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Noah Norton
Noah Norton (1786 - 1877) Noah Norton was a government agent, museum founder and California Gold Rush pospector. He was instrumental in founding two towns, Adrian, Michigan and Nortonville, California. ==Early life== Mr. Norton born was in Greene County, New York, on April 7, 1786.〔J. P. Munro-Fraser, History of Contra Costa County, California, W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers, 1882, page 626.〕 As a young man he moved to near Lake Ontario, and became a government officer having the duty to stop the smuggling of contraband traffic across the US-Canada border.〔J. P. Munro-Fraser, History of Contra Costa County, California, W. A. Slocum & Co., Publishers, 1882, page 627.〕 When the War of 1812 commenced, he volunteered and served as a Lieutenant and participated in the Battle of Lundy's Lane.〔
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