A History of Muncie and Delaware County
Author | : Gruenewald W. L. |
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Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Delaware County (Ind.) |
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Author | : Gruenewald W. L. |
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Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1953 |
Genre | : Delaware County (Ind.) |
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Author | : General William Harrison Kemper |
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Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 1908 |
Genre | : Delaware County (Ind.) |
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Author | : Frank D. Haimbaugh |
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Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : Delaware County (Ind.) |
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Author | : Indiana Historical Records Survey |
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Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 1940 |
Genre | : Archives |
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Author | : Norma Lasley |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 073859430X |
Named for the Delaware Indians who lived in the area from about 1794 to 1820, this Indiana county was organized in 1827. It soon developed an economy based around agriculture, which remains important today. The area's first railroad, from Indianapolis to Bellefontaine, Ohio, came to Muncie in 1852. Indiana's first commercial gas well was drilled in Eaton, and many more wells were drilled in the area, which brought glass, metal, and other industries to the county, especially in towns such as Albany, Eaton, and Muncie. After the gas supply failed, automobile components--from gears to batteries--became a thriving industry. During World War II, Delaware County produced goods for the war effort ranging from land mines to submarine interiors. Ball canning jars were the area's most famous product until Jim Davis's Garfield (the cat) came along. In the 1950s and 1960s, Delaware County experienced growth and prosperity with the addition of machine and tool shops and small businesses.
Author | : Thomas B. Helm |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1881 |
Genre | : Delaware County (Ind.) |
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Author | : Keith Roysdon |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 2016-10-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439658331 |
Explore the notorious and unusual side of Muncie's history. Muncie is the classic small American city. But for much of the past two centuries, the city fell victim to murder, corruption and the bizarre. Mayor Rollin Bunch went to prison for mail fraud, while his police commissioner faced a murder rap. Viola "Babe" Swartz ran a brothel out of a truck stop that was raided by police at least a dozen times but ran for sheriff in the 1974 primary election. June Holland, of the locally famous Holland triplets, killed her neighbor for refusing to sell her house.