Wabash Valley in 1816 Recalled From Travel Journal
Extracts from an 1816 diary disclose Fort Harrison near Terre Haute and Vincennes as frontier outposts, with early settlers, prairie tracts, and encampments described. The account notes Otter Creek mill sites, prairie borders, timbered lands, and unhealthy low-lying areas along streams near the Wabash country.
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America
Wabash Valley
Ft. Harrison
Terre Haute
Vincennes
David Thomas
New Purchase
Jonathan Swan
Aurora
N. Y
H. G. Hodge
York
Auburn
Indiana
Moses Hoggart
Honey Creek Prairie
Joseph Richardson
York, al
John D. Hay
James B. Bennett
Terre Traute
Terre Haute Prairie
Honey Creek
Otter Creek
Spring Creek
Tippecanoe
Timothy
Traveler's Prophecy as to Country's Future Fulfilled
Narration describes crossing Otter Creek and Spring Creek, a large rectangular opening, and Indian wigwams. It notes population movement, Vincennes settlement history from 1690 to 1818, and a commercial census with prices, buildings, and public amenities in Vincennes Indiana.
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Otter Creek
Spring Creek
Lost Run
Mississippi
Vincennes
Thomas
Chippecaughke
United States Land Office
New Orleans
Nyson
Ohio
Salines
Shawnee Town
Ft. Harrison
Allen's Foot-Ease sample offer for tired feet
Advertisement for Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy New York offering a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder for swollen tired hot feet and a free Foot-Ease Sanitary Corn Pad sample with address provided.
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Allen
Fred
Allen S. Olmsted le Roy
N. Y
Farm loan rates advertised by Chaney reveal tiered terms
Chaney offers farm loans of 2000 dollars or more at 4 percent interest. Loans below this threshold carry a 5 percent rate. The notice outlines the tiered pricing, indicating higher costs for smaller borrowings.
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Oe Anes Chaney
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Peoples State Bank
Sullivan
Fiee. R. Dutton
Joe T. Akin
Josh Beasley
John T. Hays
William Powell
J. Y. Akin
George R. Dutton
Glidden & Douthitt, Clothiers
North Side
Sullivan, Ind
A. E. Hazelrigg
John Mattix
Drennon
W. H. Hill, JR
C. H. Stratton Loan CO
Long & Warren
New York
Harrison
Army of the United States
R. Markle
Vincennes Inn
Nathaniel Ewing
Isaac Blackford
Lupmber CO
The
Sullivan County Loan and Trust Co
Sullivan County
Stone Road
J. R. Riggs
Benj. Davis
I. N. Snow
Sec.Treas
C.L. Davis
W. C. Jamison
P. R. Jenkins
Joe K. Smock
S. A. White
Jas. H. Draper
Insurance and Real Estate Agents
Notaries Public
Royal Fire Insurance Co
Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co
Citizens Trust Building
Becker Bros
Governin Gids
Davis Hotel
R. W. Cadwell
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