in the county, much less in this township, and the following is given merely as a bit of reference:
Nathan Owen, in 1819, in Section 1; Adam Murray, in 1818, in Section 3; Matthew Kuykendall, in 1818, in Section 5; Ormsby and Hite, in 1818, in Secton 5; J. Felix and H. Barnhill, in 1818, in Section 6; John Carson, in 1818, in Section 7; Andrew Carson, in 1818, in Section 7; J. Dunlop, in 1818, in Section 7; Joseph Martin, in 1818, in Section 11; Robert Leslie, in 1818, in Section 12; R. B. Slocumb, in 1818, in Section 13; William S. Merrill, in 1818, in Section 13; Ralph Hatch, in 1818, in Section 14; A. C. Ridgeway, in 1825, in Secton 20; Caleb Ridgeway, in 1818, in Section 21; Joseph Cundiff, in 1819, in Section 24; Robert B. Knight, in 1817, in Section 27; Thomas P. Fletcher, in 1818, in Section 27; James Butler, in 1818, in Section 28; Jacob Ridgeway, in 1818, in Section 30; John Johnson, in 1818, in Section 30; Peter Staton, in 1819, in Section 30; Thomas Cox, in 1819; in Section 30; A. Hubbard, in 1818, in Section 30; Henry Tyler, in 1819, in Section 30; and all in Township 2 south, and Range 8 east. John Moffitt, in 1818, in Secton 1; Joseph Campbell, in 1818, in Section 2; Alexander Campbell, in 1818, in Section 2; Blissett heirs, in 1818, in Section 5; George Close, in 1817, in Section 9; William Wakins, in 1817, in Section 9; Archibald Roberts, in 1818, in Section 11; William Gray, in 1817, in Section 11; T. Simpson, in 1818, in Section 12; William Simpson, Jr., in 1818, in Section 13; Solomon Stone, in 1818, in Section 13; J. Armstrong, in 1817, in Section 13; William Simpson, Sr., in 1819, in Section 14; G. S. Taylor, in 1817, in Section 14, all in Township 3 south, and Range east, being the southern part of Barnhill as at present bounded.
Settlement of Big Mound. --- Among the early settlers of Big Mound Township, as it now exists, were the following, who were all English people: Hefford, Sargentpree, James Simms, John White and the Widow Walton. The last two mentioned are long since dead. Simms is still living and is now about ninety-five years old. He came here a stripling of a lad with Hefford and Sargentpree, and lived with them for some time after they settled here. Hefford and Sargentpree went to New Orleans, where they opened a commission house, and for years did a large business. But they finally failed and came back to Illinois. Hefford afterward went to Mexico, and Sargentpree located in Carmi and died there some years later. Mr. Simms is, perhaps, the oldest settler now living in the township.
John and James Young, two brothers, came about the year 1818. John was man of fine intelligence, but uneducated---illiterate but not ignorant. He loved money and held on to it like grim death, which eventually gave rise to the belief that he was a downright miser. His cabin was of the usual pioneer style---built of logs, and in one of these, which, like the Hardshell preacher's "board tree," was "holler at the butt," he hid his money, afterward plastering over the aperture with mud. When on his death-bed he told his son of the hiding place of his money, and upon searching according to the old man's directions quite a sum of gold and silver was found. He died but a few years ago, at an advanced age, and was rich, having considerable property in addition to his hidden wealth. He was a man of fine taste and excellent judgment; he bought but little, but that was of the very best quality. He possessed little of the refinements of life, indeed, lived almost like an animal, and with his animals. Ewing Young, a son of John, still lives in the county. In many respects, he is like his father, being intellectual, enterprising and wealthy, and like his father is fond of money, and takes care of what he gets. He owns several good farms well improved and stocked.
Two early settlers of what is now Big Mound Township were a couple of old Revolutionary soldiers named Stewart and Gaston, but whose first names are forgotten. Gaston was a fleshy, large, unwieldy man, and having ridden one day to Fairfield on horseback, to draw his Revolutionary pension, his horse became frightened and unmanageable, throwing him violently to the ground, from the effects of which he died in a few hours. He has no descendants in the county nearer than a great-grandson. But John Gaston, a son, was among the early settlers and was a soldier of the war of 1812. He, too, is long since dead. Cyrus Gaston was a brother of John's, and moved away from this section. Stewart, like Gaston, was a Revolutionary soldier, and died many years ago. Hugh Stewart, a son, and whom many of our readers will remember, was an old settler in this township. He afterward moved into the town of Fairfield, where he spent the remainder of his life in active business. More is said of him in the history of Fairfield.
The Books were early settlers of the township. Michael and William were brothers. The former was a hatter by trade, and worked at the business here for many years. He had a son named Michael, who is still living, and is an excellent citizen of the township. The Clarks were also early settlers. There were four brothers---John, James, Andrew and Alexander. John, who was known as "Jackey," was a great deer hunter, and is said to have killed more deer than any other man who ever lived in the county. He spent most of his time in the delightful pastime, and was remarkably successful in bringing down the game. James was also a hunter, but was not so successful as his brother. Andrew was a plain old farmer. Alexander was a man of some note, and represented the county a time or two in the State Legislature. They came originally from Kentucky, and settled in Gallatin County prior to the war of 1812,and a few years after its close came here. A man named Livergood came in early. He was a Yankee, and had one of the first mills in the township.
Other settlers of the township were Enoch Neville, Andrew Hall, John Bovee, Capt. John Clark, ___ Robinson, Daniel Clevenger, etc. Enoch Neville was a great storyteller, a kind of a Joe Mulhatton of a fellow. He could entertain his listeners by the hour with the most wonderful stories that could be imagined. He talked through his nose, and this lent additional interest to his yarns. Andrew Hall was a perfect giant; loved whisky and a row better than anything else. He was the bully of the neighborhood, and never missed a fight if there was any chance to get into it by fair or foul means. John Bovee lived near the Lamard line, and had an early mill. Robinson was a man of some note, and served several terms in the State Legislature. Clevenger was a Yankee, and a great coon hunter, and in those early days coonskins were a legal tender, and paid all debts, and were even taken at par for whisky. So the township settled up, and people came in, at last, faster than we are able to keep trace of them. Both Big Mound and Barnhill Townships were soon dotted over with cabins, and smoke from pioneer settlements began to ascend from all quarters.
A kind of sympathy or brotherhood existed among the pioneers which has almost faded away with other landmarks of the early period. When a "covered wagon" was espied coming over the prairies or through the forest, the cry would be, "There comes another settler," and all would start to meet the newcomer, and give him a hearty welcome. They would take axes and help to cut out a trail to his land, and aid him in selecting a good site for his cabin. When all was agreed on, they would chop and roll two logs together, kindle a fire between for the good woman to cook and provide something to eat, while they went to work clearing off a spot on which to erect a cabin. In two or three days sufficient lgos would be cut, and the cabin erected, a hole cut in one side for a door, and the family housed in their new home. This was pioneer friendship and hospitality, and was far more sincere than they are at the present day.
The following pioneer reminiscence is illustrative of the period of which we write, and many of the older citizens of the county, will doubtless be able to appreciate it:
"I have seen a whole family, consisting of father, mother, children, pet pigs, young ducks and chickens, and two or three dogs, all occupying the same room at the same time. Some endured hardships, having large families to support and no money; meat could be obtained from the woods. The writer of these lines has seen the time (and more than once, too), when he has brought home a sack of meal, and did not know where the next was to come from. When I look back half to three-quarters of a century, and see this country a howling wilderness, thronged with wild beasts of various kinds, hardly a white inhabitant from here to the Rocky Mountains, I am struck with wonder and surprise at the progress of our nation." This is but the experience of hundreds of others who settled here when Illinois was the extreme portion of Anglo-Saxon civilization.
One of the earliest manufacturing establishments in Barnhill Township was a treadmill---that is, a mill, the power of which was received from a tread-wheel. It was built and owned by Samuel Leech, and to the mill was added a distillery, for the purpose of making up the superfluous corn and rye into whisky. A large business was done by it for some years; people came long distances to it, and remained sometimes several days, in order to get their grinding. It was at the time the largest mill in the county. Another mill was built by John Butler. It was but a corn-cracker, and Butler would throw a "turn of corn" into the hopper at night, and then go home, and by morning it would be about all ground out. It was built on a little wet-weather stream that is nameless, and has long since passed away. Lock also built a very early mill. It was a horse mill, but ground both corn and wheat, and did good work for the time. Puckett had a horse mill on the road from Fairfield to Burnt Prairie, which was an excellent mill of the kind. David Wright, later on, built a horse mill on the road, three miles south of Fairfield. He attached a cotton-gin, the only one ever in the county run by horse-power. He also had a tanyard and a store, and thus made himself one of the most useful men in the community. His place was at one time more noted than Fairfield, and did considerably more business. Charles Wright, a son, now owns and lives on the homestead, and is a highly respected and worthy citizen.
In Big Mound Township, one of the first mills built was Bovee's and Livergood's. The latter gentleman was from some one of the Eastern States, and was termed a "Yankee." He finally sold out his mill and other belongings here and moved away. Bovee was also an Eastern man, and of course a Yankee. He had a horse mill, which was one of the early institutions of the township.
Hugh Lyon manufactured castor oil in Big Mound Township, when the castor oil business was one of the largest and most extensive in the county. He bought beans in Fairfield, but had his factory in this township, and for many years carried on a large business. This comprises, so far as we could obtain, the early manufacturing industries of the township. Nothing of late years has been added to it, unless it has been a few saw and grist mills. Big Mound is decidedly an agricultural region, and the people devote their time and energies principally to agricultural pursuits.
Of the early schools of Big Mound Township we know little or nothing beyond the fact that they were of the usual pioneer style and taught by the usual pioneer teachers. At present there are good comfortable schoolhouses on Sections 4, 17, 14 and 29. In these, good schools are taught for the usual terms each year by competent teachers.
The church history of the township is written up in a chapter of the general county history, and needs no repetition here. A brief allusion is all that is required.
The Methodists were the first religious sect in the township. Hugh Stewart was a zealous Methodist, and took great interest in church matters. After he moved to town. Rev. Chambers, a local Methodist preacher, took his place, and "kept the ark a-moving." The Baptists were the next denomination which organized churches. There are now a Baptist Church on the northwest corner of Section 3; a Baptist Church on Section 16; New Hope Baptist Church on Section 25, near the township line.
The first schools of Barnhill, like those of Big Mound Township, were primitive, and would be considered by us at the present day as very poor institutions of learning indeed. It is not known now who taught the first one in the township. The schools of the present day, however, will compare favorably with those in any portion of the county. But this is not paying any extravagant compliment to the schools of Barnhill, for the entire system, not only of the county, but the southern part of the State, might be vastly improved. We have now in this township schoolhouses on Sections, 1, 4, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 29, 34, 6 and 10. The last two mentioned are in the fractional part of the township. The houses are comfortable and commodious, and good schools are maintained.
The church history of this township will also be found included in a chapter upon the churches of the county. The early settlers were disposed to be religious, and early organized societies and built churches. We will not repeat the church history of the township in this chapter. There are churches now as follows: Pleasant Hill Church on Section 14; Shiloh Church on Section 29; Pleasant Grove Church on Section 34; Hopewell Church on the line between Sections 8 and 9; a Christian Church on Section 9. The last two are situated in the fractional part of the township.
Barnhill Township was loyal during the late war, and turned out a goodly number of soldiers. In fact, kept its quota filled, or rather, more than filled, so that no draft was ever levied in the township.
The township voted $20,000 to the railroad---the Springfield & Southeastern, as then called, but now a division of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad---on the condition that the road would establish two depots in the township. With this condition, the road failed to comply, and in retaliation, or by way of revenge, the township repudiated its subscription.
The first roads through Barnhill and Big Mound Townships, were trails through the forests and across the prairies. These had first been trod by the red man, and the pale face, following close in his footsteps, had improved them, cutting out the trees and leveling down embankments, until they became wagon roads. The township now has as good a system of wagon roads as can be seen in this protion of the State. There are no turnpikes, but, for dirt roads, these can be but little improved.
There are no villages in Barnhill and Big Mound outside of the county seat--Fairfield--with the exception of a few stations on the "Air Line" Railroad, places that have sprung up as towns since the building of the road. They are too young to have any history, beyond the mere fact of birth, and are little more than a depot, post office, a store and shop or two. What celebrity they may attain to will be properly recorded in the next centennial history of the county.
We have now given most of the history of Barnhill and Big Mound Townships of especial interest, except that of the county seat itself, which, as we said in the opening of this chapter, is situated in both townships. Hence a great deal of their history centers in Fairfield, as is usually the case with townships containing county seats. With a few parting words in memory of the early settlers and pioneers, we will close the sketch of Barnhill and Big Mound, and in a new chapter take up the history of Fairfield, which was laid out as a town about sixty-four years ago.
The generation now prominent upon the stage of action, as they behold the "old settler," can scarcely realize or appreciate the hardships through which he passed, or the part he performed in reclaiming the country from savage tribes that roamed at will o ver all parts of it. "young America," as he passes the old settler by, perhaps unnoticed, little dreams that he has spent the morning and the noontide of his life in helping to make the country what it now is, and in preparing it for the reception of all those modern improvements which surround us on every side. But few, very few of the pioneers are left, and those few are fast approaching, or have passed the allotted three-score and ten and are stooped and bent with age. The importance that attaches to the lives, character and work of these humble laborers in the cause of humanity and civilization will some day be better understood than it is now. They will some time, by the pen of the wise historian, take their proper place in the list of those immortals who have helped to make this world wholesome with their toil and their sweat and their blood. Of them all, the pioneer was the humblest, but not the meanest nor the most insignificant. They laid the foundations on which rests the civilization of the great West. If the work was done well, the edifice stands upon an enduring rock; if ill, upon the sands; and when the winds and the rains beat upon it, it will tremble and fall. "They, it is true, builded wiser than they knew," and few, if any, of them ever realized the transcendant possibilities that rested upon their shoulders. As a rule, their lives were aimless and ambitionless, with little more of hope, or far-reaching purposes than the savages or the wild beasts that were their neighbors. Yet there stands the supreme fact that they followed their restless impulses, took their lives in their hands, penetrated the desert wilderness, and with a patient energy, resolution and self-sacrifice that stands alone and unparalleled, they worked out their allotted tasks, and to-day we are here in the enjoyment of the fruitage of their labors.
Fairfield, the county seat of Wayne County, now claims our attention. In a new chapter we will take up its history from the period of its being laid out as a town , and follow it in important features down to the present time.
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