Northwestern Indiana from 1800 to 1900A regional history written by Timothy H. Ball . . . .
Source Citation:
Ball, Timothy H. 1900.
Northwestern Indiana from 1800 to 1900 or A View of Our Region Through the
Nineteenth Century. Chicago, Illinois: Donohue and Henneberry. 570 p.
MAP OF NORTHWESTERN INDIANA, 1900
NORTHWESTERN INDIANA
FROM 1800 TO 1900
. . . OR . . .
A VIEW OF OUR REGION THROUGH THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
. . . BY . . .
T. H . BALL,
ACTIVE MEMBER OF INDIANA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF
WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY; HONORARY MEMBER OF TRINITY HISTORICAL
SOCIETY OF TEXAS; AUTHOR OF LAKE COUNTY, 1872; LAKE OF THE RED CEDARS; POEMS AND
HYMNS; ANNIE B.; NOTES ON LUKE'S GOSPEL; HOME OF THE REDEEMED, ETC.
CROWN POINT, VALPARAISO, LA PORTE, KNOX, WINAMAC,
MONTICELLO, RENSSELAER, KENTLAND.
1900
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Copyright, 1900.
BY T. H. BALL.
"It is well for every form of organized society,
from the family to the nation, to pause occasionally and devote itself to a
review of the past, recalling whatever of persons and events may be worthy of
recollection, and placing on a permanent record so much of the gathered results
as ought to be preserved."
DR. BARON STOW.
DONOHUE & HENNEBERRY
PRINTERS AND BINDERS,
CHICAGO.
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DEDICATION
To the memory of my FATHER and MOTHER, who were true
PIONEERS in Lake County, and from whom my earliest and best impulses in the line
of literature were received; and to the memory of OTHER PIONEERS, good and true
men and women, hundreds of whom made homes in this Northwestern Indiana in the
early pioneer days; as a memorial of their privations, their energy, their
success; this volume is affectionately dedicated.
T. H. BALL.
NAVIGATION OF
NORTHWESTERN INDIANA FROM 1800 TO 1900
FRONT MATTER AND DEDICATION
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
- GENERAL OUTLINES
CHAPTER 2
- THE INDIANS
CHAPTER 3
- THE EARLY SETTLERS
CHAPTER 4
- WHAT THE EARLY SETTLERS FOUND
CHAPTER 5
- PIONEER LIFE
CHAPTER 6
- COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER 7
- OUR LAKES AND STREAMS
CHAPTER 8
- LAKE MICHIGAN WATER SHED
CHAPTER 9
- TOWNSHIP AND STATISTICS
CHAPTER
10 - RAILROAD LIFE
CHAPTER
11 - POLITICAL HISTORY
CHAPTER
12 - THE WAR RECORD
CHAPTER
13 - RELIGIOUS HISTORY
CHAPTER
14 - RELIGIOUS HISTORY
CHAPTER
15 - RELIGIOUS HISTORY
CHAPTER
16 - SUNDAY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER
17 - TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF NEWTON AND JASPER
CHAPTER
18 - TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF WHITE, PULASKI AND STARKE
CHAPTER
19 - VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES OF LAKE
CHAPTER
20 - VILLAGES AND TOWNS OF PORTER
CHAPTER
21 - VILLAGES, TOWNS AND CITIES OF LA PORTE
CHAPTER
22 - EARLY TRAVELS
CHAPTER
23 - PUBLIC SCHOOLS
CHAPTER
24 - PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
CHAPTER
25 - LIBRARIES
CHAPTER
26 - OTHER INDUSTRIES
CHAPTER
27 - SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
CHAPTER
28 - THE KANKAKEE REGION
CHAPTER
29 - DRAINING MARSHES
CHAPTER
30 - ANIMALS AND PLANTS
CHAPTER
31 - MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
CHAPTER
32 - COURT HOUSES
CHAPTER
33 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
CHAPTER
34 - BIRTH PLACES OF PIONEERS
CHAPTER
35 - McCARTY
CHAPTER
36 - ATTEMPTS TO CHANGE
CHAPTER
37 - ALTITUDES
CHAPTER
38 - MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
CHAPTER
39 - SOME STATISTICS
CHAPTER
40 - WEATHER RECORD
CONCLUSION
Transcribed by Steven R. Shook, April 2012