Sesquicentennial...It’s a word that takes a little work to have it roll off the tongue when you try to say it, but this year, that word has a great deal of meaning to the community of Sutton, as the community prepares to celebrate it’s own sesquicentennial this year.
As a matter of fact, according to historical facts, a week from this Sunday marks the official start of Sutton’s 150th year as a town. Settled first by Luther French, who homesteaded the area after leaving Painesville Geauga County, Ohio and headed west, landing on what is the original site of what was officially called Sutton on Aug. 12, 1871.
French, however, first set foot in what became Sutton on March 14, 1870, and after doing some light research at this point, it sounds as if Sutton became quite the lively town over the early years of settlement. His home, a dugout of course, was