St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-12-19
AN EXTINCT INDIANA TOWN.


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The City Of Hindostan, once tie most
important city in the Indiana territory,
was situated on the west fork Of w lite
river. and on the old vincenucs and
New Albany dirt road lt stood on the
banks Of the river and WAS laij of in
well-made streets and avenueA Not q
sign OF the place remains to-day. This
little city in the early part Of this CEN
tuIy was one Of the best manufacturing
towns west Of the Allegneniese The
business was owned and run by eastern
capitalistA This city was mostly
populated bv eastern people fully ffty
years ahead OF the times Il WAS also
a-great fur trading post there being
plenty Of wild beasts 1t that time in
tie woodA Some Of the people qusrried
whetstones and hauled them to Louis
Vile. from whore they were slipped
down the river to New Orleana, and
from there they were transported to
New York. Just west Of the city wss
the river, which has . natural dam or
falls with . fall of four feet This
dam extends from bank 20 bank. Just
below the falls. three hundred feet T.
. rock known ~ the nat rock. Il
reaches from the east bank 70 within
twenty-five feet Of the west bank.
leaving . narrow channel for the.swift
stream 70 plunge through. The ruck
extends down the river. with an. area
Of at least i've acres At low.Sater
mark this rock stands fully four feet
above the river surface. Close u the
narrow channel on the west side, h
IN elevation Of soil
On this nat rock stood . very exten.
sive saw and grist mill. the former be.
ing one Of the largest In the west NJ
that time. The lumber was transport.
cd down the river in Aatbosts. The
grist mill also did IN extensive business,
Il being the only one within . range Of |
seventy-6vs milea At one session Of |
the legislature il was decided that Him
dostau should be the county seat Of |
Martin county. This move caused the |
county 70 build . fne court house.
After that. in 1S9o, the town seemed 10 |
boom, and tho city grew TO . popula-
ton Of something less than six thousand
people Then. II appears, all at once
the city WA condemned The px.ople
began 70 die on By the hundreds: and
those living made their escape - econ
- possible. There were not eotvev.
ances enough 70 carry the dead 10 their
resting plseeA Cholera h thought By
some 70 have taken them on From eli
that can be learned however. Il WA
caused By bilious fever. The csuse Of
this disaster came from the weeds in
run shove the dam. The river r,me
and washed these weeds ashore. When
the food receded the weeds begin to
rot and gsve OF . very poisonous cdor.
causing the fever This same plague
came near being the ruin Of vinceanes
u other years. caused By the weeds il 7
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Business stopped everybody b:oke
an tie capitalists moved back e the
sast and In l69e ouly one or two kusi.-
aees houses stood to mark the r1aea
where once was one Of the most prom.
sing cities OF the west In 1888. the
county seet was removed 70 Mount I
Pleasant The plaes where this .aitv
,nce stood y now under . very heevv
!rowth Of eoen. There b only one man
living In the county to-day who css re-
all the history OF this old town --fu.
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