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The Michigan Road Route and Early Surveys
An account by Albert C. Rose on the Michigan Road detailing survey efforts in Indiana from 1827 to 1830. It covers Knight’s Indianapolis survey, the Lake Michigan terminus at Michigan City, choices between routes across Kankakee swamps and via South Bend, legislative approvals in 1838, and the Madison to Greensburg segment begun in 1830 under Hanna Polke and McLelland with surveyor Thomas Reaugh.
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Indiana
Jonathan Knight
Indianapolis
John S. Neely
Chester Elliott
John McDonald
General Assembly of
Michigan Road
Lake Michigan
Michigan City
Trail Creek
Riviere du Chemin
Great Lake
Wabash River
Kankakee River
Kankakee
South Bend
St. Joseph
South Hold
John K. Graham
Greensburg
Madion
Ohio River
General Assembly
Samuel Hanna
William Polke
Abraham McLelland
Madison
Thomas Reaugh
Hanna