Indiana Historical Bureau

The John Tipton Papers derive their significance from the part Tipton took, between 1807 and 1839, in the transformation of Indiana from a territory of Indian lands with a fringe of white occupation along the southern boundaries into a productive agricultural state struggling for internal improvements from the Great Lakes to the Ohio.

" ... the second installment of three teacher sourcebooks that explore Indiana history through the words, images, and ideas of those who shaped the state's identity."