THE YANKEE PIONEER: The Story of Abel Baldwin and the Early Development of Montpelier, Indiana
A 186-page paperback book which examines the life of Abel Baldwin who came to Indiana from Vermont to establish a colony of settlers on the Salamonie River.
This book looks at Abel Baldwin's geographic and family background in Vermont, the vision which caused him to come to the "Far West," and the two trips he made to Indiana in search of land. It also explores his untimely death in 1839 and the fate of his widow and eight children. In addition, it chronicles the founding and early development of Montpelier, the town he platted in 1837, through the "Oil Boom" of the 1890's. There is also an extensive appendix of documents, letters, recollections, etc.
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For sale at the Hartford City & Montpelier Public Libraries, the Peoples’ Marketplace (when open), and Lulu Press at lulu.com. Cost: $15
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FIRST TIME EVER FROM THE BLACKFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Part of the “The Gazette Collection” of newspapers have now been digitized and are searchable using this link https://bchs-in.historyarchives.online/home
The Gazette collection of newspapers were published from 1901 through 1937 and represent an irreplaceable insight into Blackford County’s past. The only known existing copies of these newspapers are giant bound volumes of the original newspaper print that were stored in the Blackford County Annex for years until they were moved to the Blackford County Historical Society.
The digitization of the newspapers above is just the first step in a much larger project to save these bound newspapers for our community. The next step in the project is to digitize all the Gazette newspapers from 1914 through 1937 over the next several years using the services of Advantage Archives of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
If you wish to support to this project, please send your contribution marked “Newspaper Project” on a note or memo line to:
Blackford County Historical Society
P. O. Box 264
Hartford City, IN 47348
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The Blackford County Historical Society is currently soliciting the following specific donations:
Yearbooks
- 1963
- 1976
- 1980 – 1987
- 1989
- 1990 – present
We will, of course, accept all yearbook donations, but these specific years we have no backup copies on hand.
