Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 118

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Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
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In an early dny, The country irns, to some degree, infesteil with horse- Thieres, who, himverer, sermed to use the country more on account of ils remoleness Ilian for any other reason. There is reason lo belieir, ulso, that counterfrilers nere hol unfamiliar with the sparsely sellled region, and carried on their operlions. Bul more generally bolli Birve dangerous clusses nperaled farther north, noil al a line in which There were scureely any sellled while iplnbilanis in the country.

MuDy of Ibe celllers enme from Obio, and next to these come untives of The carlier scliled eunulies of ludiann. Among The inhabitants are alen n considerable number nf l'ensylronians, oulives of Ilir Southern Stoles, some feir from New York and New England, aml also n number of nalives of Great Briluin. lu later years there has been a noticeable influx of Germans, irlio, by their well- knuirn halls of industry ail Thrift, haro braught sono of The musl unpromising parla nf tho cenniy, as it iras originally, under splendid culliralion.

POLITICAL HISTORY.

Pulaski County iros nomeil afterl'uuni Pulaski, a Polish nellemou anıl a brave sohlier, who louk parl in The American struggle for indeja'ndenee, nnd gno up his life in The allack upon Sarapanh, Ga., in 1779. The nel finasrd Ty The General Assembly, mulherizing The organization of The county, uns op. praved February 16, 1839. Nulil the formation of the new county, n portion of it had been attached In Cass County, for civil and judicial purposes, and The reminder had formed a pourl of other counties. The ndunnistration of lucal lois and the county business al Thal litoe, however, requireil hul lillle work, a" There were i ery few people nilhin the neir rounly, for whose bene- fil the services of county officials ivere required.

The county irny organizeil muider the direction of George I' Terry, ap- puntileil Sheriff by Geretuor Wallace for thot purpose in 18 EL. At the firel election, held in Mor of the same year, Peler Deliloss, John A Doris uml Jeser Capquirk were elected Commissioners ; Jolin Penrsen, Plerk ; and John A limas, Andilor and trewriter. M the regular elections in the month of August following, Harid Klinger was elected Sheriff, aud Andrew Kers and Klijuh F. Ofiter, Associate Indges. The final Township election trus held June 16, 1830.

Tho Commissioners emponereit la lecale Tho seel of justice mel ou lho Ilh of May. 1839, al The buuso of John Pearson, and after considering the irions propositions minte, neerjdeil the offer of John Perron, Willum l'olk, Jesse Jocksou, Jobu Bronn, Jalis B Niles, and ethers, and localeil The same nl Winamac, un The Tippecanoe Riter, which lown had been mid oul by the nhore named proprietors lil n short time before. The name is derived from Winnmac, n noled Chief of The l'ollownltomies, uho linil his bome al this place. His trifo irus n while woman, capdured and taken from her home in curly life, but il sectns Thal who never cared to reluru lo her while kin. red, even after the opperimunity uns given ber lo do so The lawu uns afternued munde the sent of n government Jond office, la which sellers rowe from ne grent n dieluneo us the urslern limits of Honoril County- fuel o hich pare the pouco no sunll degree of importance nbile The nrrange- ment couliuuel.

In The spring of 1811, tho frel Term of The Circhil Conrl erer conveneil in The connly uns hell ul Winumas. The Presiding Andgr iros The lon. benno Naylar; his Asspriuliy nern Amiren Keys oad Elijnh F Oliver. Of The members of The firel Hiroyd Jury, chosen nl this term of court, Il thrco shriined in Iofů, riz. : John Hurenport, Moses 1. Bushburu oml Willioni Fisher; all Three, in the p rar mineil, were still residents in The county und living in the same Inoueslemle oreupiel hy them thirty . fre years before.

Among the allarumos odunlled lo practice ut the first term of court irere 1'. 3 Thomjom, I. A. Hunuegan und S. C. Wilson, There irns bul one ense on The dockel, to thul the session ins necessarily hrief.

The canuly has n sulainntil court house oud jnil, niticieul fif nif ordi- HOT) purposes for years lo cualr. The county ntlirerx for 1876 irere os follons: Amdfilor, C. It. Martinon ; Herk, 1' 1 Foley, Recorder, & Brucker; Treasurer, J. S. Thompson, Sheriff, Robert Verlur; Unminer. 11. Thompson ; Surveyor, H W. Byers ; Comerissinners, D. Inbibell, 1 .. N Hallell aml F. G. Chinybell.

A ilistrict ugrinulinrul society is in successful operuliou in the county, nud nnAnul furs hair been hehl at Fmveisrille, in the ireslern parl of The county. In Thego exhibitions yel inily the citizens aml formnere of I'nluski County Isko parl, Iod mlen Thoss trailing in Jasper ond While Counties. I'l' organizn- linn, n hich is known by the Title of The Prairie Farmerd' Agrit nlInral Soeicly, lins n fine fair ground and roco Track near Fraucisrille The Pulaski Conniy Agricultural Society, unother association, distinct from the nbore, has its fair groupla, wlinh are lurge mol commodious, hear the ronuly seul

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The county sent, is localial in the eastern hinlf uf the couuly, hint near The nudelle of it from north lo south The lonn is on the nest bank of The Tippecanoe ftiver, ohich bere munkes an abrund bend, curring in from the erst. The location is a hue one, and the place bas ninur unternl adrublages. The population, in INTU, nns pincel at 902, bul sinco Thul time there hos uren n considerolde gronth, and it is estitunled I bnf in IST there nere nenrly 1,500 inhabilnul< Winmine irns luid oul ns a mann in 18 /9. The location of' n Innl office in the Inan, sonn after, gure the uilnee a rouseleruhle impelus, Iml ils enhamnlin] growth inles Inck In the Time of the completion of The l'ineinnnti & Chiengo Vir Line Railway, non one of The lensed hines of The Y'enney Irnnin Compinuy, for before that ifork ins completeil the loin nas enl off, In n geral Alegere, from The outside irnrld.

There is a theurishing seminary in the pluer under the charge of the Sisters of The "I'rerinns Rinedl ; " also a fine unien sehout hnihling will u cupseily for nceummedallug tenrly four hundred pupils. Thore nre Lenlges of Free Masons mil Odd Teflows iu Tho joace, mid The Catholic, Germin Irfortued, I'hishan mul Methodist negousinglions hme enrk entunble church « difice-

L'imvidrinlde Isinew is enrried on, priucheilly in supply ing the nants of ibe surrantiding rural populal mun. There are tio nenspapers. The Winnume Demorral is the argan of the Deuxerney and is now in is mine. teenth rolume The plilor is F. B. Thomas, non has for a big Time been identified nith the paper. Tho Winamac Repubhean is, as its name indi- cales, llepubliran in its politienl riens. Il is non in ils fourth rolnme. The editor of the Rembhran iv d. hiciser. The usual immher of professional inen are fuuml in the jince, mil There nro also four diy goods und fre grocery alores, Ino finely opnpped thering mills, and hiro ilrng alores, hesites u mim- her af minor esinkhehmenla.

The lonn las heen inearporled for n number of years pasl. "The muni- cipal olbeers for 1876 were . S. Penrenn, Clerk ; W R. Pallerson, Trensurer ; und S. W. Brmell, Mnrahul.

OTHER COUNTY TON SS.

TRANCEWHILE.

Francis ille is Ino mili- from The Jasper Connly line, on the lamisville, New Mhany & Chiengo Railnay. Il is situated in a fine grazing region, being in no arm of The Grand l'rairie The population in estimaled al nearly

GOO. The loin nas Intd ont by James Brooks, in 1863. There are Iiro churches, a fine school Imilling, nol a number of business houses in the place. . A stage line ropheels The lown with Rensselner, in Juspci County, The place bring the nenrest shipping point on The L., N A. & C. R. W. for that painl.

WFHARY VII.I.F

is seven miles north of Francisrille, nuil is n stalion on Ilin same line of rail- muy. Il lins a population of neurly faxl, und is the third loin in jmint of vize in the county. It is surrounded by n rapidly improring furusing country ; hing hro churches, a ninuher of sures, and eller reloil esinblishments; ning n fine school building.

was laid out in 1s 1. by l'eler W. unil Eli Demoss , il is in The northenstern puri of The conuty, on The Tippecanoe rirer. The population is afont 300 There ore Itro churchra and several stores, for The necommodolion of the surrounding forming cominquily

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ivay laid out in ING9, by John Nickles und Andrew Wirick. It is the princi- pal loin in the southeastern jarl of The counly and conlins n population of, nboul 400 people. The plner has n heat school building, Iun churchry, n number of flourishing business honyes, auml is & shipping point for consider- able quantities of groin nud other prodluels of The soil.

is n rillage of uboul n hundred inhabitants, on the Tippeennoe rirer, helow Witamne, some eight miles. Il ilerires most of ils imperinnee from the fine waler poner on the rivor near by.

CRAWFORD COUNTY.

Cranford County is situated in The southern porlivu of The Stole, njara The Ohio River. 11 ley helireen Harrisou on the east und Perry and Dulmis on The nesl, and isjoined ou Ihr north by Orange and n porliou of Washing- lon Cinly Tho superficin1 nera of The county is about Three hundred and four square miles,

OT.NERAL. SUNTACE FEITONEI.

The surfer of Tho comly, as a general rulo, is rather broken nud hilly; n long ebein of knoby, from one hundred and fifty to liro hundred feel in oleralion, present Themerires nbore The Ohio and Blue Riters. Frolu the center, calebiling lonnrd the kook range south and east, There is n consid- ernble sireleh of compralively level land. The soil ou the river and ercek bolloms is very fertile, producing excellent erops of wheal, oal+, corn, pola- loes, regelables nul grigs Most of The products are held for honor con- sumplion, The updouds quit hilly portions of the couuly ure well odopleil lo fruil, und inereased allention is being giren lo horlienlture. "The couuly. hon erer, as n irhole, is best aunpied lo slork raising, il being well iralerel, und on abundance of grass, bolli for bny ond paslurago, being easily eulti- vnieil.

Besides The Ohio Birer, which benuils Ibe county on The south, Rig Muo Rirer, ils principal Irililary in this section, draius n consiileroble portion of The eastern puri of The county, of which il is the bonudory ; und Litlle Bino Rirer, rising in the northern porl, flours in a soulhireglern direction into the Ohio. The former of these rivers has several Tributaries, onning trhich pro Whisky Run and Ury Run; the principal bronches of The 1.illle Blue River are Siuking mind Camp Forks, Clear Creek and Oller Creek,

The couuly is ivell sufqdied with timber, the principal varieties beng ouk, Ash, nalul, Inckurs, sugar Free, pufdor, locust nad rhekluul.

A very good quality of builling slone is found and quarrell in large quantilies along the bluffs of The Ohio and Blue Rirers, where it forais nn available oulcrop, nud saudslolte is pleuly in the southeru and western paris of the county. A very fine gril abounds in rarious locahlics, from nibich grillsiones nud whelsloves are mnun factured.

There are nutierons entes throughout The county, the most important of which is tho noted Wymilolle Cave. This care is situated on The eastern border of The county, Ien miles n eyl of Corydon, The colinty seal of Iturrisnu County This rond by which it is renched is a good oue, ami, after crossing Blue River, fellous along sitlo of the limealone bluff, which skirts The stream, and nfforis, In n lillle excarolion here and There, room for a rond bein een il nud The river. This rate is on The land of Messrs. It. S. mid I. W. Ttolb- rock, and is leased by 11 W. Connul, irho keeps a bolel There for lho nerom. modolion of risilory.

T'be geologient position of Wynndolle Cave is precisely smiler lo thal of the Mammoth t'ure iu Kenlieky. 11 traverses The beds of The subenrbon. iferous formation, which contain sinkholes, large basin-shapedl july und subterranean emverna in numerons places over ils eutirearca. The Wynn- dolle Core lies nbore the tallrys, and in ils course conformis lo The grn. eral direction of The ridgey, I. e., northeast and soullinesl. Ils eleinlion is nboul one bunddred anil filly feel above the bed of Blue Riter. It is said lo be lirenly.Ino miles in raient, if all the brauches winch fore hiren ex- plored are ichuuledd, lint the rarious roules taken by visitors ure retimuled nl a total of niueleen inites. Thar enre is ilry and coulanis a few unrroir pas- sages, such ns " Fal Man's Misery," "Ague llole," "Nereir Ilolo" onl "Creeping Avenue," bnl for the most part the galleriey ure brond aml high and frequently expand into great rooms. The eryElnline ornameninlions aro porlieularly fiar, unil for rxcel in uumber and beanly Thyur seen in The Mammoth U'me. Tuo of the rooms, the " Seonle ('lumber" and the " Mini- wolh Hall," are of inimmense size sil impressively geanl. Tho former emilains ibe "Pillar of the Coustitulion," lormeil hy n sininclo sinlng- muitie deposit of nbont breply.fire feel in dinmeler, and Thirty feel high, reaching from the lop if a great stalginite hill lo the reiling abore. The surface is tinled and diridedl hy Three baule, which give il the appear- ance of bring jomlel like a cane. Around The sides of the hill nro immhers of slalagmiles, of inrious sixes aml beighals, Ihal, nilh Their shining lops, look like clusters of cypress knees. Staloelites norn Ibe ceiling. and one very large one is called the " Bell," from Ibe ringing sound il emits nhen struck. "On The right of The " l'itlar of The Constitulion" stands the "Chnir of Sinte," formed lo' n peculine sialaclo-slolagmilie arrangement, Behind nul in front of Iberlinie is a gallery richly udorued nith The enleile ornn- ments, and when this Immense room, capable of beating severni Imsand persons, is lighted mo, it is impossible lo conrriro of a grumier or more im- posing spremnele. The olher contains " Manumeot MrunInin," sail To be one hnulred and soienty-hire feet high, on the top of winch shul three great slunguides, mio of which is very while and has The nppenmaure nf beiug draveil, nml i4 colird " Lot's Wife." " Wollnce's Groml Dume" is serenly leet nbovethe top of the mountain, or two hundred anil forty- fire frrt nbore the main Door of The ene. The width of the hall is Ihrer Iminilred feel. In speaking of These rooms, Professor Cope, in his paper on the fauna of tho Wyundnlle Chre, published in The American Naturahst, says, " There is no room in The Mmmmmnoth I'are equal to these firo."

In Ibe springs in Ibis care are hlind erniefish nul ereless crudaceans. Siberl's, or I.illle Wynndolle Care, close to tho hotel, is entered hy de- +cending nhonl twenty feel Through a small hole on an Indian Inchler This

care is not orer Ino hnmhed yards In extent, aml yet it is wol excelled, if equaled, by the Wyandolle, in the beauty. aml charming arrangement of ila sinIncliles ond sinlaginil ca

Half n mile north of The Wyomlolle is the " Salipeler Care," nhere, in early limes, sallprier nas mode, uml one of The lixirinting tronghe is still lo be seen. it hms 1ml one room, which is of gigantic sizo, nmil reaches mimant into mi immense " step. like " ilone.

11 mmy be well in sinte, for the honefit of those desiring lo risit The Wynn- dolle Caro, llnl it is thirty miles distant from Now Albany, from which place There is malnily ronal lo Coryiton, tn enty miles, whero hinrka ore lu bo lini, al all times, for The remaining ten miles of the ronle. From Iaisrille there Bro packets which leary nvery evening at 6 o'clock nul reach Leuren- trorthat about 11 P. M. The same dny. The care is about four miles from Leenrenworth, Returning, Tho Lonisville packets lemo Lem ennorth hel neen If nnil & o'clock, arriving nl Lomsville by ilnylighl.

\ Learenworth, in Ilus county, a bore fins heen slarleil for anlt brine. fl uns impedeil at a distance of 207 feel below the surface by grurel falling in from a ererico which nas struck nl The depth of seveulr. eight feel.

highl miles from hemennorth, on tho West Fork of Little Blue River, There is n remørknule sulphur tren. 11 wns hored, in 18Gt, for oil. Al the depth of 273 feel in The Antirarhoniferons limestone, \ stream of " nluty " sulphur iler was reachedl, which rushedl up The well nith tremenilous force, rotrying with il Ihn tools und pulling o slop lo further foring. A wonden tuhe, forly.firo feel long, nay placeil ip tho mouth of The hero nul the ruler Howred orer The lop of it ; hint The hydrosinlie pressure irns an great Ilmil il hints| the boltom of The inho, and The wroter uns forred Through the earth for many feet nrouml Il is the common opinion Ihnl the unler ivill rise, if properly confineil, al lensi verenly frel. The surfare of the grouml mnl erery objeel over which the naler flours, is cualed writh n white ileposit of sulphur. This trell is eslinmled lo spont al least 16,000 hinrrels of inter per ilny. Mr. A. R. Curry hns muoridel necommonluliony for visitors, ut This noted well, and it liny hecome quilo a julace of resorl.

EARLY' SETTLEMENTS.

In March, 1-06, a colony of tivenly-two families seltled in Orange. Wash- inglon and Floyd Counties. Among Them came Thomas Stroml, nho nos The first selller iu Crawford Couuly. Ho sellleil on Clear Creek, in the northeastern part of the couuly, nel far from The Omuge County line, just beyond which several funndies of The company hind locateil, amil mong thein o brother anil au uucle of Mr. Stroml. During the summer undl fall of 1806, Mr. Siroml was followed by K. E. Morgan, William Mr Kee nud Will. imun Frakes, The Inlier of whoin seltled in the northwest port of the conuly.

In INDi, a ninher of fnmihes nere alded lo The sellers. Among Theso were Peler Frakes nul William Van Winkle. The former establishedl hin- self on Big Blue Rirer, mor Ihr enstern boundary of the county. Tho Strop neighborhoml, in faus, was increased by the recession of John Perk- inpangh, and Jacob ond Jomilhon Rice, onil during The same year, Mulchi Mouk settleil ou Whisky Run, neor Big Springs. During These yent's, sel- Ilers came into The county more mpiilly Thon for quilo n number of years folloiring.

About The year 1818 or 1819, quile a number of wealthy ouil influential selllers mole Crawford Couply Their home. Among These were the Waren- worths, Capdain Posey, fieneral Thom, The Conrads, and The Cinrks. Up lo ISIS, maler porrer had not been nlilized, in The cunnty, for The purpose of grinding The grisls of The selllers. In Ilint year, Zehulon and Sell braien- irorlb creeled a grisl nul sair mill, at n place subsequeully known ns Milltown, ou Hig Ilne River. Soon after, there trere severnt mills built in different parts of tho colibly. A Mr. Leggalt buill one a few miles from Fredonio, in 1819.

What schools Thero irrro minong The pioneers were kepl in prirole honses, lill 1818, when n for neighbors, in different paris of the ceunly, buill houses for church and school purposes.

The first religions suerely u'na organized by the Methodlists, at Freilonin. in 1818. Tho Baptists erceleil The first chinreb in This place, in 1824

At the line of the enrly selllement, irild gutne irns ubumilant Throughout The southern part of luilinuo. Scareily of bacon, or morkel menl, muy The least prirolion the pioneers had to emlure. The frontiersman conlil gu ont almost nuy lime nund kill un elk or a deer, before breakfast, for his morning repasi. It is sonl hy sono of The early sellers, that one Intis killed The lasi elk known lo haro hech shol in Crairford County, in October, 1421

The first town Inid oul in the connly irns called Mount Slerling, only ono house non retnine lo mark The site of the village.

Ebenezer E. Morgan irity one of the first selllery. lo nas a nulire of Delaware, anıl spent his curly ilnys in Ohio. In 1804, he sellled in Jeller. sonrille, Iniliunu In 1806, ho remored and sellleil in Tho extremo norlli- ensl section of Croirforil County, irhiere he remained na a farmer till 1828. lu thal yenr he was rierled County Clerk, and mored lo Fredonia. 110 hell The office of Clerk tirenty-one yents, In 1813, ho remored lo Lenreinrorih, where he died an honored cilizen, in his sixly. ninth yinr.

His wife, Lneretin Morgan, is still living, aml is The ohlest surviving revi- denl of f'rowford County. She iras The first thilo woluan who selfled triflin its limits. She is unwr (1875) eighty-eight years of age

Zehulon Iwarenworth iros a hatire of Massachusetts, hern in 1792. When be Arat come lo Imliaun, in 1H]6, he remained al Jellersonrille nhoul two years, and in The spring of 1818 mored lo Cranford County, where he and his brother purchased fone linudred neres of public land nud bail out the town of harenworth. In 1940, he was eleel ed Juslire of The Teure, and continued sereral years in Thot office. From 1831 lo 18JR, ho serred as one of The County Commissioners, und in 1843-4 was sent as Itepreseninlire lo The Sinte Legisliure. lle was a man of exrelleut judgment, as n Insiness mun enterprising and persevering, mul his ilenth iras o greul less to The communily.

Dr. John S. If Kelso enino from Kentucky, writh his father, in 1810 ml selfled in Washington County. Hr rame to this connly in 1886, sime which Inne he has been one of the leading physicians of The connly

Sainnel M. Clark, who was elected Sheriff of the conuly in 18 Hi, come from l'enneylynnin nud welllel al Freinnin in 1820. As Sherin ml Depuly he served The county aloni sixteen years.

Ono INIXATION OF THE FOUNTI.

Cranford tras ent nil' frum Harrison County in The spring of 1818. I was organized by a Hunrd of Commissioners appointed by Ihr General Assembly during The session of 1817-18. Goreir Jennings appointed the following atherra . Willinin Smnuels, Clerk amil llecorder ; Inniel Weathers, Sheriff oml Treasurer ; Corneling Hall and John Smannels, County Commis- sionern. The Governor also appointed Hon. Daris Floyd, Presiling Indge, und lenny Grven mul .Inmes ffleun, Associate Judges of the l'irrnil l'anrl.

The coml hehl ils first session In December, 1818, nt n hich lime l'benezrt McDonald, R. W. Nelson, Henry P. Coburn And Witfimin Thegelt, Kan"., trere unmilleil to practice na allnrnoys al lowy. Mr. MeDaunhl uns appointrd Prosecuting Allorney.

Marlin Senll, foreinn of the grand jury nl The nhimno session, hright in n bill of imhemment against Jolm Sibhs aml lohn Nenggs for in allmay, trhich urns the first eriminnl ruso fried in the county. The fire tiril nelim Tried urns thul of John Samuel agninst. Anmes Baker.

The records show Ihal on The Ith of Inly, 1818, Joseph Rohnll oblainrd a license of marriage lo Miss Sarah Milyleml, and That They were married by ,Justice Thomns Newlmry, on The With alny of Jnly, 1818.

Tbe County Commissioners appointed Brimmer Lahruk, d'ouuly . Agent, und William Campbell, L'oroner.

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COUNTY HISTORIES,-CONTINUED.

The Commissionera appointed to organize the county selected Mount Sterling os tho seat of justice. It was the only village then laid out in the conuty. But soon a location on the river was preferred, audl Fredonia and Leavenworth, heing Inid out, came into competition for the honor. The latter outhid tho former and secured the county went in 1820 or 1821. Since that ilnte it has reminineil at Lenvenivorth.

COUNTY BULLLLINON.

The present court house nt benvouivorth was erected in 1846. It iw n sulstoutinl stone structure. The Clerk's mut Ileconler's offices and n jury roolui are situated on the first floor ; the court nud petit jury room on the secolul floor. The building cost nhout $6,000. An ndilitional brick building, contuining the Auditor's and Trensurer's offices, iros erected in 1867, or shout that ilnte, at n cost of $1,(XK) or ujuvard.

The county joil was erceted in 1843 and cost, including Jailor's resi- ilence, nhout $1,000. It comprises one cell nul a general hinlluny nround the interior.

The poor firm is situated five miles nurtheast of Leavenworth, and con- tajne 160 neres. The asylum builling has been newly erected and is Inrge and comfortable. The average number of inmates does not exceed ten, including, at present, two insane persuas.

COOSTI INTICERS FOR 1874-1.

Clinibleus P. Kelso, Clerk ; Clork F. U'rerelous, Recorder; M. M. Monk, Auditor; Snmilel G. Highfill, Treasurer; John B. l'ankey, Sheriff; Ianne Byt, l'oronor ; Aloxoniler Duffin, Surveyor ; John P. Butinan, Superintend- ent of Schools; Aloxundor I'. Trotter, laines Merrills and J. R. Lainbilin, County Commissioners.

Duuiel T Lairil, Juego of the t'irruit tourt ; Eluneil R. Hlatfield, Prose- cuting Attorney.

I.E.\\ \WORTH,

the county went, is o sinull town of tueler or fifteen hundred inhabitants, situated on the Ohio River, one mile below the mouth of Big Blue River. The site in comparatively lerel grouuil, with the high bluffs of the Ohio orrr. hanging the town. It contains some limplsome residences, nmong which tuny be tuentioneil Mrs. Julia Caktuell's, lohu N. Bahr's, Joel A. Iyon's, Vrs. Margaret Leavenworth's, Mulachi MI. Mouk's, John B. Pankey's, W. T. Xenon's niul Dr. E. R. HInun's.

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Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 118

Author: Publication date: 1876 Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co. Number of Pages: 472

Author:
Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
Number of Pages: 472