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The Decade Was 1850's |
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1851 - John L. Soule, in an editorial in the
Terre Haute Express, advises: "Go West, young
man, go West." But New York Tribune editor
Horace Greeley gets credit for the line.
1851 - Indiana adopted a state
constitution that included a measure protecting
the property rights of married women.
1859 - During this decade, a tidal wave
of 2.5 million immigrants enter the United
States, including 66,000 Chinese.
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The Decade Was - 1850's
Various newspaper items concerning Boone County and its
residents in the 1850's. You'll find a bit of everything ...
deaths, births, accidents, crime ... and even humor. All
items are transcribed exactly as they appeared in the
publication, so please bear in mind that it was a different
time and sometimes those editors wrote with a bit of flair,
and describing gory details seemed to be their specialty!
Even if you don't find an ancestor or two among these pages,
you'll still find it interesting to read the news of their
day. And if you *do* find a relative in some of these news
clips, you might turn up a real surprise or two!
Use the "find" feature on your browser to locate
particular surnames
The New York Times
October 13, 1855, Wednesday
Page 1
[excerpt]
Postmaster White Lick, Boone County, Indiana; Fountain P.
Smith, Postmaster.
Transcribed by:
T. Stover - November 4, 2008
Source Citation:
The Decade Was [database online] Boone County INGenWeb.
2008. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~inboone> Original data:
Making of America Collection, Cornell University Library.
Scientific American
An Illustrated Journal of Art, Science & Mechanics
Vol XIV, Page 338
Patent Claims
Issued from the United States Patent Office
For The Week Ending June 7 1859
ROTARY HARROWS—J. W. McLean, of Lebanon, Ind.;
I claim the combination of the specified obliquely set
teeth, with two or more harrow frames revolving in opposite
directions, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
[Two revolving wheels are connected to a common draft pole
in such proximity to each other that the teeth, which are
arranged on the circumference of the wheels in an inclined
position, serve to clean each other as the teeth of one
wheel pass by those of the other.]
Transcribed by:
T. Stover - November 2, 2008
Source Citation:
The Decade Was [database online] Boone County INGenWeb.
2008. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~inboone> Original data:
Making of America Collection, Cornell University Library.
The Lebanon Pioneer
March 28, 1895
T. P. Miller was recorder in 1856, when the records of that
office were destroyed by fire.
Submitted by:
Amy Davis
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