Copywright USGenNet Inc., 2004, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA FROM THE EALIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS 1884 WESTON A. GOODSPEED - LEROY GOODSPEED - CHARLES GOODSPEED CHAPTER 1 GEOLOGY THE ROCKS OF THE COUNTY THE ST. LOUIS CHERTS AND LIMESTONES THE BITUMINOUS LIMESTONE THE ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE THE CONCRETIONARY LIMESTONE THE FIRESTONES THE ST. LOUIS CHERTS THE CHESTER GROUP CHESTER LIMESTONE, LOWEST MEMBER THE CHESTER SANDSTONES THE CHESTER GRIT THE CONGLOMERATE OR MILLSTONE GRIT LACUSTRAL OR ALLUVIUM LOST RIVER, STAMPERS CREEK, CAVES, ETC. FRENCH LICK AND WEST BADEN SPRINGS THE COAL OF THE COUNTY IRON ORES WHETSTONES AND GRINDSTONES LIME, CLAY. BUILDING STONE, ETC. CHAPTER 2 INDIANS AND MOUND BUILDERS ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF INDIANA THE PIANKESHAWS THE INDIAN CESSION TREATIES LOCAL INDIAN VILLAGES THE LOG HOUSES MURDERS COMMITTED BY INDIANS THE KILLING OF CHARLES INDIAN TRAILS INDIAN CAMPING GROUNDS THE MOUND BUILDERS THE PAOLI FORTIFICATION THE VALEENE FORTIFICATION CHAPTER 3 SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY EARLY LAND ENTRIES EARLY TOWNSHIP OFFICERS VOTERS IN NOVEMBER, 1816 THE SETTLEMENT OF PAOLI TOWNSHIP INDUSTRIES, INCIDENTS, ETC. ANECDOTES OF THE CHASE SETTLEMENT OF ORLEANS TOWNSHIP EARLY MILLS UNDERGROUND RAILROAD SETTLEMENT OF ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP WILD HOGS MILLS, TANYARDS, ETC. SETTLEMENT OF NORTHWEST TOWNSHIP WILSON THE BEAR HUNTER MILLS, POSTOFFICES, STORES, ETC. SETTLEMENT OF FRENCH LICK TOWNSHIP THE SPRINGS THE MANUFACTURE OF WHETSTONES CRIMINAL ITEMS DEER HUNTING SETTLEMENT OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP EARLY MILLING ENTERPRISES CRIMINAL OCCURRENCES SETTLEMENT OF GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP EARLY SAW AND GRIST-MILLS SETTLEMENT OF SOUTHEAST TOWNSHIP LAND ENTRIES HUNTING INCIDENTS VIGILANCE COMMITTEES, MILK SICKNESS, ETC. SETTLEMENT OF STAMPERS CREEK TOWNSHIP EARLY LAND ENTRIES ANECDOTES DISTILLERIES SETTLEMENT OF NORTHEAST TOWNSHIP ITEMS OF INTEREST MERCHANTS CHAPTER 4 ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY ACTS OF THE COUNTY BOARD THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TOWNSHIP OFFICERS OTHER IMPORTANT ACTS CREATION OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP, ETC. LATER NOTEWORTHY PROCEEDINGS BONDS AND BRIDGES THE COUNTY FINANCES COURT HOUSES AND JAILS THE PRESENT COURT HOUSE AND JAIL THE COUNTY HIGHWAYS THE NEW ALBANY AND PAOLI TURNPIKE THE ORLEANS AND PAOLI GRAVELED ROAD THE COUNTY PAUPERS POPULATION OF ORANGE COUNTY THE COUNTY LIBRARY THE TOWNSHIP AND McCLURE LIBARIES RAILROADS ORIGIN OF THE COMMON SCHOOL FUND ORIGIN OF THE CONGRESSIONAL SCHOOL FUND COUNTY TAX LEVIES THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY ORANGE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES THE FIRST FAIR THE SECOND FAIR THE SECOND SOCIETY OTHER FAIRS AT PAOLI DEATH OF PROFESSOR WILBUR JUSTICES OF THE PEACE CIRCUIT JUDGES ASSOCIATE CIRCUIT JUDGES COMMON PLEAS JUDGES PROBATE JUDGES THE COUNTY BOARD REPRESENTATIVES SENATORS COUNTY TREASURERS CLERKS RECORDERS SURVEYORS CORONERS AUDITORS SCHOOL EXAMINERS AND SUPERINTENDENTS SHERIFFS POLITICS OF ORANGE COUNTY THE RESULT AT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS CHAPTER 5 BENCH AND BAR THE VAIL-HOLMES MURDER CASE THE FIRST SESSION AT PAOLI THE BUNGER HOMICIDE THE LINDLEY-CHESS SLANDER SUIT THE PUBLIC SERVICES OF ZACHARIAH LINDLEY THE EARLIEST ASSOCIATE AND PRESIDENT JUDGES PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER OF JUDGE FLOYD EARLY PRACTITIONERS AT THE ORANGE BAR PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER OF MOORE, THOMPSON AND DEWEY SUNDRY EARLY COURT ITEMS THE PORTER-HOGGATT CONTROVERSY THE BOLLS-GILLILAND MURDER CASE COURT OFFICERS AND ATTORNEYS THE HUMSTON-DOUGHERTY SUPREME COURT CASE THE BOWLES-NEWBY SUPREME COURT CASE THE LINDLEY-CRAVENS SUPREME COURT CASE ADDITIONAL COURT OFFICERS AND ATTORNEYS SUNDRY CRIMINAL CASES PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER OF PORTER, WHITE AND COLLINS OTHER SUPREME COURT CASES ATTORNEYS AND PROSECUTORS CASES OF ARSON, LARCENY, RETAILING, ETC. CHARACTER OF JUDGE SIMPSON SUNDRY COURT ITMES OF INTEREST CHAPTER 6 TOWNS OF ORANGE COUNTY THE EARLIEST RESIDENT FAMILIES EARLY BUSINESS INTERESTS MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES THE EARLY LIVESTOCK AND GRAIN TRADE OTHER MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS THE BUSINESS MEN OF THE FORTIES THE BUSINESS MEN OF THE FIFTIES THE BUSINESS MEN OF THE SIXTIES SUNDRY ITEMS OF INTEREST THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION THE BANK OF PAOLI THE FIRST INCORPORATION OF PAOLI THE SECOND INCORPORATION OF PAOLI ADDITIONAL ACTS OF THE TOWN BOARD SCHOOL BONDS, OTHER OFFICERS, ETC. MORE OF THE BONDS, THE STREETS, ETC. THE BONDS REFUNDED; OFFICERS, ETC. THE SECRET SOCIETIES THE NEWSPAPERS OF THE COUNTY SEAT THE TRUE AMERICAN THE AMERICAN EAGLE THE UNION AND THE NEWS THE REPUBLICAN THE GREENBACK ADVOCATE PRESENT BUSINESS INTERESTS TOWN OF ORLEANS GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT MILLS OF ORLEANS PRESENT BUSINESS MEN INCORPORATION SCHOOLHOUSE BONDS OTHER PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECRET SOCIETIES NEWSPAPERS AT ORLEANS PHYSICIANS AT ORLEANS THE RAILROAD ORLEANS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION NEWTON STEWART UNIONVILLE PITTSBURG ORANGEVILLE VALEENE LANCASTER FRENCH LICK NEW PROSPECT CHAMBERSBURG MILLERSBURG CHAPTER 7 MILITARY HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY ORANGE COUNTY IN THE MEXICAN WAR PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN 1860 - 61 THE COMMENCEMENT OF HOSTILITIES THE FIRST VOLUNTEERS FOR THE WAR UNION MASS MEETINGS COMPANIES OF HOME GUARDS VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TWENTY-FOURTH REGIMENT SKETCH OF THE REGIMENT COMPANIES FOR THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT SERVICE OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT THE FORTY-NINTH REGIMENT VOLUNTEERS FOR THE FIFTIETH REGIMENT THE FIFTY-THIRD REGIMENT THE FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT THE SIXTY-SIXTH REGIMENT RECRUITING IN THE AUTUMN OF 1862 THE NINETY-THIRD REGIMENT THE DRAFT OF OCTOBER - 1862 DISLOYAL SENTIMENTS IN 1863 THE RAID OF THE REBEL CAPT. HINES THE RAID OF THE REBEL GEN. MORGAN THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT RECRUITING EARLY IN 1864 VOLUNTEERING, DRAFTING, RECRUITING, ETC., LATE IN 1864 AND EARLY IN 1865 SUMMARY OF MEN FURNISHED BY THE COUNTY COUNTY BOUNTY AND RELIEF OPPOSITION TO THE CONTINUANCE OF THE WAR SOLDIERS’ AND LADIES’ SOCIETIES CHAPTER 8 RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY THE CHURCHES OF CHAMBERSBURG CHURCHES AT ORLEANS THE ORANGEVILLE MISSION SOCIETIES OF FRENCH LICK TOWNSHIP JACKSON TOWNSHIP CHURCHES GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP CHURCHES CHURCHES OF SOUTHEAST TOWNSHIP CHURCHES IN STAMPERS CREEK TOWNSHIP LIBERTY CHURCH, NORTHEAST TOWNSHIP CHAPTER 9 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY PAOLI TOWN SCHOOLS THE COUNTY SEMINARY THE SEMINARY TEACHERS SEMINARY TEACHERS CONTINUED SALE OF THE SEMINARY SOUTHERN INDIANA NORMAL SCHOOL SCHOOLS OF NORTHEAST TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS OF ORLEANS TOWNSHIP ORLEANS TOWN SCHOOLS THE ORLEANS ACADEMY SCHOOLS OF ORANGEVILLE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS OF NORTHWEST TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS OF FRENCH LICK TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS OF GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS OF SOUTHEAST TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS OF STAMPERS CREEK TOWNSHIP GENERAL VIEW OF THE SCHOOLS GRADING OF THE SCHOOLS COUNTY TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE