The Mail-Journal, Volume 26, Number 20, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 July 1987 — Page 29

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Turkey Creek was organized in 1838

Turkey Creek was organized as a township on June 29, 1836, and before 1838 comprised the ter-

ritory which afterward formed the townships of Van Buren, Jefferson, and Scott. The township abounds with lakes, some of which are more than 100 feet deep. Syracuse Lake, one mile long and threefourths of a mile wide, lies directly east of the Syracusetand what was first called Nine Mile Lake, now Wawasee Lake, is also in the township. Henry Ward and Samuel Crosson were the first settlers in 1832. They constructed a dam across Turkey Creek intending to erect a mifi as soon as the lands were open for settlement. In 1833, the mill was completed and Ward and Crosson erected a sawmill in 1936. The township is bounded on the north by Elkhart County, east by Noble County, south by Tippecanoe, and west by Van Buren Township. Before its organization in 1836, a number of families had settled inside its boundaries, among whom were the families of John C. and Patrick Johnson, William Cassidy, Andrew Guy Robert Warner and others, all o'f\ whom came in 1834. '■ Settlements from this date were made rapidly. In 1836, Crosson built a log house and opened a stock of general merchandise. This store occupied the site of the Lake House in Syracuse which was built in 1853 by Jacob Renfro. Crosson, being one of the first settlers and a man possessing both means and enterprise, was a

Bike race on July 4

The eighth annual 25-Mile Bike Race will be Saturday, July 4, at 10 a.m. The Wawasee Flotilla Committee is sponsoring this event. This will be a stock bicycle race and is open to all but USCF racers. There is an entry fee, but no late registration fee will be charged. All participants are encouraged to pre-register. The race will start at Wawasee High School. The route will be: Starting at Wawasee High School, Syra-Web Road to CR 800 N, right on CR 800 N, left at 400E, right at 750 N, right at 200 E, rigift at 900 N, jog onto 300E, left

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prominent factor in the community. He donated one acre of ground in 1836 west of Syracuse for a cemetery and the remains of a son of Harvey Veniman were buried the same year. A log school house was built that same year on the hill at Syracuse and school was taught during the winter. In 1837, settlers living in the more remote part of the township, transformed an old log barn into a fairly comfortable school. It was built upon the land first occupied by Timothy Mote. The first religious organization to build a church were Baptists. In 1843, Rev. James Martin organized a class and a few years later a church was erected at Syracuse. The church, after a few years of prosperity, was disorganized and the building sold to the German Reformed congregation. In 1851, a German Baptist Church was organized in the south part of the township and in 1860, the society built a church on section 14. George P. Rothenbarger and Conrad Brumbaugh were the first pastors. A Church of God was organized east of Nine-Mile Lake in 1858 by Rev. George Thomas. A union church was built on the farm of N. Crow on section 14 in 1860 and various denominations used it for religious worship. The United Brethren and Evangelical Association also organized churches in the township with regular services.

on Defreese Road, left at 500E, left at 1000 N, right at 300E, right on Bowser Road, left on SyraWeb Road and back to the high school. Participants will be divided into two groups, men and women, and must be at least 18 years old. Awards will be presented to the top three finishers and three places in each division. Special sesquicentennial medallions will be given to all participants. For further information, interested persons can contact the Flotilla Committee, P.O. Box 5, Syracuse, Ind. 46567.