| CHAPTER I. -
GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY ---- 217 |
| |
- Perry Township
- Bean Blossom Township
- Richland Township
- Van Buren Township
- Indian Creek Township
- Clear Creek Township
- Washington Township
- Benton Township
- Salt Creek Township
- Polk Township
- Marion Township |
| CHAPTER II -
INDIAN OCCUPANCY AND FIRST WHITE MEN ----221 |
| |
- The Miami Tribe, Former
Owners of Territory
- Cession Treaties
- First Appearance of White Men
- Early Land Entries |
| CHAPTER III -
ORGANIZATION OF MONROE COUNTY ----224 |
| |
- Legislative Enactment
- First Election
- First Court House
- Location of County Seat
- Formation of Townships
- Another Change in Territory
- More Territory Attached to Monroe County |
| CHAPTER IV -
GENERAL HISTORY ---- 231 |
| |
- David McHolland, the First
White Settler
- Early Land Entries and First Permanent Settlers |
| CHAPTER V - COUNTY
GOVERNMENT ----234 |
| |
- Organization
- Machinery of Government in Operation
- First Board of County Commissioners
- First Appointments
- Road Petitions
- First Grand and Traverse Juries
- Other Proceedings of the Board
- Early Tax Levies
- Tavern Licenses
- Public Buildings
- Court Houses
- County Jails
- Care of the County Poor
- Finances of the County
- Assessed Valuations
- Old County Library |
| CHAPTER VI -
POLITICAL HISTORY ---- 246 |
| |
- Vote for Presidential
Electors
- County Auditors
- County 'Clerks
- Sheriffs
- County Recorders
- County Treasurers
- Coroners
- County Surveyors
- Seminary Trustees
- Probate Judges
- Judges of the Circuit Court
- Associate Judges
- Prosecuting Attorneys
- School Examiners and Superintendents
- Early Justices of the Peace
- County Commissioners
- Local Option Election |
| CHAPTER VII -
AGRICULTURE ---- 257 |
| |
- Statistics for 1836
- Figures for 1909
- Agricultural Societies
- Equestrian Fairs
- Annual Fairs |
| CHAPTER VIII -
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS ---- 261 |
| |
- First School and its
Teacher
- Subscription Schools
- First Graded School at Bloomington
- Various Township Schools
- Monroe County Seminary
- Bloomington Female College
- Change of Public Sentiment
- Schools of 1913
- School Buildings |
| CHAPTER IX -
INDIANA UNIVERSITY ---- 271 |
| |
- Legislative Act
Establishing the University
- First Trustees
- First Buildings
- Federal Legislation
- Vincennes University
- Constitutional Provisions
- State Seminary Founded
- Title Changed
- Charger of 1852
- University Funds
- Taxes for University Purposes
- Professional Schools
- Co-Education
- Relation to the State
- The Old Campus
- Removal to New Campus
- Situation of Buildings
- Library Building
- Student Building
- Administrative Offices
- Buildings for Lectures and Recitations
- Observatory
- Other Buildings
- Jordan Field
- Gifts and Bequests
- Opportunities for Employment
- University Library
- Expenses of Students
- Law Department
- School of Medicine
- Summer Term System
- School of Education
- Graduate School
- Chronological Table
- Brief Sketches of the Presidents |
| CHAPTER X -
NEWSPAPERS OF MONROE COUNTY - 300 |
| |
- Jesse Brandon Establishes
the First Newspaper
- Subsequent Bloomington Newspapers
- Papers at Ellettsville and Smithville |
| CHAPTER XI -
CHURCHES AND FRATERNAL SOCIETIES ---- 304 |
| |
- Strong Religious Sentiment
- Churches in 1861
- The Methodist Episcopal Denomination and its Societies at Bloomington,
Bean Blossom Township, Stanford, Ellettsville, Harrodsburg,
Stinesville, Smithville, Cross Roads and Whitaker
- Presbyterian Societies at Bloomington, Elletsville and
Harrodsburg
- United Presbyterians
- Reformed Presbyterians
- Cumberland Presbyterians
- Baptist Churches at Bloomington, Stinesville and Ellettsville
- The Christian Church
- Early Preachers and Their Doctrines
- The Church Name
- Episcopal Church
- Church of Christ
- Catholic Church
- Free and Accepted Masons
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Knights of Pythias |
| CHAPTER XII -
LEGAL AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONS - 321 |
| |
- Early Lawyers Who
Practiced in Monroe County
- Brief Personal Mention
- The Present Bar
- Early Doctors of the County
- Present Physicians
- Faithful Old "Family Doctors." |
| CHAPTER XIII -
MILITARY HISTORY OF MONROE COUNTY - 330 |
| |
- County Represented in War
of 1812
- The Mexican War
- Civil War
- Public Meetings
- Resolutions
- A Notable Meeting
- Enlistments
- Newspaper Records
- An Interesting Letter
- The Draft
- Morgan's Raid
- Southern Sentiment in Monroe County
- Grief Over Lincoln's Assassination
- Soldiers' Relief Movements
- Monroe County Representation in Various Regiments
- Spanish-American War. |
| CHAPTER XIV - THE
OOLITIC STONE INDUSTRY - 360 |
| |
- Geological Formation
- First Attempts at Quarrying
- Improvement in Methods
- Development of the Industry
- State Geologist's Official Statement
- Early Quarrying Methods
- Prices and Transportation
- Monroe County Quarries, Active and Inactive |
| CHAPTER XV -
BLOOMINGTON TOWNSHIP AND CITY - 367 |
| |
- First Settlers and Land
Entries
- The City of Bloomington
- Plats
- First Purchasers of Town Lots
- The Beginning
- Early Business Hosues and Industries
- General Muster Day
- The Town from 1830 to 1840
- Following Decades
- Early Advertisements
- Early Mail Service
- Market Quotations
- Manufacturing Industries in 1912
- The Great Furniture Industry
- Banks and Banking
- Municipal History
- Legislative Act
- First Town Elections
- Change to City
- Elective and Appointive Officers
- Finances
- Water Works
- Postoffice
- Commercial Club
- Other Organizations
- Phenomenal Development
- Reminiscences of Bloomington
- The Lincoln Funeral |
|
CHAPTER XVI - BEAN BLOSSOM
TOWNSHIP - 399 |
| |
- Location
- Geology
- Settlement
- Wild Game
- Towns and Villages
- Mt. Tabor
- Stinesville |
| CHAPTER
XVII - BENTON TOWNSHIP - 404 |
| |
- Organization and Area
- Settlement
- Excellent Grazing Land
- Land Entries
- Unionville
- The Cox Tragedy |
|
CHAPTER XVIII - CLEAR CREEK
TOWNSHIP - 407 |
| |
- Rich Agricultural Section
- Settlement
- Early Land Entries
- Towns and Villages
- Harrodsburg
- Fairvax
- Smithville |
|
CHAPTER XIX - INDIAN CREEK
TOWNSHIP - 411 - finished
11/23/2015 |
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- A Nature favored Locality
- Its Early Settlement
- Land Entries
- Business Interests
- Iron Works |
|
CHAPTER
XX - MARION TOWNSHIP - 413 -
finished 11/23/2015 |
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- Area
- Natural Features
- Settlement
- First Settlers and Land Entries |
|
CHAPTER
XXI - PERRY TOWNSHIP - 415 -
finished 11/23/2015 |
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- Excellent Land, Well
Watered and Drained
- The "Seminary" Township
- Early Land Purchasers
- Organization as a Township
- First Officers |
|
CHAPTER
XXII I- POLK TOWNSHIP - 418 -
finished 03/18/2017 |
| |
- Natural Features
- Rough and Sterile Soil
- Early Settlement
- First Elections
- Chapel Hill
- Counterfeiters |
|
CHAPTER XXIII - RICHLAND TOWNSHIP -
421 - PARTIALLY finished 03/18/2017 |
| |
- A Typical Monroe Township
- Geological Formations
- Early Settlement
- John Parks' Reminiscences
- Early Land Entries
- Elllettsville
- Incorporation
- Business Interests
- Fraternities, Churches and Banks. |
|
CHAPTER XXIV - SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP -
427 - finished 03/18/2017 |
| |
- Salt Springs
- Native Resources
- Settlement
- Early Land Purchases |
|
CHAPTER XXV - VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP -
429 - finished 03/18/2017 |
| |
- Natural Features
- Rich and Productive Soil
- Puet's Cave
- Early Settlement
- Land Buyers
- Stanford
- The Blue Spring Community |
|
CHAPTER XXVI - WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
- 432 - finished 03/18/2017 |
| |
- Boundary and Area
- Timber
- Geology
- Settlement
- Land Entries
- Wayport
- Hindostan |
|
CHAPTER XXVII -
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND INCIDENTS - 435
- PARTIALLY finished 03/19/2017 |
| |
- Village Plats of Monroe
County
- Population Statistics
- Old Settlers' Society
- Monroe County Historical Society
- Artesian Well at Bloomington
- Early Stages and Railroads
- New Albany & Salem Railroad
- Indianapolis Southern Railroad
- Pioneer Tales |
