DeKalb County 1914 History
History
Of
DeKalb County
Indiana
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Old Families
Illustrated
1914
B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis
CONTENTS
Chapter I - Related State History
(First Explorers - National Policies - George Rogers Clark Expedition - Northwest Government - St. Clair and Wayne Expeditions - Origin of Fort Wayne - Organization of Indiana Territory - State Organization, 1816 - The Last of the Indians - Internal Improvements)
Chapter II - Geology, Topography and Zoology
(Location - Geology - Peat Deposits - Definition of Peat - Economic Value of Peat - The Fauna: Past and Present - Game Preserve)
Chapter III - Early Settlement of County
(First Settlers - Early Life - The Log Home - Early Labor - First Events - Other Pioneers - A Pioneer Honeymoon - Family Mills - Extracts on Early History - John Houlton's Tale - A Dangerous Predicament - John Fee's Track - Incidents of Humor - A Searching Party - Bear Hunt Resumed - Pioneer Society - Mills and Mill Trips - Public Lands - Land Hunting - Cyclone - Hydrophobia - Pioneer Fare - Mound Builders - Indians - Fox Hunts - The Last Bear)
Chapter IV - Organization and Government of County
(Organization - Location of County Seat - First Election - First Commissioners' Meeting - County Jail - Court House History - First Court House - Second Court House - The New Court House - DeKalb County Asylum - Assessment for DeKalb County, 1913 - Present County Officers - Finances of County, 1913)
Chapter V - Military History
(Causes of the Civil War - Lincoln's Nomination - The First Call - DeKalb County Guards - Newspaper Editorials - Mass Meetings - Enlistments - Drafting - Big Celebration - Official Report - Bounty and Relief -
Commands in Which Men from DeKalb County Enlisted - Spanish-American War - DeKalb County Militia)Chapter VI - Reminiscences
(Wesley Park's Tale - Arrival at the Site of Auburn - Trying Times - Indian Customs - Sketch by S.W. Widney - Flood Waters -
From Manuscript of W.H. Dills - A Costly Trip - A Night of Suffering - Abram Fair's Narrative - A Coon Story - John N. Miller's Narrative - A Long Trail for Flour - A Hard Journey - More Adversities - A Mill Trip with Ague - The Last Deer - From the Manuscript of J.R. Skilling - Swamps and Animals - Indians - Prehistoric Evidences - Lumber and Asheries - Imports and Exports - Mills - First Public Utilities)Chapter VII - Township Histories
Chapter VIII - Religious History
Chapter IX - History of Journalism
Chapter X - The Medical Profession
Chapter XI - The Bench and the Bar
Chapter XII - Political History
Chapter XIII - History of Education
Chapter XV - Railroads and Transportation
Chapter XVI - Banks and Banking
Chapter XVII - Lodges and Societies
Biographies (pages 321-1004)
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