Shae gestured to the street around them. “Unfortunately, the village that you see today bears little resemblance to the one built by the Founders. In October 1861, the village was beset by several natural disasters, including a terrible fire—” “Fire,” Lyla said longingly, huddling closer to Sasha. “—which destroyed Main Street and most of the surrounding homes. The disasters displaced many of the citizens, but those who remained rebuilt the village, creating the Old Middleton you see today. When the founding families fixed or rebuilt their homes, they decided to give them in trust to the
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