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Title: A standard history of Jasper and Newton counties, Indiana : an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of modern developments in the progress of town and country
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Hamilton, Lewis H Darroch, William
Subjects: Jasper County (Ind.) -- History Newton County (Ind.) -- History Jasper County (Ind.) -- Biography Newton County (Ind.) -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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the Iroquois, or theBold Rapids of the Rockwise, a locality long famous among hunters,trappers and fishermen, was a matter of much uncertainty for severalof the early years of the 30s. Several explorers who desired tolocate claims in a promising region went thither and departed forother localities; they were all attracted by the wildness of the placeand by its prodigality of fish and game, but those who passed it byconsidered that there was too much marsh land in the neighbor-hood to make either the raising of crops or settlements a promisingoutlook. First Actual Settlers Finally, in the fall of 1835, Joseph D. Yeoman and John andGeorge Nowels, father and son, with young Mrs. Yeoman, raisedthe first cabin on the site of Rensselaer. Mr. and Mrs. Yeoman(John Nowels daughter) had two young children. About four years before, Royal Hazelton, accompanied by LevinWillis and W. J. Wright, set out in search of the bold rapids ofthe Rockwise. They struck the head of the stream, followed its133
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