The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1905-08-10

Zap Sparrow's wife's maiden name
was Moss. 1t was said after the knot
was tied which made them one. the
minister said that sparrows love to
build their nests IN the moss. John
Fuller settled the Lewis Huffer farm
and afterwards went to Nebraska.
There were three of the Taylor broth
ers, Joseph, William and George.
They were stout men. Joseph start
ed one morning before day to help
one of his neighbors plant corn.
While passing through woods he
was attacked by two wolves. He
heard them coming and backed up
against a tree, and fought them till
daylight, when they left him. He was
wet with sweat keeping them at bay
with an eye hoe or niger hoe" as
they were sometimes called. James
0. Parks and Solomon Linn went to
the woods to locate some land, when
night came on ard they had to climb
protect themselves from the wolves.
am inclined to think that thew got
lost.
The first road or crooked trail that
was travelled to Turkey Creek prairie
went south of the Shakering prairie.
James O. Parks and some of his
brothers found narrow place in the
prairie and bridged it, shortening the
distance five or six miles. Turkey
Creek prairie was an Egypt to the
pioneers. They got their grain there,
hauled it down past Hoover's mill
and got it ground In an early day
Hoover built mill on the outlet of
the lake, three miles east of Etna
Green. He ground grain for the pi-
oneers for many years. 1t was known
as Hoover's mill and lake Turkey
Greek and prairie was settled In 1894,
two years before any attempt was
made to settle Bourbon township
Turkey Greek prairie was settled by
the Halls, Anglins, Thomases, Rum
lies, Woods, Golfers, Plummers, Wal
laces, Smiths and Moores S. d. Hall
was large land owner on the prairie
He was elected to the legislature and
was honored, loved and respected by
everybody that had the pleasure OF
knowing him, as he was an all-round
first class man. Hirom, If you are
built on the straight lines that your
grandfather Hall was, and l am in
cfned to think that you arc, you will
never run away with the fnuds of the
Bourbon State Bank. No, never.
My father was elected to assess
Marshall and Starke counties for four
consecutive years, and the counties
being sparsely settled he knew every
man in the two counties He moved
onto land one mile east of the Mich
igan road. Plymouth was a trading
post at that time. Gibson Cleveland
and Rose had store in Plymouth.
They hauled their goods in wagons
from Michigan City. The goods were
shipped around on the great lakes
and it took four or five days to make
a trip with a team. Pioneers from
Bourbon and Tippecanoc township
would go to Plymouth and trade and
Day their taxes. They invariably got
back as far as fathers, stopped all
night and went home the next day.
That is the way | became so person
ally acquainted with the pioneers of
Bourbon and Tippecanoe township. |
was small boy at that time but was
big enough to know what | am talk
ing about and honest enough to tell
the truth The pioneers were ever
welcome guests at fathers house.
There is a great contrast between the
pioneer sixty years ago and the peo-
pie of today. The pioneer worked to
live, and the people today have to
work to pay their extortionate taxes.
Bourbon township is summit lev
Ell, the water being drained into Vel
low and Tipecanoe rivers. Before
there was any ditching done Bourbon
township was dotted over with frog
ponds, cat-swamps and marshes. The
pioneers made the start that has made
Bourbon township one of the grand
est townships in the county. be-
lieve that in time there will not be
an acre of ground in Bourbon town
ship that will not be good, fertile soil
/ have spared no pains to have this
authentic Anything that is not true
is immaterial to what | have written.
James M. Greer, Sr.