Author: Samuel P. Kaler
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Category : Whitley County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 946

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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Category : Huntington County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 964

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Author: Samuel P. Kaler
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Category : Whitley County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 861

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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1563112272
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Author: Samuel P. Kaler
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282531003
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 950

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Excerpt from History of Whitley County, Indiana All life and achievement is evolution; present wisdom comes from past experience, and present commercial prosperity has come only from past exertion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have gone before have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a privilege. It required great courage, sacrifice and privation. Compare the present conditions of the residents of Whitley county, Indiana, with what they were one hundred years ago. From a trackless wilderness it has come to be a center of prosperity and civiliza tion, with millions of wealth, with systems of intersecting railways, grand educa tional institutions, marvelous industries and immense agricultural productions. Can any thinking person be insensible to the fascination of the study which dis closes the incentives. Hopes' aspirations and efforts of the early pioneers who so strongly laid the foundation upon which has been reared the magnificent prosperity of later days. To perpetuate the story of these people, and to trace and record the social, political and industrial progress of the community from_its first inception, is the function of the local historian. A sincere purpose to preserve facts and per: sonal memoirs that are deserving of preservation. And which unite the present to the past. Is the motive for the present publication. The work has been in the hands of a corps of able writers. Who have. After much patient study and research. Pro? Duced here the most complete history of vvh-itley county, Indiana. Ever offered to the public. A specially valuable and interesting department is that one devoted to sketches of representative'citizens of this county whose record's deserve perpetuation because of their worth, effort and accomplishment. The publishers desire to extend their thanks to these gentlemen who have so faithfully labored to this end. Thanks are also due to the citizens of \'vhitley county. Indiana. For the uniform kindness with which they have regarded this undertaking and for their many services rendered in the gaining of necessary information. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: S. P. Kaler
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ISBN: 9780832825538
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Languages : en
Pages : 861

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Author: William S. Haymond
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 814

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Author: De Witt C. Goodrich
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 740

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Category : Whitley Co., Ind
Languages : en
Pages : 440

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