Excerpt from Greater Terre Haute and Vigo County, Vol. 1: Closing the First Century's History of City and County; Showing the Growth of Their People, Industries and Wealth Mr. Oakey had been engaged in the preparation of material for this History of Terre Haute and Vigo County since the summer of 1907. As a matter of fact, he had been collecting data of a local historical nature for years, and it was one of his cherished purposes to complete a work of this nature. A few days before his death Mr. Oakey had given to the public press a statement concerning the history, which it seems proper to repeat in this connection, as being in the nature of an author's foreword. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.