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AN OLU MAPWin. S. Comstock, of Hendricks! township, lias a wall map oL Shelby • and Johnson counties, made in ISM. The map is in colors and gives the , division of the land into farms, the«owner’s name and the number of acres. It also has a business directory of ShelbvviHe and Franklin as well as a margin plat of all the vil-lagts. Tlie-map is a real curiosity.The oldest historical building in sShelhyvillc is the Star Mills on East i•Washington street. It was birip by H. P. Johnson previous to the civil war. The third floor was the “town j hall. Matty stirring scenes took place j there during the war.The first gravel road built in Shelby county was in ISM. It was from Mor-.iristown to Shelhyvillc. Alexander ; Cory, who lived near Morristown |iforced this improvement and organist- ! eel the company that built it.The artificial gas plant was built, in Shelbyville in 1S74, the street: lamps being used the first time on the ! night of April 26. 1S74 The first! water works plant here was built in ■ IS Ha and electricity in 1S87.Perhaps the first iron bridge erect- : ed in Shelby county was an iron jibridge over Pig Blue river at Shelby- : ville- Tills was a bit more than fifty rears agoThe first saw mill in Shelby eoun-y was built by John Walker in IS22 ni a part of the present site of the HicMiy Mills.
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Shelbyville Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Mon, Jul 03, 1922
Page 19
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