He purchased 2.000 acres of wilderness froin the Holland Land Co. at a price which today would hardly pay for a few vacant lots in Arcade village. Land sold for $2 to $3 an acre. A token downpayment was acceptable. Captain Jackson. one of a number of Revolutionary War veterans settling Arcade. built a log tavern at Arcade Center and began selling plots of forest land to the steady stream of migrants arriving in oxcarts and on horseback. "Jacksons Settlement" soon became a flourishing logcabin community. Farther down the Cattaraugus at a point near its coifluence with Clear Creek. Deacon Walter Hinckley. in 1810. built 4 log cabin and got Arcade village off to a long and flourishing career.
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