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	Search results for Settlement    Refine your search Subject Conner Prairie Pioneer... (14) Conner Prairie Interac... (10) Conner, William, ca 17... (5) Hamilton County (Ind) (4) Historic Buildings (3) Show more... Format of Original Manuscript (7) Digital (6) Photograph (3) Photographic Print (3) Postcard (2) Show more... Creator Conner Prairie (5) Conner Prairie Interac... (2) Ben Caldwell (1) Griggs, Ella T (1) Jacob Cox (1) Show more... Date ca 1900 (3) 1974 (2) ca 1850 (2) ca 2010 (2) 1812-09-07 (1) Show more... results 1-20 of 34 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Roberts Settlement Homecoming African Americans--Indiana; Hamilton County (Ind.); Roberts Settlement (Ind.); Reunions The Roberts Settlement in Hamilton County is one of the former Indiana African American rural communities that has an annual homecoming at its original site. Each year descendants of the settlement gather... 2. Eli Archey Farming at Beech Settlement African Americans--Indiana--Rush County; Beech Settlement (Ind.); Farm equipment; Farmers; Farming Eli Archey and his mules, Kate and John at the Beech Settlement in Rush County. Archey was one of the last farmers at the settlement. 3. Mount Pleasant Library Records Libraries; African Americans--Indiana; Beech Settlement (Ind.) The meetinghouse at the Beech Settlement in Rush County also served as a library. The Mt. Pleasant Library's small collection contained books about religion, geography, and philosophy. It was operated... 4. Roberts Settlement Reunion Hamilton County (Ind.); Reunions; Churches; Families; African Americans Free blacks bought land and settled in Jackson Township in the 1830s. Many were surnamed Roberts and the area became known as the Roberts Settlement. No longer a viable community, descendants return annually... 5. Sterling and Rebecca Watkins Indenture for Sale of Land African Americans--Indiana--Rush County; Farmers Like many of the Beech Settlement residents in Rush County, Sterling and Rebecca Watkins were landowners who bought and sometimes sold land. Early Indiana settlers cleared the land, planted crops, and... 6. Lost Creek Settlement School Number 2 Lost Creek Settlement (Ind.); Vigo County (Ind.); School children; African Americans--Indiana--Vigo County A church and a school were essential parts of the antebellum black rural communities in Indiana. Here are children at Lost Creek School in Vigo County. 7. Beech Settlement Homecoming Beech Settlement (Ind.); African Americans--Indiana--Rush County; Reunions; Churches; African Methodist Episcopal Church; African American Churches--Indiana 8. Lost Creek Cemetery Book African Americans--Indiana--Vigo County; Lost Creek Settlement (Ind.); Cemeteries Roberts Cemetery at the Lost Creek Settlement in Vigo County was named for Kinchen Roberts. Entries in the cemetery book include the name of the deceased and his parents, date of death, and the grave location.... 9. Elijah Roberts Tax Receipt African Americans--Indiana; Hamilton County (Ind.) Elijah Roberts migrated west from Northampton County, North Carolina to western Ohio in 1825. By 1830, he and some of his relatives lived in Beech Settlement in Rush County, Indiana, before buying land... 10. Emancipation Record of Mathew Becks Liberty; Becks, Mathew, fl. 1850s; Slave records --Virginia --Rockingham County; Slaves --Emancipation --Virginia --Rockingham County; Weaver Settlement (Ind.); Grant County (Ind.)--History According to the emancipation record of Mathew Becks, he was freed from slavery in Rockingham County, Virginia on 18 February 1851. He, along with his freedom papers migrated to Weaver Settlement in Grant... 11. Mt. Pleasant Library Minute Book, Vol. 1 African Americans and libraries --Indiana --Rush County; Libraries--Indiana--Rush County--History--19th century --Sources; Subscription libraries--Indiana--Rush County; Rush County (Ind.)--History--Sources; Carthage (Ind.)--History--Sources Most of the Indiana African American rural communities during the antebellum period had a building that served as a church and a school. At the Beech Settlement in Rush County, the building also functioned... 12. Birds-eye View of Dubois, [Indiana] As Seen From a Hill Northeast of Town Dubois County (Ind.); Cityscapes; Aerial views Dubois County also has a small town of the same name situated along a creek. In its beginning, the settlement, also called Knoxville, had the distinction of resting in two townships, with the boundary... 13. Big Snake Creek Logansport, Indiana Cass County (Ind.); Waterways; Rivers; Prints; Winter, George, 1810-1876; Wilderness areas Cass County was named for General Lewis Cass, who negotiated treaties with Native Americans while acquiring land for the government. The county was created from these lands. Adverse conditions delayed... 14. William Conner House (Conner Prairie Museum) Hamilton County (Ind.); Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement; Museums; Porches; Wells; Conner, William, ca. 1773-1855; Frontier & Pioneer Life William Conner, fur trader and state legislator, was the first white settler in Hamilton County. In 1823 his home was the first brick house in the county. Now part of Conner Prairie Living History Museum,... 15. Pack the Saddle Conner Prairie Interactive History Park; Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement What first became known as the “Conner Prairie Concept” because it was so new, later developed into the groundbreaking “Opening Doors” approach to guest interaction. This title means that interpreters... 16. Conner Prairie Interactive History Park Conner Prairie Interactive History Park; Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement; Conner, William, ca. 1773-1855; Ballooning; Historic sites--interpretive programs; Historical reenactments Today, Conner Prairie is an independent "Interactive History Park." Guests discover what it was like to live and play in Indiana’s past. The museum grounds are divided into different eras in history:... 17. William Conner House Conner, William, ca. 1773-1855; Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement; Winter; Snow As the government removed the Delaware Indians west across the Mississippi River, Conner shifted his attention to land speculation, agriculture and mercantile trade with white newcomers. In 1820 he abandoned... 18. Map of Early Indiana Showing Conner Trading Post Maps; Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement; Conner, William, ca. 1773-1855 As the government removed the Delaware Indians west across the Mississippi River, Conner shifted his attention to land speculation, agriculture and mercantile trade with white newcomers. In 1820 he abandoned... 19. Eli Lilly at Prairietown Opening Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement; Conner Prairie Interactive History Park; Lilly, Eli, 1885-1977; Orr, Robert D. (Robert Dunkerson), 1919-2004; Governors Museum Director Myron Vourax worked with Folklorist Henry Glassie to create a “living history museum,” a place where staff dress, act and speak as if in the time period they portray. The schoolhouse... 20. Conner Prairie Farm Conner Prairie Interactive History Park; Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement; Farms; Historic buildings Lilly was hopeful “of restoring this place to its ‘pristine’ fur-trading post character.” During the late 1930s he moved log cabins and buildings from elsewhere, principally Brown County, and placed... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 34 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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