The Society recently received an extraordinary collection of family papers and artifacts representing six generations of the Wilson and Shanklin families from Barbara A. Wilson, widow of Frank Wilson. John Shirkey Shanklin and Simeon Wilson were pioneers near Cutler in Carroll County with Shanklin arriving in 1835 and purchasing land from the government in 1837. … Continue reading Wilson and Shanklin Family Papers
New Paperback Edition of 1886 History
Originally published by the Inter-State Publishing Company in 1886, this is the first dedicated history of Clinton County, Indiana on record. Released now by Book Troll Press in association with the Clinton County Historical Society, this three-volume reproduction made from scans of the original is intended as an inexpensive, friendly version for the casual reader. … Continue reading New Paperback Edition of 1886 History
President Lincoln’s Letter to a Rossville Relative
In November of 1861, a seventy-nine-year-old widow living in Rossville knitted a pair of socks and sent them to her cousin's nephew. The widow's name was Susannah Weathers, and her cousin's nephew was President Abraham Lincoln. He wrote back: To Mrs. Susannah Weathers Rossville, Clinton Co, Ind. Dec. 4, 1861 Executive Mansion Washington My dear … Continue reading President Lincoln’s Letter to a Rossville Relative
“My Clinton County” by Kenneth S. Power: Farm Life and Crime Fighting in early 1900s Clinton County
front cover art by William Sawicki The following account is from the Clinton County Sesquicentennial book released in 1980. It was written by Kenneth S. Power (1909-1997), who was born in Clinton County, practiced law in Frankfort, and was Mayor of Frankfort from 1955-1959. His father, Dan Power, had also been Mayor, and before that … Continue reading “My Clinton County” by Kenneth S. Power: Farm Life and Crime Fighting in early 1900s Clinton County
1878 Atlas Full Text Available
Back in May, we released a collection of mapped illustrations from the 1878 Combination Atlas Map of Clinton County, Indiana by Kingman Brothers of Chicago. Up to now, the full text has not been freely available in digital form--you could only access a microfilmed version by paying for an Ancestry.com subscription. But with with Archive.org, … Continue reading 1878 Atlas Full Text Available
1878 Homestead Illustrations Mapped
I am very excited to release a project I have been working on for months: the digitization and mapping of 118 illustrations of Clinton County homes and businesses from the 1878 atlas of Clinton County. If you have never seen this atlas, the illustrations are amazingly detailed and accurately portray many farms and towns as … Continue reading 1878 Homestead Illustrations Mapped
Clinton County in The Hoosier Schoolmaster
scene from The Hoosier Schoolmaster The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life In Indiana by Edward Eggleston was published in 1871 and is set twenty years earlier. It was a hit in its day primarily for its novel use of local dialect--Eggleston complains of writers before him using New England rural colloquialisms for backwoods … Continue reading Clinton County in The Hoosier Schoolmaster
History of Scouting in Mulberry
From The Mulberry Reporter February 25, 1960 Front Page Recount History of Scouting in Mulberry at Jubilee Dinner A brief history of Scouting in Mulberry was recounted Tuesday evening at the Boy Scout Golden Jubilee dinner held at the Methodist church. At the same time the annual Blue and Gold dinner was incorporated with the … Continue reading History of Scouting in Mulberry
Mulberry Veterans Honor Roll
Click below to view the November 11th, 2017 Veterans issue of Mulberry Memories, which includes a list of all known veterans connected with Mulberry. Click To View PDF
1838 Account of A Run-In With A Bandit
This gripping account of a tense encounter in the wilderness of Clinton County is given in Chapter 13 of Recollections of the early settlement of the Wabash Valley by Sanford C. Cox, published in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1860. It takes up four of the five-and-a-half pages devoted to Clinton County. The only editing I have … Continue reading 1838 Account of A Run-In With A Bandit