LAKE COUNTY INDIANA HISTORY Transcribed Lake County History Books Lake County, Indiana, 1884 : an account of the semi-centennial celebration of Lake County, September 3 and 4, with historical papers and other interesting records prepared for this volume I. INTRODUCTION II. THE CELEBRATION. III. HISTORICAL PAPERS: 1. The Pioneer Settlers, their Homes and Habits, their Descendants and Influence. 2. West Creek Reminiscences. 3. East Cedar Lake 4. Lake Prairie 5. Reminiscences of Eagle Creek. 6. Our Northern Borders 7. Crown Point, 1834 to 1884 8. The Fauna of Lake County 9. The Flora of Lake County 10. South East Grove 11. The Calumet, its Indian and Trapper History 12. The Kankakee River, its Peculiarities, its Marsh Land and Islands 13. Our Railroads 14. Our Exports 15. The Catholic History of Lake County 16. The Lutheran History 17. The Methodist History 18. The German Methodists 19. The German Evangelicals 20. The United Brethren 21. The Presbyterian History 22. The Baptist History 23. The "Christian" History 24. The Hollanders. 25. The Band History 26. The Believers 27. The Unitarian History 28. Our Public Schools 28. Our Sunday Schools 80. Our Public Men 31. Man at the Red Cedar Lake 32. Cedar Lake as a Pleasure Resort 33. Our Three Court Houses 34. The Last Twelve Years of Growth IV. OTHER RECORDS AND PAPERS: The Old Settlers' Association Orchard Grove. Family Genealogies Hammond Some Weather Records Incidents Not included in the TOC: Writers of Lake County The First Free Soil Meeting Woodvale Eagle Creek Township LeRoy Sand Ridge V. CONCLUSION. HISTORICAL SECRETARY For pages and any article omitted here see Index. Teachers of 1884 Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of Lake County, Indiana from 1834-1904 Chapter 1: Outline History of the County: 1834-1850 Chapter 2: The Railroad Period - (1851 to 1904) - THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL - AN ASSOCIATION - INTERESTING ITEMS (Churches, School Houses, Banks) - A FEW MORE PARTICULARS - TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATIONS - A PLEASURE RESORT - REMAINS OF MAN - LARGE LAND HOLDERS - SOLDIERS OF LAKE COUNTY - A SOLDIER'S MONUMENT CHAPTER 3: MEMORIAL SKETCHES OF EARLY SETTLERS PAGE 1 -- PAGE 2 CHAPTER 4: NAMES OF WOMEN WHOM HONORABLE MENTION SHOULD BE MADE LAKE COUNTY MISCELLANY: THE PIONEER CHILDREN AND NATURE LANDSCAPES LAKE PRAIRIE VIEWS CROW ROOSTS AN OLD LANDMARK A GOLDEN WEDDING HUNTING WILD HOGS SOME CEDAR LAKE INCIDENTS Index to the Biographies in the Book Excerpts from "The First Hundred Years of Lake County, As Lived and Acted by Bartlett Woods and Family and by Sam B. Woods and Family", 1938: Local History Ridge Road History Tolleston Gun Club Squatters of Lake County (1834-1839 time period) Sketches of Early Settlers of Lake County Old Settlers Association - List from 1879 Return To The Main Lake County Indiana Index Page ©Genealogy Trails