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Crowe, Grattan B to Kingsley, Mittie E.
WARRANTY DEED: GRATTAN B. CROWE & WIFE TO MITTIE E. KINGSLEY This indenture witnesseth: That Grattan B. CROWE and Grace…
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Truman, Benoni
Jefferson Co, Ky: Jan 13,1823,Between William Milburn and Sarah his wife of Jefferson Co of the one part and Benonie…
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Capt. Babbit’s Cow
Taken from “Crawford Co. History 1818 – 1926 by H.H. Pleasant” The 23rd Indiana Volunteers, made up of many, many…
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Letter from J. Sturges to Mrs. Beddow, 1940
December 29, 1940 Dear Mrs. Beddow, Some twenty years ago grandmother Sturges drove all of us grandchildren out to Indiana…
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Leavenworth Indiana Began How?
——————————————-The Story of Leavenworth, Crawford Co., IN——————————————-A very interesting story told to me by a long time resident(he is in…
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The 1850 Earthquake
The 1859 earthquake was an unwelcome visitant. It came with a single sharp shock at five minutes past 8 o’clock…
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Cholera of 1849
The Asiatic cholera revisits Louisville this year, in common with the rest of the State and country, and this time…
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1840 Great Fire
This is one of the leading historic events of the city’s century of life. It was the first extensive conflagration…
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The Pearson Manslaughter Case
On the First of January, 1829, in something of a family fued, a sad homicide occurred. Patrick Pearson, with a…
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The Pigeon Roost Massacre
Extracted from the account of John Dillon. History of Indiana, 1859 pp492-494 and “Pigeon Roost Massacre” by Lizzie D. Coleman…
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