Northwestern Indiana from 1800 to 1900A regional history written by Timothy H. Ball . . . .
The following history of
Northwestern Indiana
was written by Timothy H. Ball and published the printer Donohue and Henneberry
of Chicago, Illinois, in 1900. Ball arrived in Porter County in 1837, settling
with his parents in the now extinct village of City West. He later moved to Lake
County, Indiana. Ball was a trained historian and a very able writer who resided
in Northwestern Indiana nearly his entire life. He wrote extensively about the
historical development of the area, especially the counties of Lake and Porter.
As such, his perspectives of the early history of the entire region are rather
insightful.
Below, we present a complete transcription of Ball's book. The book embraces
historical information concerning the counties of Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton,
Porter, Pulaski, Starke, and White. However, rather than presenting material on
a county-by-county basis, Ball provides a more holistic review of the entire
area embraced by Northwestern Indiana. The style and presentation of Ball's
writing makes for the understanding of the early history and development of the
region much clearer than the information published in most of the county
histories prepared by other writers. Substantial information concerning the
early history of Porter County is included in this book.
The following four maps are included in this book:
Northwestern Indiana, 1900
Jasper County, Indiana, 1900
Lake County, Indiana, 1890
State of Indiana
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.
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