Is it surprising then that the undulating, flowery prairies and open vistas of park-like lawns, which, for extent and natural beauty, far excel the baronial manors of European aristocracy, and watered with running streams and quiet lakes - which beautifu The ties of home have, ere now, thrown around sterile coasts,įrozen plains, and mountain cliffs the halo of the love of a patriotic people. Before all of these old, hardy pioneers, whose impress was the germ of the present, and whose endowment was lofty examples of courage and unabated energy, and who have durably stamped their chĪracteristics upon worthy successors - before these have passed away, we seek to place upon the historic page the record of whom they were, and what they did to make their country what it is. Neer life, remains an interesting relic of fast-fading times. Here and there a white-haired veteran, bowed with the weight of years and the unremitting toil of pio P of the Indian and the howl of the wolf resounded on every side, and war's alarms came not infrequently, with imperious demands for blood and treasure. THE OLD PIONEERS are fast sinking to rest after the toils and privations of the border, whither they came, buoyed up with hope and nerved with vigor, to build for themselves and their loved ones homes amid this beautiful scenery, while yet the whoo INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF SHELBY AND MOULTRIE COUNTIES
It covers marriages that occurred from 1824 (the year Hendricks County was formed by Indiana's legislature) up through 1920.
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