Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 73

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Publication date: 1876
Publisher: Baskin, Forster & Co.
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Michigan I'ily wuy incorporated Feferuory X, J8.H: A MInyar, hue Alder- men, three Assessors, etc, dere ilnly elected Al a very early dny, this lown untereil upon its enrerr as n Toll-Hleilgel Lily.

The horbar is a good ant, and will be soon greatly imprered, 11 sutheient their Antes .

Juh 1 IBM, hy l'ougress,

$ 20,1HN1.00

March 3, 1&17.

30,000,00

.luly i, 1838,

60,743.59

June 11, 1814,

ELINKLIXI

Vap. 20, 1872.

211,011,001

70,00KJ,1K1

24,000.00

31,60M1.00

1871

14,1MM1,00

1874.

50,1MM1,00

187.1,

Subscriptions In the rilizeny,

Tulal

5501,733.40

Stemmers mal enit ressels rien beliveen this city und I chicago mul all tbo mor ijerlaot louus along the shores of the great lakes, The Michigan l'ent ral liuilrund, passing through il, is anuther nupartant nrien of ils com- wierce, It is idso Ilwe teryduas of the M C. & 1. 1. 1., nud of the Louis illo, Sru Itny & Chicago Hadrol The city is now rapidly developing in

its materint interests. 11 binso light-honse, at the entrance n' its himbor, and the l'onitentiary of Northern Imhand is located here.

The city has un excellent system uf graded schools The High School huililing covt $45,000.

The Michigan Pily Gazette uns siurted in the spring of 1886, by Samuel Allen, anddril hy Pulaski King and others I was the first paper in the conDly

MINST METTLERA.

Inrub Furman, nided by Benjamin Bryant, Imilt The first Jog enhin, in Angus1, 1833, on whnt uns culled l'eck's Corner. Ama llarper helped to snrcey the rity. Samuel B Webster built the first frame house,

Among the oldl settlers were Georgo uml Fisher Ames, who came in 1824 Willom Teal, enrlier ; Ducul Sprague, Grorge Selkirk, Sinon Ritter and family, R Cmrden, W Il and Charles Romlline, Thompson W und George Francis-the latter having been a member of the Legi Inture andl Mayor of the city : Richard Inmun & Co. ; Jncoh Bigelow, 3. W'aeds, Julge Lawson, Wm F Miller, John Hollidar, Ulmnurey (, and lemon Blair, Austin Chit- tenileu, U. C. Folter. W. U. Austin. Dncid Behan, J. M. Hitchcock, W. P Word, Snuntel Dresden, Somnel Hooth, O. Leeds, II M. Hopkins and others Wylis Peck why the first Muyor of the city

The other villages in the county uro Westville, New Durhum, Ofis, Holmescille Motling Prairie, I'mion Mills, Kiugelmey, Wunatah, Morgan, Gorymler, Springville, Hudson, Byron and Deor Village.

PARKE COUNTY.

I'arke Cannity was organized by an net of the Legislature, in 1823, amil ITEM named in honor of Benjamin Parke, the first member of Congress from the Territar, and afterword Territorinl uuml District Judge. Il occupies i cen- Irul position In the lier of cauntirs on tho Wobush Birer, oml cuntainy aboul +4D Nijuare miles, ur 2×1, 100 acres.

TILFIG n LCHI.

Parke County, in general, may be regarded us a county of nuland, although about Que-sixth of the surface is ntinvin or bottom land The uplaml may be olnssihed in bee mutual divisions: 1. The Inble lunds, betucon Sugur Orrek and the Wabash River; " The ridge, between litttr Hnecoun, on the early ant Angar freek and the Wahash, on the west, extend- ing south to Big Racroun : 3, The unter-shed, luiween the tira Rneenon frech *: 4 The lugh Intile lund, sentherest of Big Maccoun, which omlances the upper Inbulurirs of l'ury's Creek ond filter U'reek : aml, G. The etrvaled plalenni, bel neen the Wabash River, on the urry, Big Rneroun, on the north- eası, and the valley of inter Creek on the south und southeast

The pret of these ilir wions has o from of bolil, und rather ahrn, hills, fueing an Sugur Creek, rising to the height of one hundred and fifty frel, somtolimes higher. Thr summit, when guiuel, preseids a beautifully undir- Inling runutry, with few points lou Ingh for courenient cultiention. This dieision is drained by Mill i'veck, lugntdl Creek, Rugh t'reck und their Irile olariey, and the small rreeks wmt branches thul run into Sugar Creek

The recon di imon is the largest of the five, but has tho snuddlest mununl of waste land in it. Where the brown sundsintin rises, as ulong Big Rot- enon, near Roserillo, the morgins of the strenius frrijnently present boll pre- einil ous clilly, sometimes rising lo the height of socenty or eighty ferl.

"Thr Hard ilicivinn is minde ny af two long mnelived planes, sloping frun u euuten smitt, eastraul toward Ing Baervon, and urstward toward little Racroon. The general surfuce adapts it mhuirably in farming purposes, and many Thrifty' formrre have shoon their appreciating of flux brautiful section. It liny great conconienres af permuurul wuler-power.

The fourth dicisian presents u greater diversity, in the churneler onl asprris of the country, Than either of the others, The northern portion, from Portiund tu Limestone Branch, is a conutry of long, gentle slopes, with but frw nhenpt hills South of himestune Brauch, the aneface is ihnout a nut- famu Irrel, with scarcely droninge enungh In curry of the surfare water from the heary, tenncions elor soil, and the streams rin in derp chayma, with bigh blufly on either side This is partienturle rhirracteristic of Rurky Fork ond ity Trihntarik

The fifth division is un elocated Triangle of tohle- land, en hy hut for sirepins, chiefy thr outers of Spring U'reek. The surface of The country is nearly a lerel plum, whont 201 fent uboce the level of the itubash River. The separation of this pluin from the fourth ilivision is the most curions phenomenon in Park Cut The Big Racco, purung u unifor south. easterly course from its heml in Boone Comity, nearly reaches The county line. when it turns suddenly ut right nagles Ia ils former rumse, und runs in o burtheaterly direelinu to the Wuhash. Friou this great bend There extendy a krund rolley neross the rimmuter in the Wuhan River, near the mouth of Wiler freek Along this valley, which is elevated uot more than thirty or farty feel thece the waters of ihn Huecoon, there ure the remains of a rbnin of smoll Inkey, probably murking the hed of the furmier stream. the surrounding eumnry redneed to enltirntinu ; Imt many an " old sellier' can remember when " Nigger Leg Lake" was the best fishing gromml in the ronuiry.

Neurly erery carich ul soil found in the West Ins its representulity in Tørke l'onuty, There ner first the allumal, er bottom lunds, which are found along the Wabash and other water courses-divided generally intu first und weroil boltonus. Thr Wohnsh hus u beautiful margin of beth enriches, fre- quently attaining u width of ina miles, med furnishing the world-rensqued Wulwish rornfieldw, the richest, perhaps, of upy river bedtomus in the West On Big Itarroon some of these ledletu lundy are lurge rhongh for hundeotur formy, irhilo on Little Raccoon need Sugar freeke they are less extraire, hul equally rich und poradyethe. The sady inricty of soil cavers hul i sinll portion of the gren of the conuly. A narrow helt ol this class lica betneon the Wabash bottom, pruper, und tho nulund, extemling from the northern line of the roundly nearly us low ns the month of Sugar Crock, aud nvernging about u mile in width inther small portions of sandy soil he uear Moulr. znu, south of the great bend in the Ruredan, ant in n few other places. About Ino-thirds of the cruuty in fony undoud, und is the soil of all uther- which bns the widest range of ugrirntenral adaptation, producing ghmulantty une. W'heut amil graiss are equally noll grign on the clay soil representel iu the Mill Creek seetion of the cannly. The county hus a very sinll propar- tion of wuste Innd, either Trum the preilhim of streams or from hills er nut he successfully eultienteil Both the suil und climate uro well adapted to the production of the fruits comniem to the temperale Iulitmiles. Apples. duced in great variety nud perfection.

W LTEn.POWIR.

sngar Creek, the largest streuen in the enunty, is very permanent oud cousteut in its supply of water, furnishing pauer equal to four pairs of four- fect Irra amler o heul ut ten feet, for the greider purt of the year. l'or n distance at ahont twenty uciles in birke t'unty, il les n fall off nbuut fice The

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COUNTY HISTORIES .- CONTINUED.

Big Rareoon, in purle of ils courso, is very rapid, giving it on an sverige n Al of len feot por mile. hilile Raccoon has ovon n greuter fall, nnil yel is a rery porinuent sirenin. Theso strrums, logelber will Leallorwood, Rush Creek, Ulmvoril Creek, Ruaring Preek, East Fork, Rocky Fork, Iron Creek nod Troutman's Creek ntford nhundanl wnler-poiver for all practical porpuses, murhi of which bus beru improved in the construction of fine milly anil factories.

COAL.

Tho urailuble cont in luike County belongs to the lower member of the great western coul field. Mensnring from The Use of The cenl omvanl, Ibo seamis numbers one mid tiva are the only reliable coul beils in thecounty. But foie Ibo following calculation, which wo huve cuilcavorol lo figuro on! upprevimaluly, there would seem to bo enough in the runnty for all practical

There nro in l'urke County ubont one hundred and sixty zyuare miles under- laid with coul seam nutobor one, which vuries in thickness from tivo lo livo feel. Tho average Thickness of this srnw is Thereforo three fect and a half. Nowy us there are 13,600 squure feel in un acre, we have, by multiplying.this with the thickness of tho seam, 162,-100 enhio feet of enal per nere. And as This roul lins a specific gravity of 127, euch eubio fool ivill weigh 73 pouuda ; hence 152,400 innlliplied by 18 equals 11,120,580 pounils of coal por nere, Non 70 poumls is a bnalich of coul by tho lair of Indinna ; therefore, 11, 129,- 680 diriled by 70 equals 158,994 hushels of evil per nere. This multiplied by 10, The number of neres in n square mile, will give 101, 754, 100 bushels of roil per squnro inilo; und us There are 160 square miles in the seam, Ihc ugg regulo in the carly fruin this genm nlone will be 101, 756, 100 multiplied by 1GD eqnuls IR, 280, #80,600 bushels.

The mugitil from seam number Inn will be enmul to ni least thenly- five square miles of semn Three feel nnen half thick, which will add 2,6-13,004,- QUO Imsliels to the former uniounl, waking a grand toil of 18,821,844,600 bushels of coal in Parke Pobuty. This is un amomil which is practically inexhaustible ; for, shonhl il be luken mul nl The rale of 1011,000 bushels per loy, il wonkl not bo exluuusteil in 510 yenes. The people of Purke County ure hirgiuning lu appreciate the ruloalile Iressure arhich lies beneath the soil uf Their lands, und irhigh will one day pour into tho lup uf enterprising imlustry it stream of almost fabulous ircallh.

BUILDING STONE.

The limestone mint sailsloue of this county nffard abundance of building wileriul. The formier is founil cropping out nlong The rastern line of the county for ubout hall' The distance from ils northern boundary. When fresh from The quarry il is pasily iverkod, but irbien il has lost its quarry moisture il beconirs nearly us until as gruaite. The bed of Big Ruecoon, frem near Mansfield lo l'orlland mills, where it culrra the county, is excuralrd in this nnk. From this region nuny by procured un uhmslunce of this sloue for building purposes, ny irell ns Thal which will be used as n Aux al the iron furnaces.

Immediately ubore the limestone und cropping oul dirrelly irest of it, ure mugiro leilgrs of onurse-grained snudslone, sometimes nearly white, but mon: cununnily slined of u brown or red color by The oxide of iran. As I building material Ibis rock hus not received The ultentien lu irhigh ils merits eulille il. When fresh from the quurry il is so soft and ortimliles so easily Thul broyl persons ure umirilling lo Iriixl il for building purpuses. Bol aliudund eridonce Ins born given by the use of this rock in Indiund us Il loubling munteriul lo demmusicale ils ilurubilily. At Cannellon il has been hurly lesled in the smoke stack of tho collen-inills, a monssive sbult of haut- ther-lresseil somlstone, rising lo The height uf 110 feel from ils foundation, ind erery stone remaina perfect. Tuking iulo consideration The chrapness, permanence, heauly umil cose with which it is nurked, it is sufu lo say that this brown suntstone underlying the coul muensures of ludiaun is the inbyl mnemicat building material in the Wesl.

A rery compuet iunl lenneions irhity or ash-colored olay is found inmedi- utrly holmir the coal senms of Purke county, which raus by almut imper- replible grulutions into nely shule. It is al present used for making ihut kind of pollery knowru us " stuberrare," und prudures a rery desirable urli- al'. This clay is wurkel ul shuis in Rockrille und Annapelis. If enru were lakon lo geleri only The fine irbile kind of clay, such ns is found ou Iron I'reck, in Sund Fork, und il some joints on Williams' Creek, aud ground Ablsjor used for glazing instead of sidt, n arhito wrure of durability und heinly might be prodnevil in Parke Comily, equal In that nuinnfactured iu l'estero cificy. 1

Beils of iron ore pro fannd un sereral heanches emilying into Sugar U'reek, beluveu The feeilor ilmu und the Nurrows, nl rariony puiuls ou both branches of Mill Creek mid un Lord Brunch, gumne Iro miles sontheast of the lillago of llerurd. The manal extensiro brils iu the county nre found on Iron Creek. "The iron ore of The comity embraces Ilirce rarielies, tho " kil- bey org," tho "bluck hnul ure," mil The " slone ore" or "elay ironstone." The " killngy pre" is the most uhun laul, nu is formed iu nodules imbedded in elny sumale. The "bluek baut are" fries a bed from hiso to three frrl mark, and appears in heury deposits on Iran Creek of the month of Miller's Branch, und an Litlle Raccoon, The "elay ironslon" exists nowhere in the oounly in henry brdy, hnt is diffused among the other ores.

l'eir localions run he Point where all the requisites for the mienslheiro of iron nre so rion eniently grunped lagether us in Parke Comity.

BILLY msrnnr.

The Territory nou embraceil in l'urke Comily bugan lo hur srliled beluro the romuity urus organizeil, In 1818, John 3. Duty sellled im leury's Prairio, und Inilgo ,lusoph Walkor, in 1819, ueur irhere Noin is now situnird, in Florida Toruship. Judge Suybald, for muny years in Associoto Imitge, sullleil on Big Racruin, yul far from Brighton, in the same year. Chinrey Roup, Musos Robbins mul Audreir Brooks creetuit mills af Huge- rille us curly us 1820, Mr. Brooks irns nn huliun interpreter muil gun-

Al Tho sale of the Inmil in tho enguly, an Intlion reserration nas mule, running up and down The Wohnsh river, from the month of Sugar freek lo the month of Big Rocanm, mul nhont yeron miles in wullh. (Reserro Thornship now emlirares most of this terrilury. ) i arus ull selit with other Inne, oxrepl ihal Christmas Iluzney, n nebel half-breed, inherited near Arminsinrg, where he lireit as one of the first settlers in thut loculity.

.Iulm . Volums, ns onrly us 1820, wellled in tho forks of The lira Raccoeu Creeks. . Inilgo Steele settled nl Puriluni Mills, in 1841, und irns preecdeil hy Musre Durl alpad ong yror. Among the settlers in the Rarenon Valley in 1820, nere Julge Strain mail Tobins Miller, l'aq., und George and Alos- muler Kirkpatrick, hinth Associato Jnilges ul au enrly lime.

Wirkson's Mills, umr rulleil Moushell Slills, irere erceled by Jmnes Kul- soy nail Pruneis Dirkson, in 1821.

Amnog The first sefilers were Thomas While tunl Jmues Allen. . Inmea Burlmonn selllud irhere his son, Kaynire Burhnnon, nap lives, in 1822, and Daniel Broen sollen nonnl the suing Thur nì n puảnh kuntu as Brum's Cross Romuls. As early ns 1821, Sylminn Lusk mule u selflemont al tho Narrons, un Sugar Creek, where he huill mitla nud hel u post office. . lohn Beard erecton'a mill uenr the month of' Sogar freek, m 1822.

lu l'on Township Perly Sholmel ins pruhubly The fir- selfler, in 1821. The Frirnils, or fenikers, hy wybim the Imruship ans nimed, sellleil there nhont 1826. Among their prominent mon frere Peyton Wilson, James Jhirrison, Sidomon Allen, Imues Pirkord and Iprominh Siler. "Thr Friendla hure il

Inrge church sul high schont al Bloomingdale, The luller under the cure uf Prof. B. C. Ilohhs, who has tonde it n superior srhool fur tho elucolion of boys.

Dr. Eliphislel. Allen was une of the first selllers in Reserve Township, with whom also may be montional William Cook, father-in-law of Gov Wright, anil of Joseph und David Wulfe.

Jumes anıl .lolin Loverly, Smuuel Hill, Dr. Taylor, 1'ol. Hays and Aquilis Funthey were umeng The first selllors in Wabash Township.

J. C. Gilkison, of Raccoon Township, is still using, us a kitchen, a cahin huilt by his father, in 1821; und There is yel sinding und occupicil, in The gume neighborhood, a cabin buill in 1820 by Willimu Rea, drcensed, of Chil- licollie, Ohio. 11 lins beeu continuously nseil ever since as a ihvelling house, and is probably The oldtest iliselling in this part of the Stale.

FIRST COUNTY HFVICENS.

The first Clerk of Parke County wia Wallace Rny; the first Sheriff, llenry Amicraon. Up lo 18-10, The Sheriff was the Assesyar and Colleclor of the laxes of The county, sureral offices in Those days of economuy being combined in one. The first County Andilor wus Joseph Polls. Doncun Darrock irus the first Itecoriler, eleeleil in 1833.

The first courl was held at Roseville, in 1821 The county seul was localeil permanently al Rockrillo in 1821. The Clerk's office irns burnt, with The county records, in 1822. This inrolred n speciul nel of Ihr Legis Inture to reinstale the boundaries and tilles 19 lanils, which ing grantel, nod u new surrey and nei gel of records was legalized for the county.

The Cirenil Court of Parke and Montgomery Coulies is the Twenty- Breamil Imlicial L'ireuil of lodinon.

The Conlily Commissioners' fourl is hehl ul Rockrille, on the first alun- ilny in Murch, June, September nnil December.

COUNTY INSTITUTIONS.

The county poor naylum is situated in Adomas Township, one mile ail n A half from Borkrille, on the Animpolis rond. It is i fino hiriek building, creeted in 18GT, ul n coal of $15, nikl, and Ins connected with il a firm of two humulred arres. The average number uf inmales is about tireuly-fru, including fire or six insane perzons.

"There is in Agricultural Society in The cobuly called the Bridgetons Union, which irus organized in 1860, and is at present a joiul slock com- puny, incorporaled under The luus of tho State. The fair groundls consist of twenty ueres, ivell inclosed, and 6ttede up with umple arrangements for fiirs. It couldius one of Ilir finest irolling coursca in The Stule.

HOCKS ILLE.

Rockville Tros luidl nul in the fall of 1823, and because the permanent counly sent of Parke County in 1824 Prerions lo thul, courls hail beer held in Ruserille and Armiesburg. The dani's uf the land on rhich Rock- ville is siluuled, ivere the first seillers of The lotyn, viz. : Arthur l'allerson, Anilreir Rar, Auron Iland und James B. Mel'all.

Andrer Ray built the Erst bubse, which wus n log cabin, situated on the public square. He ulso buill and opened the first luvern in the place, in 1824. During the same year the first white child iras boru in The plore, viz .: Jumes B. Ray, son of . Andrew Itay, le din on his weuy from New Orleans, in 1847. The fest ileath in toru ivus that of an infant Anlighter of Thomas Scell.

The first sale uf Inte took plore in Ruckville in the fall of 1823, and was confined In lots ininiedialely around the square, which ranged in price from STO to $50. The lot on irhiich Stark, Wellillen & Douley's herbirare store uuw slands, iras purchused by Scoll Noel, Esq., in excluuge fur a ritle. The first frame builling nus The store of' Pultersou & MeCall, erected in 1824. The first slock of guoils arns openrd in the fall nt Ibat year.

"The final josi affire was kept in Patterson & MeCall's store, Iunies B. Mel'all, Povininster.

The first brick house in loin isas built by Mallbew Noel, in 1827.

Bring nu inlund lowu, some eight iniles from the Wabash River, and Avecssible only by bail und muddy roads, the growth of Rockville ins quile slow for ninny yenrs, ps uns also that of The surrounding country. There Was bo mununfucluring establishments of any kind exrept a aragon shop. started hy .I. S. Rogers, anil a carriage sbop shortly after, by J. S. Ticknor, lill Nichols & Thompson rytublisheil The ivoolen-inills, in 1866. Muuufreinring, ubil particularly milling, irus carried ou lo i considerable extent on the rarions erecks of the conoly, irhich furnished exerleut water-porrer many years before, und, indeml, nlomust from the first selllethent of the country.

Rockrille lius al present The felhuring muuufueluring interests: The woolen-mbills, ourned by Messrs. Nichols & Thompson ; the pluning- mill mid lumber yard of Willimu Tenbrook & Co., the sair mal phming-inills ourned by Ferguson & Bros., The large Houring-mills non run by Mrasrs. Brown & Bowlenel, The carriuge shops of llillerbrandt & San, nnil the ungon sbans, respedirely, of Jawes Rogers, John Aydelol1, Darrer Hulmes and Jmuts Carly ale.

The most important event, commercially' spruking. in the history of Rockrille, urns the completion of tho Ernsrille & Crawfordsrille Railroad lo This pelul, trhich Iras begun in 1962, and finisbed in Isi9. This ronil, from its rery inception, ours ils uxistener to the enterprise and influence of bro ohl und leading citizens of tho county, viz .: Channecy Hose unil lien. G. K. Steele. These genilemueu, in the early selllement of the country, irere minimal friemls, not thonghi and pluuned Together un many subjects of public interest. 3Ir. Rose urns the nuthor amd projeelor of the southern dirision of the Evansville & Crawfurdarille Romul, gelling it rhurlered aml building il 10 Terre Huntr Gen. Steele Then iuleresled himself in its oxlensien lo Prairfordarille, Through This loin; sud hy his infhirner, combined with Mir. Rose nudl others, the churler Ins moeniled, nud the owl hill Through-frs1 10 Rorkrille, irbere il paused fur a time, and then lo is completion nl ils northern lerminns. Through This rond, Norkrille is nair ronnected arith ull the grent coulers of commerce in the United Siules.

A destruelive firo occurred in Rockville in 1860, bnl it prored a gresl malinoinge to The place. The Impuriry bniblings Theu congmned have bren replured by solid ant substuulial brirk strnelures, thrre unit four sluries in height; ornamenten us well as strengthened writh ent slone Inket fram Ihr irrirs of Parky Conuly, ouil nn elegant stylo of urchileelure, and interior urmangement und finish, which gires to the lonyu, on its priuripal strcels, quite u city appearance. Aihl lo this the line churches of the Preabylerian und MalInylist denominations, tho elovaled un sightly localiou of the town, ils well. kepl streets aud sile-wynika, uml an ulrgint publie schonl bailling, nmil yon hare the pielnre of n lillle cily ns ilesirable to lire in ns any of ils size in the Slate,

The publio school bnikding ins brgnn in Tho fall af 1872, unil finished in January, 1874, nl n cost, inchuling grounds, of $$6,000.

Sociely in Rockville ivill benr comparison with Thinl in any other jurl of the Sinte, The people aro intelligent und self- reliant, unit the moral lone of The plneo is of a high order.

A Lileriry mnl Scientifio Assorinlion nus organized umler rueonraging anspicos, in tho irinter of 1871

'I'lw firel printing office in Roskrille urns u shanir which stool mi the silo of tho prosent Mellunlin Episcopal t'hreh, amt iris afterrundt rohrerled juin u blacksmith shop. The offro irus finally ratablished at John Murla', on The east side of The publie squirr. The mme of the paper hns huru sny- eral limes changeit, but is mmm The Rockrille Republican. Tho fallinring is n list of ils editor: R. W Park, lohn Murls, John Williams, Willinte T. Noel, William Mitrhel, Joseph Musterenn, C'ol, Slorens, Muliber Simyoun,

R. H. Simpson, Samuel Magill, Shuthew Kreny, J. B, Cheadle. The Repub- licen is a weekly paper, of quile extensive circulation, well edited, and ling connecleil will it an enterprising jub office. The Indiana Patriot ( weekly) was established in June, 1810, by Dr. John S. Dare, unil siner wold to G. W. Collings, Esq.

MONTEZUMA,

Ilie second lawn of inipurlance in the county, is situated on the Wabash River and The Wubash & Frie Canal, ul the ernssing of the I. & I. C. R. R. Il is in Reserre Township, eight miles east uf Rockville, and has u consider- nhile trade unul shipping business, The uthier rillages and post offices in the counly are

BELL VORE,

formerly called Northbanylon, noil

HOLLANDSBIRG,

in Union Township.

PARKIVILLE,

in Greene Township.

BRINGLION AND CATLIN,

iu Raccoon Townybip.

JIDSON AND NYISVILLE,

in Washington Township.

ARMIESBI RG,

in Wabush Townsbij.

ROSEVILLE, BOSEDALE ANH JESSUP STATION,

in Florin Towuship.

BIDOMINGDALE ANTI ANNAPOLIS,

in Penn Township.

in the southeast corner of Reserre Township.

HOWARD AND LOIL.

on the Wabash & Erie Canal, in Liberty Turnship.

LA GRANGE COUNTY.

La Grange County is situated lu Ibe furtheastern part of the State, iu The second lier from the eastern boundary, nod udjoining the Suite of Michigan on the north. It contains no uren of three intmlred and eighty-eight square miles, or 248,8001 weres.

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Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana, Part 73

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

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