Historical Atlas of Indiana Counties and Cities     Hamilton County 1880

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CHAPTER I — Introduction — Noblesville Township — City of Noblesville — Original and Subsequent Plats — Business in 1869, etc.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	82
CHAPTER II — Churches — Baptist, Christian, Methodist — Early Review of Presbyterian  . . . .	83
CHAPTER III — PUBLIC SCHOOLS — Seminary — Graded Schools — Cost of Buildings, etc. . . . .	85
CHAPTER IV — NEWSPAPERS — "The Newspaper" — "Little Western" — "Noblesville News" — "Hoosier Patriot" — "The True Whig" — "White River Clipper" — "Hamilton County Register" — "Noblesville Commercial" — "Noblesville Ledger — "Noblesville Republican" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	86
CHAPTER V — BENEVOLENT ORDERS — Masonic — Hamilton Lodge, 32 — Under Dispensation — Charter — Stricken from the Roll — Revived — Under Dispensation Again — Chartered as Hamilton Lodge, No. 57 — Noblesville Chapter, No. 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	87
CHAPTER VI — Benevolent Orders Continued — I. O. O. F. — Noblesville Lodge, No. 125 — Early History — First Officers and Members — Its Work — Encampment, No. 44 — Its Organization — Membership — Daughters of Rebecca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	88
CHAPTER VII — Benevolent Orders Continued — Knights of Honor, Lodge 842 — Organization — Charter Members — First Officers — Last Officers — Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	89
CHAPTER VIII — SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS, etc. — Hamilton County Medical Society — The Profession — Lecture Association — Hook and Ladder Fire Company — Rod and Gun Club — Bands  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	90
CHAPTER IX — CITIZEN'S BANK OF NOBLESVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	90
CHAPTER X — MILLS, MANUFACTURES AND MACHINES — Evans & Sohl's Steam Grist Mill — Smock, Hayworth & Co.'s Grist Mill — Wheer, Fisher & Co.'s Saw Mill — Flax Mill — Planing Mill — Stave Factory and Planing Mill — Heading Factory — Elevators — Buggy and Wagon Works — W. Hare & Son — J. G. Heylman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	91
CHAPTER XI — MISCELLANEOUS — Post Office and Postmasters — Attorney — Old and New Bar — Court Items — Park Spring — Analysis and Traditions — An Old Landmark . . . . . . . . . . .	93
Townships
Adams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Clay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Delaware  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Fall Creek  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 White River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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