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Greater Terre Haute and Vigo County : Closing the First Century's History of City and County, Showing the Growth of Their People Industries and Wealth / by the late Mr. C. C. Oakey. Chicago; New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908. 2 v. ports.; 28 cm. Includes index.
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Introductory material: Picture of author, title page, table of contents, index |
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| Part 2 | Index | |
| Part 3 | Index (continued) | |
| Part 4 | Eulogy for Charles Oakey | |
| Preface | ||
| Chapter I The Historic Setting--Events that Introduce Vigo County to the Pages of History | ||
| Part 5 | 1-4 | |
| Chapter II: The Indians Relinquish Their Lands--Formation of Indiana Territory | ||
| Part 6 | 5-11 | |
| Chapter III: The Old Fort: Fort Harrison and its Defense | ||
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| Part 7 | Picture of Fort Harrison | 12, 12a, 12b |
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| Part 8 | 13-20 | |
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| Chapter IV: The Indians and the Early Settlers | ||
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| Part 9 | 21-25 | |
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| Chapter V: The Birthday of Indiana and the City--The Beautiful Village and Fertile Prairies | ||
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| Part 10 | 26-33 | |
| Chapter VI: The Terre Haute Company and the Establishment of the city and county seat | ||
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| Part 11 | 34-42 | |
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| Chapter VII: The Pioneers--Genesis of the Early Settlers | ||
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Chapter VIII: Migration to the Highland at Terre Haute. The
Log Cabin Days of Vigo County and its |
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| Part 13 | 47-53 | |
| Part 14 | 54-61 | |
| Chapter IX: Old Records and their Story | ||
| Part 15 | 62-63 (4 pages) | |
| Part 16 | 64-70 | |
| Part 17 | 71-74 | |
| Chapter X: The County Bounded and Subdivided | ||
| Part 18 | 75-79 | |
| Chapter XI: The Court House and its Activities--Early Court Session and Politics | ||
| Part 19 | 80-85 | |
| Part 20 | 86-91 | |
| Chapter XII: Terre Haute--Scenes, Events and Persons of the Past Century | ||
| Part 21 | 92-100 | |
| Part 22 | 101-107 | |
| Part 23 | 108-115 | |
| Part 24 | 116-123 | |
| Part 25 | 124--128 | |
| Chapter XIII: Terre Haute's Neighbors | ||
| Part 26 | 129-131 | |
| Chapter XIV: Remarkable Men in Commerce, Law, Medicine and Politics--Famous Orators--The Men Who Held High Official Positions--Memoirs of Famous and Interesting Citizens of the County and City | ||
| Part 27 | 132-133 | |
| Part 28 | Daniel Wolsey Voorhees (picture on 136b) | 134-136b |
| Part 29 | 137-140 | |
| Part 30 | Chauncey Rose | 140a |
| Part 31 | 141-148 | |
| Part 32 | 149-156 | |
| Part 33 | 157-163 | |
| Part 34 | 164-169 | |
| Chapter XV: The Wabash River; Its Ferries; Its Bridges; Its Future as a Navigable Water Course--Days of the Stage Coach and Road Wagon--The River Trade by Steamboat and Flatboat--The National Road--Canal Days--The First Locomotive and the Rise of the Railroad City--Evolution of the Net Work of Rails | ||
| Part 35 | 170-176 | |
| Part 36 | 177-184 | |
| Part 37 | 185-191 | |
| Chapter XVI: Banking and Finance | ||
| Part 38 | 192-196 | |
| Part 39 | Deming School (page 196a) | 196a--198 |
| Chapter XVII: Trade and Commerce--Business Men | ||
| Part 40 | 199-205 | |
| Part 41 | 206-212 | |
| Part 42 | 213-219 | |
| Chapter XVIII: Geological Description of Vigo County--Vigo County Resources--Coal is King--Terre Haute Strikes Oil | ||
| Part 43 | 220-224 | |
| Part 44 | 225-229 | |
| Chapter XIX: Terre Haute as a Modern Business City | ||
| Part 45 | 230-236 | |
| Part 46 | W. R. McKeen | 236a |
| Part 47 | 237-240 | |
| Part 48 | Preston Hussey | 240a |
| Part 49 | George E. Farrington (page 242b) | 240b-243 |
| Part 50 | 244-248 | |
| Part 51 | 249-252 | |
| Part 52 | James H. Turner | 252a |
| Part 53 | 252b-254a | |
| Part 54 | A. Z. Foster | 254b |
| Part 55 | 255-260 | |
| Part 56 | Samuel R. Hamill | 260a |
| Part 57 | 260b-263 | |
| Part 58 | John E. Lamb | 264a |
| Part 59 | 264b-268a | |
| Part 60 | D. C. Greiner | 268b |
| Part 61 | J. J. Baur | 268c |
| Part 62 | 268d-272 | |
| Part 63 | J. Smith Talley | 272a |
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