Miami County, Indiana - Chapter 21: Statistical Review, 1914

Chapter 21: Statistical Review

Increase in Population and We^vlth - Chronology - Events Le.\ding up to the Organization of and Connected with the History' of the County - Official Roster - A Complete List of County Officers from 1834 to 1914 429

Index

Allen Township, location, 110; area, 110; first actual white settler, 110; first entry of land, 111; organized. 111; first white child born, 112; first school in, 112; schools, 112; earliest industries, 112; first churches, 112; cemeteries, 376

Butlev Township, loi-atioii, 11."; picturesque scenery, 114; first white man, 115; first settlers, 115; early industries. 116; first white child liorn in, 117; organized, 117; first school, 117; schools, 117; railroads, 118; cemeteries,

Clay Township, location, 118; last in the county to be settled, 118; first white man, 118; settlers, 118; first election, 119; early industries. 119; first school, 120; schools, 120; railroads, 120

Early exiilorations in the New World, 67 Early militia system, 204 Early prices and wages, 389 Farly trailiers, 293 EdMcatioiial development, 291 Edwards, Kicliard A., 563 Eel River Ifoad, 257 ElliLger, R. P., 328 Eighth Infantry, 210 Eitliith jtidieial district, 311 Eighty seventh Infantry, 221 Eikenlierry. B. F., 544 Eikenlierry, George, 613 Fikenberry, Levi I., 613 Eikenlierry, William M., 804 Elp'trie lighting plant. 170 Electric lines, 261 Eleventh Infantrv, 210 Ellis, E. A., 707 Engel, Henry, 593 Episcopal Chtirch, 364 Erie Township, location, 123; smallest in

Farmers' Bank of Converse, 271 Farmers ' Bank of Denver, 272 Father liarlin, 344 Father Rivet. 291 Faust, Joseph A., 520 Fidler, .lohn H., 470 Fifth street looking east from Broadway,

Jefl'erson Township, established. 132; area, 132; location, 132; first to be settled by white men, 132; settlers, 132; early industries. 133; first death, 134; first regular school house, 134; schools. 134; railroads. 135; first churches, 135; cemeteries, 378

Litigation regarding new courthouse, 102 Little Turtle, 28, 78 List of county officers, 433 List of old-time doctors, 340 Liston, Dr. James T., 333 Live stock, 274 Location, 1

Main and Broadway, 1867 (view). 300 Old Settlers ' Afsociations, 411 "Old Squirrelly." 140 Old Strawtown road, 241 On the Eel River near Chili (view), 252

Perry Township, location, 135; area, 135; settler. 136; early births and deaths, 137; early industries, 138; first churches, 138; first school house, 138; schools, 138; railroads, 138; cemeteries,

Peru, county seat, 153 ; early settlers, 154; founder of, 156; pioneers, 156: laid out. 157; named, 160; first building on original plat, 160; incorporated as a town, 160; first town election. 162; first mayor, 162; .early town records, 162; incorporated as a city, 163; addition to, 164; fire department. 166; first paid fire department, 167; water works, 167; gas works, 169; first electric lights. 170; parks, 172; municipal im]>roven'ents, 173; postoffice, 174; finances, 175; police force. 177; public school build- ings, 177; population, 177; mayors, 177; miscellaneous facts regarding. 177; first train to arrive in, 2n9; banks, 268; first foundry in, 27o ; manufactories, 275; railroad shops. 275; first telephone exchange. 279; natural gas companies, 280; manufacturing statistics. 284; first oil wells. 28fi; schools, 295; newspapers, 299; pul'lic library, .SOG; clubs, 412 railroads, 142; cemeteries, 381 Place, Willard B.. (>m Plotner. Harlen E., 663 Political meetings, 393 Pontiae, 70 Pontine 's war, 71 Population, 429 Po]nilation of Peru, 177 Portraits, Gabriel Godfrey, 40 PostoHice, Peru, 174 Postoflices in Miami county, 203 Pottawatoniis, 24 Presbyterians, 352 Press," the, 298 Probate court, 321 Progressive Brethren, 358 Prominent law cases, 329 Prosecuting attorneys, 323 I'ublie buildings, 100 Public finances, 267 Public libraries, 306 Puterbaugh, Eli, 573 Puterbaugh, Moses, 573

Richland Township, location, 142; area, 142; first actual .settler, 143; settlers, 143; early industries, 143; first churches, 144; first school house, 144;

Scene on the Mississinewa (view), 114 Schedule of treaty grants, 47 Scheriuerhorn, Mrs. E. L., 63 See. Sylvanus, 744 Seidner, Alvin, 754 Seitner. Ira, 684 Seitner, Reuben, 684 Senger, Fred W., 554 Settlement, 86 lie ditch in each township, 265 Tecuuiseh, 79 Temperance, 394 Teter, Jacob F., 715 The Swings, 88 Theobald, Jacob, 502 The Old Mexico Mill (view), 144 The Pillared Rocks (view), 5 The Prophet, 80

"The White Rose of Miami," 63 Thirteenth Infantry, 208 Thirty-fourth Infantry, 215 Thirty-ninth Infantry, 216 Tile drains, 266 Tillett, Joseph N., 443 "Tomahawk Right," 95 Tiimbaugh, George W., 696

Views - The Pillared Rocks, 5; Miami County Court House, 101; Old Court House, 102; Miami County .Tail, 107; Scene on the Mississinewa, 114; The Old Mexico Mill, 144; Old Holman Residence, 155; Broadway in the Sixties, 164; Water Works Pumping Station, 168; U. S. Postoflice, Peru, 175; Street Scene in ilacy, 193; Old Tow- Path on the Wabash & Erie Canal, 247; On the Eel River Near Chili, 252; Concrete Bridge Over Wabash River, Peru, 268; Peru High School, 293; Old Sentinel Otfice, Southwest Corner of Main and Broadway, 1867, 300; Peru Public Library, 307"; Bread Line, Showing Work of the Associated Charities at Time of Great Flood, March, 1913, 373; North Broadway, Peru, March 25, 1913. Elks Home on the Right. Masonic Temple Behind Street Car. 401 ; Fifth Street Looking East from Broadway, Boats Landing on Court House Lawn, 403; Peru Y. M. C. A., 428