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| PREFACE |
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| CHAPTER I. -
PHYSICAL FEATURES, GEOLOGY, INC. |
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Miami County
- Location and Boundaries
- Lines of Survey
- Rivers and Creeks
- Underlying Rocks of the Upper Silurian and Devonian Periods
- Quarries and Lime-kilns
- Along the Mississinewa
- Bog Iron Ore
- The Glacial Epoch
- The Wabash River
- Moraines
- The Glacial Drift
- Economic Geology
- Clays
- Sand
- Gravel
- Natural Gas and Oil
- Primitive Forests and Their Destruction |
| CHAPTER II. -
ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS |
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The Mound Builders
- Theories Regarding Their Antiquity
- Thomas' Division of the United States into Districts
- Characteristics of Each District
- Few Relics in Miami County
- The Indians
- How Distributed in 1492
- The "Six Nations"
- The Miami Tribe
- Habits and Customs
- Their Domain
- Villages in the Wabash Valley
- The Pottawatomi
- Character and Traditions
- Villages
- Policies in Dealing with the Indians |
| CHAPTER III. -
INDIAN CHIEFS AND TREATIES |
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Early Miami Chiefs
- Little Turtle
- John B. Richardville
- Legend of How He Became Chief
- His Characteristics
- Tribal Organization
- War Chiefs
- Shepoconah
- Francis Godfroy
- How He Was Chosen War Chief
- His Family
- His Death and Will
- Gabriel Godfroy
- Pottawatomi Chiefs
- Treaties With the Pottawatomi
- Treaties With the Miamis
- Full Text of the Great Treaty of 1838
- Schedule of Indian Land Grants
- Treaty of 1840
- The White Man in Possession |
| CHAPTER IV. -
THE STORY OF FRANCES SLOCUM |
52 |
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Her Capture by Indians in Her Childhood
- The Long Search for the Lost Sister
- Her Life Among the Indians
- Discovered in Her Old Age by Colonel Ewing
- Correspondence Between Colonel Ewing and Her Family
- Visited by Two Brothers and a Sister
- Refuses to Return to Civilization
- Her Death
- The Slocum Monument |
| CHAPTER V. - THE
PERIOD OF PREPARATION |
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Early Explorations in the New World
- French Posts in the Interior
- Spanish Claims
- Conflicting Interests of France and England
- French and Indian War
- Indiana Part of the British Possessions
- Pontiac
- George Rogers Clark's Conquest of the Northwest
- Indiana a Part of Virginia
- The Northwest Territory
- Campaigns of Harmar, St. Clair and Wayne
- Treaty of Greenville
- Indiana Territory Organized
- Treaties of Cession
- Tecumseh and the Prophet
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- War of 1812
- Battle of the Mississinewa
- Battle Ground Association
- Indiana Admitted as a State
- Location of the Seat of Government |
| CHAPTER VI. -
SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION |
86 |
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Early Explorers and Missionaries
- Indian Traders
- John McGregor
- First Actual Settlers
- The Ewings
- Pioneer Life and Customs
- Amusements of the Early Settlers
- A Bear Story
- Legislation Concerning Miami County
- Organized in 1834
- First County Officers
- Location of the County Seat
- First Jurors
- First County Election
Courthouses and Jail Buildings |
| CHAPTER VII. -
TOWNSHIP HISTORY |
109 |
- Formation of the First Two Civil
Townships
- Now Fourteen in the County
- Allen
- Butler
- Clay
- Deer Creek
- Erie
- Harrison
- Jackson
- Pioneer Settlers in Each
- First Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Mills and Other Early Industries
- Schools
- Early Religious Services
- Towns and Villages
- Railroads
- Miscellaneous Events |
| CHAPTER VIII -
TOWNSHIP HISTORY - Continued |
132 |
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Jefferson Township One of the First to be
Settled
- Perry
- Peru
- Pipe Creek
- An Indian Village
- Richland
- Union
- Washington
- Location, Boundaries and Physical Characteristics of Each
- Pioneer Settlers
- Early Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Primitive Industries
- First Religious Meetings
- Pioneer Schools and Teachers
- Towns and Villages
- Transportation
- Miscellaneous Events
- The Pioneer's Place in History |
| CHAPTER IX. -
THE CITY OF PERU |
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The Holman Purchase
- Miamisport
- Early Settlers
- Sketches of a Few Pioneers
- Peru Land Out
- Secures the County Seat
- Early Prominent Citizens
- First Incorporation of the Town
- First Officers and Ordinances
- The "Red Ladders"
- Incorporated by Special Act of the Legislature in 1848
- Hog or No Hog
- Additions to Peru
- Fire Department
- Water Works
- Gas Works
- Electric Light Plant
- Commercial Club
- City Park
- Public Improvements
- Postoffice
- Municipal Finances
- List of Mayors
- Miscellaneous |
| CHAPTER X. -
TOWNS AND VILLAGES |
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List of Towns That Are Or Have Been in Miami
County
- When Founded and By Whom
- The Pioneer Settlers
- Early Industries and Business Enterprises
- Schools and Churches
- Why Some Towns Perished
- Miscellaneous Events
- Population in 1910
- List of Present Postoffices |
| CHAPTER XI -
MILITARY HISTORY |
204 |
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Early Militia System
- The Peru Blues
- The Chipanue War
- War With Mexico
- The Civil War
- Miami County Prompt to Respond
- Thirteenth Regiment
- Other Regiments in Which Miami County was Represented
- Fourteenth Battery
- Miscellaneous Enlistments
- The Indiana Legion
- The Roll of Honor
- Relief Work at Home
- Spanish-America War |
| CHAPTER XII. -
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS |
241 |
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First Highways
- The Old Strawtown Road
- Rivers as Thoroughfares
- Wabash & Erie Canal
- Internal Improvement Act of 1836
- Collapse of the State System of Improvements
- Benefits Resulting from the Canal
- Its Final End
- Steamboat Navigation of the Wabash
- The Railroad Era
- Lake Erie & Western
- The Wabash
- Pan Handle
- The Eel River Railroad
- Peru & Detroit
- Chicago, Indiana & Eastern
- Chesapeake & Ohio
- Electric Line
- Miami County's System of Drainage |
| CHAPTER XIII. -
FINANCE AND INDUSTRY |
267 |
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Public Finances
- Bonded Debt of the County
- Banks
- Trust Companies
- Agriculture
- Statistics Relating to Crops and Live Stock
- Manufacturing
- Character of the First Factories
- Peru as a Manufacturing Center
- Natural Gas Era
- Its Influence on Industry
- Oakdale
- Report of Bureau of Inspection
- The Oil Field
- Outside Industries
- Factories in Other Towns |
| CHAPTER XIV. -
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
291 |
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First Schools in Indiana
- Congressional School Fund
- State Endowment Fund
- Pioneer School House
- Character of the Early Teachers
- The Three R's
- County Seminaries
- Peru Collegiate Institute
- William Smith's School
- Denver College
- First High School in Peru
- Present High School
- Value of School Property in the County
- Vocational Education
- County Superintendents
- Distribution of School Funds
- Parochial Schools
- The Press
- Brief Histories of the Various Newspapers
- John A. Graham
- Early Library Projects
- Peru Public Library
- School Libraries
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| CHAPTER XV. -
THE BENCH AND THE BAR |
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- Purpose of the Courts
- Eighth Judicial District
- First Courts in Miami County
- Character of the Early Judges
- The Court-House Fire of 1843
- Wabash Bridge Case
- Personal Mention of Judges
- Seal of the Circuit Court
- Change in Courts by the Constitution of 1852
- Probate Court
- Court of Common Pleas
- Court of Conciliation
- Last of Judges and Prosecuting Attorneys
- The Bar
- Sketches of Old Time Lawyers
- Bar Association
- Attorneys in 1914
- A Few Cases |
| CHAPTER XVI. -
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION |
331 |
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Early Conditions in the Wabash Valley
- Work and Fees of the Frontier Doctor
- Malaria
- Character of the Pioneer Physican
- His Remedies
- His Social Standing
- Balzac's Tribute to the County Doctor
- Brief Sketches of Early Practitioners
- List of Old Time Doctors
- Miami County Medical Society
- Medical Registration Law
- Licensed Physicians in Miami County |
| CHAPTER XVII. -
CHURCH HISTORY |
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First Missionaries
- The Catholics
- Methodists
- Presbyterians
- Baptists
- German Baptists or Dunkards
- Christians or Disiples
- New Lights
- United Brethren
- Friends or Quakers
- Episcopal Church
- Lutherans
- Congregationalists
- Seventh Day Adventists
- The Church of God
- Universalists
- Brief Histories of the Various Congregations and Their Houses of
Worship. |
| CHAPTER XVIII. -
CHARITIES AND CEMETERIES |
270 |
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Overseers of the Poor in Early Days
- Custom of Farming Out Paupers
- Its Disadvantages
- Miami County's First Poor House
- Present County Asylum
- Old Folks' and Orphan Children's Home
- Dukes Memorial Hospital
- Wabash Railway Hospital |
| CHAPTER XIX. -
MISCELLANEOUS HISTORY |
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First Flag in Miami County
- Lawlessness
- A Vigilance Committee
- Petition to President Polk
- Early Prices and Wages
- The Stranger's Grave
- Trading Wives
- Queer Real Estate
- Some Prominent People
- Trading Wives
- Queer Real Estate
- Some Prominent People
- Political Meetings
- Temperance
- Disastrous Fire
- A Stormy Summer
- Historic Floods |
| CHAPTER XX. -
SOCIETIES AND FRATERNITIES |
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Agricultural Societies and Fair Associations
- Social and Literary Clubs
- Miscellaneous Societies
- Detective Association
- Amboy Civic and Industrial Club
- Masonic Fraternity
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Knights of Pythias
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
- Improved Order of Red Men
- Other Fraternal Orders
- Catholic Societies
- Daughters of the Revolution
- Young Men's Christian Association. |
| CHAPTER XXI. -
STATISTICAL REVIEW |
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-
Increase in Population and Wealth
- Chronology
- Events Leading up to the Organization of and Connected with the History
of the County
- Official Roster
- A Complete List of County Officers from 1834 to 1914 |
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