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Chapter I: European
Discovery in the West
Page1-13
Florida discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon - Narvaez and De Vace - Discovery
of the Mississippi - De Soto - Results of Spanish exploration - Discovery
of the St. Lawrence - New France - Raymbault and Jogues in the North-west
- Mesnard, Allouez, Dablon, Marquette, Perrot - Marquette's expedition to
the "Land of the Great River" - His impressions of Illinois - La Salle in
the West - Hennepin's expedition - Louisianna
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Chapter II: The History of Illinois
1690-1825 Page 14-22
French colonization - D'Iberville Governor - D'Artaguette Governor - Grant
to Crozat - Company of the West - Illinois in 1750 - French war - Clarke's
Conquest of Illinois - Illinois County - North-west Territory - Indian troubles
- Indiana Territory - Illinois Territory - Massacre at Chicago in 1812 -
Illinois admitted into the Union - Slavery Agitation - Legislature of 1824-5
- New counties formed,
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Chapter III: The Old County of
Putnam Page 23-30
Northern Illinois in 1825 - The military Bounty Land Tract - Pike County
- Division of the Military Tract into counties - Legislative proceedings
- Formation of "Old Putnam,"
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Chapter IV: History of
Putnam Page 31-42
Northern Illinois in 1831 - Formation of later Putnam - Location of county
seat - First election - First Circuit Court - Incidents thereof - First County
Commissioners' Court - Early poll lists - Township organization - Jails built
- Putnam in 1835 - The county divided - Defalcation of the County Treasurer,
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Chapter V: The Black Hawk War
Page 43-63
The Indian treaty of 1804 - First invasion of Black Hawk - Campaign of 1831
- Black Hawk's second invasion - Terrors of white settlers - Mustering of
rangers in Putnam county - Forts and block-houses erected - Incidents of
the war in Putnam - Murder of Phillips in the Bureau Settlement - Stillman's
defeat - Massacre on Indian Creek - Close of the war, …. Page 43
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Chapter VI: The History of Bureau and
Stark County Page 64-75
The pioneers of Bureau - Founding of Princeton - Towns of Windsor, Kin-no-wood,
Concord, Greenfield, Farimount, Livingston, and Providence, laid off - Formation
of Bureau County - The first election - Early settlement of Stark - Wyoming,
Osceola, Moulton, Massillon, and Lafayette, laid off - Coffee County - Canvass
for Representative - Preliminary meetings - Formation of Stark county
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Chapter VII: History of Marshall County
Page 76-84
Southern Putnam in 1839 - Movements for division - Establishment of Marshall
County - Addition of range one - Location of county seat - First election
- First County Court - First Circuit Court - Court-houses built - Jails built
- Township organization - Absconding of School Commissioner, …. Page
76
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Chapter VIII: History of the Towns of Putnam
County Page 85-96
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Chapter IX: Country Settlements in
Putnam Page 97-104
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Chapter X: History of the Towns of Marshall
County Page 105-125
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Chapter XI: Country Settlements in
Marshall Page 126-142
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Chapter XII: Conclusion
Page 143-146
Failure to receive census returns - Glance at Putnam county in 1860 - Glance
at Marshall county in 1860
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APPENDIX Page 147-160
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List of officers of Putnam county
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List of officers of Marshall county
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Notices of old settlers (Thomas
Hartzell, William Haws, James W. Willis, Hooper Warren, Jonathan Babb, Henry
D. Palmer)
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Indians of Putnam and Marshall (Shau-be-na,
Senachwine, Shick-Shack, Crow, Black Partridge, Mark-whet, Gomas)
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Antiquities in the two counties (Mound
builders, Indian artifacts)
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