Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 171, Decatur, Adams County, 18 July 1929 — Page 5

Adams County, Way Back WhenBefore 1890 , «c«nrv” Made Up Os a Group Os Stories About Pioneer • 4 i if c \nd Events Which. Collectively, Go To Make Vp The Interesting History Os The County. p ■ By French Quinn.

"* Monmouth q ead of record on deed record ... at the very first page of the d records of Adams county, is told ‘ tile of the alpha, the first,, the Winning of things urban in " beloved county. That record reall about the beginnings of Monmouth. Indiana, a good three !“tl>. the town nf Roeatur was PlatU and the date was June. IN3«. The record says, “it is situated on Jttbank Os the St. Marys river on Laih half "f Bectlon 21 in Ro "' tOWn ’ hh> and surveyed at a variation of ’ T, degrees and forty-five minutes. The street, are all «« feet wide and alleys 12 feet wide and the lots •bout one hundred of them) are fifi L t front and 122 feet back." There on are The village was rnnack dab L the Pinna road and that highway cut diagonally right through and acrO ss these lots so carefully measured Well, folks settled there, in fact (oiks had already settled, for before that there were three taverns there all d as far as I can learn the tavern Keepers must have been "squatters” for the records at the court house are silent concerning their ownerships. One of the taverns was operated by a Bitn by the name of Vankirk, another bv norwin ami the other’s name is lost in the misty pages of antiquity. Along the lYiua road those days was buvy traffic The taverns did a good business. The traffic was slow, mighty leisurely, oxen and caravans of covered wagons never speeded you may be sure and when they stopped at the taverns, you can bet they stopped and left when they got good and ready. Before the Civil War and up until the Cincinnati. Richmond and Fort Wayne railroad was built, a stage line was in operation. Uncle Billy Blackburn was the stage driver. He and his family lived in Monmouth, he had his garage there to house his horses and coach and his coach was!

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a regular one like you have seen In the "wild west shows” room for passengers inside and outside and the expert craftsmanship that was expended on its construction was a necessary thing for a staunchness and durability was required more than you would think. Uncle Billy drove four horses and a whip as long as from here to there and he was an export and he drove rain or shine. I Stage left Decatur each .Monday morning, first stop Monmouth, then on to Fort Wayne, which usually took all day. Uncle Billy and his horses rested overnight at Fort Wayne and back over the trail the next day. Down one day and back the next was the schedule. Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Well by golly, it was not simple. Os course, even the youth of this day if they have any imagination at all can picture the what must have been the unhappy condition of the trail from Decatur to Fort Wayne Mud and great mud holes, snow and snow drifts, freezing weather with no snow and ruts and uneveness that looked like the Rocky mountains, hardship for travelers and for the beasts and Uncle Billy on the job! every day. The “Plank Road" furnished grand relief but oh' when the planks commenced to wear out. Rut L the stage must go through, the mall) must be on time and anyway it was! a whale of a job and don’t you forget | it. But in time the railroad was built and good by taverns and good by the | palmy days of Monmouth and another) chapter -of pioneering with all its hopes and hardships ami joys and i sorrows became a thing of the yesterdays. (To be continued) o Get your hinder twine at The Burk Elevator Co., Monroe, Ind. lie cash, while it lasts. 169t10l

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT THURSDAY, JULY IS, lO2T

USING COMBINE IN WELLS COUNTY Bluffton, July IS The first combine harvester ever to bo operated In Wells county was in action today at the William Moser farm three miles east of the city. The machine reaps and threshes the grain all at the same time and eliminates the binding. Strange to note that just fifty five years ago James Crosbie operated the first Wells county grain binder at what is now known as the Bender farm two miles west of the city. The machine attracted much attention since it reaped and bound the wheat in one action and eliminated much work. Failing wire was used at that time. Down through the fifty-five years there has been a steady change. Binder twine was used and then there was a change from the horse power thresher to the steam .engine- The threshing machines were fed by hand and the straw elevated. latter the tractor power thresher came Into use and this kind 1h used in general today. The combine used by Mr. Moser is of the small typo used In the northwest and adopted to small farming. It will thresh all small grains such as wheat, oats, ry beans, clover, timothy etc. 0 Get the Habit—Trade at Home. It Pay* ! 11 -•> SUNDAY EXCURSIONS via Nickel Plate Road Low Bound Trip Fares front Decatur $2.75 TOLEDO Good Attractions at Theatres, Museums and Zoo. Baseball. Seasonal Sports. Consult Ticket Agent. . j

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