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Monday, June 29, 2009 11:58 AM

A closer look: Homewood

By The Herald Staff

The first settlers in Homewood, southwest of Ottawa on Old Highway 50, were German immigrants who came in 1857.

The land around Homewood was purchased by a coal company that later sold the land to farmers.

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