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HAMMOND, a north-eastern township in Spencer county.
HANCOCK, an interior county, bounded on the north by Madison and Hamilton, on the west by Marion, on the south by Shelby, and on the east by Rush and
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Henry. It was organized in 1828, and extends about eighteen miles from north to south, and twenty miles from east to west, containing an area of 340 square miles, or 217,600 acres. In 1830, it contained 1,569 inhabitants. The face of the country is generally le- vel or gently rolling; the soil is chiefly a rich loam mixed with sand, and covered with a heavy growth of beech, buckeye, ash, walnut, poplar, cherry, and dif- ferent kinds of oak; with an undergrowth of spice, paupaw, hazel, and thorn. The principal water cours- es are Blue River, Sugar creek, and Brandywine. The staple products of the county are wheat, corn, oats, pork, beef, flour, and poultry. The county is ad- vantageously situated for mills; the streams passing through it afford a number of excellent sites for water works: it is also well supplied with springs of the pu- rest water. Greenfield is the seat of justice.
HANNA'S CREEK, a mill stream in Union county emptying into the East Fork of Whitewater.
HANOVER, a post village in Jefferson county. A theological seminary has been established at this vil- lage, and is now in a flourishing condition. A char- ter has also been obtained here, for a college on the . manual labour system, known by the name of the Hanover College, which is also in successful opera- tion, under the care and management of gentlemen of high literary attainments, and distinguished talents. 'The village contains about two hundred inhabitants. It is about six miles west of Madison and about a mile from the Ohio river.
HANOVER, a township in Shelby county. .
HARBISON, a township in Dubois county.
HARDINSBURGHI, a post town, in Dearborn county, on the Great Miami river, two miles north of Law- renceburgh. It stands on a beautiful plain above high water. It contains about two hundred and fifty inha- bitants, two stores, a tavern, and a number of mecha- nical establishments. It is surrounded by an exten- siye rich bottom, occasionally overflown; which cir-
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cumstance tends to maintain the fertility of the soil by a deposite of loam at every freshet.
HARMONY, a post town, on the cast bank of the Wabash river, in Posey county, about six miles from the southern boundary of Gibson county, and eigh- teen miles north of Mount Vernon. It is situated on a beautiful plain, elevated but a few feet above the highest freshets. It contains about 700 inhabitants, six mercantile stores, one lawyer, two doctors, a ta- vern, an iron foundry, and a number of craftsmen of various occupations. This town was settled in the year 1813, by a company of Germans, with Mr. George Rapp at their head. The improvements were chiefly made by them, and the buildings are in their peculiar style. This town also is the place where the celebrated Robert Owen made his great effort in 1825, to establish his perfect community. It is surrounded by an extensive body of fertile land, and very advan- tageously situated for the river trade.
HARMONY, a township in the south-west part of Union county.
HARRIS' LAKE, a beautiful small lake in La Porte county, on the south-east side of which is the town of La Porte. It is about a mile and a half in length, and about three-fourths of a mile in breadth, and lies near- ly in the centre of the county.
HARRISON, a southern county bordering on the Ohio river. It is bounded on the north by Washing- ton county, on the west by Crawford county and the Ohio river, on the south by the Ohio river, and on the east by the Ohio river and Floyd county. It is thirty miles in extent from north to south, and about eighteen miles from east to west, containing 470 square miles, or 300,800 acres. In 1830 it contained 10,288 inhabitants. The face of the country is various; in some parts level, in some parts rolling, and in other parts broken and hilly. A great portion of the west- ern section consists of barrens; the eastern section is generally forest land. The timber consists of beech, poplar, ash, sugartree, hickory, and oak. The under-
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growth in the forests is principally, spice and paupaw ; the barrens abound with hickory and oak grubs and sumach. The soil in the low grounds and on the wa- ter courses is a rich loam; the higher grounds and barrens are generally calcareous with a mixture of silicious gravel. There are some salt licks in this county which are thought to be valuable for the ma- nufacture of salt, if properly improved. There is a
cave on the lands of Mr. David Pitman, near to Bluc · river, another about a mile east of Salisbury, both incrusted with silex, and another on the river hill near Norris' ferry, all which are accessible, and have served to gratify the curious. About two and a half miles from the Ohio river, on the west side of Indian creek, there is a large quarry of black silex, which, at some former period, has been excavated to a consider- able extent, and which might also serve to gratify cu- riosity. The principal town is Corydon; besides which there are several other villages with but a small population in each. The Ohio river passes round the south side of this county, forming a semicircle, which includes about one half the county. The principal streams in the interior, are Big and Little Indian, Buck creek, and Blue River. The county was organized in 1808. Corydon is the seat of justice. The staple products are corn, oats, flour, potatoes, poultry, and tobacco, which are annually transported in large quan- tities to the southern market.
HARRISON, a township in Clay county.
HARRISON, a post town on the line dividing between Ohio and Indiana ; the eastern part in the state of Ohio, and the western part in Dearborn county, twelve miles north of Lawrenceburgh.
HARRISON, a north-western township in Fayette county.
HARRISON, a centre township in Harrison county.
HARRISON, a township in the south-eastern part of Knox county.
HARRISON, a northeastern township in Union county. HARRISON, a township in Vigo county.
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HART, a northern township in Warrick county.
HARTFORD, a post town in Dearborn county, on the south bank of Laughery creek about twelve miles south-west from Lawrenceburgh. . It contains about a hundred inhabitants, a tavern, two mercantile stores, and craftsmen of various trades.
HAW CREEK, a mill stream in Bartholomew county. It rises in the north-eastern part of the county, and takes a south-westerly course to White River a short distance below Columbus.
HAWKINS' PRAIRIE, a notable prairie on the West Fork of White River in Daviess county, the soil of which is a sandy loam and very productive.
HELT, an interior township in Vermillion county.
HENDRICKS, an interior county, bounded on the north by Boon county, on the west by Montgomery and Put- nam, on the south by Morgan, and on the east by Ma- rion. It is about twenty-two miles in extent from north to south, and twenty miles from east to west ; con- taining an area of 420 square miles, or 268,800 acres. The face of the country is gently rolling, and well sup- plied with timber, consisting of beech, sugartree, ash, poplar, walnut, buckeye, and oak; and an under- . growth of spice, paupaw, dogwood, and hazel. The soil is loam and clay with a mixture of sand. The water courses are White Lick, and some of the upper branches of Eel river, which furnish several good mill seats. The main fork of White Lick rises in Boon county and passes through Hendricks, into Morgan, and there are on it several mills now in operation. The principal products of the county are corn, flour, pork, beef, and live stock. It was organized in 1823, and contained, in 1830, a population of 3,967 souls. Danville is the seat of justice.
HENDRICKS, a township in Shelby county.
HENRY, an interior county, bounded on the north .
by Delaware county, on the west by Madison and Hancock, on the south by Rush and Fayette, and on the east by Wayne and Randolph. It extends about twenty-one miles from east to west, and the same dis-
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tance from north to south, including 440 square miles, equal to 281,600 acres. It was organized in 1821. The face of the country is, in some parts, a little brok- en, but much the larger part is level. There are se- veral tracts of prairie, but the county is generally fo- rest land, with a heavy growth of beech, sugartrec, ash, walnut, poplar, hickory and oak, and an under- growth of spice, paupaw, dogwood, and hazel. The soil is a mixture of sand with loam or clay. The coun- ty is well supplied with springs of pure water, and also with mill streams furnishing good sites for mills and other machinery. The principal water-courses are Flat Rock, Blue River, and Fall creek. In this county there are fifteen houses of worship for different denominations, and nine preachers of the gospel; there are also cight grist mills, eight saw mills, and three card- ing machines, all propelled by water power. The chief products of the county are corn, oats, flour, beef, pork, potatoes and live stock. This county contain- ed, in 1830, 6,498 inhabitants. Newcastle is the seat of justice.
HENRY, a township in Henry county.
HENRY, a south-western township in Ripley county.
HENSLEY, a south-western township in Johnson county.
HETH, a south-western township in Harrison county.
HIGHLAND, a south-western township in Franklin county.
HIGHLAND, a northeastern township in Greene county.
HIGHLAND, a northern township in Vermillion coun- ty
IHIGHLAND . CREEK, a small mill stream in Washing- ton county. It has its scurce a few miles north-west of Salem, and taking a southerly course about live or six miles, falls into Blue River.
HIGHLAND CREEK, a small mill stream in Morgan county. It rises in the northern section of the coun- ty, and taking a southerly course, falls into the West
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Fork of White River on the north-west side, a little below the mouth of Sycamore.
HILLSBOROUGH, a small interior village in Fountain county. It has not yet gained much in population or improvement.
HILLSBOROUGHI, a village in Wayne county, about fifteen miles north-east of Centreville, containing about sixty inhabitants.
HINDOSTAN, a village in Martin county, on the cast bank of the East Fork of White River, about three miles south of Mount Pleasant. It was formerly the seat of justice of Martin county, but since the esta- blishment of Mount Pleasant as the county seat, ITin- dostan has been gradually declining, and is now near- ly depopulated.
Hoa CREEK, a small mill stream in Scott county. It is a branch of Stucker's Fork, with which it unites and passes into Muscatatack.
HOGAN, a good mill stream which rises in Ripley county, and taking an easterly course through Dear- born county, empties into the Ohio river at Aurora.
HIONEY CREEK, a small mill stream in Vigo county. It has its source in the Vicinity of Eel river in Clay county, and passing in a westerly direction through Vigo, falls into the Wabash about ten miles below Terre-Haute.
HOWE's LICK, an establishment for the manufacture of salt, on Salt creek in Monroe county, the property of a gentleman whose name it bears. Atthisand two other establishments within a few miles of each other, it is estimated that salt to the amount of 8,000 bushels is annually manufactured. The works are said to be susceptible of enlargement to almost any extent, and would only require an additional number of wells to supply them with salt water.
HUNTERSVILLE, a small village in Tippecanoe county, about cleven miles south-cast of Lafayette, containing about eighty inhabitants.
HUNTINGTON, an interior county, bounded on the north by unorganized territory, on the west by Wa-
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bash county, on the south by Grant and by unorganiz- ed lands, and on the cast by part of the same unorgan- ized district and by Allen county. Its extent from north to south is twenty-four miles, and about seven- teen miles from east to west; containing an area of 400 square miles or 256,000 acres. It has but a small population, and is not yet much improved. It was organized in 1832. The soil is loam and clay, with a light mixture of sand, and in some places mixed with gravel. There are some tracts of prairie, but the major part of the county is forest land. The fo- · rest trees are beech, sugartree, ash, hackberry, cher- ry, walnut, elm, hickory and the various kinds of oak and other timber commonly found on the rich lands of the west. The low lands along the river are level, those lying back from the streams are gently undulat- ing. There are excellent quarries of limestone in some parts of the county; and large blocks of granite are scattered all over the county at no great distance from each other. No coal or mineral has yet been discovered. The principal water courses are the Sa- lamania, Little river, and Wabash. Which all pass through this county. The permanent seat of justice is not yet established.
HUNTINGTON, a village lately laid off in Hunting- ton county, near to the confluence of the Wabash and Little river.
HUNTSVILLE, a village on Fall creek, in Madison county, eight miles south of Andersontown. It is si- tuated about three quarters of a mile above the falls of Fall creek, and contains about one hundred inhabi- tants, one store, one physician, a cabinet shop and a tannery.
INDIANA COLLEGE, a literary institution established by state authority. It was chartered in January, 1828, and a board of trustees was organized in May follow- ing. The officers of the college are the Rev. A. Wy- lic D. D. President, Beaumont Parke A. M. Profes.
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sor of Languages, and E. N. Elliott A. M. Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy. Two brick buildings have been erected for the use of the college, one of which is seventy-five feet long, and fif- ty-four wide, and three stories high, with a deck roof intended for an observatory; and also a dome for a large college bell. The other is a large two story building containing four rooms, now occupied for re- citations; together with rooms for the philosophical apparatus, the library, &c. These buildings have cost between eight and nine thousand dollars; and the largest building is not yet entirely finished.
The philosophical and chemical apparatus, though not yet complete, are not surpassed in excellence of con- struction by any in the western country, and it is in- tended to complete them in the same style; so that a thorough practical course may be given in these im- portant branches of knowledge. A laboratory will shortly be fitted up for the accommodation of the che- mical department. A room seventy-five feet long and twenty-five wide, with sky lights, is now in preparation, for a museum and mineralogical cabinet.
An academical department, or grammar school, superintended by a competent teacher, is connected with the college, in which all the preparatory studies are pursued. Two literary societies have been form- ed by the students, the Athenean and Philomathean, which afford the members the opportunity of scholas- tic exercise, and access.to well selected libraries. The funds of this institution may be estimated at near three thousand five hundred dollars annually, and may be yet further increased by a sale of the college lands not yet disposed of.
The faculty consists of gentlemen of unimpeacha. ble moral character and high literary attainments; and students can obtain an education equal to what can be obtained at any literary institution in the west- ern country.
Indiana college is located in the vicinity of Bloom- ington, in Monroe county, and in a very populous part
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of the state. The situation is elevated and remarka- bly healthy; and the surrounding country affords an abundant supply of all the necessary articles of sub- sistence. The society in the town is moral and a- greeable; and the literary character of the inhabitants is daily improving. In addition to students from vari- ous parts of the state, this institution has been attended by young gentlemen from several of the neighboring states; and from the well known high reputation of the president, and the literary qualifications of the profes- sors, there is no doubt but it will in a short time be one of the most important seats of learning in the western country.
INDIANAPOLIS, a flourishing town and capital of the state of Indiana. It is situated near the east bank of the west fork of White river, in the centre of Marion county of which it is the seat of justice, and very near the centre of the state. It stands on a delightful and extended plain, just below the confluence of Fall creek with White river. In 1820, the ground on which it stands was a dense forest; now it is a large, beautiful, and flourishing incorporated town, present- ing a fair sample of the rapidity with which the great west isadvancing in population, wealth, and grandeur.
This town was located in 1820 by Commissioners appointed by the authority of the state for that pur- pose, and was chosen as the most desirable and ad- vantageous site which this beautiful region presented. The ground on which it is located, together with the suburbs, embracing altogether the amount of four sections of land, was secured to this state, for a per- manent seat of government, by a compact with the United States, at the time when Indiana became a state. In the spring of 1821, the town was laid out and surveyed by commissioners appointed for that purpose, and in the early part of October following, a sale of the lots took place at public vendue. At this sale a considerable portion of the most valuable lots were sold, some of them at high prices. The lots, with the exception of those on the Governor's Square,
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contain a third of an acre, being 67₺ feet in front, and extending back 195 feet. Those on the square above mentioned contain a quarter of an acre. The streets cross each other at right angles with the exception of four, which run in a diagonal direction from the cen- tre to the borders of the town. Washington is the principal business street, and is 120 feet wide. Cir- cle street, which passes round the Governor's house, is 80 feet wide. The residue of the streets are 90 feet wide. The town is laid off in regular four acre squares, each of which contains twelve lots. Through the middle of the squares from east to west are alleys 30 feet, and from north to south 15 feet in width. The original plat of the town was a mile square. The re-
sidue of the donation, with the exception of the re- servations which have been made for various purpo- ses, has been divided into convenient out-lots of vari- ous sizes, from four to fifty acres, and sold, upon which valuable improvements are in progress. Pogue's run, passing through the southern partfof the town and do- nation, constantly affords a supply of running water. The soil of the town and environs is exceedingly rich and productive. Garden vegetables grow most luxu- riantly, and there is a commendable degree of taste and industry displayed in the cultivation of them.
This town is improving and populating with great rapidity. The area being so large, and the improve- ments extending over so considerable a space, the town does not present, to the casual observer, so splen- did an appearance as if it were more compact. No one, however, who has observed its advancement, and is aware of its many advantages, can doubt that it will continue to improve and populate until it becomes a large and important town. It has about three hun- dred houses, generally of brick and frame. Several of the business houses are extensive and commodious. There are three large and convenient meeting hou- ses, one for the Methodists, one for the Presbyterians, and one for the Baptists, in which public service is regularly performed. Among the public buildings
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are a Court House 60 feet by 45, two stories high with a lofty cupola, belonging to the state and county jointly, in which the Legislature and the superior and inferior courts hold their sessions; a house for the Go- vernor, 60 feet square and two stories high, presenting four elegant fronts, situated on a beautiful eminence in the centre of the town; a house for the use of the Treasurer of State; a Clerk's office; and a Market House. A very large and splendid State House is just commenced, which it is expected will equal, in taste of design and general appearance, any public building in the west. It will be 180 feet long, 80 wide, and 45 from the foundation to the cornice, with an appropriate dome. It is on the model of the Par- thenon at Athens, presenting a rich front of pillars, the sides in pilasters, to have an entire stone appearance, the roof, dome, and cornice to be covered with zinc, and the Legislative Halls, Court Room, and Rotunda to be ornamented with stucco work. The architect is Ithiel Town Esq. of New-York. A steam mill has been lately erected by Messrs. McCarty, Blake, and Ray, in an eligible situation on the bank of the river adjoining the town. It is of extensive dimensions, comprising a merchant mill of four stories, 45 feet by 50, and a saw mill 60 feet by thirty. It has abundant power for propelling 2 pair of stones, two setts of card- ing machines, and a saw, besides turning, &c. all of which are in constant operation. A handsome bridge, costing about $25,000, is being erected across White River, to connect the Cumberland Road, which, ac- cording to contract, is to be finished during the pre- sent season.
In this town is a State Colonization Society, a State Temperance Society, a State Historical Society, and a State Library, together with an extensive Law Li- brary and a very respectable Town Library. There are two Sunday Schools numerously attended, which are very justly regarded as important engines for the diffusion of intelligence and the promotion of morality. There are also several well conducted
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weekly schools, one of which is a female school exclu- sively.
The Cumberland Road and Michigan Road, which will long continue to be great highways, pass through this place, and state roads diverge from here in every direction."
In the summer of 1829, there were 1085 inhabi- tants, of whom 41 were blacks. No enumeration has been taken recently, but it is supposed that the popu- lation is now about 1,000. Of professional men there are four clergymen, six physicians, and sixteen law- yers. There are two printing offices, from which are issued weekly journals entitled the Indiana Journal, and Indiana Democrat, which circulate extensively through various parts of the state; fourteen mercantile stores, several of which are extensive, and a number of groceries; a land office, a book store, an iron store, two apothecary shops, a book-bindery, three tanneries, four taverns, and of those who carry on business, there are two tinners, a coppersmith, two silversmiths, two chairmakers, two wheelwrights, two painters, two plasterers, seven blacksmiths, two gunsmiths, seven or eight carpenters, five or six cabinet-makers, three hat- ters, four saddlers, five tailors, seven shoemakers, five bricklayers, two butchers, and two or three bakers.
Indianapolis is distant from Columbus in Ohio, west 175 miles; from the city of Cincinnati, north-west, 110 miles; from Frankfort in Kentucky, north north-west, 138 miles; from the city of Louisville in Kentucky, north, 115 miles; from Vandalia in Illinois, cast, 208 miles; and from the city of Washington, west, 573 miles. ' N. lat. 39 deg. 42 min. W. Ion. 8 deg. 54 min.
INDIAN CREEK, a mill stream in Jackson county. It rises in the northern part of the county and runs in a southern direction to Driftwood, where it discharg- es itself near the centre.
INDIAN CREEK, a large and valuable mill stream, which rises in Floyd and Washington counties. Its two principal branches are Big and Little Indian, both of which run in a south-westerly direction into Harri-
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son, and uniting their waters at Corydon, continue their course to the Ohio river near to the village of Amsterdam.
INDIAN CREEK, a good mill stream, which has its source in Johnson county, near to the heads of Nine- veh, and taking a westerly course into Morgan county, it falls into White River below Martinsville.
INDIAN CREEK, a mill stream which has its source in Monroe county, and taking a south course, enters Lawrence county near to the north-west corner, and passing on near the western border of Lawrence about fifteen miles, it turns westwardly and falls into the East Fork of White River in Martin county.
INDIAN CREEK, a western township in Lawrence county.
INDIAN CREEK, a small stream which empties into Fall creek in the north-east corner of Marion county.
INDIAN CREEK, a large mill stream in Switzerland county. It has its source in the northern part of the county, and runs south into the Ohio river.
INDIAN KENTUCKY, a large and valuable mill stream in Jefferson county. It has its source in the north- east part of the county, and running in a southerly di- rection discharges itself into the Ohio river seven miles above Madison. This stream furnishes, on an aver- . age, a sufficiency of water for mills, nine months in the year. There are now in successful operation on this creek, several grist and saw mills, and an extensive paper mill, owned by Mr. John Sheets.
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