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. * .. .. ... b*t Ore*k *t g. point a.«. Baft's 'theJ**Tftre «rrienl little branches, #,:. S»to-son'll Roih Snake Creek, Hoff*i Branch and others upon which no names have ever Jipen bestowed. The township is well watered and the character of the land is such as to afford excellent naturaldrainage. Between Deer Creek and Bachelor's Run the surface presents a high plateau, quite level in some places, while in others it may be said to be almost hilly. Approaching the streams it slopes gently in places while in others it terminates abruptly in bluff banks. The soil 'throughout the toynship is uniformly fine and eminently adapted to the purpose of agriculture. This is particularly true of the lands in the immediate vicinity of Deer Creek and Bachelor’s Run, and it was in the vicinity of these streams that the earliest settlements were made. By a singular coincidence five unmarried men—Moess Aldridge, Elisha Brown, Adam Porter, Jeremiah Ballard and John Ballard—all settled along the banks of one of these streams, which circumstances gave rise to the name it now bears. In those days maps were issued by the officials of/ the Government land Office, as a guide to purchasers, and one of these was in the possession of Adam Porter on the occasion of a “log-rolling” at-the farm of John Little, in Deer Creek township. It was an object of interest to those present and as they scanned it they noticed that quite a large stream in the present bounds of Jackso,n township had not been named by the surveyors, while others much smaller had been and were soestiyf;eotlatl
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Flora Hoosier Democrat
Flora, Indiana, US
Sat, Aug 12, 1922
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William C.
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