Elkhart County, Indiana - Minor Towns and Stations, 1916

Minor Towns and Stations

Wakarusa - Mount Olive Postoffice - Wakarusa Platted - The Present Village - The Churches - The Newspaper AND Banks - Middlebury - The Churches - Newspaper and Bank - Bristol - Early History - Millersburg - Drawbacks to Rapid Growth - New Paris - Early Settlers - Arrested Development of Benton - Ignored by the Railroads - Rail- R0.\D Stations ^88

Index

Civil war - Patriotic response to the calls of the '60s, 225 ; the revived Goshen Guards, 225; Gen. Milo S. Hascall, 225 ; the Ninth Indiana Regiment, 228 ; the Seventeenth, 229; the first to enter New Orleans, 229: Company G, Nineteenth Infantry, 229; Company B. of the Twenty-ninth, 230; Company K, Thirteenth Indiana Volunteers, 230; Second Cavalary, 231 ; Company I, Forty-fourth Regiment, 231 ; the Forty-eighth largely an Elkhart county regiment, 231 ; the Seventy-fourth Regiment. 232:

Capt. Orville T. Chamberlain, 233 ; Company I, of the Eighty-eight, 234; the One Hundredth Regiment, 234; other Elkhart county commands, 234 ; showing of the county, 235; response to the drafts, 235 ; relief work unrecorded in statistics, tion, 135 ; first meeting of the Circuit Court, 136; the county clerk and the Thomas family 136 ; before justice had a home, 137; county courts and judges in the '40s, 138; Judge Ebenezer M. Chamberlain, 139; Judge Henry D. Wilson, 141 ; Judges John H. and Francis E. Baker, 142; Judge Joseph D. Ferrall, 143; Judge James S. Dodge, 144; Judge James S. Drake, 145

Educational - Taxing non-residents for schools, loi ; the county's first seat of learning, 102 ; Captain Beane and other pioneer teachers, 103 ; Hon. E. I\L Chamberlain, 103 ; school centers outside Goshen and Elkhart, 103 ; Mrs. Chauncey Hascall's recollections, 104; Professor Myers on "The Log Seminaries," 105 ; Joel P. Hawks describes education at Waterf ord, 107 ; the Middlebury Seminary, 108; school legislation previous to 1830, 108; public school funds, no; the school law of 7852, III; explaining the law to the people, in; difficulties in the way of taxation, 112; fixing a teaching standard. 114; consolidation of common school fund, 114; township libraries organized, 115; general development of the system, 116; founding of teachers' institutes, 118; education of colored children, 118; county superintendency created, 118; teachers required to be adaptable, 119; uniformity of methods and textbooks, 120; teachers' institutes of today, 120; present county system of education, 125 ; present status of schools, 126; Goshen schools and teachers, 252-260; erection of ward schools, 254; first quarter-century of school teachers, 253 ; the new Goshen high school, 256; Miss Emma R. Chandler, 256; Goshen city schools in 1904-05, 258; Goshen village principals and city superintendents, 258 ; comparative growth of Goshen schools for thirty-five years, 260; Elkhart's schools and teachers, 311-319

Electric Railways - Citizens' Street Railway Company, of Elkhart, 174; Indiana Electric Railway Company, 174; The Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railwav, 175 ; The Winona Interurban Railway,

Elkhart - As a river town, 158; coming of first river steamboat, 162; arrival of first train, 164 ; as a railroad center, 176; Pulaski, its predecessor, 210; how it was named, 216; original town and first addition, 217; first residents and buildings, 217 ; postoffice moved from Pulaski to Elkhart. 218; settlers oi 1836, 219; impressions of the village (1838), 219; city control of public utilities, 305 ; the town corporation, 307 ; becomes a city, 307 ; the mavors of Elkhart, 308; Old City Hall, 308; the City Court, 308; police and fire departments, 309; Prof. D. W. Thomas and the Elkhart schools, 311 ; Mrs. A. E. Babb, 311; Brick Central School built, 312; Mrs. Margaret Stevens, 312; ward schools erected in 1873-83, 313; high school buildings, 313; additions and sanitary improvements (1886-90), 314; high school building of 1893, 314; progress from 1894 to 1900, 315 ; Grand High School of 1912, 315; other school houses, 317; school statistics, 317; superintendents and high school principals, 317; Elkhart-Carnegie Public Library, 319; postoffice, .320; public parts and cemeteries, 320; secret and benevolent societies, 349;

Elkhart County - Map of (Frontispiece), defined by Creative Act, 27; surface geology, 31; watershed between Great Lakes and the Mississippi, 31 ; glacial drift and soils, 31 ; billows of land and prairies, 33 ; watershed between the Big and Little Elkhart, 35 ; the St. Joseph and its tributaries, 36; the lakes of the county, 36 ; mineral springs, oil and gas, 37; beasts and reptiles, 38; birds, 38; disappearance of certain beasts and birds, 39 ; coming of new birds and animals, 40; first county seat, 68 ; Concord and Elkhart townships created, 68 ; old Mon-go-qua-nong township, 69; Jackson township of today, 69; Turkey Creek township, Kosciusko county, 69 ; Old Middlebury township, 70; Cleveland township, 70; Washington township, 70 ; Benton township of the present, 70 ; Baugo township, 70; Jefferson township, 71 ; Clinton and Harrison townships, 71 ; Osolo township, 71 ; Union township, 71 ; York township also formed, 72; Olive township erected, 72; Locke township, last formed, 72 ; locating the Seat of Justice, 72 ; pioneer county financing, 73 ; definite location of County Seat, 74; proposed town of Goshen selected, 74; Oliver Crane and the Court House Square, 75 ; laid ofif and sold original town. 76; temporary meeting places. 77 ; the first courthouse. 78; tlie courthouse of 1870-1905, 79 : the Elkhart County Infirmarj', 81 : the county jail, 84; county societies, 84: population from 1830 to 1910, 95 ; real estate, value of, 97; other illustrative statistics, 97 ; personal property, value of, 98; corporate property, value of, 98; receipts and expenditures, 99

Goshen - Rebellion against river obstructions, i6r ; village founded. 209 ; the town, 241 ; those who voted for village government. 242 ; two growing decades, 242; fire department organized, 243 ; birth as a city, 243 ; the mayors of Goshen, 243 ; Charles B. and George F. Alderman, 244; Dr. Joseph H. Heatwole and father, 245 ; the fire department improves, 245 ; veteran firefighter, 246; the present system, 246; founding of tlie waterworks, 246; better anil cheaper than a new ensinc, J47 ; luisiiicss men demand equal iiimihii..ii with manufacturers, 247; beyinnint; of city waterworks, 248; steam power and artesian wells, 249; origin of municipal lighting plant, 249; the local postal service, 251 ; extension of electric system. 250; later improvements and extensions, 250; private lighting companies, 250 ; the city schools in 1904-05, 258; real public school system dates from 1857, 252; first quarter-century of school teachers, 253; erection of ward schools, 254; Miss Emma R. Chandler, 256; the new high school, 256; village principals and city superintendents, 258; increase of population in thirty-five years, 260 ; the Goshen Carnegie Public Library, 261; the Goshen College. 264; Goshen Hospital, 266 ; industries, 269-275

Historical - Footprints (.f L.i Salk. 3; Iroquois attack tin- lllin>>is at Starved Rock, 4: Imiiaii l.L-ague organized by La Salle, .i ; \incennes and other French settlements, 6; Fort Chartres built, 7; Fort Chartres surrendered to British, 8: Wholesale French Migration, 9; Clark as Father of American Northwest, 10 ; County of Illinois erected, 10: organization of the Northwest Territory. 12; Divisions of the Northwest Territory, 14; Indiana Territory divided, 15 ; the lords of the soil disiiossessed, 15; founding i.t l'rM|,h.-t's Town, 17; Harrisnn .,11. 1 T, to "Fight It 1 Kii." iN; kaitle at Prophet's Town, 19; the war of 1812. 20; the Harrison campai.yns, 21 ; the Public Land Survey, 2^; organization of the state, 24; development of state and formation of counties, 25

Illustrations - La Salle in the Lake Region, 2; Scenes in St. Joseph Valley, 28; Views on Elkhart River, 34; Map of Indian Cessions, 50; Isaiah Rush, 62; Courthouse of the present, (>T, First Courthouse, 1833-70, 78; The 1870 Courthouse Before Remodeling, 80; The County Infirmary, 82 ; Indiana Corn Exhibit, 86; Group of Early Settlers, 88; Indiana Corn Field, 90; Specimen Cattle and Hogs of Todaj-, 93 ; Forest Grove Schoolhouse, Middlcbury Township, erected in 1836, loi ; Consolidated School, Bristol, 125 ; Hon. William A. Woods, 140; Old Time Mail Coach, 156; River Views in Elkhart County, 159; T}T)ical Pioneer Cabin - Exterior and Interior, 180; A Picture of Today, 185; Typical Old Saw Mill, Elkhart, 201; Dr. Havilah Beardsley and Mrs. Rachel C. Beardsley, 212; Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Elkhart, 223; The Present Goshen Postoffice, 252; Goshen High School, 257; Madison Street School (view), 259; Goshen College, 265; Goshen Hospital, 266 ; View on Main Street, Goshen, 271 ; Municipal and Superior Court Building. 306: Old City Hall, 308; Fire Department Stations, 310; Central School Building, Elkhart. 316; Statue of Dr. Havilah Beardsley, 320; Island Bridge, Elkhart, 321; Elkhart Postoffice Building, 322; Elkhart Public Library, 326; In Elkhart's Residence and Church Districts, 334; Public School, Wakarusa, 391 ; High School, Middlebury, 393; Out-of-door Beauty Spots in Elkhart, 343 ; Railroad Y. M. C. A.. Elkhart, 346; The Elkhart General Hospital, .^S; Century Club House. 356; Along Elkhart's Main Business Street, 364;

Indians - The lords of the soil dispossessed, 15; founding of Prophet's Town, 17; Harrison and Tecumseh to "Fight It Out," 18; battle at Prophet's Town, 19; the war of 1812, 20; Algonquins and Iroquois traditional enemies, 42; Miami Confederation in Indiana, 43; Pottawattamies, 44; Miamis, most powerful western Indian nation, 44; Miamis, 45; Pottawattamies, 45 ; French missionaries among the Indian Miamis, 46 ; the fur traders, 47; Miamis, 47; enter the English, 49; Harrison, great Indian treaty maker, 49 ; final treaties, 52 ; among the primitive highways, 52 ; great Indian trails, 53 ; the old Chicago trail, S3 ; the Pottawattamies of the St. Joseph valley, 53; the Pottawattamies in the '30s, 56; still clinging to St. Joseph valley, 57; last band leaves in 1840, 57 ; famous Pottawattamie chiefs, 58.

McMahon, E. A., 141 McNaughton, John, 321 McNaughton Park, Elkhart, 321 Mehl, A. C, 88, 698 Mellander, John, 341 Mellinger, J. C, 379 Menaugh, Albert S., 548 Mennonite Brethren Church, Goshen,

Nappanee - Founded as a railroad town, 377 \ originally Locke Station, 378; first spelling, Napanee, 378; original site, huckleberry swamp, 379 ; sawmill preceded town, 379 ; Nappanee's first house and industry, 379; origin of the Coppes interests, 380; waterworks and electric light plant, 381 ; the telephone service, 382; the public school system, 382 ; Nappanee banks, 283 ; the newspapers, .384 ; industries, 384 ; churches. 38.=; ; secret and benevolent societies,

Railroads - First train into Elkhart, 164; Wilber L. Stonex on the Railroads. 164; Synopsis of progress in the county, 165; as part of internal improvements system, 166; Buffalo & Mississippi Railroad Company, 168 ; Lake Shore & Michigan Southern a reality, 169; divided favors, 170: extension, 171; the Baltimore & Oliio built, 171 ; the Wabasli Road, 173; the Citizens' Street Railway Company, of Elkhart, 174; Indiana Electric Railway Company. 174 ; the Chicago, South Bend & Northern Indiana Railway, 175; the Winona Interurban Railway, 176 ; Elkhart as a railroad center, 176; railway facilities as a whole. 177

Spanish-American war - Indiana troops first enlisted for Spanish- American war, 236; the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Volunteer Infantry, 237 ; Company C, of Goshen, 238