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Welcome to
LAWRENCE COUNTY,
INDIANA
HISTORY & GENEALOGY
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Source:
History of Lawrence County, Indiana
their people, industries and institutions. 
Publ. Indianapolis, Ind. - B. F. Bowen & Co.,
1914

CONTENTS:

  PAGE
CHAPTER I - GEOLOGICAL AND SURFACE FORMATIONS 25
 
CHAPTER II - PRE-HISTORIC AND INDIAN RACES 29
 
CHAPTER III - EARLY SETTLEMENT AND TOWNSHIP HISTORIES - FINISHED 4/2/2020 34
- Original Area and Boundary of Lawrence County
   - Indian Hostility
   - Slow Immigration
   - The First Settlements
- Flinn Township
   - Land Entries
   - Early Mills
   - Distilleries
   - Leesville
- Marion Township
   - Origin of First Settlers
   - Land Entries
   - Hunting
- City of Mitchell
   - Incorporation as Town, and as City
   - Business Interests
- Guthrie Township
   - Land Entries and First Settlers
   - Dixonville
   - Tunnelton
   - Fort Ritner
- Bono Township
   - Original Area
   - Mills
   - Town of Bono
   - Lawrenceport
- Marshall Township
   - Mills
   - First Merchant
   - Avoca
   - Guthrie
- Spice Valley Township
   - First Land Entries
   - Mills
   - Items by T. M. Brinkworth
   - Huron
   - Bryantsville
- Perry Township
   - Early Land Entries
   - Pioneer Industries
   - Hunting
- Springville
- Indian Creek Township
   - Early Settlers
   - First Elections
   - Williams
   - Southern Indian Power Company
   - Fayetteville
   - Silverville
- Pleasant Run Township
   - Heltonville
- Shawswick Township
   - Land Entries
   - First Election
   - Mills
- Oolitic
   - Business Interests
- Abandoned Towns.
   - Liberty
   - Redding
   - Woodville
   - Juliet
 
CHAPTER IV - ORGANIZATION OF LAWRENCE COUNTY 64
 
CHAPTER V - LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF LAWRENCE COUNTY 71
 
CHAPTER VI - POLITICAL REPRESENTATION 86
 
CHAPTER VII - LAWRENCE COUNTY NEWSPAPERS 94
 
CHAPTER VIII - EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS, SCHOOLS, ETC. 100
 
CHAPTER IX - AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, ETC. 109
 
CHAPTER X - BENCH AND BAR OF LAWRENCE COUNTY 113
 
CHAPTER XI - MEDICAL HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY 123
 
CHAPTER XII - RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS 129
 
CHAPTER XIII - FRATERNAL AND SECRET SOCIETIES 145
 
CHAPTER XIV - RAILROADS, TRANSPORTATION, ETC. 150
 
CHAPTER XV - MILITARY HISTORY OF LAWRENCE COUNTY - PARTIAL ADDED 4/4/2020 154
 
CHAPTER XVI - CITY OF BEDFORD 176
 
CHAPTER XVII - BEDFORD STONE INDUSTRY 193
 
CHAPTER XVIII - MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS 204


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