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Pioneer letter from 1826 describes Fountain Co region and settlers
A Covington Republic reprint of a Black Creek schoolmaster’s April 1826 letter recalls wild, timbered lands around Forks of Coal Creek in Fountain County, lists local families, notes debate over county seat location, and mentions circuit preaching by Father Emmett and two bird species the author observed. The account also laments the death of a coon dog Rose and mentions military company L.
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Covington
Black Creek
Richmond
Wayne County
Forks of Coal Creek
Fountain Co
Bob
Crawfordsville
Montgomery County
John Simpson
Betty
Phin
Thomas
Father
Wea Prairie
Wabash River
Coal Creek
Fountain
Wm. Cochran
Hiram Jones
Benjamin Kepner
Browns
Hester
Esq Mendenhall
Wade
Peter Eastwood
Ball and Gardner
Abner Rush
Samuel Rush
John Fugate
Jacob Strayer
Bond
Wm. Robe
Barney Ristine
Evans
Leonard Lloyd
Dempsey Glascock
Joseph Glascock
John Blair
Patton
Bryants
Forbes
Medsekers
Dolyite Mills
Osborn, Loppe
Helms
Jonathan Birch
Snow
Emmett
Zion
Kepner
Forks of
White’s
White Water
Sand Hill
Sandford Catterlin
McCaifferty
Rose
Byron
Co. L