Folder OBE009-02
Container
Contains 2 Results:
Plat and sectional maps of areas in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota and unknown places in the Midwest, circa 1830s-1860s
File — Folder: OBE009-02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...
Dates:
1818-1889