STOP! Sold Out! Out of Stock! Do Not Order! -----------------Early Indiana Trails and Surveys; by George R. Wilson, C.E., L.L.B.; paperback; 116 pp; 5x7; Published: 1919; Reprinted: 2002; ISBN 9780871950055; Item # IHS009

This book details the early Indiana trails, and well as the surveys. The following sections are found in this volume:

Part I. EARLY TRAILS

• The Buffalo Trace
• Vallonia Trace
• Blue River Trace
• Yellow Banks Trail
• Salt Route or Trace
• Whetzels Trace

Part II. PIONEER SURVEYING IN INDIANA

Surveys made previous to the General Survey of Indiana

• The Illinois or Clark’s Grant
• Re-Survey of the Greenville Treaty Line, in 1800 – The Gore of Indiana
• The Vincennes Tract, Freeman Lines, Buckingham’s Base Line, and Second Principal Meridian. This section is complete with a copy of the Outline Map of Indiana, shoeing the districts as subdivided by the U.S. Surveyors together with each name and date of the survey.
• Special Notes and Reference on the Vincennes Tract Survey and the Freeman Lines
• Survey of the Buffalo Trail
• Survey of the “Ten O’Clock Line,” the Northeast line of the Harrison Purchase

State Line Surveys

• Survey of the North Part of the Ohio and Indiana State Line
• Survey of the Indiana and Illinois State Line
• Survey of the Michigan and Indiana State Line

Indian and Other Reservations

• Old French Surveys
• Survey of the Miami National Reserve, 1838-1839
• Thorntown Reserve
• Chief Richardville’s Reserve
• Raccoon Village Reserve
• Seek’s Village and Metea’s Village
• Mississinewa Reserve
• Wyandot Village Reserve
• Sugar Creek Reserve
• Technical Location of Fort Harrison

Typical Road and Swamp Surveys

• The Michigan Road Surveys
• Kibbey’s Road
• Surveying the Swamps of the Kankakee River, Etc.

Interesting Discoveries and Incidents Recorded by the Surveyors

• Government Surveyors Locate French Lick and West Baden Springs
• Foote’s Pond Survey, Rattle Snake Den
• N. Harlan’s Ferry, in Pike County
• Supposed Copper Mine
• Wild Pigeon Roost
• East Fork or White River Surveyed on Ice (Driftwood Fork)
• Lilies Retard Survey
• Marble Quarry
• Surveyors in Danger
• Swearing in Chain-Carrier
• Base Line Cave in Orange County
• Anderson’s River
• Shield’s Trading House
• Surveyor Discovers Coal in Dubois County
• Pioneer Expression Used by Pioneer Surveyors
• McDonald’s Cabin and the Mudholes
• Shawnee Trace

The volume has an excellent index at the back. The book has been a best seller for many years, and I expect it will continue that way. Not only is it inexpensive, it’s also very informative. All those interested in early Indiana will find it interesting and valuable.