In the 1970-75 era,when the 2200 acre Lake Harsha,and 8,000 acre East Fork State Park were built,enomous changes occured to the sw Williamsburg,nw Tate [Bethel] ,and se Batavia townships. There are some on here more qualified to speak on the events than I on-line. Ray Gelter has just been mentioned. Ray moved a 1 1\2 story log cabin from the mouth of Barnes Run to Bethel's Burke Park. [1870 atlas, very s Williamsburg township, Survey 564 W.S. TROUT. Another log cabin was moved there from Kermit Accord's, Tate township,Whitney survey 561 , W.E.Thompson. [I'm using the 1870 atlas.] John Armleader and Bob Slade's "Little Miami and East Fork Rivers Citizen's Historical Society 'attempted to save the mansion pictured after page 10,in their reprint version of Theiry and Mitchel's history. Built in 1845, by Gen Richard Collins, on the present Tate beach ,was located in very s e BATAVIA Township,in Clayton'd no 581,and 1870,listed as Paul Mohr. There was talk of moving it,or of protecting it by levi. That group had salvage rights,to it,and it's companion old stone. [Oldest inhabited house in Ohio ] of Rev JOHN COLLINS. This was a split from the Clermont Co Historical Society. A 3rd group was formed to save the Pinkham-Teegarden-Reese-Douglass New England industrial farm in very nw Tate in Pierson's 938-T.M.Pinkham. However,before it was so purchased,to be run as a tourist attraction ,it's former owner salvaged windows,and woodwork. No price for them could be bargained. I was part of this group. 4th, and saved,and still maintained by volunteers was Old Bethel Methodist,and 5 ACRE CEMETARY. Rev Carl Ely carlely@juno.com and my parents being active. Adjoining it was saved a modern ranch for the East Fork park manager,then George Rooks, and nearby, a 2nd ranch for park office. There were several houses saved,by being moved. One,used as a house,was the 1911 Anti-Bantam school house in Clayton,581 ,n Tate. I would be making a wild guess at how many more were moved. 3 WITHIN A MILE OF ME. And I remember 3 suicides.