The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-23
"REMINISCENCES.
NUMBER TEN.


commissioners district in Marshall coun-
ty was called Green township, that the
west six miles were struck off in 1887 and
called Union township, and that the east
seven miles were struck off in 1912 and
called Tippecanoe, leaving Green town.
ship proper seven miles north and south,
by eight miles east and west. Quite
number settled in the territory out of
which Green township was organized, as
early as 1884 and 1885. Sidney Viii
Hams, 4 blind man, the last we hearl of
him, kept tavern where Argos is now
located. We recollect when passing there
in 1885 Of admiring his sign, which had
the picture of a lion painted on it, and
that of an American eagle picking out
one of its eyes. Mr.. Williams was the
proprietor of = Sidney . which name was
afterward changed to Argos. Among the
first settlers in that township were S. b
Patterson, John A. Boots, Abel G.. Hick
man, George Owens, Enos W ard, John
Compton, Stephen Marsters, Fielding
Bowles, Jesse Roberts, Ewel Kendall,
Robert Blair, H. j. Browa, \. w. Rob
erts, Frederick Dysingcr, Elias Trimmer,
John Williamson, Daniel Pattingal and
David Collins. The only one of the above
named persons now residing in the coun-
ty is ~ w Roberts; all except three or
four have been =" gathered to their fathers. =
I To let ones mind ramble back to the ear
ly settlement of our county and see how
few of those pioneers still remain among
us, is calculated to produce melancholy
class Of feelings rather than otherwise
The south three miles of sail township
west OF the Michigan road lanl were re-
served when the other lands were sold to
the government by an Indian named Au-
bansubbee. After the government bought
this reserve it was mostly pre-empted, and
was afterwards taken to assist in building
the Wabash and Erie canal. flour recol-
lection is not at fault the government gave
every alternate section Of land from one
end OF the canal to the other to build the
same Where lands had been sold before
granting the charter for the canal the
company was allowed by the government
to select other lands in lieu Of those which
had been sold.
Anbalaubbee's, Nswau3ee's, and Me-
nomenies reserves were all taken for that
purpose. The east part Of Aubanaubbee 8
reserve is mostly hickory barrens, and is
among the very best lands in the county
for wheat and clover; the west part has
more white oak. and is intersrcrscd occa
sionaiiy with marsh or wet prairie. Tie
north part Of the township west Of the
Michigan road has some waste land along
Wolf creek, which ruus through that part
OF the township, with the exception that
the lanl is very good AMI well timbered
Mr.. Timothy Barber, who afterwards fell
from wagon and was killed, built a mill
at an early day on Wolf creek, ana after
ward sold to Mr.. Clark Blivcn, who being
fearful one night that the dam would be
swept away, acciiently fell. into the water
and was drowned.
o.. the east side OF Michigan road is
probably as good body of thick timber.
with but slight exceptions, as there is in
the county. Owners of land in state of
nature in that part Of the township at this
lime are asking from thirty TO forty dol
lars per acre. Section 90, town
ship 3, north range east, which is
claimed by the heirs OF Cyrus Tabor, of
Logansport, is presumed to be as good
section of land as there is in the county.
When that part of the county is cleared
up and improved, it will be second in point
Of beauty and fertility to no other portion
of the county.
In the year 1856 Green township was
divided. All west Of the Michigan road
land, except fractional sections "a. % and
%, constituted said township; all east Of
Of that, and two miles taken off from the
west end of Tippccanoc township was call
cd Walnut.
Mr. Joseph H. Rhodes laid out an ad-
dition to Sidney, Shch he called Ere
mont; afterwards the name was changed
to that of Argos, which bids fair to be
a sprightly country village. Mr.. Maxon.
Mr.. Williams, Mr.. Lowry, Rhodes heirs,
Gordon &, Butcher, Worthingtop and ID.
Railsback, have e9ch made an addition
to the town Nc.
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