History of Gibson county, Indiana, her people, industries and institutions

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Preface

All life and achievement is lorn comes from past

and present commercial prosperity onh from past exer-

tion and suffering. The deeds and motives of the men that have have been instrumental in shaping the destinies of later communities and states. The development of a new country was at once a task and a priviquired great courage, sacrifice and privation. Compare the pres- >n- of the people oi County, Indiana, with what they

wen- one hundred ;. I rom a trackless wilderness and virgin land,

it has come to be a center of prosperity aiKl civilization, with mill

ems i if rail rial instil ndid indus-

tries and immei cultural and mineral production any think-

person be insensible to the fascination of the study which d

and efforts of thi laid the founda-

upon which has 1 een reared the i per; pie and to trace and >lit-

and industrial pi unit)' fn mi

i of the local historian. re purpi -

irs that i. and which uni

the motive for the I he hist< >rical

ind under the personal aluable collection and will pr t'p die present generation, bul timable worth to future historian

the result of patient t"il an

red to make thi th him, the publishers di their ei. illy valuable and info departmenl

I heir worth, ell ment. The publishi their thank- to the gentlemen who

thfully labored t" thi- end. Th;

■r the uniform kindness with which they ha

PREFACE.

[his undertaking and for their many services rendered in the gaining of necessary infi irmation.

In placing the "History of Gibson County, Indiana," before the citizen-, the publishers can conscientiously claim that they have carried out the plan as outlined in the prospectus. Every biographical sketch in the work has been submitted to the party interested, for correction, and therefore any error of fact, if there be any, is solely due to the person for whom the sketch was prepared. Confident that our effort to please will fully meet the approbation of the public, we are,

Respectfully,

THE PUBLISHERS.