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: 6a-ActIONThe writer's mother, Mrs. Caroline McCarty Heron, has often' heard her mother and father and their parents, tell of their experiences of the early* days of territorial Indiana. Of how the Indian with his tomahawk would prowl around day and night. Panthers and hears inhabited nearby caves and wolves howled all nighti Busi-II-ker11.-can of-of the enerals ntained General Persh-Generaldiscuss General General art men the third on to-al bord-:es fromorders 11, coin-division, itli the ng, pun-Mexican ns into Unitedtoday at Hidalgo, 30 miles -v ere nothe lead-, crossed m Neuva he ranch3 80 oddxpeetedly. ■rtised ex-1 to raidwas be-as a feint kinericans.Assisting12.— When otato peel-her scraps he city re-pplying ex-longthesegrand-ii nHow well she remembers stories as told her by her father, Benjamin McCarty, who on the 25th day of May, 1 802, entered at the Public hand Office at Cincinnati, Ohio, the first land grant in Franklin county, is indicted in the following reminiscences.What is now known as Fayette county was Franklin county up to the year 1819. The history of Franklin is ours, also, up to January 1st, 1819, when Fayette county was established by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, December 28th, 1818. It Was named at the same time in honor of General Lafayette. 'The act creating the county took effect January 1st, 1819, and with this date the history of the county as a civil division begins.General Jonathan McCarty, an uncle of mother’s, was one of the most talented and brilliant men in the State, so stated by Oliver H. Smith in his History of Early Indiana.”While a member of the legislature he procured the passage of the law laying off the county of Fayette,” which up to this titne had been a part of Franklin and Wayne counties.A government stakeAvas driven at the corner of Grand avenue and Seventh street, on the site of the old brick building which was used by the Central Manufacturing Company at the time of the fire.Benjamin McCarty was the first Judge of Franklin county. His first act was to appoint commissioners to take charge of the ‘‘school lands and to lease the same for the public good.”Mother's father. Enoch McCarty, was a member of the first convention that met at Cory don—- beneath the famous elm—and formed the State Constitution. He was a member of the legislature repeatedly, and many years judge of the Franklin county court.As these men were so losely identified with the early history of the state and comity I have given facts as published by Indiana historians.The first constitution provided that Cory don, in Harrison county, should be the seat of government of the State of Indiana, until the year eighteen hundred and twenty-five, and until removed by law.The following story is told of how Indiana received her nickname.:The night was dark, the rain failing in torrents, when the inmates of a small log cabin in the woods of early Indiana were aroused from their slumbers by a loud knocking at the only door of the cabin. The owner of the cabin did as he had done on like occasions, called out, Who’s here?” The man outside answered Friends out bird catching. Can we stay here.until morning,”,The door was opened and the strancorDetroit they were finally liberated.The father remained in Detroit, hut the two sons, John and William, preferred going out into the unknown wilderness to carve their own fortunes.William settled at Saginaw Bay, Michigan, where he traded with the Indians and often made long journeys, on horse-hack, in order to buy furs and other goods. In his journeys he was attracted by the naturalbeauties of scenery and richness ofsoil, and the numerous fur-hearing animals of that country.William later located a little below Xoidesville, and established a trading post in 1 802, which was, for years, the trading post for the various tribes of what, is now central Indiana.The wanderings of John Conner are not so easily traced as those of his brother, William.John Conner anil his brother, WiL liam, had been stolen by the Shawnee Indians when mere boys. They acquired, as they grew to manhood, the life, language, and customs of the Indians. When dressed in their cos-tumes and with painted faces it was difficult, to distinguish them from the real Red Man.John Conner and his brother. William, were often interpreters between General Harrison and the Indians. After the battle of the Thames, in which Conner took part, he was called upon by General Harrison to identify the body of Tecnmseli.The first wife of John Conner was an Indian. Connersville was daily filled, as late as 1820, by these red men and women, the forest friends of John Connor and wife.lt; To Be Continued.)MONTGOMERY OPENSCENTENNIAL EVENTCrawfordsville, Ind., June 11.—Montgomery county’s celebration ofthe Indiana centennial opened today,when special exereies were held in allthe churches of rhe county and theRev. M. (A Pearson, secretary of theIndianapolis Church Federation spoke at a meeting in the assembly hall at Wabash College. Tomorrow morning at 0 o’clock the Boy Scouts will hold a parade. A meeting later in Die morning will he attended by members of the Indiana Historical Commission and Miss Charity Dye, of Indianapolis, and Lew M. O’Bannon. of Corydon, members of the commission, will speak.Louise Lucas is ill of measles at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Kessler.Mr. and Mrs. John D. Volz, of Indianapolis, and Mrs. Frank G. Volz, of Chicago, spent yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Volz and family, of Ried Terrace.andaviledpa,onWUjIA. ..
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Connersville Evening News
Connersville, Indiana, US
Mon, Jun 12, 1916
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