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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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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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