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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.
| 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 |
Section 1
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Part |
Description |
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| Title page | Title page | |
| Publication information | 1 | |
| Preface | 3-4 | |
| Part 2 | Table of contents | 5-9 |
| Part 3 | Chapter 1: Topography | 11-15 |
| Part 4 | Chapter 2: Drainage of the Illinois and Wabash | 16-20 |
| Part 5 | Chapter 3: Ancient Maumee Valley | 21-25 |
| Part 6 | Chapter 4: Rainfall | 26-28 |
| Part 7 | Chapter 5: Origin of the Prairies | 29-32 |
| Part 8 | Chapter 5 (continued) | 33-36 |
| Part 9 | Chapter 6: Early Discoveries | 37-39 |
| Part 10 | Chapter 6 (continued) | 40-42 |
| Part 11 | Chapter 7: Joliet and Marquette's Voyage | 43-47 |
| Part 12 | Chapter 7 (continued) | 48-50 |
| Part 13 | Chapter 7 (continued) | 51-53 |
| Part 14 | Chapter 8: Explorations by La Salle | 54-57 |
| Part 15 | Chapter 8 (continued) | 58-60 |
| Part 16 | Chapter 8 (continued) | 61-62 |
| Chapter 9: La Salle's Voyage Continued |
63-67 |
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| Chapter 9 (continued) | 68-71 | |
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Chapter 10: The Several Miamis--La Salle's Voyage Down the Illinois |
72-76 |
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Chapter 10 (continued) |
77-80 | |
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| Part 21 | Chapter 10 (continued) | 81-83 |
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| Part 22 | Chapter 10 (continued) | 84-86 |
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| Part 23 |
Chapter 11: La Salle's Return and his Death in |
87-90 |
| Part 24 | Chapter 11 (continued) | 91-95 |
| Part 25 |
Chapter 12: Surrender of Louisiana by the Indies Company--Early Routes |
96-100 |
| Part 26 | Chapter 12 (continued) | 101-104 |
| Part 27 |
Chapter 13: Aboriginal Inhabitants-- The Several Illinois Tribes |
105-109 |
| Part 28 | Chapter 13 (continued) | 110-113 |
| Part 29 | Chapter 13 (continued) | 114-118 |
| Part 30 |
Chapter 14: The Miamis: The Miami, Piankeshaw, and Wea Bands |
119-123 |
| Part 31 | Chapter 14 (continued) | 124-128 |
| Part 32 | Chapter 14 (continued) | 129-132 |
| Part 33 | Chapter 14 (continued) | 133-136 |
| Part 34 | Chapter 15: The Pottawatomies | 137-141 |
| Part 35 | Chapter 15 (continued) | 142-146 |
| Part 36 | Chapter 15 (continued) | 147-149 |
| Part 37 | Chapter 15 (continued) | 150-152 |
| Part 38 | Chapter 16: The Kickapoos and Mascoutins | 153-157 |
| Part 39 | Chapter 16 (continued) | 158-162 |
| Part 40 | Chapter 16 (continued) | 163-166 |
| Part 41 | Chapter 16 (continued) | 167-169 |
| Part 42 | Chapter 17: The Shawnees and Delawares | 170-174 |
| Part 43 | Chapter 17 (continued) | 175-179 |
| Part 44 |
Chapter 18: The Indians: Their Implements, Utensils, Fortifications, Mounds, and Their Manner and Customs |
180-184 |
| Part 45 | Chapter 18 (continued) | 185-189 |
| Part 46 | Chapter 18 (continued) | 190-194 |
| Part 47 | Chapter 19: Stone Implements | 195-199 |
| Part 48 | Chapter 19 (continued) | 200-203 |
| Part 49 | Chapter 19 (continued) | 204-207 |
| Part 50 | Chapter 20: The War for the Fur Trade | 208-212 |
| Part 51 | Chapter 20 (continued) | 213-217 |
| Part 52 | Chapter 20 (continued) | 218-222 |
| Part 53 |
Chapter 21: The War for the Empire Its Loss to the French |
223-227 |
| Part 54 | Chapter 21 (continued) | 228-230 |
| Part 55 | Chapter 21 (continued) | 231-233 |
| Part 56 |
Chapter 22: Pontiac's War to Recover the Northwest from the English |
234-238 |
| Part 57 | Chapter 22 (continued) | 239-241 |
| Part 58 | Chapter 22 (continued) | 242-244 |
| Part 59 |
Chapter 23: Gen. Clark's Conquest of the "Illinois" |
245-249 |
| Part 60 | Chapter 23 (continued) | 250-253 |
| Part 61 | Chapter 23 (continued) | 254-256 |
| Part 62 | Chapter 23 (continued) | 257-259 |
| Part 63 | Chapter 24: [Conclusion] | 260-264 |
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