Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time, Part 58

Author: Cottman, George S. (George Streiby), 1857-1941; Hyman, Max R. (Max Robinson), 1859-1927
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Indianapolis : M. R. Hyman
Number of Pages: 542


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The territory comprising Whitley county was at one time dotted with villages of the Miami In- dians, the most important of which was Turtle Village, located on the banks of Eel river in Union township. This was the home of Little Turtle, one of the greatest of the Miami chiefs. He is known as having been the first of the In- dians to discard the practise of the Medicine Man and adopt vaccination for the prevention of smallpox among his people. His village was destroyed by a detail from General Harrison's army in the year 1812. Coesse, a nephew of Little Turtle, was another famous Indian chief who lived in this county. The village of Coesse is named for him. Kilsoquah, the granddaughter of Little Turtle, was one of the most interesting figures in the Indian history of the State. She died recently, at the town of Roanoke, at the age of 105 years. Some of the richest lands of the county were granted by treaty to the Indians, several hundred acres being comprised in the Beaver, Secks Village and Chapine Reservations in Columbia and Union townships and the Rac- coon Reservations in the southeast corner of Jef- ferson township .- Phil C. McNagny.


Townships, Cities and Towns .- There are ten townships in Whitley county : Cleveland, Co- lumbia, Ftna, Jefferson, Richland, Smith, Thorn- creek, Troy, Union and Washington. The incor-


porated cities and towns are Columbia City, Churubusco and South Whitley. Columbia City is the county seat.


Population of Whitley county in 1890 was 17,768; in 1900 was 17,328, and according to U. S. Census in 1910 was 16,892, of which 298 were of white foreign birth. There were 4,306 families in the county and 4,242 dwellings.


Taxable Property and Polls .- According to the annual report of the Auditor of State from the abstract of the tax duplicate for 1913, the total value of lands and lots in Whitley county was $6,645,205 ; value of improvements was $2,- 422,222, and the total net value of taxables was $14,869,000. The county had 2,835 polls.


Improved Roads .- There were fifteen miles of improved roads in Whitley county, built and under jurisdiction of the county commissioners, January 1, 1915. Amount of gravel road bonds outstanding, $179,947.50.


Railroads-Steam and Electric .- There are 58.70 miles of steam railroad operated in Whit- ley county by the New York, Chicago & St. Louis ; Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne & Chicago, and the Butler branch of the Vandalia railroad. The Ft. Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Co. operates .66 miles of electric line in the county.


Educational .- According to the report of Alvin R. Fleck, county superintendent of Whit- ley county, there were seventy-three school houses, including nine high schools, in Whitley county in 1914, employing 130 teachers. The average daily attendance by pupils was 3,173.6. The aggregate amount paid in salaries to superin- tendents, supervisors, principals and teachers was $68,299.14. The estimated value of school prop- erty in the county was $307,850, and the total in- debtedness, including bonds, was $43,300.


Agriculture .- There were in Whitley county in 1910 over 2,100 farms, embraced in 202,000 acres. Average acres per farm, ninety-four acres. The value of all farm property was over $18,000,000, showing 98.5 per cent. increase over 1900. The average value of land per acre was $61.97. The total value of domestic animals was over $1,790,000 : Number of cattle 16,000, valued at $463,000; horses 8,100, valued at $956,000; hogs 37,000, valued at $250,000; sheep 21,000, valued at $93,000. The total value of poultry was $95,000.


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CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA


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Population of Incorporated Cities and Towns in Indiana, U. S. Census 1910.


CITY OR TOWN.


County.


1910


1900


CITY OR TOWN.


County.


1910


1900


Cedar Grove town.


Franklin


185


Center Point town.


Clay ..


414


600


Aetna town


Lake ..


161


241


Centerville town.


Wayne.


1,019


785


Alamo town


Delaware.


1,289


2,116


Chalmers town ..


White.


513


462


Albany town.


Noble.


1,213


1,324


Charlestown town


Clark


864


915


Chesterfield town


Madison


285


Alexandria city


Madison


5,096


7,221


Chesterton town


Porter.


1,400


788


Altona town.


Dekalb.


349


Chrisney town ..


Spencer.


524


513


Ambla town


Benton.


Miami


521


402


Cleero town.


Hamilton.


990


1,603


Clarkshill town


Tippecanoe.


463


539


Andrews town


Huntington


957


746


Clarksville town


Clark


2,743


2,370


Clay City town.


Clay


Kosciusko


408


399


Arcadia town


Hamilton.


990


1,413


Argos town.


Marshall


1,088


1,307


Claysburg town


Clark


380


116


Clayton town.


Hendricks.


497


Clermont town,


Marion


205


Atlanta town


Hamilton.


876


1,000


Clifford town.


Bartholomew


210


233


Attica city.


Fountain


8,335


3,005


Clinton city


Vermilion


6, 229


2, 918


Auburn city.


Dekalb


3,919


3,396


Aurora city.


Dearborn


4,410


3,645


Avlila town.


Noble


579


658


Bainbridge town


Putnam.


449


431


Batesville city.


RIpley


2,151


1,384


Columbia city ..


Whitley


3, 448


2,975


Battle Ground town


Tippecanoe.


443


150


Columbus city.


Bartholomew


8,813


8,130


Bedford city


Lawrence


8,716


6,115


Beech Grove town.


Marion.


568


Berne town.


Adams.


1,316


1,037


Corydon town.


Harrison


1,703


1,610


Birdseye town ..


Dubois.


439


476


Covington city


Fountain.


2,069


2,213


Bloomfield town.


Greene.


2,069


1,588


Bloomingdale town


Parke


528


505


Crawfordsville city


Montgomery


9,371


6,649


Bloomington clty.


Monroe.


8,838


6,460


Bluffton city ..


Wells


4,987


4,479


Crothersville town


Jackson


1,038


765


Boonville city.


Warrick


3,934


2,849


Crown Point town.


Lake.


2,526


2,336


Boston town.


Wayne.


122


134


Boswell town.


Benton


814


824


Cynthiana town


Posey.


610


502


Bourbon town.


Marshall.


1,163


1,187


Bowling Green town.


Clay.


336


432


Dana town.


Vermilion


748


893


Brazil city.


Clay. ...


9,340


7,786


Danville town


Hendricks.


1,640


1,802


Bremen town


Marshall.


2,008


1,671


Bristol town.


Elkhart


535


546


Broadripple town


Marion.


770


487


Bronson town ( Losantville P. O.)


Randolph


300


177


Diamond town


Parke.


1,070


Brook town


Newton


1,067


677


Dillsboro town.


Dearborn


425


465


Brooklyn town


Morgan


572


Brooksburg town


Jefferson.


150


149


Dugger town.


Sullivan.


1,226


Brookston town.


White.


907


949


Brookville town


Franklin


2,169


2,037


Brownsburg town.


Hendricks.


876


676


Dunreith town.


Henry.


181 545


205


Brownstown town


Jackson


1,492


1,685


Dyer town


Lake.


Bryant town.


Jay.


469


384


Earl Park town


Benton


563


Bunker Illil town.


Miami


668


568


Burnettsville town


White.


489


497


East Connersville town.


Fayette


706


Butler town.


Dekalb.


1,818


2,063


East Gary town.


Lake.


484


Cadiz town


Henry


209


253


East Germantown town


Wayne.


302


305


Cambridge City town


Wayne.


2,237


1,754


Camden town.


Carroll.


557


Edinburg town.


Johnson.


1,428 2,040


1,820


Campbellsburg town.


Washington


666


672


Elberfeld town


Warrick.


438


Cannelburg town


Davicss.


300


280


Cannelton elty


l'erry


2,130


2,188


Elizabethtown town,


Bartholomew


350


407


Carbon town


Clay


493


951


Carli le town.


Bulliva


850


699


Ellettsville town


Monroe.


676


708


Carti dạn the


Rush


873


1,028


('is leton low'


Marlon.


194


199


English town.


Crawford.


11,028 583 431


649


Cayuga to


Vermillon ..


911


832


Etna Green town


Kosciusko


961


908


Hamilton


626


498


Elnora town.


Daviess.


Madison.


19, 282


15,184


Elkhart city


Elkhart


704


698


Dublin town.


Wayne.


Blackford


3,031


3, 187


Dunkirk city


Jay.


4,471


4,142


Delphi city.


Carroll


2,161


2,135


Converse town.


Mlaml


1,164


Corunna town.


Dekalb


318


Bleknell town ..


Knox.


2,794


...


Crandall town.


Harrison.


133


137


Cromwell town


Noble


520


Culver town.


Marshall.


810


505


Dale town.


Spencer


583


624


Angola city.


Steuben.


2,610


2,141


1,213


1,503


Ashley town.


Steuben


639


1,040


Cloverdale town


Putnam


624


445


Coatesville town


Hendricks.


Colfax town.


Clinton.


472 801


767


College Park town.


Huntington.


103


Connersville city


Fayette.


7,738


6, 836 1,415


Alton town ..


Crawford.


161


238


Churubusco town.


Whitley


870


884


Amboy town ..


Madison.


22,476


20,178


Anderson city.


Boone.


416


Advance town.


Montgomery


209


Albion town


¿Dekalb


359


438


Elizabeth town ..


Harrison


238


271


East Chicago clty.


Lake.


609 19,098


Eaton town.


Delaware


1,567


Darlington town.


Montgomery


780


727


Decatur city


Adams


3,411


556


Elwood city


12,950


420


Claypool town.


455


CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA


CITY OR TOWN.


County.


1910


1900


CITY OR TOWN.


County.


1910


1900


Lagro town


Wabash.


463


450


Lakevlile town ..


St. Joseph


227


Lanesville town


Harrison.


290


324


Lapel town.


Madison.


1,045


869


Laporte city


Laporte.


10,525


7,113


Laurel town


Franklin.


503


600


Lawrenceburg city


Dearborn


3,930


4,326


Forest Hill town


Decatur.


111


152


Fort Branch town


Gibson


1,182


849


Leesburg town


Kosciusko


401


390


Lewisville town


Henry.


446


404


Liberty town.


Unton ..


1,338


1,449


Fountain City town.


Wayne.


448


455


Fowler town


Benton


1,491


1,429


Fowlerton town


Grant


293


Linton clty


Greene


5,906


3,071


Little York town.


Washington.


195


224


Livonla town.


Washington.


197


200


Frankfort city.


Clinton.


8,634


7,100


Franklin city.


Johnson ..


4,502


4,005


Frankton town.


Madison


936


1,464


Fredericksburg town.


Washington.


271


281


Fremont town


Steuben


694


709


French Lick town.


Orange ..


1,803


260


Fulton town.


Fulton


296


Galveston town.


Cass


658


Macy town


Miami


320


314


Madison city


Jefferson


6,934


7,835


Gary city ..


Lake.


16,802


Marengo town


Crawford.


686


700


Gas city.


Grant.


3,224


3, 622


Gaston town


Delaware.


638


Adams


1,140


1,076


Gentryville town.


Spencer


383


464


Georgetown town


Floyd.


331


350


Martinsville city


Morgan


4,529


4,038


Matthews town.


Grant.


688


Mauckport town


Harrison


279


290


Goodland town


Newton.


1,105


1,205


Medaryville town


Pulaski.


710


Goshen city.


Elkhart.


8,514


7,810


Mellott town


Fountain.


372


Mentone town


Kosciusko


728


757


Grandview town.


Spencer.


735


822


Merom town ...


Sullivan


521


478


Greencastle city ..


Putnam


3,790


3, 661


Michigan City


Laporte


19,027


14,850


Greendale town


Dearborn.


69'


473


Michigantown town


Clinton


395


417


Middlebury town


Elkhart.


600


572


Middletown town.


Henry.


1,174


1,801


Milan town.


Ripley


557


422


Greentown town


Heward.


1,166


1,287


Milford town


Decatur.


169


211


Greenville town ...


Floyd


227


309


MIIford town Miller town.


Lake.


638


Millersburg town


Elkhart.


428


481


Mllihousen town


Decatur.


211


265


Hagerstown town


Wayne


936


862


Milltown town


Crawford


586


......


Milton town.


Wayne ..


601


682


Mishawaka city


St. Joseph


11,886


5,560


Mitchell city.


Lawrence


3,438


1,772


Hardinsburg town


Washington


254


210


Hartford City


Blackford.


6,187


5,912


Monon town.


White ..


1,184


1,100


Hartsville town


Bartholomew.


358


439


Gibson


648


758


Monroe City town


Knox


630


658


Hebron town ..


Porter.


821


794


Monroeville town


Allen.


910


690


Highland town


Lake.


304


Monterey town.


Pulaski.


200


261


Hillsboro town.


Fountain


528


500


Montezuma town.


Parke


1,537


1,172


Hobart town


Lake.


1,753


1,390


Montgomery town


Daviess


511


616


Hope town.


Bartholomew


1,223


1,088


Monticello city.


White.


2,168


2,107


Hudson town


Steuben.


390


558


Huntingburg city


Dubois


2,464


2,527


Huntington city.


Huntington


10,272


9,491


Mooreland town


Henry.


4.55


309


Huron town


Lawrence.


197


Moores Hill town.


Dearborn


424


338


Hymera town.


Sullivan


1,515


..


Indianapolis city


Marlon.


233,650


169,164


Ingalls town.


Madison


322


542


Morocco town ..


Newton


927


920


Jamestown town


Boone.


690


640


Morristown town.


Shelby


622


56.5


Jasonville town


Greene.


3,295


Mount Auburn town


Wayde.


167


163


Mount Ayr town


Newton


231


Jeffersonville city


Clark


10,412


10,774


Mount Carmel town


Franklin


142


153


Mount Etna town.


Huntington


148


175


Jonesboro town


Grant


1,573


1,838


Jonesville town


Bartholomew


213


26S


Judson town


Parke


141


186


Mount Vernon city.


Delaware


24,005


20,942


Kempton town.


Tipton


Noble.


4,981


3,354


Kennard town


Henry


449


417


Kentland town


Newton.


1,209


1,006


Kewanna town


Fulton


72S


646


Keystone town


Wells.


242


250


Kingman town


Fountain


535


Kirklin town


Clinton


699


624


New Chicago town.


Knightstown town.


Henry


2,008


1,942


Knightsville town


Clay.


1,081


1,171


Knox town


Starke.


1,644


1,466


Howard


17,010


10,609


Kokomo city


La Fontaine town


Wabash.


683


82


135


Laconia town.


Harrison.


1,148


1,176


New Providence town ( Borden P.O.1.


Clark.


Montgomery


464


357


Lagrange town


Lagrange.


1,772


1,703


. New Richmond town


Allen . .


1.035


900


New Market town.


Montgomery


Harrison


145


167


New Middletown town


New l'alestine town


Hancock


450


444


New Pekin town.


Washington.


246


350


Ladoga town Lafayette city


Tippecanoe


20,081


18 118


Fairmount town ...


Grant.


2,506


3,205


Fairview Park town


Vermilion.


630


Farmersburg town


Sullivan.


1,115


625


Farmland town.


Randolph.


907


870


Ferdinand town.


Dubois.


827


Fishers Station town


Hamilton


188


Flora town ..


Carroll:


1,386


1,209


Leavenworth town


Crawford


690


655


Lebanon clty.


Boone.


5,474


4,465


Fort Wayne city


Allen


63,933


45,115


Fortville town ...


Hancock


1,174


1,006


Ligonier city


Noble


2,173


2,231


Linden town


Montgomery


556


572


Francesville town


Pulaski


729


596


Francisco town


Gibson.


40


Lizton town


Hendricks.


22-4


Logansport city


Cass


19,050


16,204


Loogootee city.


Martin


2,154


1,382


Lowell town


Lake


1,235


1,275


Lynn town ..


Randolph


917


705


Lynnville town


Warrick


297


Lyons town.


Greene


993


Garrett city


Dekalb


4,149


3,910


Marion city ..


Grant.


19,359


17,337


Markle town


Wells.


820


729


Marshall town


Parke.


334


Gosport town.


O wen


776


726


Greenfield city


Hancock


4,448


4,489


Greensboro town.


Henry ..


250


284


Greensburg city.


Decatur.


5,420


5,034


Greenwood town.


Johnson


1,608


1,503


Griffin town.


Posey


275


Griffith town ..


Lake.


523


579


432


Hammond city.


Lake ...


20,925


12,376


Hanover town.


Jefferson


356


377


Modoc town.


Randolph.


261


221


Monroe town.


Adams.


334


Mooresville town.


Morgan


1,608


974


Morgantown town


Morgan.


667


Jasper town ..


Dubois.


2,196


1,863


Mount Summit town


Henry


193


5.132


Muncie clty


Munster town.


Lake.


543


2.205


Nappanee town.


Brown


3.54


393


New Albany city


Floyd.


20.629


20,628


New Amsterdam town


Harrison


13


59℃


New Carlisle town.


St. Joseph.


612


New Castle city


Henry.


9.446


3.400


Lake,


105


1,341


New Harmony town


l'osey


1.229


New Haven town.


Posey


5.563


600


Kendallville city.


Elkhart


2,260


3, 405


Montpelier clty.


Blackford


2,786


113


Moorefield town ..


Switzerland.


814


905


Hamlet town.


Starke


266


Glenwood town


Fayette


Rush.


Geneva town.


Vanderburg.


69,647


59,007


Evansville city.


..


Montgomery


Nashville town.


3.14


Hazelton town


Huntington


Kosciusko.


CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA


CITY OR TOWN.


County.


1910


1900


CITY OR TOWN.


County.


1910


190


Shelburn town.


Sullivan.


2,055


Shelbyville city


Shelby


9,500


Newberry town


Warrick.


1,097


1,371


Newburg town.


Decatur.


341


451


Newpoint town.


Vermilion.


732


610


Newport town


Shirley City town


Allen ..


375


Shoals town.


Martin


1,015


Silver Grove town


Floyd.


783


North Judson town.


Silver Lake town.


Kosciusko


493


South Bend city


St. Joseph.


53,684


35,9


North Manchester town


Wabash


2,428


2,398


South Peru town ..


Miami.


866


4


North Salem town


Jennings.


2,915


2,823


North Vernon city.


Gibson


2,370


1,991


Oaktown town


Knox


608


..


Spiceland town.


Henry.


622


Odon town


Daviess.


1,064


923


Spring Grove town


Wayne ..


122


State Line city.


Warren.


194


Oolitic town


Lawrence


1,079


Staunton town.


Clay.


746


Orestes town


Orange.


1,367


1,236


Orleans town


Ripley


1,169


1,035


Sullivan city.


Sullivan


4,115


Sulphur Springs town


Henry


209


Otterbein town


Benton.


652


Summitville town.


Madison


1,387


Owensville town


Gibson.


1,237


1,019


Oxford town.


Benton.


1,010


949


Palmyra town.


Paoli town


Orange.


1,278


1,186


Paragon town.


Morgan


409


413


Parker Clty town


Randolph.


800


909


Patoka town.


Gibson.


657


710


Patrlot town


Switzerland


340


408


Tipton city


Tipton.


4,075


3,7


Pendleton town.


Madison


1,293


1,512


Pennville town


Jay.


800


773


Peru city.


Mlaml


10,910


8,463


Petersburg town


Pike


2,170


1,751


Pierceton town


Kosciusko


817


886


Pine Village town


Warren.


352


279


Pittsboro town ..


Hendricks


408


Van Buren town


Grant.


1,189


Plainfield town


Hendricks.


1,303


Plymouth city


Marshall.


3,838


3,656


Poneto town


Wells


308


332


Port Fulton town


Clark


1,060


1,101


Porter town ..


Porter


524


Vevay city


Switzerland.


1,256


Portland city


Jay.


5,130


4,798


Poseyville town


Posey


780


628


Princeton city.


Gibson


6,448


6,041


Redkey town


Jay


1,714


2,206


Remington town,


Jasper.


982


1,120


Rensselaer city


Jasper.


2,393


2,255


Reynolds town


White.


377


393


Richmond city.


Wayne.


22,324


18,226


Warsaw city.


Kosciusko


4,430


Ridgeview town


Miami


440


Washington city


Daviess.


7,854


Ridgeville town.


Randolph.


1,302


1,098


Waterloo town


Dekalb.


1,167


Rising Sun city.


Ohio.


1,513


1,548


River Park town


St. Joseph.


1,505


Waynetown town.


Montgomery


Riverside town


Delaware.


863


West Baden town.


Orange.


746


Roachdale town


Putnam.


849


942


Roann town ..


Wabash


447


631


Roanoke town.


Huntington


699


536


West Lafayette town


Tippecanoe


3,867


Rochester elty


Fulton


3,364


3, 421


West Lebanon town


Warren


642


Rockport city ..


Spencer


2,736


2,882


Rockville city


Parke


1,943


2,045


Rosedale town.


Parke.


1,166


865


Westport town.


Decatur.


675


Rossville town.


Clinton.


677


598


Royal Center town.


Cass.


909


657


Wheatfield town


Jasper.


Rushville elty


Rush


4,925


4,541


Whiteland town.


Johnson.


343


Russellville town.


Putnam.


443


298


St. Joe town.


Dekalb


391


483


St. Leon town.


Dearborn


261


369


8t. Melnrad town.


Spencer.


538


525


Winamac town


Pulaski.


Salamnonla town ..


Jay.


169


168


Winchester city


Randolph.


Salem town


Washington


2,283


1,995


Windfall city.


Tipton


899


Saltillo town ..


Washington


162


207


Bandborn town


Knox.


445


Winslow town


Pike ..


932


Saratoga town.


Randolph.


410


Wolcott town


White.


873


Scottsburg town


Scott


1,669


1,274


Seelyville town.


Vigo.


1,188


Clark.


676


761


Woodruff town


Marion.


Greene.


Boone ..


833 1,732 840


47


Selma town


Delaware


350


Jackson


6.305


6.445


-


New Ross town


Greene.


455


Sheridan town.


Hamilton.


1,768


7,1 1,7


Shirley town.


Henry


Noblesville city


Hamilton


5,073


4,792


Delaware


1,122


868


Normal City town


Starke.


681


504


North Liberty town ..


St. Joseph


Hendricks


569


599


South Whitley town


Whitley. 1,176


Southport town


Marion.


352


Oakland City town.


Spencer city.


Owen.


2,150


2 2,0


5 1


Oldenburg town


Franklin


956


957


1


6 2


1 3,1


Ossian town


Wells.


661


529


2


Sunman town.


Ripley


353


Swayzee town.


Grant


836


Syracuse town


Kosciusko


1,379


9


Tell City


Perry


3,369


Tennyson town.


Warrick


371


Terre Haute clty.


Vigo


58,157 1,508


36.6; 1,5


Troy town.


Perry.


510


5


Union City 1


Randolph.


3,209


2,7


Uniondale town.


Wells.


University Heights town


Marion.


189 102 1,080


.. 1,2 6,2 9 1,6 1 5.


5 1,50 10,2 8,6: 9


1,01


Wallace town.


Fountain


Walton town ..


Cass.


579


4


Warren town.


Huntington


1,189


1,5: 3,95


8,55 1,24


Waveland town.


Montgomery


676 734


6 7


West College Corner town


Union.


432


West Harrison town 2


Dearborn


281


3 3 2,30 68 65


6 6 4 3


3


112 6,587 1,243 1,607 4,266


15 3,98 1,24 1,68


3,70


95 45 53


8


(Lagrange.


Noble ..


627


6


Sellersburg town


Seymour city


1,44 7


Worthington town Zionsville town


Hamilton.


700


Westville town.


Laporte.


503 357


Whitewater town


Wayne.


Whiting city.


Lake.


Williamsport city.


Warren.


Wingate town


Montgomery


446


West Terre Haute town.


Vigo


3,083


Versailles town


Ripley


486


Vincennes city


Knox


Wabash city.


Wabash.


Elkhart.


14,895 8,687 859


Walkerton town


St. Joseph.


1,003 116


Valparaiso city.


Porter


6,987


Veedersburg city.


Fountain


Vera Cruz town.


Wells.


1,757 133 453


Vernon town.


Jennings


Upland town.


Grant


497


Straughn town


Henry


234


Osgood town


Madison


420


778


Stinesville town,


Monroe


1,4 3 1,1'


2,6 3


Thorntown town.


Boone.


Harrison


252


284


Montgomery


296


Hancock


1,519


1,143


944


1,1


Wolcottville town.


Westfield town


Wakarusa town


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ADDENDA


The First Monopoly .- The first French set- tlement in the Province of Louisiana was made at Biloxi, on the shores of Lake Borgne, by D'Ibberville and Bienville in 1699. After the war between England and France in 1702, the colony was neglected until September 14, 1712, when Louis XIV, king of France, granted letters patent to Crozat, an officer of his household, giving him a virtual monopoly of trade through- out "all the lands possessed by us and bounded by New Mexico and by the lands of the English of Carolina, . the river of St. Louis, heretofore called the Mississippi, from the edge of the sea as far as the Illinois, together with the river St. Philip, heretofore called Missouri, and of St. Jerome, heretofore called Ouabache ; with all the countries, territories, lakes within land, and rivers which fall directly or indirectly into that part of the river St. Louis.


After the death of Louis XIV, Crozat sur- rendered his charter and the Province of Louisi- ana was granted a monopoly to what was called the Mississippi Company, which ceded to it for- ever "all the lands, coasts, havens, islands which formed the Province of Louisiana." Early in 1719, after extended activities had been begun in the Province of Louisiana, and having re- ceived enlarged privileges from the crown, the name of the company was changed to the Com- pany of the Indies. In 1721, the country was divided into nine districts, which were called New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, Alabama, Natchez, Yazoo, Natchitoches. Arkansas and Illinois. The district of Illinois included the territory now lying within the borders of the State of Indi- ana .- (See Matthæ Seutteri's Map of 1720, page 11.)


Religious Intolerance : Expulsion of Jews .- That the activities of the Company of the Indies in the extension of trade throughout the Province of Louisiana attracted Portuguese, Spanish and French Jewish traders, numbers of whom must have undoubtedly come at an earlier period, and whose presence was undesirable, is apparent from the edict of Louis XV. In March, 1724. the king of France published an ordinance which was designed to serve "as a regulation for the


government and administration of justice . . . in the Province of Louisiana." The first article of the ordinance reads as follows :


"The edict of the late King Louis XIII, of glorious memory, dated the 23rd of April, 1615, shall be in force in our Province of Louisiana ; in the execution of which, we enjoin the directors general of said company, to remove from said country all the Jews who have taken up their abode there."


Prior to this, in the Charter granted by James I of England to the Colony of Virginia, May 23, 1609, an order was made to prevent the settlement of Catholics in the Colony of Vir- ginia : from which colony, in 1642, all catholic priests were ordered to depart in five days. +


The Indiana Historical Commission .- The Legislature of 1915 passed an act creating an Indiana Historical Commission, whose function should be twofold. Its permanent function is to edit and publish documentary and other ma- terials on the history of the State of Indiana- in short, to conserve the historic interests of the State. Its more immediate purpose is to prepare and execute plans for a historical and educa- tional celebration of the Centennial of Indiana.


The membership of the Commission is in part ex-officio, but for the most part appointive by the Governor. The members are: Governor Samuel M. Ralston, president : Frank B. Wynn, Indianapolis, vice-president : Harlow Lindley, Richmond, secretary ; James A. Woodburn, Bloomington ; Charles W. Moores, Indianap- olis : Samuel M. Foster, Fort Wayne : Charity Dye, Indianapolis; John Cavanaugh, Notre Dame ; Lew M. O'Bannon, Corydon.


The State Institutions .- There are nineteen State charitable and correctional institutions. Five of these institutions are devoted to the treatment of the insane, one each to the educa- tion of the deaf and blind, one each to the care and training of the feeble-minded and the epilep- tic, one to the treatment of pulmonary tubercu- losis, five to the detention and reformation of delinquents : there is one home for soldiers' and sailors' orphans, and one general hospital.


All these institutions are maintained by appro-


* Dillon, pp. 24, 25.


¡ Dillon, pp. 31, 32.


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priations from the State's general fund, made bi- ennially by the Legislature. The one exception to this rule is the State Soldiers' Home, which receives a statutory monthly allowance of $16 for each member, officer and employe in the home. The State is subsequently reimbursed by the Federal government at the rate of $100 per annum for each soldier. The State also receives from the various counties one-half the mainte- nance cost of the Indiana Boys' School and the Girls' School, and the total expense for clothing indigent patients in the hospitals for insane and Village for Epileptics. In making appropria- tions, the Legislature is guided by a committee of three of its members-one from the Senate and two from the House-appointed by the Gov- ernor within ten days after the November gen- eral election. This "Legislative Investigating Committee" inquires into the needs of the in- stitutions, boards and officers maintained by the State, and makes recommendations to the Gen- eral Assembly. The State makes no subsidies to private institutions.


The law requires that these institutions shall be conducted on a thorough non-partisan basis. Each is managed by a board of trustees, ap- pointed by the Governor. Not more than two members of a board may be of the same political party. Only honorably discharged soldiers or sailors of the civil war may serve as trustees of the Soldiers' Home and the Soldiers' and Sail- ors' Orphans' Home : none but women may be appointed on the boards of the Woman's Prison and the Indiana Girls' School; one member of the School for Feeble-Minded Youth board and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home board may be a woman. These trustees receive an an- nual compensation of $300 each and reasonable expenses, not to exceed $125 a year, each. Each board appoints the superintendent of its partic- ular institution, and the superintendent in turn appoints and discharges all officers and employes. Such appointments must be made on the basis of fitness and regardless of political or religious affiliation. The trustees are forbidden to "so- licit or request or in any way interfere with the appointment of discharge of any officer or em- good " capable assessments are forbidden.




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