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Ellis, Horace, 73 Elm Street, Pierceton (illustration), 340
Emergency Labor Bureau, 200 Episcopalians, Warsaw. 282; ton, 330 Erwins family, 96 Eschbach, Aaron F., 684 Eschbach, Jesse E., 684 Estep, John, 554
Pierce-
Etna Green, census, 125; value of real estate, 127; total wealth, 127; banks, 356; churches, 356
Etna township, 90; census. 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; one of the smallest, 355; pioneers of, 355
Evangelical Association, Syracuse, 322 Evans, John D., 71 Extinguishment of Indian claims, 18
Factory at Pierceton (illustration), 339
Fairbanks, Charles W., 67 Falls of the Ohio, 12 Farmers State Bank, North Webster, 367
Farming machinery, pioneer, 188 Farm lands, value per acre, 195 Farms and rural population. 194 Farms, value of, 126
Farquhar, John H., 70 Faulkner, Alice V., 590 Faulkner, John W., 590 Fawley, James A., 481 Ferverda, Hiram B., 473
Ferverda, John, 441 Fifty-fourth Circuit, Judges, 139 Finances, 111, 128 Fire Department, Milford, 344 Firemen as Union Soldiers, 263 Fires, Warsaw, 263 First Baptist church, Warsaw, 280 First cabin and store in Warsaw, 255 First county under Ordinance of 1787. 15 First legislature for Indiana Terri- tory, 17
First Methodist Camp Meeting, 276 First postoffice, Warsaw, 258 First Presbyterian church, Warsaw, 278 First railroad engines, 174 First schoolhouse in county, 167 First settler, 84 First Spring Fountain Park Assem- bly, 300 First trains, 176
Fischer, George, 65
Fishing days, old, 327
Fish propagation, 328
Fitch, Graham N., 67, 218
Fitton. John W., 409 Five Nations, 30
Flag. State, 78
Flatbelly (Miami chief), 49, 57
Fleming, William, 72
Fletcher, Miles J., 73
Floyd, Davis, 63, 65
Fogle, James P., 521 Ford, Callender, 421
Ford, Lanta W., 495 Ford, Mary, 420 Foreman. Joseph E., 453 Forest land along Indian highways. 377
Forest Lodge No. 4, Knights of Pyth- ias, Warsaw, 285 Fort Chartres, founded, 6; sur-
rendered, 7 Fort Harmar, 15 Fort of Crevecoeur, 3
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Fort of St. Louis, 5 Fourteenth Circuit, Judges of, 138
Franklin township, surveyed, 90; cen- sus, 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; area, 377; pioneers, 377; school and church, 378; industries, 379 Frasier, George W., 151
Fraternal Order of Eagles, Warsaw, 387
Fraternal organizations, Syracuse, 325
Frazer, Harriet D., 140, 252
Frazer, James R., 243, 252
Frazer, James S., 140, 569
Frazer, William D., 140, 252, 570
Frazer, Theodore, 252
Freed, Amos, 435
Freeman, Stephen, 494
French and British Northwest, 1
French and Indian war. 6
French evacuation, 7
Friedley, George W., 69
Fruit, Levi, 583
Fuller, Victor, 488
Funk, Frank, 422 Fur traders, 34
Gall, Albert, 72 Galveston, platted, 374
Gans, Ira, 581
Garber, Albert, 545
Garber, Daniel M., 551
Garber, Jefferson, 523
Garber, Leander, 492
Gaskill, Joseph M., 470
Gaskill, Owen S., 391
Gecting, David M .. 73, 160
General Assembly, 131; acts of, 137
Gerard, Orlando F .. 550
Gibson, John, 63
Gilbert, Newton W., 70
Gill. James E., 445
Gilliam, Bab, 245 Gilliam, William W., 653 Gilman, Joseph, 65 (lover. John B., 72 Goddard, John D., 657
Godfather of the county, 104
Goodrich, James P., 68
Good Roads movement, 180: promot- ers of. 182
Gorby, Sylvester S., 74 Gore, James K., 74
Goshen, Warsaw & Wabash Railroad. 175
Governors of Indiana, 63, 67
Grabner, John, 674
Grady, J. C., 472
Graff. William, 559
Grand Army of the Republic, 235
Grand Army Posts, 235
Grand Indian Council of August, 1838, 45 Grassy Creek, on the Shores of (illus- tration), 365
Gravel road building, 182
Gravelton, 376
Graves, William, 101
Graves, William C., 56
Gray, Isaac P., 68, 69, 224
Greathouse, Charles A., 73, 162, 164
Great Indian treaty maker, 42
Greenawalt, John C., 74
Greenville Treaty, 36; adoption of, 40
Griffin, Charles F., 70
Griffin, John, 65 "Griffin, The," 2 Griffith, Francis M., 69
Griswold, Whedon W., 232
Groves. George W., 576
Guy, James E., 594
Guy, Samuel, 589
(wathmey, Samuel, 66
Hackelman Encampment, I. O. O. F .. 285
Hackelman. Pleasant A., 211
Hadley, Oscar, 72
Haggard, William S .. 69
Hall, Frank J., 70
Hall, John E., 530
Hall, Sammel, 69
Hall, Thomas, 85
Hall, William R., 475
Hammond, Abram A., 68, 69
Hammond Lake, 365 Hanes, William. 458
Hanly. J. Frank, 68
Hanna, Bayless W., 72
Hanna, Robert, 66
Hanna, Thomas, 69 Hannah. Samuel. 72
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Hannegan, Edward A., 66 Hapner, Charlie H., 606 Harlan, Elijah, 85, 95 Harlan family, 95 Harmon, John H., 595 Harmon, Milo H., 527
Harding, Oscar A., 497 Harris, Horatio J., 71
Harrison, Benjamin, 67 Harrison, Christopher, 69
Harrison township, surveyed, 90;
pioneers, 93; census, 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169, 349; first settlers, 349
Harrison, William H., 20, 24, 62, 63, 65; portrait, 16; great Indian treaty maker, 42
Hascall, Milo S., 211
Hart, William H., 71
Harter, Mathias, 388
Hartter, George, 486
Hartzell, William M., 517
Harvey, Jonathan S., 72
Hatfield, Thomas B., 625
Hay, John, 66 Hayden, Nehemiah, 70
Haymond, Edgar, 140, 561
Hawn, Emanuel R., 70
Headlee, Noble, 678 Healy, Joshna, 231
Heckaman, 376 Heighway, Orven A., 461
Heisler, William, 629 Helvey, Clarence A., 425
Hemenway, James A., 67
Henderson, Ebenezer, 71
Henderson, Edgar H., 667
Henderson, John O., 71
Hendricks, Thomas A., 66, 67, 68
Hendricks, William, 66, 67
Henry, Patrick, 12 Hibschman, Burlington D., 414
High School, Milford (illustration), 347 High School, Pierceton (illustration), 154
High School. Warsaw (illustration). 154 High Schools, commissioned, 159:
present, 167 Highways, 171
Hill, Andrew J., 593 Hill, Nathaniel U., 72 Hill, Roswell S., 72 Hillis, David, 69 Hire, Isaac B., 408 Hire, Amanda, 408 Hobbs, Barnabas C., 73 Hoffman, Max F. A., 70 Hogs, 193 Holcombe, John W., 73
Ilome economies, 162 Home Guard, 243 "Home-spun", 189 Honan, Thomas M., 73 Hoover, Thomas A., 650
Hopkins, Alexander C., 73
Hopkins, Milton B., 73 Hord, Francis T., 73 Hord, Oscar B., 72 Horick. J. Forest, 244
Horses and colts, 192
Hoss, George W., 73 Houshonr, Samnel K., 83
Hover, Edgar S., 582 Hover, J. R., 668 Hovey, Alvin P., 68
Howard, C. Norman, 252 Howard. Ulysses B., 455 Huffer, Jacob D., 641
Fluffer, Rudolph, Sr., 639 IIuffer, Sherman, 511 Hughs, Charlie A., 602
Humphrey, George, 226 Hunt, Union B., 70 Hurst, Henry. 64
Iden, Loman A., 687 Iden. S. B., 463 Idle, T. H., 559 Igo, Omer N., 448 Illinois county, 13
Illustrations: Marquette, the Peace Maker, 1; Pioneer Fireplace and Household Articles, 82; Old Indiana Mill. 88; Pioneer Water Wheel, 88; Pioneer Cabin Completed, 98; Tippe- canoe River View. 107: Picturesque Koscinsko County, 112; Winona Lake, 112; Turkey Creek Bridge, Milford, 112: Syracuse Lake, 112: Wawasee Lake. 112: Tippecanoe
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Lake, 112; Kosciusko County Court House, 123; Some Kosciusko County Schools, 154; Old Eight-sided School- house, Plain Township, 165; Wayne Township Consolidated School, 166; Ready for the Iron Highway, 174; A Good Woodsy Road, 181; Old Cov- ered Bridge of the "buggy" period, 184; Kosciusko County Corn, 186; Dairy Herd and Modern Buildings, 191; Duroc Hogs of the County, 193; Modern Teaching in the Field, 196; Winona Agricultural Display, 198; Ready to Leave for the Front, Spanish-American War, 237; Typ- ical Pioneer Woman, 254; On Winona Lake near Warsaw, 260; One of Warsaw's Main Business Streets, 268; McDonald Island, 303; Consecration of Indian Mound, Win- ona Assembly, 304; Restful Scenes on Winona Lake, 307; Winona As- sembly Grounds, 308; On the Shores of the Lake, Winona Assembly, 310; Chicago Boys' Club in Bathing, Winona Assembly, 311; College Building, Winona Assembly, 314: Westminster Chapel, Winona As- sembly, 316; Wawasee Lake and Vicinity, 320; Factory at Pierceton, 339; Elm Street, Pierceton, 340; Looking South on Main Street, Mil- ford, 344; The High School, Milford, 347; Interurban Station, 347; Busi- ness Street, Mentone, 352; Public School, Mentone, 352; Silver Lake Street, 354; Postoffice at Oswego, Oldest Building in the County, 362; Scene on Tippecanoe Lake, 363; Stony Ridge Hotel, Tippecanoe Lake, 363; On the Shores of Grassy Creek, 365; Scenes Around Webster Lake, 366; Barbee Lakes, 368; Scenes in the Rural Townships, 373
Improved Order of Red Men, Warsaw, 286
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Warsaw, 284
Independent Protective Engine Com- pany No. 1, 261
Indian agent, 45
Indian Council of August, 1838, 45
Indian Mound, Consecration of, Win- ona Assembly, 304
Indiana, creation of State, 26; present population, 59; pivotal state, 60; political record, 60; governors, 63 Indiana counties, original, 17
Indiana Loan and Trust Company, 295 Indiana State Normal School, 158
Indiana Territory created, 16; first leg- islature, 17; secretary, 63; judges of, 65; legislature, 65
Indiana University Biological Station. 315
Indiana University trustees, 163 Indiana Year Book, 77
Indians: Wars, 3; extinguishment of claims, 18; replaced by whites, 18; treaties. 18, 25, 39; depredations. 23; departure of, 27; dispossession of. 29; Algonquin family, 29; re- ligious exercises at missions, 33; reservations, 39; divided by war of 1812, 41; lands, title to, 43; titles. extinguishment of, 43; Pottawato- mies of Northern Indiana, 44; vil- lages in Kosciusko county, 49; hab- its and dispositions of, 54; fun, 55; noted chiefs, 56; population, 58; trails, 100; highways, forest land along, 377
Industries, Warsaw. 295; Pierceton. 341; Milford, 345; Leesburg, 361: Franklin township, 379
Interdenominational Association of Evangelists, 313
Interurban Railway, 177
Interurban Station, Milford (illustra - tion). 347
Interurban system (map), 178 Iroquois, 30 Irvine, Frederick D., 478 Irwin, Robert C., 612 Irwin. William G., 509
Jackson, Ed, 71 Jackson, George W., 227
Jackson township, surveyed, 89; cen- sus. 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169. 370; early settlements and settlers, 370
Jaques. Francis M .. 479
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Jaques, Phebe E., 480 Jarrett, James C., 552
Jefferson township, surveyed, 90; cen- sus, 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; 375; settlement, 375; first school, 376 Jeffries, David, 475 Jennings, Jonathan, 65, 67 Jensen, Thomas, 534 Jesuit missionaries, 33
Johnson, Charles C., 465 Johnson, James, 64 Johnson, John, 65 .Johnston, W., 63, 64
.Jones, Aquilla, 72
Jones, Clem A., 454
Jones, Frank L., 73, 161
Jones, James G., 72. 217 Jones, John, 604
.Jones, John R., 64, 66
Jones, Nancy, 605
Jones, Peter, 63
Judd, John S., 433
Judges, Tenth Circuit, 137; Four- teenth Circuit, 138; Fifty-fourth Circuit, 139; Probate Court, 141
Justices Court, 130
Justices of the Peace, duties of, 148
Kantner, Benjamin, 483
Kelley, Samuel, 516
Kern, John W., 67
Ketcham, William A., 73
Ketrow, Calvin O., 429
Kibby, John F., 72
Kilmer, O. B. (portrait), 250
Kimball, Nathan, 72
Kimes. John, 622
Lakeside Park, 299
Lake township, surveyed, 90, 351; een- sus, 125; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169
Kintzel, Charles A., 466
Kirkendall, Isaac (sheriff), 111
Kirkendall, William, 669
Kirkpatrick, William W., 645
Klauss, Otto, 71
Kline, Harry W., 419
Knepper, Forrest, 464
Knights of Pythias, Warsaw, 285; Pierceton, 340
Knights of the Maccabees, Milford. 348
Knights Templar, Warsaw, 284 Kolberg, Henry, 493
Koontz, Calvin M., 665
Koontz, Milton I., 664
Kosciusko county, first under Ordi- nance of 1787, creation of, 15, 28; Indian villages in, 49; first seat of justice in, 94; godfather of, 104; area, 106, 195; civil divisions, 125
Kosciusko County Corn (illustrations), 186
Kosciusko County Court House (illus- tration), 123 Kosciusko Lodge No. 62, I. O. O. F., 284
"Kosciusko Republican", 289 Kosciuzko, Thaddeus, 104; will, 105
Krontz, George W., 74
Krull, Albert F., 539
Kuder, Jeremiah, 221
Kuhn, Isaiah, 551
Labor Bureau, 200 Ladies of the Maccabees of the World. Warsaw, 288 LaFollette, Harvey M., 73
Lake City Bank, 294 "Lake City Commercial", 291 Lake City Lodge No. 371, F. & A. M .. 283 Lake City Lodge No. 430, 1. O. O. F., 285
Lake City Lodge No. 442, I. O. O. F., 285 Lakes, 107; depth of, 109; beautiful cluster of, 297
King, Edward A., 220 "King Jimmy", 101 King, Myron D., 70
Lake View, 331
La-le-was-i-kaw, 19
Landis, J., 74
Land 'survey, public, 25
Lands, public, reckless speculation in. 16 Lane, Daniel C., 71
Lane, Henry S., 67, 68 Lange. Albert, 71
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Larrabee, William C., 73 LaSalle, 2, 33; death of. 5 Lash, Edmund S., 599 Lathrope, Harry, 659 Lee, Levi, 93 Leedy, Charles E., 425
Leesburg, beginning of, 93; as county seat, 116; census, 126; value of real estate, 127; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; lodges. 360, 359; incorporated. 359; newspapers, 360; churches, 360; banks. 360; in- dustries, 360
Leesburg Lodge No. 432, I. O. O. F., 360
Leesburg Public School (illustration), 154
Legislature, first for Indiana Terri- tory, 17
Lehman, Benjamin F., 389
Leininger, Elias, 449
Lemcke, Julius A., 72
Lentz, Albert M., 484
Leonard, C. Leroy, 674
Lessig, David H., 591
Levy, Leopold, 72
Lewellen, David, 515
Liberty Loan drives, 241, 243. 245. 247
Libraries, township, 156
Library, Syracuse, 325
Lieutenant-Governors, 69
Lilley, William H., 71 Line, James H., 69
Little Thunder, 25
Little Turkey Prairie, 342
Little Turtle, 18; speech of, 36
Live stock, 185
Lodges, Syracuse, 325; Milford, 348: Silver Lake, 354; Leesburg, 360
Logan, Andrew J., 573
Lones, Jerome H., 600
Lones, Jerome H., 637 Long, Elisha V., 138
Longenecker, Conrad D., 610 Longfellow, Homer, 644 Losier House, 121
Lowry, Robert R., 136
Loyal Order of Moose, Warsaw, 287 Lutherans, Syracuse, 322 I.ymmes, Daniel, 64 Tyon, Milford H., 241
Mabie. William A., 566
Maguire, Douglas, 71, 74 Main Street, Milford (illustration), 344 Makemson, Johnny, 336 Maloy, Milo, 489
Manson, Mahlon D., 69, 71 Manual training, 162
Maps: Northwest Territory of 1787, 10; Kosciusko County's Interurban system. 178; Winona Assembly and Summer School Association, 298 Marquette, Jacques. 2, 33; mission, 3 Marquette, the Peace Maker (illustra - tion), 1
Marshall, Thomas R., 68
Masons, Warsaw, 283; Milford. 348 Maston, William H., 690
Matthews, Claude. 68, 70
Matz. Jacoli W .. 657
Manzy, Howard L., 525 Mauzy, John W., 529
Mayhew, Royal, 72
McCarter. Elmer E., 587
McCarthy. Thomas P., 71
MeClintic. Eston E., 608
MeClintic. Martin V., 510
McClure. Daniel, 70
McClure, G. A., 467
McClure, Zadie V., 469
McConnell, Carl W., 252
McCoy, George W., 74
McDonald Island (illustration), 303
McDonald. Joseph E., 72
McGary, Wilbert F .. 584
McIntosh, William, 63
Mclaughlin, Jacob C., 643 McMillan, James W .. 212
McMurtrie, Uz, 72 McSherry, Fred A., 457 Meigs, Return J., 65
Menard, Pierre, 66
Menominee's eloquent defi, 46
Mentone, census, 125; total wealth, 127; value of real estate, 127; pres- ent, 351
Mentone Public School (illustration). 154 Menzie, Homer T., 661 Merchants, pioneer, 85 Meredith, Harvey, 406 Meredith. John C., 574
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Merkle, George, 617
Merrick, William E., 666
Merrill, Samuel, 71
Methodists, pay of early circuit preachers, 275; first camp meeting, 276; first and present Sabbath schools, 276; edifices, 276; Syra- cuse, 322; Pierceton, 339; Milford, 348; Clay township, 357; Claypool, 358; Leesburg, 360
Methodist Episcopal Conference, War- saw, 275
Methodist missionaries, 275
Metzger, Joseph S., 577
Meurin, Fatber, 34
Miamis, 29, 31; public executioners, 32; confederacy, 30; chiefs, 49
Michener, Louis T., 73
Mickey, H. G., 411
Milburn, Richard M., 73
Miles, George W., 326; death of, 330 Milford, platted, 93; census, 126; value
of real estate, 127; total wealth, 127; pioneers, 343; first things, 343; incorporated as Milford Junction, 343; water works and fire depart- ment, 344; electric light and power, 345; industries, 345; banks, 345; newspapers, 345; library, 345; schools, 346; churches, 348; lodges, 348
Milford Grain Milling Company, 344 Milford Junction, 343
Milford Lodge No. 478, I. O. O. F., 348
"Milford Mail, The", 345
Milford Public Library, 346
Milford Public School (illustration). 154
Mill (illustration), 88
Miller, Charles W., 73
Miller, Hiram D., 395
Miller, Hugh T., 70
Miller, Jacob B., 500
Miller, John F., 214
Miller, John H., 537
Mills, Caleb, 73
Mills, pioneer, 87; Monroe township, 380 Millwood, 376 Milroy, Robert H., 205
Missionaries, Jesuit, 33 Mitterling, John F., 432
Modern Woodmen of America, War- saw, 286 Modern Teaching in the Field (illus- tration), 196
Mo-no-quet, 49. 56; end and succex- sor, 51
Monoquet Reserve, 90
Monroe township, surveyed, 89; cen- sus, 126; farms value, 126; total wealth, 127; school statistics, 169; area, 380; pioneers, 380; mills, 380; organization, 380 Montel, John W., 556
Morris, Manford, 604
Morris, Morris, 71
Morrison, James, 70, 72
Morrison, John I., 72
Morrison, William A., 74
Mort, Jacob H., 443
Morton, Oliver P., 66, 69
Mo-ta, 49
Mota's Reserve, 90
Mount, James A., 68
Moyer, Henry A., 419
Murphy, James M., 538
Mus-quaw-buck, 49, 57
Musselman, Cyrus, 439 Myers, James H., 233 Myers, William R., 70
National census, 125 National politics, 118 Neher, George M., 634
Neff, Chloe D., 580 Neff, Grover C., 471
Neff, Jacob B., 580 Neff, John E., 70
Neff, Noble W., 470
New, Harry, 67
New, Robert A., 70
Newland, Elijah, 72
Newspapers, Warsaw, 289; Syracuse,
324; Pierceton, 341; Milford, 345; Leesburg, 360 New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rail- road, 176
Nickel Plate Railroad, 176 Niles, John B., 135 Nine Mile Lake, 49, 107, 319
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Noble, James, 66 Noble, Lazarus, 74 Noble, Noah, 68
Nofsinger, William R., 72 Norris, Delbert W., 490
North Webster, 367; bank, 367 "Northern Indianian", 290
Northern Indiana, Pottawatomies of, 44
Northern townships, first schools, in, 167
Northwest, French and British, 1; American, 11
Northwest Territory, organization of, 14; divided, 16; secretaries, 63; Judges of, 64; legislature, 65
Northwest Territory of 1787 (map), 10 Northwestern Indian League, 4 Noted Indian chiefs, 56 Nye, Mortimer, 69
Oakwood Park, 331 O'Brien, William H., 71
Old Covered Bridge of the "buggy" period (illustration), 184
Old Eight-sided Schoolhouse, Plain Township (illustration), 165
Old Indiana Mill (illustration), 88 Oldfather, Henry L., 431 Olds, Walter, 138
O'Neill, William P., 70
On the Shores of Grassy Creek (illus- trations), 365
On the Shores of the Lake, Winona Assembly (illustration), 310 One of Warsaw's Main Business Streets (illustration), 268
Ordinance of 1787, 35; Kosciuako, first county under, 15
Original Indiana counties, 17
Orr, William H., 659 Orth, Godlove S., 69 Ossem, Henry, 84
Oawego, as county seat candidate, 117; decline of, 361
Oswego Postoffice (illustration), 362 Owen, David D., 73
Owen, Richard, 74
Owen, William D., 70
Palestine, 349; rise and decline of, 350 Palestine Lake, 108
Palmer, Nathan B., 72
Parke, Benjamin, 64, 65
Parker, James W., 602
Parrish, Charles S., 230
Parsons, Samuel H., 64
Paulus, Jacob, 353 Paulus, Monroe, 400
Peashwa Tribe, No. 83, Improved Or- der of Red Men, 286
Peelle, William A., 70 Pennsylvania Railroad, 172
Pen-picture of Winona Assembly, 305
Peoples Bank of Leesburg, 360
Pepper, Abel C., Indian agent, 45
Perry, Oran, 74
Person, William S., 462
Personal and corporation property valuation, 127
Peterson, Andrew, 648
Peterson, David A., 649
Petit, John, 67
Petry, Charles H., 471
Pfleiderer, Abraham, 665
Phend, Harry R., 636
Physical features, 104
Pierceton, census, 126; total wealth,
127; value of real estate, 127; founded, 338; incorporated, 338; schools, 339; churches, 339; aocieties. 339; lodges, 340; banks, 341; news- papers, 341; industries, 341; of the present, 341
Pierceton Factory (illustration), 339 Pierceton High School (illustration).
154
Pierceton Lodge No. 377, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons, 340
Pierceton Lodge No. 257, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Pierceton, 340 Pierceton "Record", 341
Pike Lake, 108
Pioneer Cabin Completed (illustra- tion), 98
Pioneer Fireplace and Household Ar- ticles (illustration), 82
Pioneer Water Wheel (illustration), 88
Pioneer Woman (illustration), 254
Pioneer county officials, 111
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Pioneer farming machinery, 188 Pioneer marriages, 336
Pioneer merchants, 85 Pioneer mills, 87 Pioneer teacher, 258
Pioneer times, 187
Pioneers, of the prairies, 85; Turkey Creek township, 91; Syracuse, 319; Washington township, 334; Mil- ford, 343; Etna township, 355; Tip- pecanoe township, 365; Seward township, 369; Jackson township, 370; Prairie township, 372; Frank- lin township, 377; Monroe town- ship, 380
Pittenger, John A., 619
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, 172
Pivotal State (Indiana), 60
Plain township, surveyed, 90; pion- eers, 95; census, 126; farms, value, 126; total wealth, 127; school sta- tisties, 169; county seat. 359
Plymouth, 173
"Plymouth", 174 Political record of Indiana, 60
Polk, George W., 680
Polk, William, 679
Pontiac, 8, 31, 35 Pontius, George B., 631
Poor, Calvin A., 613
Pope, William J., 256 Population of state, by decades. 59; rural, 194 Porter, Albert G., 68
Portraits: William Henry Harrison, 16; Tecumseh, 21; Major General Anthony Wayne, 37; O. B. Kilmer, 250; Rev. Sol. C. Dickey, D. D., 302 Posey, Thomas, 18, 63, 74
Postoffice, Oswego (illustration), 362 Post Vincennes, 13 Pottawatomies, derivation of name, 31; of Northern Indiana, 44; first migration of, 45; migration of 1838. 47; last of leave in 1840, 48; chiefs and their villages, 50
Politics, 111
Prairie township, surveyed, 90; pion- eers, 91; census, 126; total wealth, 127; farms, valne, 126; school sta- Val. 11-21
tistics, 169; area, 372; pioneer>. 372
Pratt, Daniel D., 67 Preachers, first, 103 Presbyterian church, First, Warsaw. 278
Presbyterians, Warsaw, 278; Pierce- ton, 339; Clay township, 358
President Judges, 131; first, 131 Prince, William, 63
Probate Court Judges, 141
Progressive agriculture, 195
Prophet, The, 20, 42
Prophet's Town, founded, 19
Prophetic Conference, 312 Prosecuting attorneys, 145
Poultry and eggs, 193
Powell, John, 91
Public executioners, 32
Public Instruction, Superintendents of. 73 Public land survey, 25
Public lands, reckless speculation in. 16 Public School, Leesburg (illustration). 154
Public School, Mentone (illustrations), 154, 352
Public School, Milford (illustration). 154
Public School. Syracuse (illustration). 154 Public Utilities and Necessities, War- saw, 271
Putnam, Rufus, 64 Pythian Sisters, Warsaw, 286
Radcliff, E. M., 584
Railroad engines, first, 174
Railroad statistics, 179
Railroads, 172
Ralston, Samuel M., 68
Randolph, Thomas, 64
Ranney. Stephen, 74
Ray, James B., 67
Ready for the Iron Highway (illus- tration), 174 Ready to Leave for the Front, Span- ish-American War (illustration ) .
237 Real estate valuation. 127
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Reclaimed lands, 185 Red Cross, World War. 241
Red Cross work, 313 Reed, Hugh B., 217
Rural population, 194
Rural townships, scenes in, 373
Reed, James G., 69
Russ, George W., 74
Reed, William W., 491
Regenos, Charles M., 485
Regenos, Harley R., 505
Religious exercises at Indian Mis- sions, 33
Sabbath schools. first and present
Methodist. Warsaw, 276
Salmon, George B., 661
Sample, Sammel C., 114, 131
Sands. Amber D., 482
Reynolds, David, 74
Rice, James H., 71
Richer. Jacob D., 544
Richardson, Benjamin F., 578
Richardville, 18
Richcreek, Frank O., 532
Ricker, Orville, 252
Ringle, Amos, 652
Rippey, David, 97
Rippey family, 97
Rippey, Henry. 100
Ristine, Joseph, 71
Ritchison, John C., 477
Roach, William A., 71
Road building, 182
Roads, early, 171; by townships, 180: movement for good, 180
Robertson, Robert S., 69
Robbins, Irvin, 74
Robinson, R. R., 103
Robison, Sabin V., 426
Rookstool, Charles H., 502
Rose, Frank A., 233
Ross, Albert F., 444
Ross, Charles W., 433
Ross, Robert, 428
Rosseau, 84 Rosseau, John H., 210
Royal Neighbors of America, Warsaw, 288
Royse, Lemuel W., 140, 686
Ruckle, Nicholas R., 74
Rugg, Samuel L., 73 Runyan, .John A., 221
Runyan, John N., 122, 223
Runyan, Peter L., 290
Runyan, Peter L. Sr., 120
Ruple, Allen, 534
Rural consolidated schools, 166, 170
Rural schools, betterment of, 161
Reed, James A., 438
Ryan, James B., 72
Ryerson Cemetery, 337
Religious services, first, 103
Restful Scenes on Winona Lake (illus- trations), 307
Narber. Albert, 450
Sarber. Amelia A., 451
Sarber, Edson B., 519
Sarher. Martha, 415
Sarber, Thomas B., 415
Sarber's sketch of school system. 164
Sargent, Winthrop, 63
Scenes in the Rural Townships (illus- trations), 373 Scholz, Frederick J., 72
Schoolhouse, Old Eight-sided, Plain Townsbip (illustration). 165
Schools, carly. 100; Superintendent of. 155; text books uniform, 159: State superintendents of public instruc- tion, 160; rural. 161; teachers, 162: teaching of agriculture, manual training, home economics, 162; pres- ent educational system, 163: sub- scription, 165: rural consolidated. 166, 170; first schoolhouse in coun- ty. 167: first in Northern townships. 167; High schools, 167; statistics. 169: number of. 169; enrollment. 169: teachers, 169; value of prop- erty. 169; Warsaw. 258, 259. 265: Winona Lake, 314: Syracuse, 322: Washington township, 335; Pierce- ton. 339: Milford, 346; Silver Lake. 354: Claypool, 358: Jefferson town- ship, 376; Franklin township, 378 School system, Sarher's sketch of, 164 Scott. Joseph, 571
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