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The Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical Dictionary of the State of Indiana
1850, Third Edition, 440 pages
E. Chamberlain, Indianapolis, Indiana
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1850_IN_Gaz_index.html
This is a digitally reproduced version of the 1850 Indiana Gazetteer or Topographical
Dictionary of the State of Indiana. Historians, genealogists and researchers of mid 19th
century Indiana will find the vast amount of information in this book invaluable. This
book contains topographical and historical profiles of the cities, towns and villages of
1850 Indiana. Indiana places and place names, many of which no longer exist in
contemporary literature or on current maps are identified and discussed in this excellent
early Indiana resource.
The book is organized in two parts:
Part First - General View of the State:
* Boundaries, Extent and Area
* Natural Divisions
* Face and Peculiarities of the country
* Natural History
* Lakes and Rivers
* Public Lands
* Internal Improvements
* Agricultural Productions
* Manufactures and Commerce
* Climate and Health
* Education
* Political Institutions - Civil Divisions
* Population
* Religious Denominations
* Antiquities
* History
* State Institutions
Part Second - Topography and Statistics:
This is an extensive 290 page section of the book containing the description of many
county, city, villages, places and place names too numerous to list here. The following is
a partial list of cities and towns profiled in this part:
Adams County - Allen County - Anderson - Angola - Attica - Auburn - Aurora - Bartholomew
County - Bedford - Benton County - Blackford County - Bloomington - Bluffton - Blue River
- Boone County - Brookville - Brown County - Brownstown - Brownsville - Cambridge City -
Cannelton - Carlisle - Carroll County - Cass County - Centreville - Charlestown - Clark
County - Clay County - Clinton
County - Columbus - Corydon - Covington - Crawford County - Crawfordsville - Danville -
Daviess County - Dearborn County - Dekalb County - Delaware County - Delphi - Driftwood -
Dubois County - Dunlapsville - Edinburgh - Eel River - Elkhart County - Evansville -
Fayette - Connersville - Flat Rock - Floyd County - Fort Wayne - Fountain County -
Frankfort - Franklin County - French Lick - Fulton County - Gibson County - Goshen -
Gosport - Grant County - Greene County - Greencastle - Hamilton County - Hancock County -
Hanover - Harrison County - Hendricks County - Henry County - Howard County - Huntington
County - Indianapolis - Jackson County - Jasper County - Jay County - Jefferson County -
Jeffersonville - Johnson County - Knox County - Kosciusko County - Lafayette - LaGrange
County - Lake County - LaPorte County - LaPorte - Lawrence County - Lawrenceburgh -
Lebanon - Levenworth - Liberty, Union County - Logansport - Madison County - Madison,
Jefferson County - Marion County!
- Marshall County - Martin County - Martinsville - Miami County - Michigan City -
Mishawaka - Monroe County - Montgomery County - Monticello - Morgan County - Muncie - New
Albany - New Harmony - Noble County - Noblesville - Ohio County - Orange County - Owen
County - Parke County - Pendleton - Perry County - Peru - Petersburgh - Pike County -
Porter County - Posey County - Princeton - Pulaski County - Randolph County - Richmond -
Ripley County - Rising Sun - Rochester, Fulton County - Rockford - Rockport - Rockville -
Rush County - Rushville - Scott County - Shelby County - South Bend - Spencer County -
Spencer - Starke County - Steuben County - St Joseph County - Sullivan County -
Switzerland County - Terre Haute - Thorntown - Tippecanoe County - Tippecanoe River -
Tipton County - Union County - Vanderburgh County - Vermillion County - Vernon - Vevay -
Vincennes - Wabash River - Wabash County - Warren County - Warrrick County - Washington
County - Salem - Wayne County - W!
ells County - White County - White Water - Whitley County - Winamack
Engravings found throughout:
* State House, Indianapolis
* State Bank, Indianapolis
* Deaf and Dumb Asylum, near Indianapolis
* Asylum for the Blind, Indianapolis
* Insane Hospital, near Indianapolis
* State University, Bloomington
* Wabash College, Crawfordsville
* Court House, Connersville
* Franklin College, Franklin
* Asbury University, Greencastle
* Hanover College, Hanover
* First Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis
* Wesley Chapel, Indianapolis
* Hon. O.H. Smith's residence, Indianapolis
* Branch Bank, Madison
* Christ Church, Madison
* Residence of A W Morris, Esq., Indianapolis
* State Sentinel Building, Indianapolis
* State Journal Buildings, Indianapolis
* Masonic Hall, Indianapolis
* Map of Cannelton, Cannelton
* Cotton Mill, Cannelton
* Hon A.T. Ellis's residence, Vincennes
* Market House, Vincennes
* Market Street, Vincennes
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Indiana: in Relation to its Geography, Statistics, Institutions,
County Topography, Etc.; with a Reference Index to and
Colton's Maps of Indiana (included)
Fisher, Richard S. M.D.,
J.H. Colton, New York, 1852
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1852_IN_index.html
This is a digitally reproduced version of Indiana: in Relation to its Geography,
Statistics, Institutions, County Topography Etc.; with a Reference Index to Colton's
Maps of Indiana, 1852. Historians, genealogists and researchers of mid 19th century
Indiana will find the vast amount of research material in this book and its accompanying
maps invaluable.
The 144 page book is a companion to the 6 segment series of Colton's Maps of Indiana
included on this CD. The book contains topographical and historical profiles of the
cities, towns and villages of Indiana in 1852. Indiana places and place names, many of
which no longer exist in
contemporary literature or on current maps, are identified and discussed in this early
Indiana resource.
Excerpts from the book advertisement:
This little book has been prepared to accompany COLTON'S MAPS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA,
and to illustrate the geography, statistics, and institutions of that important portion of
the American Union. The descriptions, though brief and concise, embrace nevertheless a
great mass of information useful not only to the immigrant settler, but also to those who,
from long residence in the state, may be entitled to the distinguished title of
"citizen."
The descriptive portions of the work have been chiefly compiled from the publications of
the most recent writers; but a large mass of information has also been derived from the
labors and inquiries of the publisher's agents, and from numerous private sources, all
of which has been incorporated. The statistical matter is chiefly based on the census of
1850, the official returns of the several departments of the federal and state
governments, and
from the reports of companies incorporated within the state. Every available source of
accurate
information, indeed, has been consulted, and the publisher has no hesitation in saying
that there is no other work on the same subject, and within the same compass, that
furnishes so much valuable information as is contained herein...
...maps are engraved in the best style of art, and are colored in a handsome manner. A
REFERENCE INDEX, by the aid of which any place on the maps may
be readily found, is appended to this work.
New York, April 15, 1852
Table of Contents (40K PDF) pages are available for download:
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/1852_IN_TOC.pdf
Colton's Maps of Indiana: The original full size map was engraved on six plates, and
when assembled was 66 x 48-inches in size. It contains the full surveys in sections, the
general topography of the state, the internal improvements, and all the information
usually found on the most elaborate maps.
Insets: Michigan City * LaFayette * Logansport & West Logan * Terre Haute *
Indianapolis * Madison* Fort Wayne * New Albany * Jeffersonville, Louisville and the Falls
of the Ohio * Evansville and Lamasco City * Lawrenceburgh * Vincennes * Richmond * South
Bend.
To facilitate viewing and printing, this series of maps have been digitized in a single
image and reduced in size to approximately 33 x 24-inches at 300 dpi. The high resolution
image has been converted to Adobe PDF and included on this CD. The REFERENCE INDEX pages
(105-123) may be utilized to locate Indiana places and place names found on Colton's
Maps of Indiana.
Sample map section (224K JPG) near Vincennes, Knox County:
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/site_images/1852_sample_1.jpg
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Historic Atlas Of Indiana Counties (Zones 1-11 complete set)
http://www.historic-atlas-series.com/in_map/in_index.html
The Zone 1-11 Atlas is a complete set of 1876 Indiana county maps on one CD. Each Zone
consists of a series of 8 or more bordering county maps making up all 92 Indiana counties.
Each Zone Atlas contains high resolution scanned images of vintage 19th century county
maps that are presented in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). All (11) individual
Indiana Zones are available separately.
Each county map includes the following 19th century features:
* roads, railroads and canals
* cities, towns and villages
* post offices and government sites
* one-room schoolhouses, churches and cemeteries
* rivers, streams and ferries
* racetracks, fairgrounds and picnic groves
* industrial sites, furnaces and mills
* early homesteads and farms
-and much more
The Historic Atlas of Indiana series may be an invaluable aid to Genealogists, Historians
and researchers in search of 19th century Indiana places and place names. Many 19th
century sites no longer appear on contemporary maps and or have been obscured with time.
The Historic Atlas Series CD's provide researchers with the means to quickly search
19th century maps when searching for extinct Indiana places.
Details on early maps are often difficult to read and these are no exception; however, by
virtue of the Adobe PDF formatting, these documents may be inspected at high levels of
magnification without additional digital distortion; something that simply cannot be
accomplished with paper reproductions and photocopies.
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The Adobe Acrobat Reader is needed to view, zoom, pan and print from the PDF images
contained in this book; and is included free on each CD. No other software is necessary.
The data has been created and configured using Adobe Acrobat for MS Windows (98, 98SE, XP,
NT and 2000). The pages may be viewed in earlier versions of the software as well; and
with current versions of the Adobe Reader on recent model Mac systems.
Good luck with your research!
Rich Green
Historic Archaeological Research
http://www.har-indy.com
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