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Illinois river (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
ion, 1890, 2,192,404; 1900, 2,516,462. Capital, Indianapolis. Robert Cavalier de la Salle and Henri Tonti, with a party of thirty-three, ascend the St. Joseph River to the site of South Bend, thence by portage to the Kankakee and down the Illinois River......December, 1679 La Salle, returning from Montreal with supplies for Tonti at Fort Crevecoeur, makes the portage from the St. Joseph to the Kankakee......November, 1680 Mention made of one Sieur Dubinson as commandant at a post near , Pottawattomie, Miami, Eel River, and Wea Indians cede to the United States land in eastern Indiana by treaty at Grouseland, near Vincennes......Aug. 21, 1805 Laws of Indiana published at Vincennes by Messrs. Stout & Smoot......1807 Illinois Territory set off from Indiana, comprising all west of the Wabash River and a line drawn north from Post Vincennes......Feb. 3, 1809 Property qualifications of 50 acres, or a town lot valued at $100, required of electors in Territory by act of Con
Bloomington (Indiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
by a committee, which met at the house of William Conner, on the west fork of the White River, May 22, 1820, accepted and confirmed by the legislature, and the capital named Indianapolis......Jan. 6, 1821 First general school law of Indiana in revised statutes of 1824, drawn by committee appointed by legislature......Jan. 9, 1821 Proceedings against the State bank for fraudulent management, which results in forfeiting its franchise, begun......Dec. 31, 1821 Indiana University at Bloomington, chartered 1820, opened......1824 Mr. Rapp and associates sell their property at Harmony to Robert Dale Owen, of Scotland, a philanthropist, who attempts to establish a community, naming the place New Harmony......1825 State road from Lake Michigan to Madison on the Ohio begun......1830 Thomas Lincoln, with his family, removes to Macon county, Ill......1830 Indiana Historical Society incorporated......1831 Wabash and Erie Canal in Indiana begun......Feb. 22, 1832 State b
La Salle, Ill. (Illinois, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
he north. Ohio lies to the east and Illinois bounds it on the west. It is limited in lat. by 37° 47′ to 41° 46′ N., and in long. by 84° 49′ to 88° 2′ W. Area, 36,350 square miles, in ninety-two counties. Population, 1890, 2,192,404; 1900, 2,516,462. Capital, Indianapolis. Robert Cavalier de la Salle and Henri Tonti, with a party of thirty-three, ascend the St. Joseph River to the site of South Bend, thence by portage to the Kankakee and down the Illinois River......December, 1679 La Salle, returning from Montreal with supplies for Tonti at Fort Crevecoeur, makes the portage from the St. Joseph to the Kankakee......November, 1680 Mention made of one Sieur Dubinson as commandant at a post near the site of Lafayette, called Ouiatenon......1719 Sieur de Vincennes mentioned as commandant at the poste de Ouabache (English, Wabash), now Vincennes......1727 [Supposed to have been settled about 1722.] Mission established at Post Vincennes by Sebastian L. Meurin......
Greencastle (Indiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
Madison on the Ohio begun......1830 Thomas Lincoln, with his family, removes to Macon county, Ill......1830 Indiana Historical Society incorporated......1831 Wabash and Erie Canal in Indiana begun......Feb. 22, 1832 State bank chartered......1834 Internal improvement law, a State loan of $10,000,000 to be expended by a board of internal improvement......January, 1836 Madison and Lafayette Railroad commenced......1836 Indiana Asbury University (since 1884 De Pauw), at Greencastle, chartered and opened......1837 University of Notre Dame (R. C.), at Notre Dame, chartered 1844, and opened......1845 State failing to pay its interest on the public debt for several years, compromises with creditors, who take property for one-half of the indebtedness and onehalf in bonds......1846 Constitution, framed by a convention which met at Indianapolis, Oct. 7, 1850, adopted......Feb. 10, 1851 New constitution, ratified by vote, 109,319 to 26,755, goes into operation..
Clark County (Indiana, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
nfession extorted from the prisoners, who are hanged, July 20. Four other prisoners, lodged in jail at New Albany, are hanged by seventy masked men......Dec. 12, 1868 Schuyler Colfax elected Vice-President......1869 Democrats break up the legislature to prevent ratification of Fifteenth Amendment......March 4, 1869 Legislature ratifies the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution......May 13-14, 1869 Seizing and hanging of certain negroes suspected of the murder of a family in Clark county by a mob of disguised persons calls forth a proclamation from Governor Baker, expressing his determination to suppress mob violence......Nov. 23, 1871 Indiana State grange organized......1872 Portion of the northern State prison at Michigan City, in erection from 1863 to 1870, is destroyed by fire......July 13, 1872 Amendment to the constitution, providing that no law or resolution shall ever be passed that shall recognize any liability of this State to pay or redeem any certific
White River (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
ank of Indiana, empowered to adopt the Farmers and Mechanics Bank of Indiana as one of its branches......Jan. 1, 1817 Thomas Lincoln, the father of Abraham Lincoln, with his family, moves from Kentucky to what is now Spencer county......1817 By treaty at St. Mary's, O., the Delaware Indians cede to the United States all claims to land in Indiana......Oct. 3, 1818 Site for capital of Indiana located by a committee, which met at the house of William Conner, on the west fork of the White River, May 22, 1820, accepted and confirmed by the legislature, and the capital named Indianapolis......Jan. 6, 1821 First general school law of Indiana in revised statutes of 1824, drawn by committee appointed by legislature......Jan. 9, 1821 Proceedings against the State bank for fraudulent management, which results in forfeiting its franchise, begun......Dec. 31, 1821 Indiana University at Bloomington, chartered 1820, opened......1824 Mr. Rapp and associates sell their property a
Montreal (Canada) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
he east and Illinois bounds it on the west. It is limited in lat. by 37° 47′ to 41° 46′ N., and in long. by 84° 49′ to 88° 2′ W. Area, 36,350 square miles, in ninety-two counties. Population, 1890, 2,192,404; 1900, 2,516,462. Capital, Indianapolis. Robert Cavalier de la Salle and Henri Tonti, with a party of thirty-three, ascend the St. Joseph River to the site of South Bend, thence by portage to the Kankakee and down the Illinois River......December, 1679 La Salle, returning from Montreal with supplies for Tonti at Fort Crevecoeur, makes the portage from the St. Joseph to the Kankakee......November, 1680 Mention made of one Sieur Dubinson as commandant at a post near the site of Lafayette, called Ouiatenon......1719 Sieur de Vincennes mentioned as commandant at the poste de Ouabache (English, Wabash), now Vincennes......1727 [Supposed to have been settled about 1722.] Mission established at Post Vincennes by Sebastian L. Meurin......1749 Garrison at Ouiat
Lake Michigan (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
Indiana, One of the north central States of the United States, extends from the Ohio River, which separates the State from Kentucky on the south, to Lake Michigan and the State of Michigan, which bound it on the north. Ohio lies to the east and Illinois bounds it on the west. It is limited in lat. by 37° 47′ to 41° 46′ N., and....Sept. 10, 1814 Congress passes an enabling act for Indiana; the northern boundary a line drawn east and west 10 miles north of the southern extremity of Lake Michigan......April 19, 1816 Ordinance accepting the enabling act passed by a convention which meets at Corydon, June 10......June 29, 1816 State constitution adoat Harmony to Robert Dale Owen, of Scotland, a philanthropist, who attempts to establish a community, naming the place New Harmony......1825 State road from Lake Michigan to Madison on the Ohio begun......1830 Thomas Lincoln, with his family, removes to Macon county, Ill......1830 Indiana Historical Society incorporated...<
Mississinewa River (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
uccessfully resisted by the garrison under Capt. Zachary Taylor......Sept. 4-5, 1812 Fort Wayne invested by the Indians about Sept. 1, and the garrison relieved by 2,000 Kentucky troops and 700 citizens of Ohio under General Harrison......Sept. 12, 1812 Deserted Indian villages in the vicinity of Fort Wayne destroyed by detachments of troops......Sept. 13-19, 1812 Expedition under Lieut.-Col. John R. Campbell leaves Dayton, O., Dec. 14, 1812; burns the Indian villages on the Mississinewa River......December, 1812 Seat of government fixed at Corydon, Harrison county, by act approved......March 11, 1813 Books, papers, and records destroyed by the burning of the office of the recorder of Knox county......January, 1814 One thousand Miamis, reduced to destitution, assemble at Fort Wayne to obtain food......January, 1814 Settlement of Harmony, on the Wabash, 50 miles from its mouth, formed by a German community under Frederick Rapp, from Pennsylvania......1814 Farme
United States (United States) (search for this): entry united-states-of-america-indiana
ain and declare themselves citizens of the United States at the suggestion of Col. George R. Clarkeincennes, the Delaware Indians cede to the United States land between the Wabash and Ohio rivers, ae, Miami, and Eel River tribes cede to the United States about 2,900,000 acres south of the Wabash;ry's, O., the Delaware Indians cede to the United States all claims to land in Indiana......Oct. 3,e Senate refused to go into an election of United States Senator, creating a vacancy, in 1845, and .....Oct. 3, 1860 Governor Lane elected United States Senator; Lieutenant-Governor Morton succee Governor Morton resigns, being elected United States Senator, and is succeeded by Lieut.-Gov. Ct of the Quartermaster's Department of the United States completed......1874 Purdue University, s of Indiana and Kentucky, governed by the United States survey of 1806, determine that Green Islan...Jan. 12, 1897 Daniel W. Voorhees, ex-United States Senator, dies at Washington, D. C.......Ap[4 more...]
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