Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence ranging from 1836-1978 and a typescript history written by Ruth Craft. The history is a collection of personal recollections and stories she had heard from other residents of Washington Township. Topics covered are Indiana villages, gold mines, stage coaches, taverns and inns, the first railroad in the township, postal services, the first community telephone, businesses, and schools. Mrs. Craft also identifies the ancestry of the first settlers of...
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