BlockDaviess County, Indiana - Chapter 10, 1886 (part 2 of 2)
From History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. ; Together with an Extended History of the Colonial Days of Vincennes, and Its Progress Down to the Formation of the State Government, published 1886. 70 words, reproduced complete and unedited. Source changes inside the text are labelled in place.
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The town site of Emison was laid out by C. S. Kabler for Samuel A. Emison, in May, 1867. The town site contains twentysix lots, the full size being 120 feet square. It is in Donation 207, Town 4 north, Eange 9 west. The place was of some importance as a lumber market. Some grain and other produce are shipped from this point over the Evansville & Terre Haute Eailroad.
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Text from History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana : from the Earliest Time to the Present; with Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc. ; Together with an Extended History of the Colonial Days of Vincennes, and Its Progress Down to the Formation of the State Government, published 1886, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive.