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A history of the powerful Potawatomi tribe. They were persistent enemies of the Miamis. Pictures and biograpies of their leading chiefs, marks their trails, locates their chief villages, and tells the story of many events that much to do with American history.
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Which section of the country did most pioneers of early Indiana come from when this section of the country first opened up for settlement?
Col. Cockrum, who spent his life living on the old family homestead in Indiana, patiently gathered material from private sources for fifty years or more, and his harvest, published in his 1907 book " Pioneer History of Indiana" is most interesting.
This pioneer history covers their manners and customs, the dangers...
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Muncie is the classic small American city. But for much of the past two centuries, the city fell victim to murder, corruption and the bizarre. Mayor Rollin Bunch went to prison for mail fraud, while his police commissioner faced a murder rap. Viola "Babe" Swartz ran a brothel out of a truck stop that was raided by police at least a dozen times but ran for sheriff in the 1974 primary election. June Holland, of the locally famous Holland triplets, killed...
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Born into a modest midwestern family in the late 1800s, Baer grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Volunteering to become a fighter pilot and dogfighting in the skies over France during World War I, Baer earned a reputation as the first-ever American to shoot down an enemy plane. He was the fist to earn the title of "combat ace" for earning five victories-- before being shot down himself. Garel-Frantzen celebrates the 100th anniversary of Baer's aerial...
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Remembered as the "Great War Governor" who led the state of Indiana during the Civil War, Oliver P. Morton has always been a controversial figure. His supporters praised him as a statesman who helped Abraham Lincoln save the Union, while his critics blasted him as a ruthless tyrant who abused the power of his office. Many of his contemporaries and some historians saw him as a partisan politician and an opportunist who shifted his positions to maintain
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The state of Indiana has seen many fascinating criminal characters over the years. Decade by decade, Stoner examines the trail of destruction criminals have left in their wake during the 20th century. He also examines their lives on the run. He shows how hard work by police has lead many Indiana fugitives to answer the rule of the law. -- adapted from back cover and Introduction.
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When the Civil War erupted, the Union and the Confederacy faced the challenge of organizing huge armies of volunteers with little or no military experience. Crucial to this task was finding generals, and Indiana answered this call with approximately 120 of them. Though a competent division and corps commander, Ambrose E. Burnside's leadership of the Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg proved disastrous. Jefferson Columbus was a relentless commander...
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"Abraham Lincoln spent a quarter of his life--from 1816 to 1830, ages 7 to 21--learning and growing in southwestern Indiana. Despite the importance of these formative years, Lincoln rarely discussed this period, and with his sudden, untimely death in 1865, mysterious gaps appear in recorded history. In "Abraham Lincoln's Wilderness Years," Joshua Claybourn collects and annotates the most significant scholarship from J. Edward Murr, one of the only...
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Hoosier history overflows with bold visionaries, noble heroes, and lovable rogues. Boomhower brings together forty of the most notable figures from the nineteenth state, and provides short examinations of their lives and their contributions to the state, the nation, and history. -- adapted from back cover the Preface.
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