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notes: Coral City was at one time a flourishing hamlet located in section 18, Pigeon Township. At one time Coral City had its Main street, State street, Public square and prospects of a prosperous future. It had several general stores, shops, hotels, saloons, a good mill; in brief, all the equipments for a lively, busy country village. The Wright brothers, “Phineas and Benjamin, may be credited with beginning the town. They built a fiouring mill in the summer of 1863, on the north side of the creek for the dam some queer-looking rock was found. A mr McFarland, it appears, made Pheaneas Wright, who headed the enterprise for building the mill, believe that the rock was coral. Mr. Wright, who was one of the best and most straightforward men in the country, not knowing he had been imposed upon by a practical joker, platted the village and called it “Coral City.” A flood in March, 1876, entirely destroyed the mill built by the Wrights, p 873 In 1863 came Phineas Wright, who at once began the erection of a mill, ready for custom in 1864. The mill, as usual, proved to be the beginning of a village. Uncle Phin was a very good-natured, likable man, and soon attracted other settlers. His brother Benjamin came, followed soon by other relatives. <br/>Members: Phineas and Benjamin Wright, Gabriel <br/>Strang   
assertion #3717345 by daniel m. kelty on 2015-08-17: confidence 100%.