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Sullivan County town on cusp of growth and city status
Sullivan Indiana history traces its rise from a 1842 county-seat settlement to a coal boomtown. The article highlights miners, new public buildings, a Carnegie library, a planned opera house, commercial clubs solving water and infrastructure issues, and politics led by Congressman Chaney and local editors shaping a hopeful transition from town to city.
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Sullivan
Ind
Sullivan County
Thomas Hamilton
Hamilton
Mary J. Orr
Hugh
Francis Orr
James Whitcomb
Sulliven
Commonwealth
Eagles
Chicago
Bogle
T. C. Keller
Mammoth Vein
Reliance
J. Wooley Coal Co
Green Hill Coal Company
Citizen's Coal Company
Excelsior
Union Car Co
Hamilton Township
Sulivan
Trust
Trust Company
John C. Chaney
Sullivan Union
Carnegie Library
Washington
Section Streets
H. L. Breinig
Terre Haute
Julia Mason
C. J. Sherman
A. D. Scott
J. B. M.klane
James R. Riggs
Milton A. Haddon
Wake Giles
S. Paul Poynter
W. E. Aydelotte
New Lebanon
Wabash
Commercial Club
Illinois Central
Congressman Chaney
W. H. Crowder, Jr
QO. M. Patton
Nick Davis
Dan Yadon
Sullivan Woolen Mills
M. E
J. H. Carnes
Presbyterian
J. H. ‘Sothig
Baptist
Me" McGuire
The
Christian Church
Rev. Francis
Then
Church of Christ
Harris
Sullivan and Greene
J. S. Bays
Greene County Court
John T. Hays
Vigo
Buff
W. T. Douthitt
Irelle Chaney
Robert P. White
Terre Haute Express
Hearst
White
Sullivan Democrat
S. Paul Poyter
Cloverdale
Putnam County
Gibraltar
Democracy
Indiana
Chaney
Congress
Star