A standard history of Elkhart County, Indiana : an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, educational, civic and social development, Volume I, Part 2

Author: Weaver, Abraham E
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Chicago : The American Historical Society
Number of Pages: 450


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tion, 125; present status of schools, 126; Goshen schools and teachers, 252-260; erection of ward schools, 254; first quarter-century of school teachers, 253; the new Goshen high school, 256; Miss Emma R. Chand- ler, 256; Goshen city schools in 1904-05, 258; Goshen village prin- cipals and city superintendents, 258 ; comparative growth of Goshen schools for thirty-five years, 260; Elkhart's schools and teachers, 311-319


Egbert, Haines, 267, 272, 282


Electric Railways-Citizens' Street


Railway Company, of Elkhart, 174; Indiana Electric Railway Company, 174; The Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railwav, 175; The Winona Interurban Railway, 176


Elliott, Thomas, 394


Ellis, E. W. H., 88, 102, 137, 138, 169, 196, 224, 231, 235, 252, 277


Ellis, George W., 125


Ellis, John W., 78, 158, 338, 438 Ellis, William R., 252


Elkhart-As a river town, 158; com- ing of first river steamboat, 162; arrival of first train, 164; as a rail- road center, 176; Pulaski, its pre- decessor, 210; how it was named, 216; original town and first addi- tion, 217; first residents and build- ings, 217; postoffice moved from Pulaski to Elkhart. 218; settlers of 1836, 219; impressions of the vil- lage (1838), 219; city control of public utilities, 305; the town cor- poration, 307; becomes a city, 307; the mayors of Elkhart, 308; Old City Hall, 308; the City Court, 308; police and fire departments, 309; Prof. D. W. Thomas and the Elk- hart schools, 311 ; Mrs. A. E. Babb, 3II; Brick Central School built, 312; Mrs. Margaret Stevens, 312; ward schools erected in 1873-83, 313; high school buildings, 313; additions and sanitary improve- ments (1886-90), 314; high school building of 1893, 314: progress from 1894 to 1900, 315; Grand High School of 1912, 315; other school houses, 317; school statistics, 317; superintendents and high school principals, 317; Elkhart-Carnegie Public Library, 319; postoffice, 320; public parts and cemeteries, 320; secret and benevolent societies, 349;


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industries, 360-374; newspapers,


375


Elkhart County-Map of (Frontis- piece), defined by Creative Act, 27 ; surface geology, 31 ; watershed be- tween Great Lakes and the Missis- sippi, 31; glacial drift and soils, 31 ; billows of land and prairies, 33; watershed between the Big and Lit- tle Elkhart, 35; the St. Joseph and its tributaries, 36; the lakes of the county, 36; mineral springs, oil and gas, 37; beasts and reptiles, 38; birds, 38; disappearance of cer- tain beasts and birds, 39; coming of new birds and animals, 40; first county seat, 68; Concord and Elk- hart townships created, 68; old Mon-go-qua-nong township, 69; Jackson township of today, 69; Turkey Creek township, Kosciusko county, 69; Old Middlebury town- ship, 70; Cleveland township, 70; Washington township, 70; Benton township of the present, 70; Baugo township, 70; Jefferson township, 71; Clinton and Harrison town- ships, 71; Osolo township, 71; Union township, 71; York town- ship also formed, 72; Olive town- ship erected, 72; Locke township, last formed, 72; locating the Seat of Justice, 72; pioneer county financing, 73; definite location of County Seat, 74; proposed town of Goshen selected, 74; Oliver Crane and the Court House Square, 75; laid off and sold original town, 76; temporary meeting places, 77; the first courthouse, 78; the courthouse of 1870-1905, 79; the Elkhart Coun- ty Infirmary, 81 ; the county jail, 84; county societies, 84 ; population from 1830 to 1910, 95; real estate, value of, 97; other illustrative sta- tistics, 97 ; personal property, value of, 98; corporate property, value of, 98; receipts and expenditures, 99 Elkhart & Western Road, 174


Elkhart Brass Manufacturing Com- pany, 372


Elkhart Bridge and Iron Company, 641


Elkhart's Business District from Above (view), 369


Elkhart Carriage and Harness Man- ufacturing Company, 370


Elkhart County Agricultural Society, 8.


Elkhart County Bar Association, 153


Elkhart County Historical Society, 87


Elkhart County Infirmary, 81


Elkhart County Loan & Trust Com- pany, 282


Elkhart County Lodge No. 34, I. O. O. F., 300


Elkhart County Medical Society, 88 Elkhart Daily Review, 376


Elkhart Gas and Fuel Company, 323, 324 Elkhart General Hospital, 347


(view), Elkhart General Hospital 348


Elkhart Lecture Association, 352


Elkhart Postoffice Building (view), 322 Elkhart Public Library (view), 326


Elkhart Street, Wakarusa (view), 389


Elkhart township, 68


Elkhart Training School for Nurses, 348


Elkhart Truth, 375


Elkhart Water Company, 324


Emerson, Ralph, 358


Essig, Maude F., 349


Evans, Thomas, 392


Everts, Gustavus A., 138


Ewald, Fred, 342


Exchange Bank, Wakarusa, 392


Farmers Bank, Wararusa, 392 Farmers & Traders Bank, Nappanee, 383


Farrell, Joseph M., 440


Farver, M. A., 870


Fassett, Herman C., 234.


Fernald, Frederick K., 357


Ferrall, Joseph D., 141, 143


Fetters, Michall, 647


Fieldhouse, John W., 497


Finney, F. D., 26I


Fire Department Stations (view),


310


First Baptist Church, Elkhart, 335 First Baptist Church, Goshen, 29I


First Brethren Church, Goshen, 297 First Christian Church, Elkhart, 342


First Christian Church, Goshen, 296 First Congregational Church, Elk- hart, 338


First Courthouse, 1833-70 (view), 78


First Evangelical Church, Elkhart, 335


First English Evangelical Lutheran Church, Goshen, 295


First Methodist Episcopal Church, Elkhart, 330


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First Methodist Episcopal Church, of Goshen, 285


First Methodist Protestant Church,


Elkhart, 34I


First National Bank, Elkhart, 374


First National Bank, Nappanee, 384 First Presbyterian Church, Elkhart, 332


First Presbyterian Church, Goshen, 287


First Reformed Church, Goshen, 295


First State Bank, Elkhart, 374


First State Bank at Middlebury, 395 Fisher, Albert L .. 521


Fisher, A. L., 88


Fisher, Elias, 787


Fishley, James M., 672


Fleming, J. C., 358


Footprints of La Salle, 3


Foraker, 403


Foster, C. A., 292


Forest Grove Schoolhouse, Middle- bury Township, erected in 1836 (view), 101


Foust, W. W., 295


Fravel Lodge No. 306 F. & A. M., Goshen, 299


Freed, H. M., 390


Freed, Samuel, 726


Freese, Bennett, 385


Freese, Edward, 385


Freese, George, 243, 385


Freese, J. Frederick, 384


Fribley, Charles P., 460


Frier, James, 137


Funk, John F., 345


Funk, Kaufman, 230


Furry, W. D., 297


Galentine, A., 242


Gallentine, David, 107


Garvin, C. J., 261


Garvin, Charles J., 281


Garber, Abraham M., 753


Garman, C. R., 910


Geiselman, John D., 784


George Freese's Sons, Nappanee, 384


German Evangelical Lutheran Church, Elkhart, 342


German Methodist Episcopal Church, Goshen, 292


Gibbon, George W., 232


Girtin, James, 239


Goldthwait, Everett, 308, 621


Gorham, Charles E., 273, 280


Goshen-Rebellion against river ob- structions, 161: village founded, 209 ; the town, 241 ; those who voted for village government, 242; two growing decades, 242; fire depart-


ment organized, 243; birth as a city, 243; the mayors of Goshen, 243; Charles B. and George F. Alderman, 244; Dr. Joseph H. Heatwole and father, 245; the fire department improves, 245; veteran firefighter, 246; the present sys- tem, 246; founding of the water- works, 246; better and cheaper than a new engine, 247; business men demand equal protection with manufacturers, 247; beginning of city waterworks, 248; steam power and artesian wells, 249; origin of municipal lighting plant, 249; the local postal service, 251 ; extension of electric system, 250; later im- provements and extensions, 250; private lighting companies, 250; the city schools in 1904-05, 258; real public school system dates from 1857, 252; first quarter-century of school teachers, 253; erection of ward schools, 254; Miss Emma R. Chandler, 256; the new high school, 256; village principals and city su- perintendents, 258; increase of pop- ulation in thirty-five years, 260 ; the Goshen Carnegie Public Library, 261; the Goshen College, 264; Goshen Hospital, 266; industries, 269-275


Goshen Buggy Top Company, 272


Goshen College (view), 265


Goshen Churn and Ladder Company, 274


Goshen Chapter No. 45, R. A. M., 200


Goshen College, 264. 474


Goshen Council No. 1186, Royal Arcanum, 302


Goshen Hospital (view), 266


Goshen Commandery No. 50, K. T., 300 Goshen Democrat, 276


Goshen Express, 209, 275


Goshen Guards, 224, 225


Goshen High School (view), 257


Goshen Lightning Rod Company, 275


Goshen Lodge No. 12, F. & A. M., 200 Goshen Milling Company, 270


Goshen Novelty and Brush Com- pany, 273


Goshen Sash and Door Company, 272 Goshen News-Times, 278 Goshen Times, 278


Goshen Veneer Company, 273


Goshen, Warsaw & Wabash Rail- road, 166


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Grace Lawn Cemetery, Elkhart, 347 Grace Lutheran Church, Elkhart, 336 Graham, H. A., 358 Graves, Joseph Ł., 239 Gray, Edna, 814 Gray, Wilbur A., 812


Greathouse, Charles A., 121


Greene, C. T., 308


Greene, H. B., 383 Groll, August, 239 Gronert, W. J., 358 Group of Early Settlers (view), 88 Guipe, J., 33I


Hager, J. B., 274 Hall, Lorenzo D., 563


Hani, W. F., 394


Hansen, Albert F., 372


Harding, P. D., 243


Harman, James L., 607


Harris, Clarence M., 694


Harris, H. O.,.391 Harris, Thomas G., 138, 280


Harrison, 19, 20, 21, 22, 51


Harrison township, 71


Harrison, William H., 16, 17, 49


Hartman, Tobias, 862


Hartzler, John E., 266, 475


Hartzler, Jonas S., 476


Hascall, Frank A., 281


Hascall, M. B., 243, 254


Hascall, Mrs. Chauncey S., 104


Hascall, M. S., 225, 229, 277, 281


Hattle, George W., 544


Hattle, Mary. 545 Hauenstein, Jacob F., 668


Hawks, Cephas, 107


Hawks, Cephas, Sr., 201


Hawks, Mrs. Dwight H., 267


Hawks, Edwin W., 270


Hawks Electric Company, 270


Hawks, Frank E. C., 270, 317, 435


Hawks Furniture Factory, 270


Hawks Interest, 269


Hawks, Joel P., 107. 199


Hawks, Mabel, 303


Hawks, Myron, 235


Hawks, Myron A., 230


Hay, Mrs. George W., 267


Hay, Sarah, 331


Haynes, Worthie W., 713


Hazelton, W. S., 358


Hazelton, Walter S., 839


Heath, A., 234


Heatwole, Ella R., 263


Heatwole, Henry, 245


Heatwole, Joel P., 395 Heatwole, Joseph H., 245


Heatwole, Mrs. J. H., 261


Herbert, Bert S., 239


Heefner, LaPorte, 282 Heiermann, Paul A., 384 Heininger, S., 34I Helpin, Frank E., 651 Henkel, P. M., 81, 89, 102 Herrick, Charles M., 333 Herrick, William, 538


Hess, Levi M., 230 High School, Middlebury, (view), 393 Hilbish,' Thomas, 746 Hild, J. G., 342


Hile, William B., 152 Hill, Warren G., 358, 920 Hillman, Frederick W., 515 Hire, Will, 701


Hinmann, C. A., 85


Historical-Footprints of La Salle, 3: Iroquois attack the Illinois at Starved Rock, 4; Indian League organized by La Salle, 5; Vin- cennes and other French settle- ments, 6; Fort Chartres built, 7; Fort Chartres surrendered to British, 8; Wholesale French Mi- gration, 9: Clark as Father of American Northwest, 10; County of Illinois erected, 10; organization of the Northwest Territory, 12; Divisions of the Northwest Terri- tory, 14; Indiana Territory divided, 15; the lords of the soil dispos- sessed, 15; founding of Prophet's Town, 17; Harrison and Tecum- seh to "Fight It Out," 18; battle at Prophet's Town, 19; the war of 1812, 20; the Harrison campaigns, 21; the Public Land Survey, 23; organization of the state, 24; dc- velopment of state and formation of counties, 25 Hitchcock, H. H., 281


Hixon, Solomon L., 187. 392


Hoffman, Elkanah, 399


Holdread, David, 884


Holdeman, Timothy H., 572


Holderman, Eli, 380


Holz, Frederick J., 293


Home Electric Light & Power Com- pany, Elkhart, 328 Hoopingarner, George B., 615


Hoovens, A. G., '275


Hoover, Charles, 395


Hostetler, John J., 484


Hottenroth, Gustave, 293, 828,


Houseworth, Bert D., 358


Howell . Post No. 90, G. A. R., Goshen, 301 Hubbell, A. L., 281


Hubbell, E. F., 230 Hubbell, F. G., 281


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Hubbell, Clara A., 410 Hubbell, Frank G., 409


Hubbell, O. Z., 309


Hull, Horace H., 397 Hull, John, 745


Hunt, Anthony C., 834


Hunter, W. T., 393


Huntsman, John, 210


Hutchinson, Watson, 394 Hyde, Edward W., 533


Hydraulic Canal, 270


Illustrations-La Salle in the Lake


Region, 2; Scenes in St. Joseph Valley, 28; Views on Elkhart River, 34; Map of Indian Cessions, 50; Isaialı Rush, 62; Courthouse of the present, 67; First Court- house, 1833-70, 78; The 1870 Court- house Before Remodeling, 80; The County Infirmary, 82; Indiana Corn Exhibit, 86; Group of Early Set- tlers, 88; Indiana Corn Field, 90; Specimen Cattle and Hogs of To- day, 93; Forest Grove School- house, Middlebury Township, erected in 1836, 101 ; Consolidated School, Bristol, 125; Hon. William A. Woods, 140; Old Time Mail Coach, 156; River Views in Elk- hart County, 159; Typical Pioneer Cabin-Exterior and Interior, 180; A Picture of Today, 185; Typical Old Saw Mill, Elkhart, 201; Dr. Havilah Beardsley and Mrs.


Rachel C. Beardsley, 212; Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Elkhart, 223; The Present Goshen Post- office, 252; Goshen High School, 257; Madison Street School (view), 259; Goshen College, 265; Goshen Hospital, 266; View on Main Street, Goshen, 271; Municipal and Su- perior Court Building, 306; Old City Hall, 308; Fire Department Stations, 310; Central School Building, Elkhart. 316; Statue of Dr. Havilah Beardsley, 320; Island Bridge, Elkhart, 321; Elk- hart Postoffice Building, 322; Elk- hart Public Library, 326; In Elkhart's Residence and Church Districts, 334; Public School, Wa- karusa, 391 ; High School, Middle- bury, 393; Out-of-door Beauty Spots in Elkhart, 343; Railroad Y. M. C. A., Elkhart, 346; The Elk- hart General Hospital, 348: Cen- tury Club House, 356; Along Elk- hart's Main Business Street, 364;


Elkhart's Business District from Above, 369; Nappanee Waterworks Plant, 381 ; Nappanee School Build- ing, 383; Elkhart Street, Wakarusa, 389; Bristol's Town Hall, 396


Indians-The lords of the soil dispos- sessed, 15; founding of Prophet's Town, 17; Harrison and Tecum- seh to "Fight It Out," 18; battle at Prophet's Town, 19; the war of 1812, 20; Algonquins and Iroquois traditional enemies, 42; Miami Confederation in Indiana, 43; Pot- tawattamies, 44; Miamis, most powerful western Indian nation, 44; Miamis, 45; Pottawattamies, 45; French missionaries among the Indian Miamis, 46; the fur traders, 47; Miamis, 47; enter the English, 49; Harrison, great Indian treaty maker, 49; final treaties, 52; among the primitive highways, 52; great Indian trails, 53; the old Chicago trail, 53; the Pottawattamies of the St. Joseph valley, 53; the Potta- wattamies in the '30s, 56; still clinging to St. Joseph valley, 57; last band leaves in 1840, 57; famous Pottawattamie chiefs, 58.


Immel, Israel, 649


Indiana and Michigan Electric Com- pany, 324


Indiana Corn Exhibit (view), 86


Indiana Corn Field (view), 90


Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railroad, 172 Indiana Territory Divided, 15


Industrial Organizations, Elkhart, 352 Inks, John, 207


Inks, Thomas, 389


Irish, John, 884


Irwin, Alexander, 186, 194


Irwin, Elisha D., 92


Irwin, Frank J., 281


Irwin, John W. 281


Island Park, Elkhart, 321


Island Park Bridges, Elkhart


(view), 321


I X L Furniture Company, 271


Jackson, A. C., 281


Jackson, Amos C., 187


Jackson, Frank, 187


Jackson, Ira, 189 Jackson, John, 63, 187, 188, 222


Jackson Township, 69


Jacobs, William B., 233


Jamestown, 402


Jansen, F. L., 337


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Jay, Oscar, 153, 584 Jefferson Township, 7I Johnson, Guy C., 219 Johnson, Homer E., 509 Johnson, Ruel M., 234 Jones, L. Arthur, 240 Judkins, P. R., 282


Kantz, Harvey W., 747 Kantz, Jacob O., 748 Kaufman, H. L., 687 Kellogg, Arville C., 340 Kelly Foundry and Machine Com- pany, 272 Kendall, Peter C., 477


Kenkinson, Moses, 14I


Kent, A. Palmer, 318, 354, 357, 376


Kerstetter, Edward, 225


Kidder, Hiram F., 231


Kilmer, John H., 904 Kimmel, J. L., 297


Kinnison, George W., 280


Kiplinger, E. L., 335


Kirkendall, Charles H., 228


Kistner, George C., 603


Longacre, John, 40I


Longley, Silas, 481


Lowry, Alfred, 244


Lowry, David G., 290


Lowry, Robert, 14I


Machan, Enoch G., 861


Madison Street School (view), 259


Mail routes and coaches, 156


Malarial Epidemics, 181


Mann, C. B., 233


Mann, R. F., 232 Mann, Theodore F., 228


Manning, George J 633


Manning, William F., 822


Marchett, W. C., 234


Markel, Harden D., 888


Martin Bend Instrument Company, Elkhart, 365 Martin, Edwin, 251


Martin, Henry C., 585


Martin, Jacob E., 815


Martin, Jerome, 879


Matchett, W. C., 399


Maxon, Stafford, 308, 353, 357


McBride, J. C., 232


McCartney, J. Edwin, 801


McCord, J. R., 398


McCord, James R., 168, 251


McCoy, Isaac, 61, 210, 330


McCracken, S. B., 318


McDonald, Charles. 876


McGowen, James H., 866


McGrew, John, 101


McGuire, Samuel B., 230, 234 McKibbin, Daniel W., 692


Knox, Joseph D., 207


Kohler, Charles, 244


Korrady, Karl B., 869


Krueger, Michael, 836


Kuhn, John J., 891


Kyler, S. B., 89


Lake, J. W., 332 Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, 169 Lambert, George, 345, 592


Larimer, Brice S., 470 Larrabee, W. C., 113 La Salle, 3, 4, 5. 6 La Salle in the Lake Region (view), 2 Latta, J. M., 28I Latta, M. M., 87, 88, 169, 207, 224, 235 Latta, William, 137, 138 Latta, William L., 168 Latta, W. Jack, 281


Lawyers-Charles W. Miller, 145; Aaron S. Zook, 147; William J. Davis, 147; Lou W. Vail, 148; Elmer E. Mummert, 148; Anthony and Benjamin F. Deahl, 149; E. A. Dausman, 150; Elkhart soldiers and lawyers, 150; Veteran George


T. Barney, 151; Judge Joseph D. Arnold, 152; William B. Hile, 152; Louis A. Dennert, 152; the Elkhart County Bar Association, 153 Leader, Benjamin F., 640 Lee, Claude A., 805


Lehman, David G., 928


Lehman, John H., 581


Lehman, Noah A., 782


Lesh, John H., 243, 281


Lesh, J. H., 243 Letherman, Henry, 728


Lewis & Neville Manufacturing Com- pany, 275 Lieb, J. H., 232


Lienhart, Calvin, 390


Livengood, Abraham, 677


Livengood, Edith, 679


Livinghouse, Jacob W., 235


Live Stock, 92


Locke, 402 Locke township, 72


Lockwood, Samuel, 709


Long, Henry, 697


Knapp, Frank H., 831


Knickerbocker, W. H., 374


Knights and Ladies of the Macca- bees, Goshen, 302 Knights of Pythias, Goshen, 301 Knopf, F. C., 341


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McMahon, E. A., 141


McNaughton, John, 321


McNaughton Park, Elkhart, 321


Mehl, A. C., 88, 698


Mummert, Mrs. E. E., 298, 303


Mellander, John, 341


Mellinger, J. C., 379


Menaugh, Albert S., 548


Mennonite Brethren Church, Goshen, 297 Mercer, Milton, 165, 169, 172


Merritt, Francis D., 141


Metcalf, E. W., 278


Metzger, H. M., 345


Metzler, C., 391


Mexican war, 222, 224


Miamis, 43, 44, 45. 40, 47, 48, 49, 51


Michael, John P., 580


Michael, Lillian E., 256


Michigan, Indiana & Southwestern Railroad Company, 172


Middlebury, 392-395


Middlebury Record, 395


Middlebury Seminary, 108


Middlebury township, 70


Mikael, William L., 588


Mikel, Daniel, 814


Miles, Franklin, 358, 424


Miller, Belmont D., 703


Miller, Charles F., 382


Miller, Charles W' .. 145, 243, 262, 282


Miller, Charles S., 883


Miller, Clarence M., 681


Miller, E. E., 386


Miller, Frank J., 642


Miller, Isaac W., 491


Miller, Jacob B., 819


Miller, John R., 770


Miller, Joseph, 664


Miller, Royal D., 833


Miller, Solomon, 187, 398


Miller, Thomas, 87


Millersburg, 397


Millersburg Grit, 398


Mills, Caleb, 115


Neff, Frank J., 825


Neidig, David W., 282


New Goshen High School, 256


Mitchell, Mary E., 518


Newell, Nat, 506


Mitchell, Joseph A. S., 516


New Hawks mill, 203


Mitchell, J. A. S., 231, 243


Mitchell, Mrs. J. A. S., 262


Modern Woodmen of America, Goshen, 302


Mong-go-qua-nong township, 69


Moon, William, 389


Moore, Jacob, 386, 778


Morehous. Philo, 307, 374, 857


Morlan, M. H., 402


Morrice, John V., 639


Mosier, Horace H., 396, 759


Mowry, David, 125


Moyer, Abraham H., 500


Mummert, Elmer E., 148, 262, 267


Municipal and Superior Court Build- ing (view), 306 Murray, Charles L., 85, 209, 251, 276


Murray, Gordon N., 378, 384


Murray, John R., 384


Mutschler, George, 404


Mutschler, George, 841


Mutschler, William, 405


Myers, B. F., 379


Myers, Christopher, 185


Myers, E. B., 105


Myers, Ira, 684


Myers, Jonas, 224


Nappanee-Founded as a railroad town, 377 ; originally Locke Station, 378; first spelling, Napanee, 378; original site, huckleberry swamp, 379; sawmill preceded town, 379; Nappanee's first house and in- dustry, 379; origin of the Coppes interests, 380; waterworks and electric light plant, 381 ; the tele- phone service, 382; the public school system, 382; Nappanee banks, 283; the newspapers, 384; industries, 384: churches, 385; secret and benevolent societies,


387


Nappanee Advance. 384


Nappanee Furniture Company, 384


Nappanee News, 378, 384


Nappanee School Building (view), 383 Nappanee Waterworks Plant (view). 381 Nash, Ira, 281


Naylor, Thomas, 394


Neff, Christian, 764


Mineral Springs, 37 Minton, W. P., 297


New Paris, 104. 399 News Printing Company, 278, 279, 280 Nicholson, James, 187, 396 Noble, H. L., 246 Northwest Territory organized, 12


Noffsinger, Joseph, 61, 210


Nolan, Justice B., 908


Northrup, Cornelius, 392, 394


Noyes Carriage Company, Elkhart, 371


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Oblinger, H. G. P., 230 Oechtering, A. B., 337 Ogilvie, A. U., 34I


Ohmer, J. P., 325 Old City Hall (view), 308


Old Hawks mill, 201


Old Time Mail Coach (view), 156 Olive township, 72


Oppenheim, Harris, 282


Osborne, James D., 141 Osolo township, 71 Ott, Monroe, 643 Out-of-Door Beauty Spots in Elkhart (view), 343


Palmer, Frank, 376 Palmer, Fred, 600


Pancost Milling Company, Elkhart, 372


Pancost, Wilna S., 373, 594


Parmater, P. J., 308


Parke, Benjamin, 129, 131


Parks, D. W., 386


Parks, James, 890


Parmalee, Louis B., 251


Parrot, David, 242, 399


Patriotic Bodies, Elkhart, 352 Paulus, Gustavus, 232


Pease, Shubael M., 251


Perry, Charles E., 239


Pettijohn, J. D. G., 286


Pickering, Andrew J., 457


Pinney, John H., 234


Pioneers' Association, 86


Pooley, Charles A., 282, 510


Population, 95


Pottawattamies, 43, 44, 45, 49, 51, 54, 55. 56, 57, 58, 59, 60


Poultry, 94


Powers, William, 234


Platter, W. D., 83


Praetorius, E. W., 336


Pratt, F. B., 370


Pratt, George B., 357


Pratt, Wm. B., 370


Prentiss, Nelson, 253


Presbyterian Church, Nappanee, 386


Price, W. A., 125, 383


Prickett, J. P., 279


Procter, John, 160


Procter, William, 160


Proctor, Robert E., 806


Public Land Survey, 23


Public school funds, 110


Public School, Wakarusa


(view), 39I


Railroads-First train into Elkhart, 164; Wilber L. Stonex on the Railroads, 164; Synopsis of prog-


ress in the county, 165; as part of internal improvements system, 166; Buffalo & Mississippi Rail- road Company, 168; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern a reality, 169; divided favors, 170; extension, 171 ; the Baltimore & Ohio built, 171 ; the Wabash Road, 173; the Citi- zens' Street Railway Company, of Elkhart, 174; Indiana Electric Rail- way Company, 174; the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway, 175; the Winona Inter- urban Railway, 176; Elkhart as a railroad center, 176; railway facili- ties as a whole, 177


Railroad Y. M. C. A., Elkhart (view), 346


Raymer, J. S., 242


Reams, Wesley, 449


Reed, F. A., 319


Reid, Brice H., 559


Reid, Samuel D., 492


Replogle, Charles, 896


Review Printing Company, 376


Rheubottom, DeAlton, 391, 721


Rheubottom, James R., 391, 717


Riblet, W. H., 311


Rice Cemetery, Elkhart, 347


Richards, Isaac, 705


Richardson, Anna, 606


Richardson, John, 605


Richardson, Joseph V., 671


Rieth, Albert A., 453


Riggs, Elias, 62


Rimpler, George H., 452


Ringenberg, Jesse, 384


Ringenberg, John, 385


Rippey, Joseph, 87


Ritter, Dan H., 480


Ritter, William H., 531


Riverside Christian Church, Elkhart,


344


River Views in Elkhart County (view), 159


Roach, John A., 921


Road building in the county, 177, 178


Roads, Early, 155


Robinson, Richard I., 286


Rockwell, Elizabeth, 264


Rogers, Mrs. E. C., 261


Rohrig. T., 232


Roland, E. L., 298


Rosseau, 60


Roth, William H., 636


Rowe, Herbert A., 574 Rowe, Levi, 574


Royce, L. R., 339


Roys, Cyrus D., 357, 859 Roys, Katharine M., 861


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INDEX


Ruff, F., 292 Rupp, David, 83 Rush, Isaiah (portrait), 62 Rush, Isaiah, 63, 210 Russell, William H., 583 Rosselwyn, Frank B., 225


Sage, Chester, 210 Sage, Katherine, 319 St. James Episcopal Church, Goshen, 292 St. John's Catholic Church, Goshen, 293 St. John's Church, Goshen, 826


St. John's Episcopal Church, Elk- hart, 333 St. Joseph River, 29


St. Joseph Valley Bank, Elkhart, 374 St. Joseph Valley Chautauqua, Elk- hart, 354


St. Vincent's Catholic Church, Elk- hart, 337


Salem Bank, Goshen, 280


Salsbury, Elias D., 238


Sanders, D. A., 262, 281


Sanders & Egbert Company, 272


Sanders, H. M., 272


Scenes in St. Joseph Valley (view), 28 Schaefer, Henry V., 293


Simpson, William, 62 Slabaugh, Floyd, 384 Slabaugh, Jancy S., 781 Slade, Charles, 238, 239 Slate, G. B., 262


Slear, John W., 488


Smalley, Lewis M., 660


Smeltzer, Daniel, 842 Smiley, Nathan, 85


Smith, E. D., 103 Smith, Frank E., 308


Smith, George A., 818


Smith, H. Robert, 292


Smith, Howard F., 357


Smith, Nellie, 318


Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Elk- hart (view), 223


Soldiers' Memorial, Elkhart, 323 Southern Michigan Railroad Com- pany, 165


Spanish-American war -Indiana troops first enlisted for Spanish- American war, 236; the One Hun- dred and Fifty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, 237; Company C, of Goshen, 238 Sparklin, Azel, 63, 108


Sparklin, Mrs. C. C., 261


Speer, Horace N., 335


Specimen Cattle and Hogs of To- day (view), 93


Spohn Medical Company, 273


Spohn, Samuel F., 125, 244, 273. 929


Stage, Jesse W., 442


Stahr, F. G., 354


Stametz, Mrs. J. H., 272


Stanton, W. F., 355


Stark, Milo W., 502


Starr, M. E., 252


Starr, Martin V., 280


Starr, Thomas A., 279, 280


Seidner, Ephraim, 762


Selner, Crawford E., 911


Sensenich, A. S., 125




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