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The fourth volume in this series covers the church and family cemetery dominated northwest section of the county. The volume includes Jackson Township, Kelso Township, Manchester Township and York Township. Entries are comprised from tombstones, burial ca ... Read more

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One of the earliest newspapers for Vermillion County, Indiana, was The Hoosier State. It was bought by Samuel Brenton Davis from Henry D. Washburn in 1868. It was published weekly. The early issues contained practically no local news, their space given to ... Read more

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includes location and genesis of friends meetings, hicksite meetings, anti-slavery meetings, conservative meetings. ... Read more

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Very informative book
When my grandmother passed away we found her copy of this book in her belongings. I am in the 9th generation of the Faris family and I thought this book was very informative of our history. If there has been an additional book made I would like to have one. ... Read more

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Clark County, Indiana, has grown from a handful of small settlements and scattered farms at the Falls of the Ohio into a sprawling metropolitan region. Yet, as Carl E. Kramer describes in this wonderful new history, significant continuities help define the county. Middle-class business owners and farmers still serve as its leaders. Jeffersonian democracy, emphasizing localism and frugality, remains a central political value. Interlocking kinship, friendship, and associational networks, fostered by decades of demographic stability, remain a potent social and political force. The Ohio River maintains its powerful economic and cultural influence, and the paths of pioneer roads shape local development. These forces and shared experiences have created a close-knit community with a strong sense of place. ... Read more

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The new standard for the Fall Cities for years to come
Kramer's book is a much-needed update and contribution to the history of Clark County, Indiana. Baird's work (1909) was the best single treatment til now.

The book has tremendous value especially for public libraries and serious historian-students of the great Hoosier State, or of Southern Indiana.

The notes are excellent as is the bibliography. There are fortunately a lot of interesting pictures to take in.

For 500+ pages of text the book moves along briskly without getting too bogged down on any given subject.It's a macro treatment of the history of Clark County.

Great resource for high school students especially.

Nice, but skimpy
As the first concentrated history of Clark County, Indiana since Lewis Baird's 1909 book (not counting what Gerald Haffner did), this book provides a nice overall view of the region.The vast number of b/w pictures throughout the book, plus the cover photo of the author overlooking the Knobstone Trail, really add to the book.

However, it is not perfect.Many topics I feel should be mentioned, as a local historian of said region that the book covered, were either totally ignored (Green Tree and what it meant to Clarksville's growth) or desperately needed more than simple hard-to-find sentence or two in passing (Tunnel Mill, Camp Joe Holt).One could do another book, although granted not nearly as big, just on the major places that needed more attention than Kramer spent on them.An appendix listing the various mayors of Jeffersonville would have been quite a plus.

All in all, I enjoyed this book, and find it a handy reference.I just wish a few more things were present. ... Read more

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Hancock County, Indiana, Civil War Soldiers Plus Related Facts – Sue Baker. The purpose of this volume is to document as many soldiers as possible who resided in Hancock Co., IN, before, during or after the Civil War. More than 2000 names have been compiled from primary military sources, official Hancock Co. records, newspapers of the era, and numerous secondary sources.

Wherever possible, the author has included brief biographies, although some of the entries in this alphabetical list reveal name and unit only. The first chapter of the book, "Call to Arms" gives interesting accounts of army life and what was expected of a soldier. Also included are brief histories of the Home Guards, Union Guards, Morgan’s Raid, the Mississippi Marines, List of Soldiers, regimental histories, descriptions of prisons, the explosion of the ship Sultana, letters from soldiers, the origins of the Grand Army of the Republic, and newspaper articles. The list of soldiers, however, takes up the lion’s share of the book, comprising nearly 400 of the total pages. Approx. 30 soldiers’ photographs impart a sense of personal sacrifice and honor to this work. 2002, 544 pp., illus., photos, index, paper, #B2181 ... Read more

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Indiana was a stopping-off place for countless pioneers on their way west to Illinois, Iowa, Kansas or Oregon. Some travelers paused only long enough to tend the sick and to bury their dead before hurrying westward while others, who could not stand the th ... Read more

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The first retrospective collection of the pioneering work of Frank M. Hohenberger, photographer laureate of Indiana in the first half of the twentieth century. More than 120 photos represent the magnificent career of a pioneer in American photography and provide a fascinating record of life in Indiana over almost 50 years.

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Presents poems by winners in a competition to select outstanding poets of Indiana. ... Read more

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Volume 2 includes records from monthly Society of Friends (Quakers) meetings in Wayne County, Indiana, not covered in volume 1, as well as records from Salem and Silvercreek/Salem meetings in Union County. Important Quaker materials such as meeting minutes, birth and death records, marriage records, removal certificates, and disownments are included. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1900, this edition, revised by Dorothy Riker, has a general index and an index of names. ... Read more

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Our reproduction of this 1864 A.J. Johnson map shows both county and township boundaries, rivers and creeks, and towns and settlements. Roads and rail lines are also indicated. Black and white map, printed on 18 x 24 paper, folded. ... Read more