What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Knox County and its people.

                                                                                                       

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1911.

 

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HISTORY

OF

OLD VINCENNES

AND

KNOX COUNTY

INDIANA

 

By GEORGE E. GREENE

 

ILLUSTRATED

 

CHICAGO

THE S. J. CLARK PUBLISHING COMPANY.

 

1911

 

(570 pages on 1 CD)

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER II. - THE PRESENT REMINDERS OF A FORGOTTEN PAST.

CHAPTER III. - THE FIRST BLACK ROBED PRIEST TO VISIT VINCENNES

CHAPTER IV. - SPECULATIONS OF HISTORIANS ON FIRST SETTLEMENT OF VINCENNES.

CHAPTER V. - THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF VINCENNES.

CHAPTER VI. - THE SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL LIFE OF FIRST SETTLERS

CHAPTER VII. - THE ARRIVAL OF MORGANE DE VINSENNE AT THE OLD TOST.

CHAPTER VIII. - THE ADVENT OF THE OLD POST's FOURTH COMMANDANT

CHAPTER IX. - A PEN PICTURE OF VINCENNES' POPULATION AT AN EARLY DAY

CHAPTER X.  - THE BEAUTIES AND BOUNTIES OF NATURE.

CHAPTER XI. - THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY BECOMES DOMAINS OF THE BRITISH.

CHAPTER XII. - THE FIRST ENGLISH AND AMERICAN COMMANDANTS AT VINCENNES

CHAPTER XIII. - A PATRIOT WHO DESERVES THE NATION'S PRAISE.

CHAPTER XIV. - THE LOYALTY OF A SPANISH SOLDIER TO AMERICA

CHAPTER XV. - THE CONCEPTION OF CLARK's NORTHWESTERN CAMPAIGN.

CHAPTER XVI. - THE CAPTURE OF VINCENNES FROM THE BRITISH.

CHAPTER XVII. - VIRGINIA EXTENDS CIVIL GOVERNMENT TO THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY

CHAPTER XVIII. - THE ORGANIZATION OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

CHAPTER XIX. - OLD VINCENNES BECOMES FIRST CAPITAL OF TERRITORY OF INDIANA.

CHAPTER XX. - A FEW OF VINCENNES' NOTABLE CITIZENS IN EARLY DAYS.

CHAPTER XXI - THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KNOX COUNTY.

CHAPTER XXII. - THE BEAUTY AND BOUNTY OF LAND AROUND THE OLD POST.

CHAPTER XXIII. - THE EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES OF CITY AND COUNTY

CHAPTER XXIV. - PROGRESS ALONG THE RELIGIOUS HIGHWAYS.

CHAPTER XXV. – THE SOCIAL AND FRATERNAL SIDE OF VINCENNES.

CHAPTER XXVI - OLD AND NEW VINCENNES.