reported that the Otter Creek region was toe sandy for any kind of agriculture, and the terrain was too rugged for the construction or roads. As a result, settlement ln 8ayham and the surrounding district was slow in getting started. One man, Colonel Thomas Talbot, was responsible for brtnsins people to the area. He t:egan r is famous Talbot Settlement in 1803. He saw the potential of the Lake Erie shore and ind.Jced hundreds of families to corr.e and settle t-.ere. The conditions on which free grants