The following is taken from the book “The East Side” by Isaac Wright.  What survived of his vision was the name of his town Oregon, and the street our town named after him, Isaac Street.

In 1830, a Quaker named Isaac Street, then living in Manhattan, bought of Messrs.      Prentice, Whitmore and Crane, a tract of land lying directly across the river from Wabash elevator No. 5.  He laid out the town of Oregon, built a good-sized hotel and a store; lots were sold and a dozen or so houses were built.  Mr. Street was quite a visionary man and started his boom on the strength of having the route of the proposed canal changed so as to cross the river above Oregon, come down through his town and enter the river below.  He attempted to lobby his scheme through the legislature and made a strong fight, the   representative of this district telling Mr. Luther Whitmore that if Mr. Street had another    lobbyist as good as himself, he certainly would have carried his point, and in that event, Oregon and what is now the East Side, would have been the metropolis of the Maumee Valley.  Mr. Street was defeated in the canal scheme by the boomers of Vistula and Port Lawrence.  His boom died out, and in1834 or ‘35, he was sold out by auction at Maumee.  The hotel, a 30 x 40 building with a large L, containing thirty or forty rooms, being sold to Luther Whitmore for one shilling.  Mr. Street left to seek fresh fields and the town lots      reverted back to farm property.

Hope to see you at our cemetery walk on September 10th.                                             

 Your President,

                                                    Jeff Eversman

 Our complex is open 10 am-2 pm each Thursday (excluding holidays).  Additional arrangements can be made for a tour by a trained docent for groups of 4 or more.  There is no charge for this, but donations are accepted.