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Early drawing of Helvetia


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This drawing was probably done by settler Ulrich Müller in 1876 and is the earliest surviving image of the community. Müller, a stonemason, was one of the original six men who traveled from New York to Randolph County to inspect the land that was to become Helvetia.


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