This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1897.

A

History

of

Evansville

and

Vanderburgh County,

Indiana.

A Complete and Concise Account from the Earliest Times to the Present, Embracing: Reminiscences of the Pioneers and Biographical Sketches of the Men Who Have Been Leaders in Commercial and Other

Enterprises.

BY:  JOSEPH P. ELLIOTT.

EVANSVILLE, IND.

KELLER PRINTING COMPANY

1897

500 pages on 1 CD

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter I. - Introductory Remarks
Chapter II. -  Original Families
Chapter III. - Remarkable Adventures of Isaac Knight as a captive among the Indians
Chapter IV. -  Personal Recollections of Pioneer Times
Chapter V.  - Vanderburgh County Formed out of Warrick County, Which was originally a part of Knox County
Chapter VI.  - Towns Corporated Rights Granted Evansville by the State Legislature 
Chapter VII. - Early Manufacturers
Chapter VIII. - Means of Transportation in Primitive Days
Chapter IX. - Early Method of Levying and Collecting Revenue
Chapter X. - Civil Townships
Chapter XI. - County Offices
Chapter XII. - Judges of the Courts
Chapter XIII. - Full List of Justices of the Peace from the Beginning
Chapter XIV. - School system
Chapter XV.  - History of Music in Evansville
Chapter XVI. - Medical science
Chapter XVII.  - Financial Institutions
Chapter XVIII.  - The Civil War
Chapter XIX.  - The Churches
Chapter XX.  - Secret and benevolent Orders
Chapter XXI.  - Military Orders
Chapter XXII.  - Biographical   
Index