Castine was platted in 1832 and replatted in the following year. Its location was chosen because it lay at the intersection of the road between Greenville and Eaton with the road between the communities of Miami County, Ohio and New Garden, Indiana. For its first few decades, the village (then known as "New Castine") grew and prospered, but the building of the Little Miami Railroad through West Manchester, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south, retarded Castine's progress. Revival came with the construction of the Cincinnati Northern Railroad in 1894.
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The history of Darke County, Ohio, containing a history of the county1880 · page 324Read the page →
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minsville. The route decided on by the agents of the road, was via College Hill, Hamilton. West Elkton, Eaton, Paris, to Newport, Ind. The same night on which these twenty-eight fugitives arrived at Newport, three slave-hunters from Boone County, Ky., stopped over night in the village of Castine. Newport is sixteen miles west of Castine. But from the fact that the fugitives took the longest route from Paris, by mistake, they must have been overtaken. My suspicions had been aroused that these strangers might be in search of lost property. As they were about leaving the village, one of the party recognized an old friend and classmate,
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altogether quite successful. Mr. Minnich received only such education as the common schools of Montgomery Co. afforded during his youth ; lived on a farm until 19 years of age. then learned the trade of millwright, and worked at that until he came to Castine and engaged in the saw-mill and lumber trade ; he started the first merchant mill in Castine, and during the twelve years following the firm distributed many thousands of dollars among the farmers in this vicinity m exchange for their timber, which stimulated improvements and furnished the means. ° Mr. Minnich's marriage with Terressa Sinclair was celebrated in Castine
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