Records of the Olden Time, Or, Fifty Years on the Prairies: Embracing Sketches of the Discovery, Exploration and Settlement of the Country, the Organization of the Counties of Putnam and Marshall, Incidents and Reminiscences Connected Therewith, Biographies of Citizens, Portraits and Illustrations

Home Journal Steam Printing Establishment, 1880 - History - 772 pages

DISCOVERY OF AMERICA	17

SETTLEMENT OF CANADA	27

PREHISTORIC RACES	49

ILLINOIS BECOMES A STATE	76

The Treaty of 1804Character of Black HawkBeginning of HostilitiesFruitless Cam	98

Disastrous Defeat of Major StillmanNarrative of E S JonesParticpants in the Still	105

The Captivity of Sylvia and Rachel HallTheir Treatment by the Indians and Final	115

The Militia called out Muster Rolls of Putnam County VolunteersMeasures taken	121

HENRY TOWNSHIP	371

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP	393

CHAPTER XXXIX General DescriptionPioneer SettlersThe First School HouseSaw and Grist Mills	402

BELLE PLAIN TOWNSHIP	422

BENNINGTON TOWNSHIP	434

EVANS TOWNSHIP	440

RICHLAND TOWNSHIP	464

LA PRAIRIE TOWNSHIP	491

Continuation of the Campaign Murder of S VrainAttack by Black Hawk upon Apple	135

A New Disposition of ForcesInsubordination at the OutsetTreacherous GuidesA	148

HENNEPIN TOWNSHIP	155

Incidents and Anec lotesGreat SnowsOld CharactersA Negro sold under the Vag	177

A Noted RurglaryDiscovery Pursuit and Capture of the BurglarsBrazen Conduct	192

Union GroveFirst SettlersSchoolsAn Early Bible SocietyA Pioneers StoryThe	198

MAGNOLIA TOWNSHIP	207

The Good Old TimesJoys and Sorrows of Pioneer LifeSocial Customs and Domes	218

CHAPTER XIIIThe Compact of FreedomIndian Territory and the Vinsain LegislaterThe Territory	224

Benjamin Lundy Philanthropist and AbolitionistEfforts in Behalf of Universal	245

Old Mills of Magnolia and VicinityThe First OrchardThe Great SnowIncidents	252

SENACHWINE TOWNSHIP	266

GRANVILLE TOWNSHIP	276

Örganization of the CountySelecting a County Seat Topography of the County	307

The Western Air Line RailroadMiserable Failure of a Grand and Meritorious Pro	320

Organization of the Presbyterian Church in Lacon and List of Original Members	345

Crow Creek and VicinityFirst SettlersCrow Creek MillsCrow Creek Council	357

Earliest SettlersFirst HousesBoundaries of the CountyLocation of the County Seat	501

WHITEFIELD TOWNSHIP	522

General DescriptionFirst SettlersReligious SocietiesSchoolsReeves the Outlaw	537

THE UNDERGROUND	555

Slavery in the ColomesEarly Efforts to Extinguish the SystemRapid growth of Pub	562

THE INDIANS	574

THE GRAVES TRAGEDY	588

Magnolia	638

Senachwine	671

Henry	718

Hopewell	729

Belle Plain	738

La Prairie	744

Saratoga	757

APPENDIX Sandy Creek O S Baptist ChurchClear Creek Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchEman	765

ERRATA	772

Title	Records of the Olden Time, Or, Fifty Years on the Prairies: Embracing Sketches of the Discovery, Exploration and Settlement of the Country, the Organization of the Counties of Putnam and Marshall, Incidents and Reminiscences Connected Therewith, Biographies of Citizens, Portraits and Illustrations Genealogy & local history
Author	Spencer Ellsworth
Publisher	Home Journal Steam Printing Establishment, 1880
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	7 Nov 2008
ISBN	060835757X, 9780608357577
Length	772 pages
Subjects	History › Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)

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