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Recollections of Early Elkhart by Eb Davis
Eb Davis presents Elkhart sixty years ago focusing on the St. Joseph River as the city’s growth engine. He profiles pioneers like Martin, Braden, and Davenport, river warehouses, stage lines, and the town’s early industries from 1840s through 1844, emphasizing river trade and the river’s role in Elkhart’s development.
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E. J. Davis
Eb" Davis
Barly
Elkhart
George T. Ager
St. Jo River
St. Joseph
Chicago
Wst
Lake Michigan
North Elkhart
Jackson Street
Main Street
Pigeon Street
Detroit
Ft. Wayne
Buck- Ten
Runyon
Bucklen
Eli Penwell
Elkhart House
Presley Thompson
Robert D. Braden
George N. Martin
Robert Sanford
James Keeler
James Shaw
Martin
Sanford
Smith
A. Young
Lane
Pizeon Street
Davenport and
Fisher
Elisha Harn
Jackson — Street
Bucklen House
John Davenport & Son
Samuel Simonton
James
Anthony Defrees
Philo Moreheus
Pigeon
Main Streets
William Hiller
Henry Betts
Meader
Levinus Pearce
High Street
Philo More- Lous
Elkhart River
Jefferson Street
William B. Mitchell
Bis
United States
William A. Woods
Mary, Mitchell
Newton
St. Jo
Jacob Ellis
Defrees
Island Park Iron Bridge
Hikhart
Beardsley
Dickey Morton
Eighth Street
Leesburg
Milford
Syracuse
Waterford
Monoquet
Goshen
John H. Baker
U. S. Egineers
Here
Oregon
Washington
Great West
Tide Water
Far West
Tidewater
Europe
Michigan City
Kankakee River
Grapevine Creek
Waiwasee
Lake
Birkhart