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Book Title: History Of Fountain County

LOGAN TOWNSHIP.
BY A. S. PEACOCK.

   When the writer accepted the task of compiling the history of Logan township
he had little idea of the task before him. Of even the scant records there is
little left that is available, and none that is concise and connected, and onr
oldest living witness goes back but half a century, a long time, to be sure, but
not quite reaching the beginning. Sixty years ago the country along the Wabash
was an unbroken wilderness from Vincennes to Fort Wayne, with here and there a
trading post established by French-Canadians, and the more daring and
enterprising New Englanders. A few scouts and hunters had pushed their way
through the almost impenetrable jungles that swept down on either side to the
clear, cool waters of the Oubash, and had paddled up and down her islands, at
night pulling their canoes up on the edge of silvery sand-bars, or tying their
bows to the limbs of overhanging trees and letting the undulations of the tide
and the murmur of the waves among the pebbles soothe them to the^sleep that
their weary labors had made so welcome. For miles the country on all sides was
the same it had been for centuries. Not a white man's axe had been heard in
these lonely solitudes, and no cabin betokened the presence of the palefaces
destined so soon to come in and occupy the lands. The echoes of the forest were
awakened only by the scream of bird, the howl of beast, or the war-cry of the
red man. Wild fruits grew in untold luxuriance; purple grapes kissed their
reflection in the water; paw-paw and plum trees bent down with the weight of
their tempting burden; green grass carpeted the plains, and deer and antelope
cropped it without interruption; while the woods were alive with birds of every
description and the streams abounded with fishes and were black with water-fowl
that breeded in the rushes along the shores. No wonder the eye of the adventurer
was attracted to this spot, situated as it was along one of the most beautiful
rivers in the world, and right in the heart of one of the most fertile regions
ever known to man. No wonder he lingered in this delightful land, basking under
the blue skies of summer and feasting at nature's bountiful table. And when the
winds of winter began to sweep down from the north, crimsoning the forest trees
and making yellow the long, waving grass, he reluctantly turned his boat down
stream toward the settlements, and left this wonderful, silent world to the wild
beast and his companion, the Indian, while the snow fell silently through the
arches of the woodland,, burying the leaves under a shroud of spotless white. No
wonder fabulous tales were told when the settlements were reached, and long
letters written to friends in the east, relating the glories of the land they
had seen* and by their glowing descriptions many brave hearts were turned, with
their families, on the long journey to find a home in the wilderness toward the
setting sun. So much for a brief sketch of the country of which this township
formed a part, before white settlers began to come in and hew out a home among
the overarching trees.

   The history of this immediate vicinity opens out shortly after the battle of
Tippecanoe, and a legend is still told that the prophet, the noted Tecumseh's
brother, while on his way to join his tribe with the allied Indians at
Tippecanoe, held a council of war under a large burr-oak tree which stood, until
a few years ago, in the rear of the old Methodist church in Attica. This legend
lent such a charm to the old oak that many would have gladly seen it spared.
Several years before any settlement was made in this vicinity a trading post was
established near the village of Independence, six miles north of Attica. Here a
daring French-Canadian, named Chiquot, bartered with the wily red man. At that
time the river bottoms just opposite and a few miles above At-tica were used by
the Indian squaws as corn fields, and while the sinewy warriors scoured the
forests for game, or lazily paddled over the placid waters of the Wabash, their
dusky mates hovered over the fires at the wigwams or watched the growing crops
from the peculations of the birds of the air or more formidable marauders from
the deep recesses of the woods. And when autumn came, and the silver frosts
tipped the blades of maize with yellow and gold, the ears were plucked and dried
and carried in skins to the tops of the adjacent cliffs, where they were buried
in the earth. On one occasion when a pair of Indians were making their
excavation for the above purpose they came upon a rich vein of copper, and threw
out great chunks of ore that was very nearly free from dross. With their usual
cunningness they kept their discovery a secret for a time, and would stealthily
dig out all they could carry and trade it to Chiquot. At length others of the
tribe discovered it, and in time Chiquot acquired quite a cargo, which he loaded
on a flat-boat and floated down to Vincennes, where he found a market for it. A
number of the older citizens of this township, among them John R. Latta Sr. and
Enoch Farmer, spent years trying to discover the hidden treasure, but without
avail. Efforts were made to» bribe the Indians, and scores of the old corn-holes
were dug out, but all were unsuccessful. In 1822 two tribes of Indians, the
Kickapoos and Pottawatomies, got into a dispute which resulted in a collision,
and a bloody pitched battle was fought on the cliffs across the liver, below
Kickapoo falls. A large number on both sides were slain, and for long years
afterward bones of the dead were turned up in the cultivation of the ground.

   The above, though not occurring in Logan, is properly a part of the history,
as the incidents mentioned are closely allied to the history of some of our
older citizens. And now for the township proper.

   Prior to 1833 the territory now constituting Logan belonged to Shawnee and
Davis townships, but the residents of Attica considered it a great inconvenience
to go to Rob Roy to cast their ballots, and they accordingly asked for a new
township. At the March session of the year named the board of commissioners
organized Logan township, with the following boundaries: beginning at the
"Wabash river, where the line dividing Sees. 14 and 23, T. 21, R. 8, strikes the
same, thence east with the said section line to the southeast corner of Sec. 14,
T. 21, R. 7, thence north with the section line to the river. The township
contains 13,799 acres, and has a population of 2,609.

   The first settler we have any knowledge of was Josiah Bryant, who in 1822
entered the farm now owned by William Clapham. In May, 1824, Abram Trullinger
entered land near the Claypool farm, and in November of that year all the land
comprising this township was placed on the market, the sales being held at
Crawfordsville; $1.25 per acre was the price, and purchases were made by Stephen
Taylor, Benjamin Gordy, Jacob Wilkinson, John Brady, Jacob Hushaw Sr., and Jacob
Young. The latter bought the valuable land now owned by William and Ed. Hughes.
At this sale the land comprising the city of Attica could not be sold at any
price. October 24, 1824, Jacob Turman settled near the Bryant farm, four miles
east of Attica. He was a Methodist minister, and the first preacher who found
his way to this section. For years previous he had been missionary among the
Indians in the southern part of the state, and his acquaintance with their
customs and habits saved his, as well as his neighbors' lives, after he removed
here. He built a log-house the same year he entered his land, which was noted
because of its durability. It was put together strongly, and in those days was
considered the palace of the Wabash. When the Kickapoos or Pottawatomies got on
the war-path this house was the rendezvous for all the settlers, the women and
children being locked in the house while the men stood guard outside. The same
year E. Pain entered the Henry Nave farm, and several other families located
during the close of the year. In the spring of 1826 there was another land sale,
and George Hollingsworth bought the land comprising Attica at $1.25 per acre.

   Of the roads in Logan there is but one that could be traced - the old
Jefferson State Road. It was granted by the legislature, and the viewers were
appointed by the governor, John Bodley being one of them. It was built from
Jefferson to this place, running east and west through this township, and was
completed in 1833. It is still known as the State Road.

   The Bethel Methodist Episcopal church, in early days, was the head of
Methodism in this section. As early as 1828 we find meetings held in Bryant's
school-house, the building then standing about where the church now is. In
November of that year the first quarterly meeting for this circuit was held in
Crawfordsville, Stephen R. Biggs and Spencer Hunter, pastors; John Strange,
presiding elder. At that time Rev. Jacob Turman was the first minister for
Bethel, and John Camp^ bell the first class-leader. The members were the
Campbells, Bryants, Wilsons, Parnells, Waldrips, Burches, Turmans, and others.
At the third quarterly meeting of the circuit, held in La Fayette May 2,1829,
Evans Hinton, William Crumpton, and John Campbell were appointed a committee to
estimate the cost of building a church at Bethel, and the first quarterly
meeting was held in the new church November 20, 1830, James Armstrong, presiding
elder, and Samuel C. Cooper and Samuel Benton pastors. At that time the
membership was sixty, and the yearly quarterage amounted to $11. Up to 1831 this
was known as the Illinois circuit, but at the general conference held in
Philadelphia in 1832 the Illinois conference was divided and the Indiana
conference organized. This was then called the La Fayette circuit, and the first
quarterly meeting for said circuit was held at Bethel, December 22, 1832, James
L. Thompson, presiding elder, and Nehemiah B. Griffith and Richard Hargrave,
pastors. In 1835 the circuit was again divided, La Fayette being made a station
and this changed to Covington circuit. Some of the older inhabitants will
remember the big camp-meeting held at Bethel in 1832, at which there were thirty
or forty Indians present, who had been driven in by the Black Hawk war. The
present pastor of Bethel is Rev. D. Handley.

THE TOWN OF ATTICA

Was laid out in 1825 by George Hollingsworth. The original plat extended from
the corner of Brady and Washington streets west on the latter to the river
front, thence north to Ferry street, thence east to the alley running west of
the Revere House, thence south, on direct line, to the place of beginning.

   The first store was kept by William Crumpton in a little one-story frame
house in the vicinity of what is now known as corner of Mill and Perry streets.
Mr. Crumpton was postmaster at that time, and the mails were carried on
horseback from Indianapolis to Covington, and from there to Attica. Then Attica
had one mail a week; now she has five a day. The first hotel was kept by Harmon
Webb in a little log-house facing the river, at the western terminus of what is
now Main street. This house had additions built to it afterward, and remained
standing until a few years ago. In 1825, beside the store and hotel mentioned,
there were three other general stores and three saloons. During 1826 some
improvements were made; a still-house and gristmill combined was erected near
where the water-works now are, the burrs being large-sized "nigger-head" stones;
a cabinet-shop, a tan-yard, and a fanning-mill manufactory were also started.
Mr. Orin Arms, who is still living, was the proprietor of the latter. It must be
remembered that the whole town plat at that time, and for some years afterward,
was covered with a dense growth of hazel-brush, and the only means of
communication between most of the houses was through narrow foot-paths.

   During the succeeding years a strong rivalry existed between Attica and Rob
Roy, while Williamsport (just across the river) made some pretensions. Rob Roy
had quite a number of stores, two hotels, two or three pork-packing
establishments, and quite a number of other enterprises, and really was the
leading town of this section. There are citizens still living who remember how
they went to Rob Roy to do their shopping when they wanted something unusually
fine. For years the struggle for ascendency was a close one, with the chances
apparently in favor of Rob Roy; but when the great Wabash and Erie canal was
finished to Attica the battle turned in favor of the Athenians, and the sun of
prosperity began to decline in Rob Roy's western sky. Many of her merchants
moved to this place; her hotels lost their guests and fell into disuse, and were
finally given over to the owl and the bat; store-rooms were stripped of their
merchandise, and manufactories of their machinery, and the busy mart became
almost deserted, while grass and weeds sprang up in the streets that had been
worn smooth by the ever-restless feet. Our neighbor across the river fared
little better, and sought to maintain her prestige by constructing the
"side-cut," which should open a watery highway to the lakes. Many of our
citizens remember how the Williamsporters rejoiced over the completion of that
enterprise; a mammoth stall-fed ox was roasted whole, and the denizens of the
country for miles around were invited to partake in the festivities and listen
to the congratulatory speeches on that occasion. But even Williamsport saw her
star of destiny fading; the "side-cut" gave her shipping facilities, but
Attica's superior facilities drew from her the trade she had hoped to gain, and
ere many years elapsed the "side-cut" began to get out of repair, the locks
rotted down and were not rebuilt, because the investment did not pay." La
Fayette and Attica then locked horns, but the struggle was brief, the former
city having the pluck, nerve and enterprise to secure to herself the benefits of
the old New Albany & Salem railroad, a very important thoroughfare at that early
day. To this defeat Attica can lay La Fayette's victory and subsequent unbroken
prosperity.

   On the completion of the canal, in 1847, the stage companies had a rival, and
business in Attica became very brisk. Warehouses, stables and docks were built,
and the hum of traffic was heard along the "big ditch." In those days all the
"news" came by packet, and when the boat pulled up to the landing it was greeted
by nearly all the inhabitants. The landing was at the foot of Main street, and
the old stone stairway leading to the wharf was taken away only a year or two
since. With the completion of the canal came the complications with the
residents of Covington, who, in some manner, got the idea into their heads that
Attica wanted to keep the water from reaching-that place. After nursing their
wrath for some time, they concluded to visit Attica and rectify the matter. At
length word came that they had started, 300 strong, under the leadership of
Edward Hannegan (afterward United States senator), with the avowed purpose of
filling the lower level before the upper was filled. The first to spy them as
they reached the brow of the hill was old Jehu Wamsley, who lived on the bluff
across the river. He hastily grabbed up a couple of shot-guns, an old "yager," a
pistol or two, and came down to the river as fast as his horse could gallop,
right into and through the river as hard as he could tear, throwing the water
around like a crazy steamboat. The Covington army made a direct march to the
locks, and at once opened the flood-gates. At that time there were twenty or
thirty boats lying in the upper level, and the letting out of the water would
leave them on the rough bottom of the canal. A crowd soon gathered and several
fights occurred, in which Ezekiel McDonald was knocked into the canal, and Henry
Schlosser, John Leslie and others were slightly injured. The boatmen, hearing of
the racket, came down swearing and took a hand, but the superior numbers of the
invaders prevented them from shutting the gates, and they were compelled to
resort to strategy. Several of them slipped away and commenced hauling straw and
pitching it into the canal above the locks. This soon had the effect of corking
up the flood-gates, and the water ceased to flow. The canal war was carried on
in threats for some time after this, but no open hostilities occurred. The
matter was finally compromised after Hannegan's return from Berlin, where he was
sent as United States minister, and the two towns have ever since got along
without any physical collision, although several red-hot controversies might be
related.

   Attica was first incorporated as a town at the June session of the board of
commissioners, 1849, and on Monday, June 25, the qualified voters assembled in
Jesse Farmer's house, and, on motion of James McDonald, John C. Hale was elected
chairman, and Davis Newell, secretary. The officers of the meeting being duly
qualified they proceeded to district the town into five districts, as follows:
all that part of town south of Jackson street, first district; between Jackson
and Mill, second district; between Mill and Main, third district; between Main
and Brady's branch, fourth district; all north of Brady's branch, fifth
district. Trustees were elected as follows: Joseph Poole, first district;
Stephen Kennedy, second; Isaac Colman, third; John R. Campbell, fourth; Edward
Wilson, fifth. Isaac Colman, Esq., administered the oath of office. The
following officers were then elected: Stephen Kennedy, president of the board;
C. F. Currier, clerk; N. C. Porter, treasurer; J. P. Wamsley, marshal; J. V.
Hoffman, collector; Ava Tuttle, assessor; Kersey Bateman, street commissioner.
The first ordinance was presented by Joseph Poole, and was for the cleaning of
the town in view of the near approach of the Asiatic cholera epidemic. J. W.
Townsend and E. Briggs were the first to take out liquor licenses, July 6, 1849,
and Henry Miller followed on the 17th, paying at the rate of $25 per annum. At
the end of the year Davis Newell was allowed the princely sum of $7 for services
as attorney and office rent!

   Officers elected, 1850: Joseph McMurtrie, Stephen Kennedy, John Hemphill, R.
B. Hanna. The subordinate officers were all reelected. Under this board the
first order for street improvements was made, the street being Perry.

   Officers elected, 1851: J. D. McDonald, Edward Hemphill, John Hemphill, Dr.
W. C. M. Le Fevre.

   Officers elected, 1852: H. C. Schlosser, W. E. Standart, J. M. Fleming, J. R.
Campbell, Jacob Lebo. In this year James D. McDonald deeded the land now known
as McDonald square to the town.

   The last meeting of the board recorded was held some time in July, 1852.
After that it seems the corporation gave up the ghost. Meetings had been few and
far between, sometimes not being held oftener than once in three months, until
finally they ceased altogether. The next meeting took place July 8, 1858, with
the following board: Marshall M. Milford, president; Joseph Poole, Edward
Wilson, Arke M. Hall, Sumner Stowe; Elwood Bateman, clerk, and John Mills,
marshal and assessor.

   Officers elected, 1859: E. Wilson, president; Sumner Stowe, T. H. Anderson,
N. S. Brown, John J. Taylor; Thomas M. Powell, clerk; Ed. Burk, marshal; James
W. Lamme, assessor.

   Officers elected, 1860: E. Wilson, president; Sumner Stowe, Samuel Low, J. J.
Taylor, P. S. Veeder; T. M. Powell, clerk; John Mills, marshal.

   Officers elected, 1861: Sumner Stowe, president; E. E. Case, A. M. Hall, P.
S. Veeder, Samuel F. Miller; T. M. Powell, clerk.

   Officers elected, 1862: Sumner Stowe, president; James E. Johnson, Samuel
Finney, P. S. Veeder, T. H. Brant; Clark Bateman, clerk; Samuel Mentzer, marshal.

   Officers elected, 1863: A. M. Hall, president; B. F. Ridge, William Fowler,
Mack Dixon, George Wilson; James P. Low, clerk.

   Officers elected, 1864: George W. Jordan, president; P. S. Moore, M. P.
Gerard, P. S. Veeder, Jacob Hess; George A. Pynchon, clerk; Harvey Pixley, marshal.

   Officers elected, 1865: J. D. McDonald, president; Dr. W. L. Leyman, A. L.
Ross, G. W. Jordan, T. F. Brant; George A. Pynchon, clerk; John Sheridan,
marshal. Under this board the sum of $150 was appropriated to defray in part
expenses of a grand celebration, torchlight procession and illumination, in
honor of Union victories and the downfall of rebellion. We cannot forget that
night when the town was ablaze with fireworks and illuminations, and the hearts
of the people were filled with joy. Neither can we forget the terrible gloom of
the following morning, when the news of Lincoln's assassination fell like a pall
over the whole nation; when the houses in Attica which were brilliantly lighted
the eve before were draped in mourning. This was the last meeting of the board
of trustees.

   Early in 1866 a city charter was obtained, and on the third Monday in June of
that year the first city election was held, resulting as follows: mayor, John
Gass; treasurer, Samuel Finney; clerk. Silas Best; marshal, John Sheridan;
street commissioner. William Myers; councilmen, first ward, Joseph Peacock and
L. B. Lindsly; second ward, James D. McDonald and Edward Wilson; third ward,
Jonas Aylsworth and Levi Coffman.

   New officers elected, 1867: councilmen, second ward, William Green; third
ward, Nathan Plowman; clerk, George A. Pynchon; marshal, Allen Overley;
assessor, George F. Ward.

   New officers elected, 1868: councilmen, first ward, M. P. Gerard; third ward,
Jonas C. Aylsworth.

   New officers elected, 1869: councilmen, third ward, W. L. Leyman; treasurer,
James W. Lamme; marshal, J. H. Bush. 

   New officers elected, 1870: councilmen, first ward, Leander Arbogast; second
ward, Jacob C. Dick; third ward, George Rhinesmith. The latter resigned in
December, and Louis Adler filled the unexpired term.

   New officers elected, 1871: councilmen, second ward, Philip Kullmer; third
ward, Thomas J. Harvey; mayor, Monroe Milford; clerk, Albert S. Hegler.

   New officers elected, 1872: councilman, third ward, Nelson Ford.

   New officers elected, 1873: councilman, first ward, Samuel D. Landon;
marshal, Edwin Town; assessor, John L. Hays.

   New officers elected, 1874: councilman, first ward, Jonas C. Aylsworth.

   New officers elected, 1875: councilmen, second ward, John C. Bell; third
ward, Frank Feuerstein; mayor, Columbus Nave; clerk, John McCoy; assessor, J. A.
Wilson.

   New officers elected, 1876: councilmen, first ward, Samuel D. Landon; third
ward, Nelson Ford; Jacob H. Bush, marshal.

   New officers elected, 1877: councilmen, first ward, Hansel J. Green; third
ward, Isaac Lauman; John Maguire, clerk.

   New officers elected, 1878: mayor, Isaac E. Schoonover; marshal, Reuben Beamer.

   New officers elected, 1879: councilmen, first ward, J. W. C. Shultz; second
ward, Samuel Clark; third ward, Lewis D. Lyons.

   New officers elected, 1880: councilmen, second ward, John T. Rice; third
ward, Harry Millard; I. E. Schoonover resigned as mayor July 7 of this year, and
Benjamin F. Hegler was elected to fill the unexpired term.

TRANSPORTATION AND SHIPPING FACILITIES.

   After the bark canoes of the Indians came those of the white hunters, and
early in the twenties George Hollingsworth, the founder of the town, built a
ferry, which was propelled by poles. This primitive concern was run from shore
to shore, just between the mouth of Pine creek and where the railroad bridge now
is. This continued the only means of crossing the Wabash at this point until
1843, when Prescott and Conant Green built a horse-ferry and plied it below
where the wagon bridge now is. The only navigation of those days was found in
the river. When the Wabash was up steamers were frequently found at our wharves,
and sometimes two or three could be seen at once. The natives hereabouts would
build great rafts, load them with corn, wheat, apples, etc., and push out into
the stream and float down to New Orleans, where a ready market could always be
found. Numbers of older citizens have had experience in the perils of flat-boating.

   In 1847 the Wabash and Erie canal was completed to this point, and our market
changed from the south to the north - from New Orleans to Toledo, Cleveland and
Buffalo. Scores of boats lazily followed lazier mules along the "big ditch," and
after weeks of tedious journeying reached their destination and discharged their
cargo. This gradually superseded the river traffic, but in 1856 the Toledo,
Wabash & Western (now the great Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific) railroad reached
Attica, and the curse of the mule-driver was drowned in the shriek of the
locomotive. In this case, as in the others, the contest was brief. Soon boat
after boat lay rotting in the sun, until at last the few hulks that were left
floating were but the ghost of the enterprise's former greatness. And now the
stagnant waters that flow sluggishly by the tow-path turn green with envy as
they look up at the shining steel rails over r which the iron monster flies.
After the building of the railroad the wagon bridge was erected across the river
(1861), by a stock company, and the ferries, after a brave struggle, gave up the
ghost.

   The Indiana North and South (now the Chicago and Block Coal) railroad was
opened for business in May 1872, between Attica and Veedersburgh, where it
connects with the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western. The contemplated route
for this road is from Brazil, Indiana, through to Chicago, crossing the Wabash
river at Attica. Work on the southern extension is being pushed rapidly, and the
grading will be completed to Brazil by July 1881. On December 4, 1880, Logan
township voted a tax of $22,000 to aid in the construction of the road from this
city through to Chicago, and the same is to be completed by January 1, 1882.
This will give Attica competition in rates (which has been her only drawback for
years), and at the same time this will be the general distributing point for the
Indiana block coal, the reputation of which is well known.

   The Attica, Covington & Southern railroad, which is being built on the
tow-path of the old canal, is now graded to Covington, and it is the
determination to complete it, during 1881, to Terre Haute. Attica will remain
the terminus of this road, as it will connect with the Wabash, St. Louis &
Pacific at this point, and be under the management of that corporation.

   Attica also looks with some interest upon the building of the ship-canal, the
plan of which is to connect Lake Michigan with the Wabash by a ship-canal along
the low ground of western Indiana, making a junction at or near this city.
Congress has taken hold of this matter, and the engineers are now making
examinations as to the feasibility of the plan.

MANUFACTORIES.

   The first manufactories established in Attica were the distillery and
grist-mill, very rude in construction and limited in capacity, built by Joseph
Collyer in 1830. In 1835 William Crumpton erected the first steam saw-mill and
grist-mill. From that time until 1869 the manufactories steadily increased, but
for a few years after the latter year they began to decline. Now, however, they
are again taking a fresh start, and with the promise of competition in freight
rates, and the spirit of enterprise so thoroughly aroused, there seems to be
nothing to prevent their rapid advancement in our prosperous city. Among those
now in operation are the Attica flouring-mills, with a capacity of 175 barrels
per day and a force of eight men; Fisher, Arbogast & Co's carriage works, which
occupies three large two-story brick buildings, with twenty employes; Hess &
Harvey's wagon and cultivator works, occupying three buildings, with eight
workmen; John Schuessler's foundry and machine works, with an average force of
six;: David Smith's wagon and plow works occupies a large brick building, and
gives employment to eight men; Charles Shipp's wagon and carriage shops occupy
two buildings and employ six men; Trullinger & Co's drain-tile factory turns out
100,000 tile annually, and works from three to five men. Besides these there are
a number of smaller ones, besides four elevators, lumber-yards, planing-mill, etc.

HOTELS.

   As above mentioned, the first tavern in Attica, erected 1824, was the Webb
House, a log structure, just across the canal, at the foot of Main street. This
had no rival until 1830, when the well-known Indiana House was opened. This was
the leading and only tavern for a long time, and all stage lines made it their
headquarters. In 1835 a two-story frame house was put up by Delevan Bratt where
the Revere House now is, and was called the Attica House. This house was opened
in 1835 by William Farmer, who was succeeded by Ava Tuttle, and it finally came
into possession of a man named Thornburg. It was destroyed by fire in 1846. In
1843 a three-story brick building was erected on the corner of Main and Perry
streets, and was opened by Monroe & Sapp, under the name of Exchange House. This
continued a hotel until 1856, when it was converted into business rooms, and on
the night of January 16,1864, it, together with the entire square lying between
Main and Mill streets, was destroyed by fire. In 1852 the house now known as the
St. Charles was built by May & Whitehall, and was opened by Jasper Eldridge,
under the name of Eldridge House. He was succeeded by Mr. May, and the name
changed to May House. About the same time the "Attica Hotel Company" built the
Revere House, which was opened in 1853 by Smith & Son. The St. Charles is now
owned and managed by Mrs. E. M. Fox. The Revere is owned by Chicago parties, and
is leased by Louis Adler.

WATER-WORKS.

   The greatest of Attica's improvements are her water-works. As early as 1835
Levi Hollovy leased the McDonald Springs (the same now owned by the city), and
commenced the work of bringing the water down town. He built a dam where David
Smith's residence now is, and in it he "water-seasoned " the logs, which he
afterward bored by hand and laid down as water-pipes. He brought the water down
the ravine as far as N. S. Brown's lot, then diagonally across to Main street
and across to a boarding-house that stood near McDermond's corner. A section of
these old pipes was unearthed a few years ago in digging a cellar, and was found
almost as sound as the day it was laid, forty years before. After remaining in
his control a few years he transferred the lease to a stock company, which
brought the water upon the hill near J. C. Dick's residence, and ran a line of
pipes as far south as James B. Walker's. From this line other lines, running
down the intersecting streets, were laid, and for a long time these furnished
Attica with a bountiful supply of clear, cool spring water. Up to 1858 the water
continued to flow, but the logs rotted in different streets and were never
replaced, and at length the enterprise was allowed to fall through. Marshall M.
Milford, J. L. Standard, and others, at their own expense, bought and laid iron
pipes from the springs to the top of the hill in order to keep the water flowing
and preserve the lease. In 1873 the city council took the matter in hand, and
finally laid pipes from the Milford hydrant down Main street, and afterward
conveyed it to Jackson and Mill streets, and located public hydrants at
convenient distances. This partial system failed to give satisfaction, and in
1875 the work of furnishing the entire town with water began in earnest, and
resulted in the buying of the springs, the building of a reservoir at the foot
of the hill, another larger one at the top of the hill, and purchasing of two
Dean pumps to force the water from the lower one to the upper one, whence the
water is distributed to all parts of the city. The laying of pipes continued
until now the following streets are supplied: Main, Jackson, Monroe, Brady,
Mill, Perry, Columbia, Pike, New, Yount, Vine, Logan, Fifth and Sixth, making
altogether five miles of pipe. The business part of town, which is 140 feet
lower than the upper reservoir, is protected by a system of fire hydrants (and
this is being extended to other portions of the city), for which about 2,000
feet of hose, with reel-carts, is provided. This fall is equivalent to a
stand-pipe 150 feet high, and, while our works are natural, the water is pure
and cool. The entire cost of the works, which are surpassed by none in the
state, is only $40,000.

THE SCHOOLS.

   The first school-house in Attica was built of logs, and was situated on the
northwest corner of what is now Washington square. The first teacher we have any
account of (1832) was Thomas McFerren, who was afterward postmaster at Rob Roy
for over forty years, and who died at that place a few years since. He was
followed by Thomas Dowler, Benjamin Gregory, Mr. Easterly, and Davis Newell. In
1839 a frame school-house was built on the lot now occupied by D. Maguire, and
Miss Nancy Weaver (now Mrs. Dan Jordan), Miss Fairchild and others taught there.
In 1849 the south brick school-house (now the property of N. C. Porter) was
built, and in 1851 the "Canada" brick (now the property of John Kennedy) opened
with Thomas M. Coen as teacher. He continued till 1853, and was assisted at
different times by Miss Eva Wilson (now Mrs. Wright), Miss Susana Lebo, and Miss
Dean. Thereafter come the familiar names of Prof. Torrence, James Hoover, Ansel
J. Beech, Miss Foster, Miss Jane Bateman, Mrs. Maddox, David Railsback, W.
Stevens, James Buchanan, Miss Virginia Marr, E. Marshall, Miss Beckie Lawrence,
E. S. Pickett, Mr. and Mrs. Baker, S. P. Atkinson.

   In 1867 the present imposing edifice was erected at a cost of nearly $40,000.
It is a three-story building, containing ten rooms and a chapel, capable of
seating 500 persons. The building is heated by furnace, and is constructed in
modern style with every convenience. The schools of Attica, since the erection
of this building, have rapidly advanced in importance, until now they stand
second to none in the state, and are annually attended by many pupils from
abroad. Its corps of teachers, nine in number, are all eminently qualified to
teach their respective grades. The state board of education has acknowledged the
high standard of these schools by making a certificate of graduation here a
passport to the freshman class in the State University without examination
there. The principals of our public graded schools, since the erection of the
new building, have been as follows, in the order named: Prof. J. K. Waltz, Prof.
J. W. Caldwell, Prof. M. A. Barnett, Prof. E. H. Butler, Prof. B. F. French,
Prof. W. Buzzell. The present teachers are: Lodie E. Reed, preceptress high
school; Will B. Reed, A and B grammar grades; Carrie L. Hays, C grammar grade;
Kate Finney, D grammar grade; Jennie Lindsly, A primary grade; Lizzie H. Poole,
B primary grade; A. M. Baker, C and D primary grades. Mrs. Baker is the oldest
teacher in service in the city, having taught in Attica since 1857. The present
school board is composed of Leander Arbogast, president; Samuel Finney,
treasurer; Jonas C. Aylsworth, secretary. The number of scholars enrolled for
1880-81 is 480, and the building is capable of holding 800. The schools have
collected quite a nice cabinet, which is constantly being added to. The McClure
library is in their possession, and is quite an acquisition to the facilities
for learning. The schools have also a fine set of scientific apparatus. The
grounds are evenly graded, and beautified by handsome shade trees, and the whole
is surrounded by a substantial iron fence. The reputation of our schools is not
confined to Attica but extends far and wide, many pupils being in attendance
each year from abroad. They are a source of pride to every citizen of Attica.

THE CHURCHES.

   Of the Methodist Episcopal church in Attica we are unable to learn exactly
when it was first organized. As early as 1829 its pioneer ministers visited
Attica once a month or oftener, and preached in the log school-house on
Washington square. At that time we find Rev. James Armstrong presiding elder of
this district, which then embraced nearly one-fourth of the state. .He was
followed in 1830 by Rev. James L. Thompson, and the latter by Rev. Thomas Brown.
Of the circuit preachers between 1830 and 1840 the following are recalled: H.
Vredenberg, Richard Hargrave, Rev. Griffith, Charles Holliday, Rev. Dillon, Rev.
Swank, E. Sewell, J. L. Thompson, H. B. Beers, Walter Hoffman. From 1840 to 1850
the following were presiding elders: J. E. Smith, Samuel Cooper, John Daniels,
Joseph Marsee. During the same decade the following were circuit preachers:
James De Motte, J. J. Cooper, J. Mershon, H. N. Barnes, W. Posey, ____ Morrison,
A. A. Gee, D. B. Clany, T. S. Webb, F. E. Hardin, E. Wood, ______ Hann, E.
Holdstock, Amasa Johnson, J. S. Donaldson. After preaching in the school-house
awhile they secured a house that stood west of the Revere House. Thence they
changed their place of worship to a cabinet shop on Jackson street. Then they
moved to the new school-house on Maguire's lot. In 1841 the old Methodist church
was built. This continued to be the place of worship until 1870, when the
present brick edifice, which is the finest in the city, was built at a cost of
$12,000. The church has also erected a handsome brick parsonage on the same lot
at a cost of $4,000. The presiding elders and pastors from 1851 to 1881 are:

   1851. G. M. Boyd, P. E.; Benjamin Winans, P. Salary of pastor, $341; public
collection for year, $20.

   1852. G. M. Beswick, P. E.; Benjamin Winans, P.

   1853. G. M. Beswick, P. E.; Benjamin Winans, P.

   1854. Rev. Richard Hargrave, P. E.; Frank Taylor, P.

   1855. James Johnson, P. E.; Frank Taylor, P.

   1856. James Johnson, P. E.; G. M. Boyd, P.

   1857.  J. L. Smith, P. E.; S. S. Cooper, P.

   1858. J. M. Stallard, P. E.; John Leach, P.

   1859. J. M. Stallard, P. E.; C. S. Bergner, P.

   1860. J. M. Stallard, P. E.; Griffith Morgan, P.

   1861. J. M. Stallard, P. E.; J. R. Eddy, P.

   1862. A. A. Gee, P. E.; J. R. Eddy, P.

   1863. A. A. Gee, P. E.; D. F. Barnes, P.

   1864. J. W. T. McMullen, P. E.; D. F. Barnes, P.

   1865. John Edwards, P. E.; Clark Skinner, P.

   1866. John L. Smith, P. E.; Clark Skinner, P.

   1867. William Graham, P. E.; Clark Skinner, P.

   1868. William Graham, P. E.; Samuel Beck. P.

   1869. William Graham, P. E.; Samuel Beck, P.

   1870. William Graham, P. E.; Samuel Beck, P.

   1871. Rev. J. Hull, P. E.; Wilson Beckner, P.

   1872. George Stafford, P. E.; T. S. Webb, P.

   1873. J. W. T. McMullen, P. E.; T. S. Webb, P.

   1874. J. W. T. McMullen, P. E.; Samuel Godfrey, P.

   1875. J. W. T. McMullen, P. E.; W. H. Hickman, P.

   1876.  J. W. T. McMullen, P. E.; W. EL Hickman, P.

   1877. J. W. T. McMullen, P. E.; J. C. Reed, P.

   1878. A. A. Gee, P. E.; J. C. Reed, P.

   1879. A. A. Gee, P. E.; J. C. Reed, P.

   1880:   A. A. Gee, P. E.; F. M. Pavey. P.

   The church has a membership of 175, and a Sunday-school attendance of 150.

   The First Baptist church of Attica was organized December 20, 1842, at Rob
Roy, with following membership: Daniel Myers, Joel L. Jones, Dr. Thomas,
Caroline Thomas, Ruth Jones, Susan Pain and E. Pain. Go February 4, 1843, they
called Elder D. S. French to the pastorate. The first revival began January 28,
1843, and lasted one week. Eight additions to the church were made. On July 29
of the same year the first sermon by a Baptist minister was preached in Attica,
the minister being Rev. French, and at its close John Martin was baptized. In
July, 1844, a branch of the church was established in Attica "to do business and
report to the mother church at Rob Roy." In November, 1850, the church was
removed from the latter place to Attica. The church then met in a cabinet shop
standing near where Stanis Bernhart's residence is. The first celebration of the
Lord's Supper took place in the old Methodist Episcopal church, and the first
protracted meeting (1850) resulted in the addition of six. Meetings were held in
Jordan's Hall after this, and in 1855 the present church edifice was built, to
which was added a parsonage in 1875. The pastors since 1845 have been R. S.
Monroe, Rev. Webb, J. Gr. Kerr, E. L. Miller, Rev. Marshall, Rev. Deweese, E. J.
Covey, L. McCreary, Rev. Clark, Rev. Martin, V. O. Fritts, L. McCreary, E. J.
Covey.

   The Presbyterian church of Attica was organized January 20, 1843, by Rev.
James A. Carnahan and Rev. John Fairchild, with the following members: Curtis
Newell, John Davidson, Ann Maher, Henrietta Hawkins, Catharine Wheeler,
Elizabeth Young, Isaac Lutz, Elizabeth Schafer, Ann Bradenburg, Elizabeth
Donley, Deborah Martin, Isaac Fisher, Israel Young, Sodiva Davidson, Parnelia
Tuttle, Eunice Fisher. Rev. Fairchild was the first pastor. The church first
held services in the frame school-house on Brady street, and at that time a
cornfield adjoined it on the east, extending from Main street south. The present
church was erected in 1850, but has been greatly improved since. The pastors
since 1846 have been A. F. White, A. McCorcle, J. Delamater, H. M. Bacon, W. R.
Palmer, H. H. Cambern, G. G. Mitchell and William Wilmer, who commenced his
pastorate October 1, 1871, and still continues. The church membership is 100,
and the Sabbath-school attendance is about the same.

   The Swedish Lutheran church was organized in 1858, and held the first
services in the south brick school-house. In the following year their present
place of worship was built. Their first pastor was Rev. Norlins, and he was
succeeded by the following ministers in the order named: Rev. Andrew, Rev.
Duell, Rev. Johnson, Rev. Bergren, Rev. Tornquist, Rev. Gustafson and Rev.
Johnson. They have a comfortable parsonage near the church. The membership is
135, and the church is in a prosperous condition.

   Grace church (Episcopal) has a comfortable church building, but is now
without a rector. There are twenty communicants when the organization is in
working order.

   The Bene Jesurun (Jewish) congregation has been in operation since September
8, 1867, and has members. M. Blout, Rabboni. This organization meets in a hall
in Finney's block, but expects to build a synagogue.

   The Catholic church in Attica was organized and the church built in 1860, and
they have now 150 members. They have a parsonage and a cemetery. Rev. Father
Lemper is the pastor.

   In January, 1874, Rev. C. S. Gitchell, of Michigan, a Free Methodist
minister, came to Attica and began protracted meetings. These meetings soon
became remarkably interesting, and a large number were converted. At the close
of the meetings a Free Methodist church was organized, and they immediately
began the erection of a house of worship, completing it the same year at a cost
of $3,000. They also bought a parsonage adjoining the church at a cost of
$3,000. The ministers after Rev. Gitchell were Peter Zellers, N. F. Godman, A.
L. Leonardson, F. H. Haley and Rev. Hyle. They have a membership of fifty and a
Sunday-school attendance of sixty.

SOCIETIES.

   Attica Lodge, No. 33, I. O. O. F., was chartered April 20, 1846, and
instituted by S. D. P. G. Ben. B. Taylor, of Washington Lodge, No. 11, on June
8. The charter is signed by the following Odd-Fellows of that early day: George
Brown, D. D. G. S.; John H. Taylor, G. M.; Wm. Sullivan, D. G. M.; Stuart W.
Cayce, G. S.; I. B. McChasney, P. G.; J. P. Chapman, P. G.; W. A. Day, P. G.;
and H. D. Johnson, P. G. The charter members were: Jasper J. Eldridge, Newman C.
Porter, Ava Tuttle, John O. Wade, Finley L. Maddox, and John McMannomy. The two
last were members of Covington Lodge, No. 21, and lent their names and
membership to organize this lodge. The first officers were John McMannomy, N.
G.; Jasper J. Eldridge, V. G.; Ava Tuttle, Sec; Newman C. Porter, Tr. McMannomy
resigned at the next meeting after the lodge was instituted, and Porter was
elected to the vacancy. The first trustees, elected in 1848, were N. C. Porter,
Ava Tuttle, and D. K. Hays. The first initiates were Philip Lutz, Wilson Jacobs,
John R. Campbell, Robert Anderson, and Samuel D. Mentzer, who were admitted June
10. In 1867 the lodge erected a three-story brick structure on the west side of
Perry street, known as the Odd-Fellows' building, which cost $14,000. It was
dedicated June 17, 1868, by G. M. Samuel L. Adams, assisted by P. G. M.
Underwood, of La Fayette, and G.S. Barry, of Indianapolis. An able public
address was delivered by the Rev. B. F. Foster, of Indianapolis, now grand
secretary of Indiana. A few years since one-half of the first and second stories
was sold to N. C. Porter. The lodge owns the remainder of the building, their
spacious and elegant hall occupying the upper story. This lodge has twenty-one
past grands and a membership of eighty-four. The orphan fund is $491, and the
general fund $4,951.50. The present elective officers are Martin Schoonover, P.
G.; M. T. Case, V. G.; J. C. Lebo, Sec; G. W. Jordan, Per. Sec.; H. C. Pixley,
Tr. Trustees: I. E. Schoonover, Fred Rohlfing, and C. F. Robinson. Meetings are
held every Wednesday night. N. C. Porter is the only charter member living in
Attica, but he is no longer active, having withdrawn by card some years ago.
Shawannee Encampment, No. 25, was organized March 6, 1851, and was instituted by
M. W. R. C. P. Milton Herndon. The first officers were George L. Gibbs, M. W. C.
P.; Jasper J. Eldridge, M. W. H. P.; John O. Wade, R. W. S. W.; John Wallan, R.
W. J. W.; Kersey Bateman, R. W. S.; ______, R. W. T. Present officers: John
Sattely, C. P.; J. W. Gass, S. W.; C. J. Johnson, H. P.; C. F. Robinson, Scribe;
Jacob Hess, Tr.

   F. and A.M.-Attica Lodge, U. D., was organized under dispensation of grand
master May 11, 1844. The first officers were J. P. Wamsley, W. M.; Samuel
Coleman, S. W.; Wm. Manlove, J. W.; Wm. Saylor, Tr.; E. Andrews, Sec.; James
Evans, S. D.; Wm. J. Larue, J. D.; Henry Young, Tiler. First members: James G.
Hilton, Wm. Crumpton, Philip Weaver, G. H. Manlove, J. B. Odell, E. Sargent,
Isaac Lutz, D. K. Hays. A charter was granted May 29, 1845, by the Grand Lodge,
F. and A. M., to Attica Lodge, No. 18, with the following officers: Wm.
Crumpton, W. M.; Samuel Coleman, S. W.; James Hilton, J. W.; J. P. Wamsley, Tr.;
E. Andrews, Sec; E. Sargent, S. D.; J. Young, J. D.; Henry Young, Tiler. These
officers were installed September 18, 1845, by D. G. M. Taylor, at a public
installation in the Methodist Episcopal church. Of the charter members there are
none remaining. They own no hall, but have leased and handsomely furnished a
hall in Finney's block, where regular meetings are held on the evenings of the
first and third Tuesdays of each month. The lodge numbers seventy-three members.
The present officers are Thomas M. Powell, W. M.; Isaac Lauman, S. W.; Isaac E.
Schoonover, J. W.; Thomas J. Harvey, Tr.; J. C. Aylsworth; J. H. Finfrock. S.
D.; R. S. Miner, J. D.; L. Arbogast and Leo Loeb, Stewards; Meyer Blout, Tiler.

   Washington Camp, No. 6, P. O. S. O. A., was organized April 10, 1880, by J.
E. Campbell, Dist. Pres., and H. T. Ellis, with the following charter members:
Reuben Beamer, J. N. Glover, Wm. Nail, G. N. Davis, George R. Bell, Wm. Rhoads,
Charles Fugate, Tillman Inlow, E. Glover, J. H. Sutton, T. W. Hively, John
Songer, J. G. Bell, B. N. Stephenson, George Idle, G. T. Wood, John W. Brown,
Frank Fugate, Douglass Trott, John Trott, John T. Orcutt, A. R. Ludlow. The
lodge now numbers twenty-seven, with the following officers: T. W. Hively.
Pres.; George Idle, Vice-Pres.; G. T. Wood, M. O. F. and C; John C. Bell, P. P.;
John Songer, Rec.Sec.; Enoch Glover, Fin.Sec.; J. C. Phillips, Cond.; Geo. R.
Bell, Tr.; Wm. Nail, O. G.; Tillman Inlow, I. G. Trustees: R. Beamer, Moses Idle
and J. Glover. The lodge meets on Tuesday night of each week.

   Logan Lodge, No. 17, I. O. U. W., was instituted March 18, 1880, by state
representative W. M. Davis. The present officers are R. Blodgett, M. W.; F.
Rohliing, Rec.; Fred Lash, Fin., J. A. Henney, Tr. Trustees: F. Rohliing, Philip
Frombach, John Schuessler. The membership numbers twenty-nine, and the lodge
meets every Friday evening.

   The Blue Ribbon Club was organized on March 15, 1878, while a temperance
revival, such as had never been seen in this section before, was in progress
under the leadership of Hughes and Ward, the well known apostles. The membership
then was 1,600, and the first officers were J. R. Latta, president; J. E.
Jennings and Charles Shipps, vice-presidents; James Martin, treasurer; Will
Gass, secretary; J. C. Lebo, assistant secretary. They now have a nicely
furnished hall in Ford's block, and have regular meetings on Friday evening of
each week. The officers are William Conner, president; Mrs. A. M. Baker, J. C.
Lebo, John Hurley and Philip Weisert, vice-presidents; Sophia Smith, and G. W.
Jordan, secretaries; Jennie Wilson, treasurer. The present membership is about
1,400.

   The Women's Christian Temperance Union was first organized in the spring of
1874, with Mrs. M. W. Aylsworth as president. In 1877 it was merged into the
Blue Ribbon Club and not revived again until the spring of 1880, when Mrs. Emma
Malloy, state organizer, held a series of meetings and reorganized it, with Miss
Lodie E. Reed as president, and 63 members. It has since increased to 100. It
has endeavored to educate the people by introducing a temperance column in the
Attica "Ledger," a temperance text-book in the free schools of Attica, a
temperance school on Sabbath afternoons, a bulletin board in the post-office,
and by billholders containing temperance literature placed in the depots and
hotels. In evangelistic work it has introduced temperance lessons in the
Sabbath-schools quarterly, a temperance prayer meeting bi-monthly, and a
temperance sermon twice a year from each pulpit. In the work of reform it has
assisted the families of the poor and encouraged the weak by frequent visitings
among them. The present officers are Lodie E. Reed, president; Mrs. Lower, Mrs.
James Martin, Mrs. F. Jennings, Mrs. Ahrens, Mrs. J. C. Dick, Mrs. W. Connor,
Miss Kate Burrows, and Miss Lou Burke, vice-presidents; Mrs. A. M. Baker,
recording secretary; Miss Jennie Wilson, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Carrie
Martin, treasurer.

NEWSPAPERS.

   The first weekly paper published in Attica was called the "Journal." Enos
Canutt and Jonathan C. Campbell brought the paper from Independence, where it
had been issued as the Wabash "Register." The first number here was issued in
1845. The office was soon transferred to J. J. Taylor and Davis Newell, coming
at length into Mr. Newell's hands. It afterward reverted to Mr. Canutt's
possession and he moved it to Williamsport and started the Wabash "Commercial,"
now the Warren "Republican."

   In August, 1851, James P. Luse, now of the Indianapolis "Journal," started
what is now the Attica "Ledger," at Covington. He sold it to Isaac A. Rice in
May 1852. The latter ran it in Covington but a short time, democracy making it
so warm for him that he was compelled to move it to Attica the same year, where
he conducted it until 1858. In 1860 Mr. Rice was put on the track as republican
nominee for congress, but he died at Delphi, while making the canvass, August 1.

   Mr. Clark W. Bateman, now of Goshen, succeeded Mr. Rice, and continued as
publisher for four years, when he disposed of it to Mr. Oscar F. Stafford, who
took possession July 1, 1862. On the night of January 16, 1864, the office was
consumed by fire, but Mr. Stafford furnished the outcoming number by printing it
at Williamsport. A new outfit was soon purchased and not a number of the paper
missed. He sold the paper to Benjamin F. Hegler, now mayor of Attica, September
24, 1864. The latter continued as editor for a little more than ten years, and
November 13,1874, sold it to Lewis D. Hayes and Albert S. Peacock, who conducted
cit until July 1879, when the latter withdrew. Mr. Hayes continued as publisher
until April 22, 1880, when he sold to the present proprietors, A. S. Peacock and
H. C. Martin. New power presses, and other new machinery and material, have just
been added, and it now occupies one of the most comfortable offices in this part
of the state.

   On Friday, July 27, 1860, George H. Marr issued the first number of the
Attica "Bulletin," and continued its publication about a year. While publishing
this he also attempted to establish a daily, but was compelled to give it up
after a week's trial.

   Early in 1874 Mr. J. H. Spence, who had been publishing a paper at
Veedersburgh, started the Fountain county "Herald" in Attica. Some time in the
summer he moved the office to La Fayette and afterward to Covington, where it is
now conducted by Mr. Spence under the name of "Spence's People's Paper."

   In 1878 George Rowland started the Attica "Journal," which survived about one
year, when it was removed to Covington, and is now being published as the
Covington "Journal."

   In the above history the writer has been confined to Attica principally,
because it was settled many years before Logan township was laid out, and
because the history of the city is practically that of the township. He has
endeavored to give a correct idea of the advancement of Attica from a settlement
composed of half a dozen log-huts hidden in the wilderness to her present
prosperous condition. From the hazel-thicket that covered this locality in 1825
has sprung one of the handsomest little cities of western Indiana. With her
2,500 population, she has graded and graveled streets, and is supplied with an
unlimited amount of the purest spring water; her business blocks are of brick,
built in modern style, three-fourths of which have handsome plate-glass windows;
her handsome school-house is a credit to the state; her nearness to the great
coal-fields of Indiana, and the great scope of rich farming country, all go to
make her what she is - one of the busiest, liveliest and most prosperous cities
in the state.


Additional Comments:
Logan Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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