Tom Cunningham tells about early days in Mahon history. A nother of the Mahon brothers was Archibald. The plat is on record in the courthouse. It was acknowledged before Samuel Dougherty, a justice of the peace, on June 20, 1853. The drawing shows a large open public square surrounded by lots, streets and alleys.
Main street is mentioned as running at an angle of nineteen degrees east of the magnetic meridian.
It shows Hanna street, State street, Mill street, Durbin street, etc. At one time supporting a sawmill, and became a shipping center. Mahon was also the home of an Indian whose favorite feat included riding a pony across the canal at the lock. He rode the animal across a narrow piece of timber, with the water 15 feet below him when the lock was empty after the passage of a canal boat. Canal Fever cut through Indiana.