A Standard History of
Starke County, Indiana
An Authentic Narrative of the Past,
With an Extended Survey
of Modern Developments
Joseph N. McCormick, 1915
747 pages, Illustrated, searchable
- Bonus #1 -
Pictorial and Biographical
Record of La Port, Porter, Lake
and Starke Counties
Goodspeed Publishers, 1894
569 pages, Illustrated, searchable
- Bonus #2 -
Starke County Past and Present
Chester A. McCormick, 1902
120 pages, illustrated, searchable
- Bonus #3 -
1840 Census Starke Co., IN
Scanned Copies of the
Original Handwritten pages
Also includes St. Joseph, Steuben and Sullivan Counties
Digital EBook CD Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to ViewAutoboot CD for Easy PC Access; Manually open on MAC
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Starke County was created in 1835 and organized in 1850. It was named for Gen. John Stark, who commanded New Hampshire troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775
in the Revolutionary War and defeated the British at the Battle of Bennington in 1777.
Before white settlement, all of the land that forms modern-day Starke County and adjacent LaPorte County to the north belonged to the Potawatami Indian nation. These
Indians were forcibly removed to Kansas by the United States government in 1838, and many died on what has been called the Trail of Death.
When originally created, the area of land that today comprises the LaPorte County townships of Cass, Dewey, Hanna and Prairie belonged to Starke County. It was necessary
for residents in this area to travel some distance east to Lemon's Bridge to cross the Kankakee River in order to travel south to the center of the county, the future site of
the county seat at Knox. Therefore, due to the fact that they were effectively isolated from the rest of Starke county, residents north of the river petitioned to be annexed to
LaPorte county and this was done on January 28, 1842.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Description and General Development 1
CHAPTER II Drainage and Reclamation 10
CHAPTER III Pioneer Development 16
CHAPTER IV County Officials 26
CHAPTER V Aboriginal Tribes 30
CHAPTER VI La Salle 35
CHAPTER VII Lakes in Starke County 39
CHAPTER VIII Townships 46
CHAPTER IX Town of Knox 54
CHAPTER X Smaller Towns 65
CHAPTER XI First Land Entries 75
CHAPTER XII Farming 84
vi CONTENTS
CHAPTER XIII The Agricultural Development op Starke County 104
By H. R. Smalley, County Agricultural Agent
CHAPTER XIV Schools and Educational Interests 107
CHAPTER XV Banks and Banking 125
CHAPTER XVI The County's Soldiers 135
CHAPTER XVII Parties Political 153
CHAPTER XVIII Religious History 158
CHAPTER XIX Marriage and Early Life 165
CHAPTER XX Medical Society 17-4
CHAPTER XXI History of the Bench and B.vr of Starke County 177
By Henry R. Robbins
CHAPTER XXII Subjects of Miscellaneous Interest 182
Biographies 220
INDEX
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