Jasper/Newton County Bicentennial Section

Special Publication of Kankakee Valley Publishing October, 2016

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Celebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial

October, 2016

October, 2016

Celebrating Indiana’s Bicentennial

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Local bicentennial celebrations: The people who made it happen

By Caitlin Sievers csievers@rensselaerepublican.com Indiana’s Bicentennial has been a year-long celebration of the state’s history, pride and heritage. Although locally, citizens in both Newton and Jasper counties have recognized the state’s 200th birthday in a variety of ways, the most momentous occasion in both was the bicentennial torch relay. In both counties, hundreds of citizens lined up to watch the flame pass from person to person and to cheer them on.

The relay, which made its way through all 92 counties, from Sept. 9 to Oct. 15, passed through both Jasper and Newton counties near the end of its journey on Oct. 11.

In Jasper County, the torch made its way from north to south, with its local debut in the late morning of Oct. 11 on Halleck Street in DeMotte, where a crowd of elementary students waved their self-made “torches” and signs.

The torch was then driven down U.S. 231 to Washington Street in Rensselaer and then stopped for a short time at the Jasper County Courthouse, while Rensselaer Central Choir students sang “Back Home Again in Indiana”, led by torchbearer and choir director, Stephanie Davisson.

Then finally, torchbearers carried the flame along College Avenue to St. Joseph’s College where final local torchbearer and county historian, Judy Kanne circled it around the campus fountain.

The torch then headed to Newton County, where it started out at Fair Oaks Dairy, and then made its way to North Newton and then South Newton high schools where excited crowds of students watched as the torch was passed from torchbearer to torchbearer around the schools’ tracks. Ten torchbearers from the North Newton area passed the torch at the track there, while South Newton residents passed that torch at that school.

Finally the torch was taken to Kentland where it circled the courthouse square in a tractor and a Model T and then moved on to Benton County. Although most

torchbearers walked with the flame, Dan Blaney traveled by modified snow mobile, Linda Duvall and Kathy Danruther traveled by motorcycle.

Organizing the local portions of the relay, as well as getting locals excited about and participating in other bicentennial projects in the counties was no small task. Coordinators in both counties began planning for the bicentennial around two years ago.

In Jasper County, the bicentennial coordinators are Sheila Schroeder, Director of Tourism & Community Relations at the Jasper County Economic Development Organization and Karen Wilson, director of Jasper County Emergency Management.

“I couldn’t be happier with how the day turned out,” Schroeder said. “We had absolutely perfect weather, we had amazing participation by school kids, townspeople, county and government officials, just everything was beyond my wildest expectations. I feel very lucky to have been involved with the coordination of such a positive and energetic celebration. To travel with the torch through my home county was a very memorable experience!”

Schroeder grew up in Wheatfield and has lived in Jasper County her entire life, besides when she attended college.

Schroeder estimated that she and Wilson have put in hundreds of hours planning for the bicentennial including attending meetings, selecting torchbearers and attending events. They also visited with schools and civic organizations, chambers and rotaries, to facilitate community involvement.

“It’s pretty hard to get that many people together on one day without a lot of pre-planning,” Wilson said.

Wilson grew up in Rensselaer and graduated from RCHS. She has lived most of her life in Jasper County, besides the 12 years she lived in Indianapolis from 1991 to 2002. She’s been the emergency management director since 2006.

“I was really honored to have been asked to be the coordinator,” Wilson said.

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Jasper County bicentennial coordinators, Sheila Schroeder (left) and Karen Wilson (right) with torchbearer, Carla Jarrette on Oct. 11.

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Larry and Becky Lyons are the bicentennial coordinators for Newton County.

settlers arrived in the region that became Indiana, several Native American tribes had been flourishing here.

They included the Potawatomi, Miami, Shawnee, Seneca and Wea tribes. Just about the time that waves of white pioneers began to arrive in the late 1700s and early another tribe Editor’s note – To 1800s, mark Indiana’s Editor’s note – To mark Indiana’s bicen– the Lenape (called bicentennial, Indiana education groups tennial, Indiana education groups present Delaware Indians by present this historical series, “So You Think this historical series, “So You Think You You Know Indiana:white Celebrating 200–years of settlers) were Know Indiana: Celebrating 200 years of the the Hoosier State.”moved to central Hoosier State.”

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Just about the time that waves The various Native American tribes white pioneers began to arrive in the of white pioneers began to arrive in the here were quite diverse. late 1700s and early 1800s, another tribe late 1700s and early For example, instead of wearing – the Lenape (called Delaware Indians 1800s, another buckskin like some tribes, the tribe by white settlers) – were moved to cen– the Lenape (called Potawatomi preferred ruffled shirts, tral Indiana from their homelands in Delaware Indians by jewelry and pants with dangling the East. white settlers) – were ribbons. During the early 1780s, Also about the same time, two of the moved to central when our state still was a wilderness greatest Native American leaders in hisIndiana from their tory – Shawnee leader Tecumseh and known as the Indiana Territory, the homelands Miami chief Little Turtle – were based Potawatomi held practicallyinallthe of East.

Also aboutRiver, the at villages located in what became the land north of the Wabash same time, two of the Indiana. one-fourth of what eventually became greatest Native American leaders in The various Native American tribes Indiana. history – Shawnee leader Tecumseh here were quite diverse.

The Lenape and several of the other and Miami Little Indians.

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Americans lived here, most of Indiana elry and pants with dangling ribbons.

The various Native tribes was a dense woods or American forest consisting here were quite diverse.

For example, instead of wearing buckskin like some tribes, the Potawatomi preferred ruffled shirts, jewelry and pants with dangling ribbons. During the early 1780s, when our state still was a wilderness known as the Indiana Territory, the Potawatomi held practically all of the land north of the Wabash River, N E W C O N S T R U C T I O N ■ R E PA I R S ■ one-fourth of what eventually became Indiana.

The Lenape and several of the other tribes were Woodland Indians. That’s because, during the eras when Native Americans lived here, most of Indiana was a dense woods or forest consisting

traveled through the region.

October, 2016 Peace did not last, though. Native American tribes were pressured to give up their lands, sometimes as a result of treaties with Indiana’s new leaders. Other tribes were forcibly removed from the new state.

The Potawatomi were involved in one of the worst tragedies in Indiana history in 1838. Chief Menominee, the leader of the Potawatomi tribe burned to the ground in a battle with During the early 1780s, when our state corn, their favorite They also inOther tribes were forcibly removed northern Indiana,crop. defied an order forces led by William Henry Harrison, grew from the new state. still was a wilderness known as the squash, melons and pumpkins. from the state’s governor to move. The Tecumseh and his brother, known as The Little Turtle, a Miami Indian chief, reluctantly governor of the Indiana Territory. many The Potawatomi were involved in Indiana Territory, the Potawatomi held For years Little Turtle Prophet, were important Shawnee leaders. signed the Treaty of Greenville giving Indian land Potawatomi saidwhile they didn’t want to Henry Harrison defeated Tecumseh’s William Tecumseh had left his controversial one of the worst tragedies in Indiana practically all of the land north of the to the United States in 1794. was growing up, the Miami enjoyed leave “the graves of our children” – tribe at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. brother, a spiritual leader called the history in 1838. Chief Menominee, the Wabash River, one-fourth of what evengenerally peaceful interactions with land where they had buried sons and leader of the Potawatomi tribe in northProphet, in charge of the village. The tually became Indiana. white fur traders who occasionally daughters who died young.

Tippecanoe River was burned to the towering trees, not a prairie or ern Indiana, defied an order from the Prophet and his warriors made a series ofThe Lenape and several of the other traveled through the region.

So soldiers led by Gen. John Tipton ground in a battle with forces led by plains. The trees were chopped down state’s governor to move. The of bad decisions involving a clash with tribes were Woodland Indians. That’s Peace did not though. Native forced thelast, Potawatomi out of William Henry Harrison, governor of Gov. Harrison and his forces that Potawatomi said they didn’t want to because, during the eras when Native as the state was settled for farming, Americanantribes were pressured area near the town ofto became known as the Battle of leave “the graves of our children” – land Americans lived here, most of Indiana the Indiana Territory. and towns were built. give up their lands, sometimes as a Rochester on a 900-mile where they had buried sons and daughwas a dense woods or forest consisting Tecumseh had left his controversial That happened amid much conflict – Tippecanoe. result of treaties with Indiana’s march to Kansas callednew ters who died young. brother, Little Turtle, the other great Native of towering trees, not a prairie or a spiritual leader called the essentially, warfare – between Native leaders.

Other were During forcibly the Trailtribes of Death.

So soldiers led by Gen. John Tipton American leader with an Indiana conplains. The trees were chopped down as Prophet, in charge of the village. The Americans and the white settlers. removed from the new state. the trip, which took 62 days, forced the Potawatomi out of an area nection, was born around 1752 in a the state was settled for farming, and Prophet and his warriors made a Among those who challenged the The dozens Potawatomi were involved near the town of Rochester on a 900Miami village near the present city of towns were built. of Potawatomi died in series of bad decisions involving a pioneers was Tecumseh, who probably one of the worst tragedies in Indiana mile march to Kansas called the Trail of Fort Wayne. His village, Kekionga, was That happened amid much conflict from exhaustion and disease. (In clash with Gov. Harrison and his was born in 1768 and died in 1813. history in 1838.

Chief Death. During the trip, which took 62 near the St. Joseph River.

– essentially, warfare – between Native Rochester, the story ofMenominee, the Potawatomi forces that became known as the Regarded as a brilliant leader, the leader of the Potawatomi tribe days, dozens of Potawatomi died from Miami children like young Little Americans and the white settlers. is honored every September in a Trail Battle of Tippecanoe. warrior and speaker, Tecumseh inexhaustion and disease. (In Rochester, northern Indiana, defied an order Turtle often played a game with wooden of Among those who challenged the pioCourage Living History Festival.)

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Jasper: The largest county in Indiana Compiled by Cheri Shelhart In the 1834-1835 legislative session, the Indiana State legislators formed 14 counties in the state’s northwest territory, including Newton and Jasper counties. Originally, Jasper County consisted of all of Benton County and the southern portion of Newton and Jasper. It was the largest county in the state.

In 1840, Benton County was formed, leaving the two northern counties as one smaller, but still the largest county. In 1859, the two counties were split again, forming Newton County out of Jasper County.

It took 19 years for the residents of the western portion of Jasper County to be split and form their own county, Newton. It took numerous lobbyists and pressure from the citizens who wanted the split before the Indiana Supreme Court gave its decision in favor of the Newton County faction.

Before the split, the county seat was located in what was once called “The

Falls of the Iroquois” and was named Newton. After the separation from Benton County, the county seat was renamed Rensselaer.

The Town of Brook was the setting for the first court house of Jasper County. Prior to that, the county seat was in Pine Township in Benton County. The first courthouse in Brook was built by George Spitler, who was the county clerk when the county was first formed.

James Van Rensselaer, a resident of the town of Newton, donated land for a county courthouse to be built there.

The courthouse in Brook, a rough log building, was also a boarding house until 1839, when the county seat moved to its current location.

Van Rensselaer also donated four blocks around the “public square” where the courthouse was to be built as land for building additional public buildings. It’s no wonder the town’s name became Rensselaer.

Spitler also built the first county jail in 1847. It was made of hewed logs

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In January 1865, a fire partially destroyed the courthouse, including county records in the first floor offices of the two story building. The fire was believed to have been started by a lawyer, Cicero Tatman, who was under scrutiny from the state for a number of his dealings. He was arrested in Indianapolis for stealing letters from the post office.

People ran into the burning courthouse and began throwing county records out the windows. These records were saved because of their efforts, but many others were lost from history.

The current courthouse was completed in 1896, and cost the county $141,7331.94.

Potowatomi Territory Before white settlers discovered the rich bounty found along the Kankakee

and Iroquois Rivers, the Potowatomi tribes thrived in northern Indiana.

Robert LaSalle, a French explorer, is believed to be the first white man that the natives encountered. He claimed the area around the Kankakee River for the French Crown. The area was rich with furs, a coveted commodity at the time.

Eventually, white settlers began moving westward and by 1832, the Potowatomi Nation had ceded the territory by treaty. They were moved to land in Kansas, joining what has become known as the “Trail of Tears” as native Americans were uprooted and forced to leave their lands for reservations in the west.

Even before the Potowatomi, a group of peoples dubbed “mound builders” had lived in the area. Although most of their mounds were located in southern Indiana, mounds were found along the Kankakee River, in Porter County, and one mound was discovSee JASPER, Pg. A6

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JASPER continued from page 5 ered in Jasper County.

In the book Sketches of Jasper County by Beulah Arnott for the Jasper County Historical Society, Arnott states the mound was recorded in 1883 on the east side of the Iroquois River, about 4 miles northeast of Rensselaer. It was said to be 10 feet high and was 40 feet in diameter. She wrote that although she had looked for the mound, she never found it. These peoples were believed to have lived in the area from 800 BC to 900 AD. The earliest white settler was William Donohue, who in 1832 came to the county when the territory was opened for settlement. The land was abundant with fur bearing animals, game birds and fish along the Iroquois River.

The Potowatomi considered the area of Rensselaer as a resort spot. They called it the Rapids of the Rockwise and enjoyed fishing for the variety of species that swam in the once rough waters. The Iroquois was dredged in 1906 to tame what was once rapids leading to a waterfall.

Rensselaer was once called Rockwise after the Potowatomi name for the area. In 1835, Joseph Yeoman and his father-in-law David Nowels built a cabin near the rapids, where Washington Street crosses the river. The family moved into the cabin in the winter of 1836 before it had a fireplace or a door.

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A story appears in the Centennial Book for the Jasper County Courthouse, which celebrated 100 years in 1996, telling the tale of a Dutch immigrant named Weibren Wartena. In a swift move to judgement, Circuit Court Judge Peter Ward of Kentland found Wartena guilty of murdering his neighbor John Dreger. Wartena spoke very little English and was unable to defend himself of the charge. Judge Ward, without benefit of a trial by jury, sentenced Wartena to death by hanging.

A defense attorney was provided to Wartena after the fact. Attorney Frank Babcock spoke with Wartena a number of times and discovered his rights had been “grossly violated.” He felt Wartena had possible problems with his mental condition seeking to have the death penalty reversed to life in prison.

Three days before the scheduled hanging, the Indiana Supreme Court stayed the execution demanding a trial by jury. Ward again presided in the case. Babcock attempted to have Wartena named mentally incompetent. Dr. James Loughridge, a witness for the defense, said he found Wartena to have “low moral development” and had “weak judgement,” but a jury found him guilty of murder and imposed the death sentence once again.

On Feb. 26, 1886, at 11:52 a.m., Wartena was hung from gallows that had been built for his original execution date in May of the previous year. Over 1,000 people gathered to see the hanging but only a few

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Newton County •Bringing Bison Back to Newton County Prairie •Hazelden – Home Of George Ade

Jasper County •Remington Historic Water Tower project •Jasper County Wetlands Purchase — Bicentennial Nature Trust •Stoutsburg Savanna Preserve — Bicentennial Nature Trust •Fountain Park Chautauqua •Leadership Jasper County •Littlle Cousin Jasper Festival •Jasper County Fair •Touch of Dutch Festival and Parade — Celebrates Indiana

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In Newton County, the coordinators are Larry and Becky Lyons, longtime Newton County residents and members of the local historical society. The two have been married for 55 years.

Larry Lyons is a former teacher and Becky Lyons is a former teacher’s aid. Larry Lyons taught for 37 years in southern Tippecanoe County, but he grew up in Brook and graduated from the school there. The couple left the county in 1961 and moved back in 1998.

In both counties, locals nominated torchbearers, mostly people who had made some sort of significant contribution to the community through a job or volun-

teer work.

“I taught Indiana history, so it was a big deal for me and it’s a big deal for the kids to get to see it,” Larry Lyons said. “They will remember this.”

In addition to the relay, this year, many communities and groups in both counties took part in bicentennial endorsed projects. Groups in both counties painted large fiberglass bison, as part of the United Way’s bison-tennial project. In Jasper County a group of five local artists painted the bison, while in Newton County, students from North Newton painted one half of the bison while students from South Newton painted the other half.

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Jasper County Torchbearers

Above: George Cover with fellow torchbearer, Ryan Crews on Washington Street in Rensselaer.

Left: Torchbearer Carla Jarrette starting out the Jasper County leg of the relay in DeMotte on Oct. 11.

Right: Torchbearer Sean Harrington

“I’m very proud to have been nominated to be a Jasper County torchbearer. I’ve lived in Jasper County my whole life and I felt very proud to be a representative of our county. It was very humbling, and to see so many people to come out to watch this was very surreal to me and I truly enjoyed it.”

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Jasper County Torchbearers Left: Torchbearer, Adam Barten passes off the torch to torchbearer, David Phillips in DeMotte.

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Jasper County Torchbearers

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Ethnic immigration in Indiana

By Nelson Price here did your ancestors come from?

Among white Hoosiers for much of Indiana’s 200 years as a state, Germans have been the No. 1 ethnic heritage group.

Some major cities, particularly Editor’s note – To mark Indiana’s bicenEditor’s note –and To mark Indiana’s Fort Wayne Evansville, have had bicentennial, Indiana education groups an especially deep and widespread tennial, Indiana education groups present this present this historical series, heritage.

“So You German historical series, “So You Think You Know Think You Know Indiana: Celebrating So have smaller 2 Indiana: Celebrating 200 years of the Hoosier 00 years of the Hoosier State.” communities such as State.”

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By Nelson Price Oldenburg in southern your ancestors Indiana.

By Nelson Pricehere did come from?

Irish immigrants Where did your ancestors come from? ranked second behind Among white Hoosiers Among white Hoosiers for much of Germans most for much of Indiana’s 200 for years as a Indiana’s 200 years as a state, Germans of Indiana’s have been the No. 1 ethnic heritage state, Germans have been thehistory.

No. 1 Third fourth were, in order, group. ethnicand heritage group.

English and Scottish Some major cities, particularly Fort Some major cities, immigrants. particularly Before any of them came, though, Wayne and Evansville, have had an espeFort Wayne and Evansville, have had the French were the first to arrive. Fur cially deep and widespread German herian especially deep from and widespread traders and priests French regions tage. So have smaller communities such German of Canada traveled in theheritage.

1700s to the as Jasper, Ferdinand and So haveIndiana. smaller Many wilderness that became Oldenburg in southern Indiana. communities as of the French explorers wantedsuch to trade Irish immigrants ranked second behind Jasper, Ferdinand and with the Native Americans.

To do that, Germans for most of Indiana’s history. the French established villages such as Oldenburg in southern Third and fourth were, in order, English Vincennes, Indiana’s oldest town. It’s Indiana. and Scottish immigrants. also in the southern part of the state.

Irish immigrants Before any of them came, though, the Northwestern ranked Indianasecond was settled behind French were the first to arrive. Fur tradmuch later. So the major ethnic Germans for most ers and priests from French regions of heritage of cities there – such as of Indiana’s history.

Canada traveled in the 1700s to the wilHammond, Crown Point, Munster Third and fourth were, in order, derness that became Indiana. Many of and Portage – is different than several the French explorers wanted to trade English and Scottish immigrants. other regions of the state.

Polish, with the Native Americans. To do that, Before any ofSerbian them came, though, Czech, Greek, and other the French established villages such as the French were from the first to arrive.

Fur heritage groups Eastern Europe Vincennes, Indiana’s oldest town. It’s often made these Indiana communities traders and priests from French regions also in the southern part of the state. their new home.

They tended to to come of Canada traveled in the 1700s the Northwestern Indiana was settled several years after the first Germans wilderness that became Indiana. Many

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heritage with festivals that promote the October, 2016 food and culture of their homelands.

Italian festivals are held every year in the town of Clinton, Indianapolis and other communities.

The state’s largest Scottish festival – with kilts, bagpipers and sports competitions called the Highland Games – is held every September in Columbus. Also in September, a Greek festival is celebrated in Carmel amid much dancing and singing on the grounds of a Greek Orthodox church town of Clinton, Indianapolis and other Many ethnic groups celebrate their there. communities. heritage with festivals that promote the synagogues can be found in Jewish The state’s largest Scottish festival – food and culture of their homelands. cities from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne with kilts, bagpipers and sports competiItalian festivals areThe heldfirst every yearofin and Bloomington. waves tions called the Highland Games – is the town of Clinton,often Indianapolis and Jewish immigrants came from held every September in Columbus. Also other communities.

Germany.

More recently they have in September, a Greek festival is celebratThefrom state’s largestand Scottish festival come Poland Russia. ed in Carmel amid much dancing and In 1982 Muslims established a $21 –singing on the grounds of a Greek with kilts, bagpipers and sports million headquarters near Plainfield. competitions called the Highland Orthodox church there.

It provides to Muslim Games – isservices held every September Jewish synagogues can be found in immigrants and communities across in Columbus. Also in September, a cities from Indianapolis to Fort Wayne the country and in Canada.

Greek festival is celebrated in Carmel and Bloomington. The first waves of Any look at Indiana’s amid much dancing and singing on the Jewish immigrants often came from ethnic heritage should grounds of a Greek Orthodox church Germany. More recently they have come note the increasing there. from Poland and Russia. communities of Amish, synagogues canin benorthern found in Jewish In 1982 Muslims established a $21 particularly million headquarters near Plainfield. It cities from Indianapolis to Fortsuch Wayne Indiana counties as provides services to Muslim immigrants and Bloomington.

TheLaGrange first waves of Elkhart, and and communities across the country and Adams.

Jewish immigrants often came from their in Canada.

Germany. MoreKnown recentlyforthey have simple, low-tech

Any look at Indiana’s ethnic heritage come from Poland and Russia. lifestyles, distinctive should note the increasing communities In 1982 Muslims established a $21 appearances (beards on of Amish, particularly in northern million headquarters near Plainfield. men, bonnets on women) ItIndiana counties such as Elkhart, provides services to Muslim and large families, the LaGrange and Adams. immigrants and communities Amish generally across are of Known for their simple, low-tech lifethe country and in Canada.

Swiss heritage.

Today, styles, distinctive appearances (beards on Any look at third Indiana’s Indiana ranks men, bonnets on women) and large famethnic heritage should among all states, with ilies, the Amish generally are of Swiss 49,000 Amishnote people here. Only Ohio the increasing heritage. Today, Indiana ranks third and Pennsylvania have more. communities of Amish, among all states, with 49,000 Amish peoin northern ple here. Only Ohio and Pennsylvania Nelson Price is particularly an Indianapolis-based author, Indiana counties such as journalist, historian and radio personality. have more.

Germans, Irish, other groups bring ethnic diversity to state much later. So the major ethnic heritage of cities there – such as Hammond, Crown Point, Munster and Portage – is different than several other regions of settled elsewhere in the state. the state. Polish, Czech, Greek, Serbian In the 1800s German-speaking and other heritage groups from Eastern people arrived in waves. Many early Europe often made these Indiana comGerman settlers were lured by the munities their new home. They tended farmland in Indiana. to come several years after the first Others came because they had Germans settled elsewhere in the state. special skills such as furniture making.

In the 1800s German-speaking people By the end of the 1890s, about arrived in waves. Many early German set70 percent of Indianapolis residents reported having German heritage. tlers were lured by the farmland in In Fort Wayne and Evansville, the Indiana. were even higher. percentages Others came because they had special That changed dramatically during skills such as furniture making. By the the last 25 years in several of Indiana’s end of the 1890s, about 70 percent of largest cities. Ethnic heritage groups Indianapolis residents reported having settled elsewhere in the state. relatively new to the state, including German heritage. In Fort Wayne and In the 1800s German-speaking Hispanics, arrived in increasingly Evansville, the percentages were even large numbers.

Between people arrived in waves. 2000 Manyand early higher.

2009, the number of Hispanics living German settlers were lured by the That changed dramatically during the in metro Indianapolis farmland in Indiana. more than last 25 years in several of Indiana’s largdoubled.

Others came because they had est cities. Ethnic heritage groups relativeFort Wayne became the home of special skills such as furniture ly new to the state, including Hispanics, more immigrants from Burma than arrived in increasingly large numbers. making.

By the end of the 1890s, about any city in the country. Experts say it’s Between 2000 and 2009, the number of 70 percent of Indianapolis residents because Catholic organizations and Hispanics living in metro Indianapolis reported having German heritage. other groups in Fort Wayne reached more than doubled.

In Wayne andfleeing Evansville, the outFort to help people Burma, percentages Fort Wayne became the home of were evenfor higher. where dictators ruled many years. more immigrants from Burma than any Southchanged Bend is dramatically particularly known That during city in the country. Experts say it’s for and Polish ancestry of the the lastIrish 25 years in several of Indiana’s because Catholic organizations and other its residents.

The sports teams of the largest cities. Ethnic heritage groups groups in Fort Wayne reached out to help University of Notre Dame even are relatively new to the state, including

people fleeing Burma, where dictators ruled for many years.

South Bend is particularly known for the Irish and Polish ancestry of its resicalled the “Fighting Irish” in tribute to dents. The sports teams of the University the heritage of the Catholic university of Notre Dame even are called the – although its founder actually was a “Fighting Irish” in tribute to the heritage French priest in the 1840s. of the Catholic university – although its Many Hoosiers are unaware that, founder actually was a French priest in during the late 1800s and early 1900s, the 1840s.

Italians came to Bedford and other towns Many Hoosiers are unaware that, durin Indiana’s limestone region. ing the late 1800s and early 1900s, In Italy, they honed their skills cutting marble, so they sensed opportunities in Italians came to Bedford and other towns the limestone quarries in Indiana’s limestone region. In Italy, here. they honed their skills cutting marble, so Almost from they sensed opportunities in the limethe beginning of stone quarries here.

Indiana, jobs attracted Almost from the beginning of called the “Fighting immigrants.

During Irish” in tribute to Indiana, jobs attracted immigrants. the heritage of the 1800s, Irish andCatholic university During the 1800s, Irish and Scottish peoScottish people arrived – although its founder actually was a ple arrived to build Indiana’s roads and to build Indiana’s French priest in the 1840s. railroads or work in coal mines. andHoosiers railroads orunaware that, Many are roads In more recent years, high-tech and work in coal mines. during the late 1800s and early 1900s, medical jobs enticed natives of India, In more recent years, Italians came to Bedford and other China and other nations to move to high-tech and medical Hoosier cities. Since 2006, Hindu temtowns in Indiana’s limestone region. jobs enticed natives ples (often attended by immigrants from In Italy, honed of India,they China and their skills cutting India and other Asian countries) have marble, so they other nations to sensed move opportunities in been built in Indianapolis, Lafayette, Fort theHoosier limestone quarries to cities.

Since Wayne and Avon. here. Hindu temples (often attended 2006, byAlmost Many ethnic groups celebrate their immigrants from from India and other heritage with festivals that promote the Asian countries) the beginning of have been built in food and culture of their homelands.

Indianapolis, Lafayette, Fort Wayne Indiana, jobs attracted Italian festivals are held every year in the and Avon. immigrants. During

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Indiana during Civil War Large number of Hoosiers battled for Union Army

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By Nelson Price mong Northern states, Indiana sent one of the highest percentages of young men and boys to battle for the Union Army during the Civil War. Ever since the war from 1861 to 1865, the large number of Hoosiers who joined “President Lincoln’s Union Army” has been a source of pride for many in the state. It’s the inspiration for many memorials built to honor Hoosiers lost in the North vs. South conflict, including the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis.

Sadly, by the end of the war, more than 25,000 Hoosiers had been killed in battle or died of diseases that quickly spread in the soldiers’ camps.

The war also dramatically affected the lives of women, children and nonmilitary men who stayed home to keep life going on farms and in towns.

In southern Indiana during July 1863, farms Confederate Gen. and towns were John Hunt Morgan looted and burned by Confederates. Known as “Morgan’s Raiders” because they were commanded by Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan, they charged across the Ohio River and raided Indiana towns such as Salem and Dupont.

In their path, Morgan’s Raiders burned bridges and railroad depots, seized food from farmhouses and

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stole horses. Panic spread across the state. Hoosiers feared the Confederate cavalry planned to seize the State Capitol Building in Indianapolis.

But the Confederates encountered resistance and were diverted to Ohio, where they were defeated and Gen. Morgan was captured.

All of the other significant military conflicts involving Hoosiers happened in other states, both in the North and in the South. Hoosiers were involved in every major battle of the war, including the bloody Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. The 19th Regiment from Indiana not only earned glory and fought in Gettysburg, they became members of the Iron Brigade, one of the war’s most famous group of soldiers.

Hoosiers who served in Civil War regiments confronted brutal conditions in many ways. Consider a group organized soon after the outbreak of the war that was called the 14th Indiana Volunteers. (“Volunteers” referred to the fact that these men offered to join the Union Army instead of being required or “drafted,” as happened later during the war.)

During a bitterly cold winter, the 14th Indiana soldiers camped in the

mountains of West Virginia. Amid howling winds, pelting snow and plunging temperatures, many of the Hoosiers almost froze because their tattered uniforms were falling apart.

Most did not even have overcoats.

Indiana’s governor during the Civil War, Oliver P. Morton, requested that President Abraham Lincoln supply the Gov. Oliver P. Morton shivering Hoosier soldiers with coats and better uniforms.

A major supporter of the Union cause from the beginning, Gov. Morton worked to recruit troops from Indiana and became known Col. Eli Lilly as the “soldiers’ friend.” Today, a statue of Gov. Morton stands in front of the State Capitol.

Other Hoosiers achieved fame during the Civil War (or after it) including Col. Eli Lilly, who founded a business that makes medicine; Gen. Lew Wallace, who wrote a bestselling

book titled “Ben-Hur,” and Benjamin Harrison, who was elected U.S. president.

Not all Hoosiers supported the Union side, though. Residents of the state who sympathized with the Confederates often were called Gen. Lew Wallace “Copperheads.”

(Critics came up with the nickname as a comparison to snakes in the grass.)

Long before the Civil War broke out, some Hoosiers had been actively helping escaped slaves from the South.

The fleeing slaves made their way across Indiana and other Northern states on what eventually was known as the Underground Railroad – a secret network of homes, churches and businesses where people would shelter escaped slaves. Sometimes they hid in attics, cellars and secret rooms as they made their way to freedom, often traveling at night.

African-Americans living in Indiana frequently provided help with the Underground Railroad. So did Quakers, whose religious faith involved strong objections to slavery.

When so many Hoosier men left to fight for the Union cause, their wives often ended up running farms and businesses. Sometimes neighbors came together to harvest the crops of soldiers’ families.

With the mounting deaths of soldiers, the Civil War resulted in thousands of widows in Indiana as well as orphans or children who had lost at least one parent. Many of these women and children struggled with poverty. That’s why the Civil War transformed the lives of so many Hoosiers, even those far from battlefields.

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Newton: the youngest county in Indiana

By Gregory Myers Despite being the youngest county in the state, Newton County still has one of the most unique histories in all of Indiana.

It would be several decades after Indiana became a state that this area would be settled. In 1816, the area, which we now call Newton County, was inhabitated by tribes of the Potawatomi, Miami and Kickapoo Indians.

However, historians suggest that the area was not overly populated at that time.

Actually the settlement of Northwest Indiana did not begin until treaties between the United States and the Potawatomi Indians were signed.

The Treaty of Tippecanoe was signed October 26, 1832 as the Potawatomi tribe ceded lands in North-west Indiana to the U.S. According to The Newcomer, a publication published by the Newton County Historical Society, the Miami tribe had already ceded their claim to the lands, and the Potawatomi were the only tribe left who had claim to the land.

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County was formed by statute on February 7, 1835, and was a roughly square area some 30 miles on a side, encompassing what is now the northern half of the county, the northern half of Jasper County, and a large section to the north. The northern border was cut back to the Kankakee River on February 1, 1836, with all land north of the Kankakee River going to Lake and Porter counties.

The county was abolished and combined with Jasper County in 1839. On December 8, 1859, the county was re-created and the borders were redrawn to essentially their current state. The county was officially re-established with elections in 1860.

Newton County is named after Sgt. John Newton, who served under Gen. Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox”, in the American Revolutionary War. It is adjacent to Jasper County, which was named after Sgt. William Jasper, whose story is similar. At least four other states, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri and Texas, have adjacent Jasper and Newton Counties, as though these two were remembered as a pair.

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Newton County Torchbearers Torchbearer Donna Blaney

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President & veeps 5 U.S. veeps, 1 president hailed from Hoosier state Editor’s note – To mark Indiana’s bicentennial, Indiana education groups present this historical series, “So You Think You Know Indiana: Celebrating 200 years of the Hoosier State.”

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rown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis is the burial site of more U.S. vice presidents than any other graveyard in the country.

Five vice presidents have been elected from Indiana, explaining why the Hoosier state has been called the “Mother of Vice Presidents.”

Three of the five are buried at Crown Hill.

So is one U.S. president, Benjamin Harrison from Indianapolis, who was elected in 1888 and lived in the White House until 1892. Harrison, a Republican, had been a U.S. senator from Indiana and, before that, a general in the Civil War. Harrison is the only president elected from Indiana.

But the state has deep connections to two other presidents, including Abraham Lincoln.

In fact, many historians contend Hoosiers need to take more credit for Lincoln, who was seven years old when his family came to the southern Indiana wilderness from Kentucky.

That was in December 1816, the same month Indiana became a new state. After helping his father clear land in the dense forest and build a cabin, young Abe Lincoln lived in Indiana for 14 years.

“There, I grew up,” he wrote later in life, referring to Indiana. Eventually, when he was 21, Lincoln moved to Illinois, where he was living when he was elected president.

During his boyhood and teenage years as a Hoosier, many significant events occurred.

They included the death of his beloved mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, when he was barely nine years old.

While living in the frontier community of Little Pigeon Creek, young Abe, who loved books, occasionally was able to attend school.

Mostly, though, he learned about the world by reading in the small cabin that he shared with his father and sister and, eventually, with a stepmother and stepsiblings in what today would be called a “blended family.”

As a teenager in Indiana, Abe Lincoln already was making speeches to other children.

He also began attending court sessions to watch lawyers and analyze their skills.

The other president who, like Lincoln, had deep connections to Indiana (even though, also like Lincoln, he was elected to the White House from another state) was Benjamin Harrison’s grandfather, William Henry Harrison.

When he was 27 years old, William Henry

Harrison moved to Vincennes in 1801. Indiana wasn’t even a state yet, just a territory. William Henry Harrison was the first governor of the Indiana Territory.

His years as territorial governor included clashes with Tecumseh, the great Native American leader. Forces led by Harrison defeated Tecumseh’s brother, who was known as the Prophet, and burned their Shawnee village in what became known as the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Eventually, William Henry Harrison settled in Ohio. That’s where he was living when, at age 67, he was elected president in 1840.

The first of the five vice presidents from Indiana had an unusual first name. Schulyer Colfax was a Republican from South Bend who served as vice president from 1869 to 1873, when Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant was president. Before that, Colfax had been a U.S. congressman and Abraham Lincoln’s friend.

The second vice president from Indiana, like William Henry Harrison, died in office.

Thomas Hendricks, a Democrat, had grown up in Shelby County. He became a U.S. Senator, then vice president. But Hendricks only served for eight months – March to November in 1885 – before he died. Hendricks is buried in Crown Hill.

So is the third vice president from Indiana, Charles Fairbanks. He was a lawyer in Indianapolis who became wealthy and even owned a newspaper. A Republican, he served as vice president from 1905 to 1909 under President Theodore Roosevelt.

Vice President No. 4 from Indiana, Thomas R. Marshall, is best-remembered today for his quips, including this line: “What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar.” Marshall, a Democrat from Columbia City, had been a popular governor of the Hoosier state. Under President Woodrow Wilson, he served as vice president from 1913 to 1921, a period that included World War I. The most recent vice president from Indiana was elected in 1988. Dan Quayle had grown up in Huntington and was just 41 years old (youthful for a president or vice president) when George H.W. Bush selected him as his running mate in 1988. Before that, Dan Quayle had been a U.S. senator from Indiana. Since his term as vice president ended in 1993, he primarily has lived in Arizona.

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