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General Histories:
History of Vigo and Parke Counties 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 . Chicago; New York: H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Publishers, 1880.
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Section 1: The Wabash Valley One web page |
Section 2: History of Vigo County Four web pages |
Section 3: History of Parke County Three web pages |
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| Samuel B. Gookins (portrait) | i | ||
| Topography | 1-4 | ||
| Part 65 | Water-courses [waterways] | 5-7 | |
| Organization of county | 7-9 | ||
| Law and Its Administration | 9 | ||
| Part 66 | Law (continued) | 10-14 | |
| Colonel Francis Vigo | 14 | ||
| Part 67 | Francis Vigo (continued) | 15-16 | |
| Plat Map of Vigo County | 16a | ||
| Francis Vigo (continued) | 17 | ||
| Part 68 | Francis Vigo (continued) | 18-22 | |
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| Early settlements | 22 | ||
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| Part 69 | Early settlements (continued) | 23-27 | |
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| In the Vicinity of the County Seat | 27 | ||
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| Incidents of Early Times on Fort Harrison Prairie | 27 | ||
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| Part 70 | Incidents of Early Times (continued) | 28-30 | |
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| History of Terre Haute | 30-32 | ||
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| Topographical [information on Terre Haute] | 32 | ||
| Part 71 | Lucius Ryce (portrait) | 32a | |
| Early Settlement and History | 33-36 | ||
| Part 72 | Early Settlement (continued) | 37-40 | |
| Part 73 | Early Settlement (continued) | 41-44 | |
| Part 74 | Early Settlement (continued) | 45-49 | |
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Recollections of Capt. William Earle, 1st child born in Terre Haute [pp. 48-62] |
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| Part 75 | Early Settlement (continued) | 50-52 | |
| Brick Houses | 52 | ||
| Burial Places | 52-53 | ||
| The Town Plat and Surroundings | 53 | ||
| Indians, Wolves, etc. | 54 | ||
| Pioneer Steamboats | 54 | ||
| [Author's] Recollections of Deceased Residents | 55 | ||
| Part 76 | Recollections (continued) | 56-57 | |
| Schoolmasters | 57-58 | ||
| Early Residents | 58-59 | ||
| Part 77 | Early Residents (continued) | 60 | |
| Old Settlers, Generally | 60 | ||
| Street Fighting | 61 | ||
| Fires, etc. [end of Recollections of William Earle] | 61-62 | ||
| ["Firsts"] | 62-64 | ||
| Part 78 | J. C. Thompson, M. D. (portrait) | 64a | |
| "Firsts" (continued) | 65 | ||
| The "Old Indian Orchard" [Legend] | 65-68 | ||
| Part 79 | Legend (continued) | 69-73 | |
| Part 80 | Legend (continued) | 74-75 | |
| Samuel B. Gookins [pp. 75- | 75-78 | ||
| Western Register & Terre Haute Advertiser | 78 | ||
| Part 81 | Western Register (continued) | 79-83 | |
| Part 82 | Western Register (continued) | 84-85 | |
| Trade on the Wabash | 85 | ||
| Henry Clay visits | 85 | ||
| Terre Haute becomes a town | 86 | ||
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Leading businessmen and other notables |
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| Part 83 | History of Vigo County | 89-93 | |
| Part 84 | History of Vigo County | 94- | |
| Early Residents | 95 | ||
| Daniel Dayton Condit | 95-96 | ||
| David Linton | 96 | ||
| Francis Cunningham | 96 | ||
| James Wasson | 96 | ||
| Samuel and John Crawford | 96 | ||
| James Farrington | 96-97 | ||
| W. W. Goodman (portrait) | 96a | ||
| James Farrington (continued) | 97 | ||
| Levi G. Warren | 97 | ||
| Chauncey Warren | 97 | ||
| Randolph H. Wedding | 97 | ||
| Part 85 | Randolph H. Wedding (continued) | 98 | |
| Demas Deming | 98 | ||
| Septer Patrick | 98 | ||
| Azel Holmes | 98 | ||
| Edward V. Ball | 98 | ||
| History of Terre Haute, 1840-1850 | 98-102 | ||
| Part 86 | History, 1840-1850 | 103-105 | |
| History, 1850-1880 | 105-107 | ||
| Part 87 | History, 1850-1880 | 108-109 | |
| Present Status | 109-110 | ||
| City Government [and utilities] | 110-112 | ||
| Post Office | 112 | ||
| Part 88 | Post Office (continued) | 113-114 | |
| Newspapers | 114-116 | ||
| Part 89 | Newspapers | 117 | |
| Churches [118-132] | 118 | ||
| Asbury Chapel | 119 | ||
| Allen Chapel, A. M. E. Church | 119 | ||
| Itinerant ministers | 120-121 | ||
| Congregational Church | 121 | ||
| Part 90 | Congregational Church | 122-123 | |
| Presbyterian Church | 123-125 | ||
| Baptist Church | 125 | ||
| Part 91 | Baptist Church | 126-128 | |
| St. Joseph's Catholic Church | 128-130 | ||
| St. Benedict's German Catholic Church | 130 | ||
| Part 92 | St. Benedict's (continued) | 131 | |
| St. Stephen's Episcopal Church | 131 | ||
| Reformed German Church | 131 | ||
| German Evangelical Lutheran Congregation | 131-132 | ||
| Christian Church | 132 | ||
| Universalist Church | 132 | ||
| Education | 133-135 | ||
| Part 93 | Education (continued) | 136-137 | |
| Indiana State Normal School | 137-139 | ||
| Terre Haute Commercial College | 139 | ||
| Rose Polytechnic Institute | 139-140 | ||
| Chauncey Rose | 140 | ||
| Part 94 | Horace Blinn (portrait) | 141 | |
| Chauncey Rose (continued) | 143 | ||
| Businesses | 143-145 | ||
| Part 95 | Businesses | 146 | |
| Hotels | 146 | ||
| Thomas Dowling | 146 | ||
| Jacob H. Hagar | 147 | ||
| William K. Edwards | 147 | ||
| Albert Lange | 147 | ||
| James B. Edmunds | 147-148 | ||
| Ezra Read | 148 | ||
| Terre Haute Library Association | 148 | ||
| Terre Haute Oratorio Society | 148-149 | ||
| The Artesian Well | 149-150 | ||
| Part 96 | Cemeteries | 151 | |
| Woodlawn Cemetery | 151 | ||
| Catholic and Jewish cemeteries | 151 | ||
| "Lone Tree" Cemetery | 151 | ||
| Freemasons | 151-152 | ||
| International Order of Odd Fellows | 152-153 | ||
| Fraternal Orders | 153 | ||
| Spiritualism | 153-154 | ||
| Public Buildings, Blocks and Halls | 154 | ||
| Opera House Company | 155 | ||
| Temperance Movement | 155 | ||
| Military organizations | 155 | ||
| Part 97 | Military organizations (continued) | 156 | |
| Fires and other disasters | 156-157 | ||
| Crime and criminals | 158-159 | ||
| Go to....Section 2, Part 2 (pp. 160-299) | |||
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