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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 00828 2391
HISTORY OF
PORTER COU INDIANA
A Narrative Account of its Historical its People and its Principal Inte
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PREFACE
In the study of history, too much attention is often paid to great .national or international events, while those of local significance are neglected. Ninety years have pas ed since the first white man built his cabin in what is now Porter county, and seventy-six years since the county was organized by act of the Indiana legislature. During this time the record of many incidents of histoir interest to the inhabitants has been preser: d only by Jning handed down from sire to son, and many other events have been allowed to pass into oblivion.
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The chief object in presenting this history to the people of Porter county is to give them an authentic record of much that has beenrred since the first settlement, particularly the educational and industrial development of the county. This work represents months of research and patient labor, no source of information having been overlooked in its preparation. Among the authorities consulted, those most deserving of special mention are: The Reports of the United States Bureau of Ethnology; the Reports of the State Geologist, the State Bureau of Statisties and the State Board of Health ; the Session Laws of Indiana, the Official Records of the County, and the files of the Valparaiso and Chesterton newspapers. A number of the personal sketches of the old physicians and lawyers were compiled partly from recollections of old settlers, though memory is not always reliable, and where it was possible » this work has been compiled from official sources.
The author desires to acknowledge his indebtedness to the people of the eounty for the uniform courtesy shown him while engaged in his work, and the publishers desire to express the belief that the patrons of the history will find it both authentic and comprehensive. No effort has been spared to make it as perfect as possible, both in the matter embodied and in its mechanical construction.
- CHICAGO, September, 5, 1912.
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CONTENT'S
CHAPTER !
GENERAL FEATURES
LOCATION-BOUNDARIES-PIIYSIOGRAPT!Y 910. COM. EPOCH-THE VAL- PARAISO MORAINE-TOPOGRAPHY --- LAKE WATHA- BED-THE CALUMET
. REGION-LAKE CHICAGO-THIE BEACH. :- D DONES -- THE CALUMET RIVER -- KANKAKEE BASIN-THE MANDY ET .. -- MALLER STREAMS -- UNDERLYING ROCKS-ECONOMIC GEOLOGY .HY INDUSTRIES-ARTESLAN WELLS, ALTITUDES-FAUNA AND FLORA 1
CHAPTER I ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS
THE MOUND BUILDERS-WIIO WERE THEY DIFFERENT THEORIES-DISTRICTS -EFFIGY MOUNDS-PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE MOUNDS WERE ERECT- ED-MOUNDS IN NORTHERN INDIANA- IN PORTER COUNTY-PREHISTORIC REMAINS-COLLECTIONS OF RELICS THE MOMENT INDIANS-POTTAWAT- OMIES-THEIR TRADITIONS AND CUSTOMS THEIR ALLIANCES WITH THIE FRENCH AND ENGLISH-TREATIES OF CESSION INDIAN TRAILS. .17
CHAPTER THI
. SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
EARLY EXPLORERS AND FUR TRADER, PATHOLO MISSIONARIES-FATHER MARQUETTE-LA SALLE-LOUISIANA FPLNOHL, BRITISH AND SPANISH CLAIMS-TREATY OF 1783-INDIANA TERRITORY -FORT DEARBORN- JOSEPII BAILLY-HIS POST ON TIR. CALL DEL FIRST STAGE LINE-THE MORGANS-OTHER EARLY SETTLERS PRET ASET OF PUBLIC LANDS- WAVERLY AND MORGAN TOWNSHIP'S PROFILE CUSTOMS-SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS-ORGANIZATION OF FORLER COUNTY-EARLY ELECTIONS -FIRST CIVIL TOWNSHIPS -- LOCATION Of THE COUNTY SEAT. 30
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CHAPTER IV
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS
COUNTY REVENUES-TREASURER'S FIRST REPORT-LAKE ( NEED OF INIGIIWAYS-OLD TRAILS USED FOR ROADS -- IGAN CITY-FIRST ROADS ORDERED BY COUNTY COMMISSION ER. ROADS-THREE PER CENT FUND-MICHIGAN CITY 1;
BANK-VALPARAISO & LAPORTE PLANK ROAD-ACT(! .
.1- IZED ROADS-FIRST SESSION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT -- . SUBSCRIPTION TO BUILD ONE-SECOND COURT BU BUILDING-JAIL-POOR FARM-THE COUNTY ASYLE FERENT SYSTEMS DESCRIBED-RAILROADS-TRUNK L. OF 1857-ELECTRIC LINES-VALUE OF RAILROAD
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CHAPTER V EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EARLY SCHOOLS IN THE SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS-FIRST TEACHERS- COMMIS- SIONER'S REPORT-DESCRIPTION OF THE EARLY SCHOOL HOUSE -- COUNTY SEMINARY-UNION SCHOOL-METHODIST MALE AND FEMALE COLLEGE - VALI ARAISO COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE-VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY. - FIRST FACULTY-FINANCIAL AID-ITS PRESENT STATUS-COST TO STUDI.NTS- ITS LIBRARY-WHAT M'CLURE'S MAGAZINE SAYS OF IT-CATHOLIC PA- ROCHIIAL SCHOOLS - LUTHERAN SCHOOLS - TEACHER ' INSTITUTES - COUNTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION-SCHOOL STATISTICS FOR 1911 12- THE PRESS-EVOLUTION OF NEWSPAPERS-THE NEWPPALLES OF T . DAY -PUBLIC LIBRARIES-LIBRARIES IN TILE SCHOOL DISTER I. 71
CHAPTER VI MILITARY HISTORY
HISTORIC WARS OF THE NATION-REVOLUTIONARY VITIRAN IN POCHE: COUNTY-WAR OF 1812-THE BLACK HAWK WAR-WAR WITH ME.I. .. CAPTAIN SMITH'S COMPANY-POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1>GO . -FALL OF FORT SUMTER-CALL FOR TROOPS-PORTER COUNTY AHOL, 1- MEETINGS AT VALPARAISO -- RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED-NIE T COMPANY OFF
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FOR THE WAR - NINTH INFANTRY -- TIS RECORD - PRIVATES' BATTLE OF BELINGTON-FIFTEENTII INFANTRY -OMIER INPANTRY REGIMENTS IN WHICH PORTER COUNTY WAS REPRESENTED-CAVALRY AND ARTILLERY ORGANIZATIONS-ROLL OF HONOR WORK OF THE CITIZENS WIIO RE- MAINED AT HOME-TOTAL NI MANY OF POLLS COUNTY TROOPS-STATE MILITIA-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR- MEMORIAL HALL. 97
CHAPTER VII TOWNSHIP HISTORY
FIRST TOWNSILIPS-CHANGES IN BOU APALIFS-NEW TOWNSHIPS CREATED AND OLD ONES DISORGANIZED-BOONE TOWNSHIP -SETTLEMENT OF-FIRST ELECTION-EARLY AND MODERN -CHOOLS- HEBRON -SETTLEMENT AND INCORPORATION OF - RAILROADS -- HIGHWAYS - CENTER TOWNSHIP PILYSICAL FEATURES-CHIIQUA'S TOWN-FIRST SETTLERS-ELECTIONS- EARLY EVENTS-SCHOOLS-TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES-HIGHWAYS- JACKSON TOWNSHIP - OFF GLACIAL ORIGIN - NAME - FIRST SETTLERS - EARLY ELECTIONS-MILLS-VILLAGES- - SCHOOLS -- RAILROADS - POPULA- TION-LIBERTY TOWNSHIP-LAND TROUBLES-SETTLEMENTS -- DEATH OF MRS. HUGHART-EARLY WEDDING FESTIVITIES -ELECTIONS-IHIGHWAYS- FIRST . STEAMBOAT - RAILROADS AND VILLAGES - MORGAN TOWNSHIP - ORGANIZED, 1843-FIRST SETTLERS- INDIAN TRADITION-GAME AND BEE TREES-PRAIRIE FIRES -- AGNEW 'S TRAGIC DEATH -- TASSINONG-MALDEN- LIBERTY VIEW-SCHOOLS-RAILROADS AND HIGHWAYS-CENSUS. .126
CHAPTER VIH! TOWNSHIP HISTORY-Continued
PINE TOWNSHIP-HISTORICAL SKETCH OF IN COURT-JIOUSE CORNER-STONE- SCHOOLS-RAILROADS-POPULATION PLEASANT TOWNSHIP - LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES-EARLY SETTLERS SCHOOL . RAILROADS-TOWN OF KOUTS-CRIMES AND CASUALTIES CENSUS ELFORTS -- PORTAGE TOWNSHIP -PHYSICAL FEATURES - PIONEERS - SCHOOLS . -- POSTOFFICES AND VIL- LAGES-TRANSPORTATION FACHATION- HIGHWAYS -POPULATION-PORTER TOWNSHIP-LOCATION AND BOUNDARUS FORMERLY FISH LAKE-SET- TLERS-PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --- SCHOOLS - POSTOFFICES AND VIL-
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LAGES - RAILROADS - HIGHWAYS - POPULATION -UNION TOWNSHIP --- LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES - PHYSICAL FEATI REA - SETTLERS - EARLY ELECTIONS - PIONEER LIFE -"HOOSITE'S NET"- FINLEY'S POEM - SCHOOLS-HIGHWAYS-RAILROADS-TOWN OF WHELLER -- CENSUS- WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP-LOCATION AND BOUNDARIES ---- FIRST SETTLERS- SCHOOLS-RAILROADS AND VILLAGES-PRATTVILLE -- WESTCHESTER TOWN- SHIP-CHANGES IN BOUNDARIES-RESOURCES -- THOSEERS-SCHOOLS -- TOWNS AND VILLAGES - CHESTERTON - PORTER - RAILROADS - CENSUS REPORTS, ETC 158
CHAPTER LX THE CITY OF VALPARAISO
HOW THE CITY ORIGINATED-PORTERSVILLE TA UREN \) -COUNTY SEAT SITES OFFERED-PLAT OF PORTERSTILLE PRETEN - TO THE CITY- FIRST HOUSE-POSTOFFICE-NAME CHANGED TO VALPARAISO-EARLY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES-INCORPORATED I> 1 TOWN-POWERS CON- FERRED ON THE TOWN GOVERNMENT-MAIL AND STAGE ROUTE ;- INCOR- . PORATED AS A CITY IN 1865-EXCITEMENT OVER PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION-FIRST CITY ELECTION-EARLY ORDINANCES-MAYORS - THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE - FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS WATERWORKS-GAS COMPANY-ELECTRIC LIGHTING COMPANY-MANU- FACTURING INTERESTS - CHURCHES - SCHOOLS - CHAMBER OF COM- MERCE-STREET PAVING-RAILROADS-BANKS -CENSUS REPORTS. .191
CHAPTER X FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
PUBLIC REVENUES - BONDED DEBT - EARLY BANKING CONDITIONS - FIRST BANK IN PORTER COUNTY-FIRST NATIONAL -- ITS ALCOR: SORS-FARMERS' NATIONAL-STATE BANK OF VALPARAISO - TRUST COMPANIES-CHESTER- TON BANK-BANKS AT HEBRON-BANK OF KOUI'S PORTER COUNTY BANK -POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS - VALPARAISO BUILDING AS, OCIATION - AGRI- CULTURE-VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS-LAVE TOPR FARMERS' ALLIANCE -FARMERS' INSTITUTES-FARMERS' INSURANCE COMPANY-GAS AND OIL -MANUFACTURING-FOSTER'S AUGER FACTORY --- WAGONS AND CARRIAGES -FOUNDRIES-PLANING MILLS-VALPARAISO WOOLEN MILL -- PIN FAC-
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TORY-PAPER MILL-PAINTS AND VARNISHES-EFFORTS TO SECURE NEW INDUSTRIES-CLOCK FACTORY-MICA WORKS-CHAUTAUQUA MAANUFAC- TURING COMPANY-MCGILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY-ORGAAN LACTORY -HYDRAULIC-PRESS BRICK COMPANY -- CLASS WORKS-". FRBONE" -TILE MILLS-MINOR CONCERNS-GENERAL INDUSTRIS! CON >\8.216
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THE PROFESSIONS
HARDSHIPS OF THE PIONEER DOCTOR - EARLY PHYSICIAN. -. PERSONAL SKETCHES OF NOTED PHYSICIANS-LIST OF DOCTORS IN FOL_ PORTER COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY-KANKAKEE VALLEY MEDICAL, POUL TY-HOS- PITAL-SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC OF 1899-JUDICIAL SYSTEM FIRST JU- DICIAL CIRCUIT-PROBATE COURT-COURT OF COMMON PLES SUPERIOR COURT-CITY COURT OF VALPARAISO-LIST OF JUDGES ---- PROFIL TING AT- TORNEYS-EARLY LAWYERS-PORTER COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION LIST OF LAWYERS IN 1912-ANECDOTE OF D. D. PRATT-ART-LATERAT. AL -JOUR- NALISM-PERSONAL SKETCHES OF AUTHORS, POETS AND JOURNALISTS. 239
CHAPTER XII SOCIETIES AND FRATERNITIES
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY-IT'S REORGANIZATION-EARLY COUNTY FAIRS- FAIR GROUNDS-NORTIIWESTERN INDIANA FAIR CIRCUIT -. STI HORSE THIEF ASSOCIATIONS-OLD SETTLER'S ASSOCIATIONS-MANAI LODGES AND BODIES-ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR-INDEPEND . . ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS-THE REBEKAIIS-KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAAS- PYTHIAN SIS- TERS-GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC -- WOMEN'S RELIED COSTS -SONS OF VETERANS-BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF LI KNIGHTS OF AMERICA
OF COLUMBUS-MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA-FOREN TI! -KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES-FRATERNAL ORDER OF LE .PANISHI-
AMERICAN WAR VETERANS-KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF IHR. CIVIC IM-
PROVEMENT ASSOCIATION-MUNICIPAL STUDY THIRTEEN SOCIAL CLUBS-DAUGIITERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- TH CLUB' .260
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CHAPTER XIII
RELIGIOUS HISTORY
FIRST MISSIONARIES - AN INTERESTING RELIC - CATHOLIC MISSIONS -- INDE ANA A MISSIONARY FIELD- FIRST MINISTERS IN PORTER COUNTY --- THE BAPTISTS-THE METHODISTS-THE PRESBYTERIANS-THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHI-VARIOUS CHURCH SOCIETIES-, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH- FATHER O'REILLY-THE LUTHERANS -- THE UNITARIAS -- UNION MISSION CHURCHI-CONGREGATIONALISTS - PLYMOUTH BRETHREN- - PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH-COUNTRY CHURCHES-YOUNG VAN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION-YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION -- INYLI ENCE OF THE CHURCH. 292
CHAPTER XIV MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY
ADVENTURES WITH THE INDIANS-REASON BELL-"UNCLE JOE" MARKS- PERSONAL MENTION OF PIONEER SETTLERS-CHARLES OSBORNE'S GRAVE --- JERRY SIMPSON ONCE A RESIDENT OF PORTER COUNTY-"LUCKY" BALD- WIN-A SNIPING EXPEDITION-A THIEVING PREACHER-STORMS -- FIRES- RAILROAD WRECKS-THE EXECUTION OF STAVES-OTHIER NOTED MURDER CASES - ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF THE COLLEGE SAFE - PROFITABLE PEACHES - A PAIR OF COUNTERFEITERS - MYSTERIES - A HAUNTED HOUSE-AN ACT OF HIEROISM .315
CHAPTER XV STATISTICAL REVIEW
COMMODORE PORTER-SEAL OF PORTER CIRCUIT COURT -- OLD MAP OF 1810- LIST OF COUNTY OFFICERS FROM 1836 TO 1910 -- PRESIDENTIAL VOTE, 1836-1910 - GROWTH OF POPULATION - TABLES SHOWING VALUATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY-A LARGE MORTGAGE CONCLUSION . 347
INDEX
Aboriginal inhabitants, mound builders, 17; districts, 18 .; efligy mounds, 18; mounds in Porter county, 20; collec tions of relics, 22; the modern Indians, 22; treaties of session, 24; Indian trails, 27
A. B. Wade Post, No. 208, G. A. R., 283 Adams, George W., 453 Agriculture, 223 Allenbrand, Peter, 652 Allison, James H. 536 Altitudes, 15 Ameling, Joseph HI., 849
American Eagle House, 197, 199 Anderson, Charles 1., 686
Anderson, Charles A., 791
Anderson, Frank A., 805 Anderson, Mary W., 691
Anderson, Samuel B., 637 Anthony, Samuel I., 252 Anti-horse Thief Association, 264, 265 Arnold, Charles S., 447 Artesian wells, 14 Atkins, Luther, 240 Atwell, William T., 503 Auditors, 348 Axe, Elias, 321
Bailly, Joseph, 33 Bailly town, 33 Baldwin, "Lucky," 326 Ball, Sencea, 240 Baltimore & Ohio railroad, 68
Bank of Kont-, 221
Bank of Madison, 218 Bank of Vincennes, 218 Banks (see finaneial) Baptist missions, 293 Barnard, Allen J., 779 Barnard, Nelson. 324 Bartholomew, Alvin D., 770
Bartholomew, Artillus V., 322
Bartholomew, John N., 394 Bartholomew. William, 418
Bartz, William M., 575 Bates, Edith, 722 Bates, Hail, 721 Battan, Henry, 98
Bay, Levi F., 732
Beach, Frank 1., 796
Beach, George F., 441
Bearss, Sylvanus, 638 Beatrice, 174 Beer, Henry M., 243 Bell, Reason. Jr., 318 Bench and bar -Judicial system, 249; cirenit court judges, 250; probate court judges, 251; Porter County Bar Association, 254; lawyers in 1912, 254 Benedict, Peity W., 577 Benevolent Profcetive Order of Elks, 286 Fenton, Charles W., 377 Berry township. 127 B4hlehem chimich, 300 Bick, J. Andrew. 693
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Biggs, Ira M., 724 Blachly, Cornelius, 240 Black Hawk war, 100
Blackstone, John K., 241 Blake, Jared, 580
Blanchard, Almond W., 733
Blount, Robley D., 789 Board of Education, Valparaiso, 83 Bochlke, John C., 521
Bogarte, Martin E., 761
Boo, William, 853 Boone Grove, 172
Boone Grove Christian church, 305
Boone, Robert M., 835
Boone township, 74
Booue township-First permanent set- tlers, 130; first election, 131; first birth, 131; first deatlı, 131; first mar- riage, 131; early teachers, 131; schools, 132; first physician, 132; Hebron, 133;
. first brick building, 133; first hotel, 133; first dwelling, 133; secret orders, 135; transportation facilities, 136 Bornholt, Gust E., 467 Bornholt, Hans, 517
Bowser, Arthur J., 861 Bozarth, Nelson J., 783 Bradley, Charles D., 852 Breyfogle ditch, 64 Brink, Claus, 711 Brody, Ezra F., 854
Brown, Henry B., 374
Browu, Indiana S., 494 Brown, James C., 301 Brown, Thomas M., 474 Brown, William T., 488 Brummitt, Marion P., 851 Bryant, Charles, 391 Bull, George W., 792
Bull's Eye lake, 4
Bull's Eye (Round) lake, 137 Burdick, 145 Burkhart, Jacob, 486 Burns (Calumet) system, 64
Cain, Elias D., 618
Cain, Lemon, 571 Calumet beach, 7 Calumet region, 1, 6
Calumet river, 9 Calumet township, 128 Campbell, Thomas A. E., 322
Carver, James H., 820
Casbon, Charles T., 459 Casbon, Sylvester, 482
Cass, Levi A., 241 Catholic missionaries, 30, 292 Catholic missions, 293
Center township-Natural features, 136; first white settler, 138; first election, 139; industries, 139; first birth, 139; first death, 139; first marriage, 139; public schools, 140; railways, 141; population, 141 Central House, 199
Central school building, Valpariso (view), 212
Certified high school, 87
Chaplain Brown Post, No. 106, G. A. R., 282
Chautauqua Manufacturing Company, 235
Chautauqua Park, 195
Chegemink Lodge, No. 161. I. O. O. F., 276
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, 69
Chesterton, 188 .
Chesterton Bank, 221 Chesterton Catholic church, 309
Chesterton Lodge, No. 442, K. of P., 280 Chesterton M. E. church, 298 "Chesterton Tribune," 93 Chicago Mica Company, 234
Chicago & Eastern Illinois railroad, 70
Chicago & Erie railroad, 69
Chiqua's town, 138
Christian Hospital and Training Seliool for Nurses, 247 Christian Scientists, 314 Churches (see Religious history) Cinkoske, Max, 654
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Circuit court judges, 250 Citizens' Bank of Hebron, 221 City court, 250 . City West, 187
Civie Improvement Association, 289 Civil townships, 44
Civil war, 97, 101 Civil war, "roll of honor," 115 Clanricard, 165
Clay deposits, 13 Clear lake, 5 Clifford, Patrick W., 421 Coates, Hayes C., 243
Cobb, Charles F., 591
Cobb (Sandy Hook) system, 63
Coffee creek, 6, 147, 188 Cole, Fred II., 680 Coleman, Jolm, 613 "College Current," 92 "College Herald," 92 Comer, Lewis, 834
Commissioned high schools, 87 Cook ditch, 64 Cooper, Nathan, 767 Cornell creek, 21 Cornell ditch, 64
Coroners, 349 Council addition, 195 Counterfeiters,' 343 County assessors, 352
County asylum, 62
County bonds, 216 County clerks, 348 County commissioners, 349 County council, 352 County infirmary, 61 County officers, list of, 348 County revenues, 51 County seat bonds, 48 .
County seat, location of, 47
County seminaries, 75 County surveyors, 349 County treasurers, 348 Country scene, Porter county (view), 173 Court houses, 59
Conris of Common pleas, 250 Croker, 152 Crooked creek, 5. 6
Crumpacker, Edgar D., 375
Crumpacker, Grant, 436
Crumpacker, Theophilus, 322 "Crusade" at Valparaiso, 205 Curtis, Asa, 706 Curtis, Charlotte M .. 706 Curtis, Elizabeth, 707 Cyelone of November, 1911, 331
Dairy products, 224 Deep River mission, 295 De Motte, Mark L., 232 Dibbern, Jolm HT., 51 Diekover, Charles W .. 880 Diekover, Mark L .. , 891
Dilley, John M., 462 Dilley, Samuel E., 671 Dillingham, Isaac W., 697 Ditches, 62 Dolhover, George. 635 Dolson, Silas W., 800 Domke, William F., 351 Door Prairie, 138
Dreblow, Henry W., 819 Dune Park, 168
Eberle, Lawrence A., 850 Economie geology, 12 Edinger, Adam, 455 Edmonds, Enos A., 691 Educational development -- Early schools in the several townships, 71; school commissioner's report. 72; county semi- naries, 75; Valparaiso Male and Fe- male College, 77; Valparaiso Colle- giate Institute, 78; Northern Indiana Normal School, 78; parochial schools, 84; teacher's institutes, 85; Porter County Teachers' Association, 85; statistics, (1911-12), 87; the press, 88; public libraries, 93. Eggleston, Edgar L., 807 Eighty-sixth Indiana Infantry, 110
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Electrie lines, 70 Elgin, Joliet & Eastern railroad, 69 Emmettsburg, 195 Episcopal churches, 312 Esserman, Henry, 846
Esserman, Johanna, 847 Essex townsbip, 129 Evans, H. M., 879 Evergreen Lodge, No. 403, F. & A. M., 269
Fair grounds, 262 Fairview, 168
Farmers' Alliance, 225
Farmers' institutes, 225
Farmers' Insurance Company, 227
Farmers' National Bank, 219 Fauna, 16
"Feast of Dreams," 23
Fifield, Susannah, 99 Fifteenth Indiana Infantry, 107 Fifth Indiana Cavalry, 112
Fifth Indiana Light Battery, 111 Financial and industrial-Public reve- nues, 216; banks, 218; trust coni. panies, 220; agricultura, 223; farmers' institutes, 225; sugar beets, 226; Farm- ers' Insurance Company, 227; natural gas, 227; oil, 228; early manufac- turers, 230; mills, 231; paper mill and varnish factory, 232; clock factory. 233; glass works, 236; minor manu- facturing industries, 238
Finney, Arthur A., 776 Finney, Jasper N., 775 Finney, Stephen L., 609 Fires, 332 First bank in Porter county, 218 First Baptist church, 294 First brickyard at Valparaiso, 231 First courts, 249 First daily paper, 89 First elections, 46 First homeopathic physician, 244 First macadamized road, 57 First Masonic lodge, 267
First Methodist church, Valparaiso, 296 First military company, 105 First National Bank of Valparaiso, 218 First newspaper, 88 First resident lawyer, 252
. First revenue, 47 First sale of public lands, 36 First school. 71
First school commissioner's report, 72 First school in Center township, 72 First session of circuit court, 58
First white child, 36 Fisher, William, 707 Flint, Caroline, 753 Flint lake, 5 Flora, 16
Ilyun. Iallard A., 832 Folsom. Harrison, 468 Forbes. Andrew J., 774 Fore. tens of America, 287 Fort Dea boru, 32
Fossils, !1 Foster, Jerry, 529
Fourth Indiana Battery, 114
Frailey, Christian H., 439
Frame, Ann E., 760
Frame, Thomas J., 759 Frame, Younger, 838
Fraternal Order of Eagles, 288
Fraternities (see societies)
Freer, lohm W., 594 French fur traders, 30 Fuller, John B., 827 Funk, Eugene T., 507 Furness, Albert W., 812
Finness. Edwin L., 743 Furness, Louise M., 745
Furness. Leigh G., 748 Furnessville, 160, 188
Gardner, Joseph, 544 Gardner. William IL., 543 Gast. Andrew, 761 . Gates. Jonas 519 Chillett, Hiram 1., 253
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"Good roads movement," 57 Goodwin, J. M., 242 Goodwin, William H., 837 Gossett, Benjamin F., 865 Gould House, 199 Graded school system, Valparaiso, 78 Grand Army of the Republic, 281 Grand Calumet river, 10
Grand Trunk system, 68
Gravel road bonds, 58 Gray, George D., 793 "Great Serpent Mound," 18 Green, Hiram, 242 Gustafson, Anton R., 859
IJaas' addition, 195 Hackett, William C., 830 Ilageman, 18S Hageman, Henry, 324 Ilagerty, Albert, 732 Ilagerty, Thomas, 731 Hamell, Jeremiah, 323 Hannon, Thomas J., 592 Hansford, John, 323 Harrison, William II. II., 32 Haste, George S., 472 Haunted house, 345 Haxton, George E., 766 Ilay, production of, 223 lleard, Thomas Il .. 787 Hebron, 133, (incorporation of) 135 ITebron Christian church, 306 Hebron Congregational church, 312 "Hebron Free Press," 92 Hebron high school (view), 86 Lebron Lodge, No. 502, F. & A. M., 270 llebron Lodge, No. 405, K. of P., 280 Jlebron M. E. church, 297 lebron Town Ilall (view), 134 Ilgilstedt, Edward A., 669 Heineman, A. F., 804 Hickory Point, 171 High schools, 87 Ilighways, 52 Ilill, Claude E., 378 Hillstrom, Charles E., 814
Hogan William S., 647 Homfeld, H. Henry, 500 "Hoosier's Nest," 177 Ilousr raisings, 39 Hon- "warmings," 41 Hubbard Ihunt, 218 Hughart. Arthur A., 780 Hughart, John W., 777 Hurtbint, 172
lintton ditch, 63 Hydraulic Press Briek Company, 235
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran church, 310 Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 274 Indian adventures, 315 "Indian Battle Ground," 20 Indian burying ground, 24 Indian trails, 27 Indiana National Guard, 121 Indiana territory, 32 Indians (see Aboriginal inhabitants) Institute additions, 195
Infernal improvements-County reve- mes, 51; highways, 52; jails, 58; court houses, 59; county poor farm. 61; ditches 62; different systems, 63; railroads, 65
Iron ore, 13
Jackson Center, 144 Jackson township, 74
Jackson township -The morainie belt, 142; first cabin, 143; first election, 143; first sawmill, 144; first school, 114; villages, 144; publie schools, 145; population, 146 Jails, 58 Jeffrey. Charles L., 871 Jesuit, Fathers, 292 Joris, August, 823 Johnson, Charles A., 773 Johnson. F. E .. 808 John-en. John .1., 808 Johnston, Jesse. 252 Joliet 103d. 53
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Jones, A. Lytle, 253 Jones, Erasmus J., 241 Jones, Fanny, 721 Jones, Joseph, 99 Jones, Robert, 720
Kankakee basin, 1, 10 Kankakee river, 10
"Kankakee Valley Drainage Association," 10
Kankakee Valley Medical Society, 246 Kansas blizzard in Porter county, 330
Keller ditch, 64
Kelly, Daniel E., 659
Kemil, Benjamin T., 860
Kern, Clem J., 381
Kern, Frederick, 684
Kern, Sidney P., 381
Kinney's Corners, 298 Kinsey, Oliver P., 451
Knights and Ladies of Honor, 289
Knights of Columbus, 286
Knights of Pythias, 279
Knights of the Maccabees, 288 Koselke, Johann M., 562
Koselke system of ditches, 63
Konts Christian church, 306
Konts German Lutheran church, 311 Kouts Lodge, No. 822, I. O. O. F., 276 Kouts, Mrs. Henrietta, 396
"Lake Chicago," 7 Lake Eliza, 5
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Rail- road, 65 Lantz, Amos B., 631
Large mortgage, 355 La Salle, 31 Lawrence, Amil G., 538
Lawyers (see beneh ånd bar) Lee, John C., 549 Lenburg, James, 726
Lenburg, John II., 752 .
Letherman, Andrew P., 445 Letherman, J. H., 241 Lewis, Ed, 417
Lewis, L'Mander, 244, 404 Lewis, Oscar, 765 Lewis, Sylvester A., 413 Lowry, William, 864 Liberty township, 73
Liberty township-location and natural features, 146; land troubles, 147; first settler, 149; first death, 149; first wedding, 150; first election; 150; schools, 151; transportation facilities, 151; population 152 Liberty View, 155 Limestone, 13 Limonite, 13
Lincoln's assassination, 202 4
Link, Charles, 782
Literature, 256
Little Calumet river, 10
Live stock, 224
Log rollings, 39 Long lake, 147
Lorenz, Fritz, 794 Louderhack, Andrew J., 773 Louderback, Tipton B., 672
Louisiana, 31 Ludington, Lovina, 442
Ludtke, William F., 757 Lytle, Thomas G., 324
Macadamized roads, 57, 141, 161, 163, 169, 174, 180
Magenta Lodge. No. 288, I. O. O. F., 275 Makeover, (Mrs.) Idael, 257
Malden, 155 Malone, Wilson, 184
Marine, Lewis B., 478
Marks, Joseph. 319 Marquart. Josephine, 711
Marquart, Peter A., 710
Marquette, 30 Martin, Gideon, 547
Martin, Jasper. 531 Mastodon, 12 Manlsby, Thomas T., 324
Mavity. John M., 603 Maxwell. Edward P., 616
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Maxwell, George L., 546 Maxwell, John, 557
Maxwell, Lenzo E., 600
Maxwell, William L., 657 McCarthy, Michael C., 602 McConkey, John, 801 McConnell, Thomas, 843 MeCool, 168
McDonald ditch, 64
McDonald, Henry R., 817
McFetrich, James, 663
McGill, James HI., 235
Medical societies, 245
M. E. missions, 295 Merriman, Elias, 624
Merriman, Eliza D., 630
Merriman, Levi, 552
Merriman, Viola, 555
Mexican war, 97, 100
Michigan Central Railroad, 64
Military history-Wars of the nation, 97; Revolutionary veterans in Porter county, 98; soldiers of the War of 1812, 99; soldiers of the Black Hawk and Mexican wars, 100; the Civil war, 101; infantry regiments, 105; cavalry organizations 112; artillery organiza- tions, 114; casualties of Porter county troops, 115; work of home patriots, 119; total number of Porter county troops, 119; Indiana National guard, 121; Spanish-American war, 122 Miller, Isaiah, 640 Modern Woodmen of America, 287
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