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This is the quietest Site I subscribe to, almost a Ghost Site. I have a question,what is a ghost town? Lawrence County has several communities , groups of Homes, but no commerce anymore. Is this considered a ghost town? Examples are Stonington, Bono, Rivervale,and Scottsville all with in a mile or so of my home. I would be glad to provide information about them if any one was interested. I love reading about the history of the lives of our pioneers and where they lived. I would like to challenge all listers to take inventory of their local and post the names of the ghost towns, or pick one and do a bit on that town. I will prepare a piece on Stonington, in Lawrence County and submit it shortly.

My name is Kevin Grant and my information is listed below. Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederick M. Dittmar" <dittmar_ksa@ou.edu> To: in-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 9:16:36 AM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: [IN-GHOSTTOWNS] GHOST TOWN TALK Greetings to all Indiana GhostTowners. In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers. No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. There are 51 subscribers to this list at the moment. Where do you live? South Whitley, IN (Whitley Co.) What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? I am interested in the whole state of Indiana. I collect merchant tokens and occasionally find tokens from ghost towns. I have been able to identify most of the towns, but still have some that remain unidentified, most notably Saylorville. This is one source that I was hoping would be able to help me. What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? Not that I have been able to find from the Indiana Postal History Association. If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in. Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it. Fred - Mail List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IN-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

In a message dated 2/15/2008 9:17:37 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time, dittmar_ksa@ou.edu writes: Where do you live? Brownsburg, Indiana. (Hendricks County). What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? New to this type of interest. Enjoy researching about Hendricks County. My name is Steven and have a great interest in researching the 1800's. Mainly, the 'old west' and Indiana. If there is an interest, I can help to verify many things in Hendricks County, such as cemeteries etc. What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

WOWSER! An excellent article! Thanks a bunch, Your friend, Steven **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)

“The next community to be formed was Paris. It was located in Spice Valley Township and was laid out May 28, 1835, by Henry Connelly. The name of the town was later changed to Bryantsville. “Early merchants were Tucker Williams, Henry Weathers, Frederick R. Nugent, James Taylor and William Weathers, all of whom were business prior to 1850. Levi Overman opened a cabinet shop and Alexander Coleman known as ‘Kettlehead,’ was the first blacksmith in the area. “Back and Rout were dealers in general merchandise beginning in 1853 and others who have had the business have been: Davis and McGinnis, J.W. Lyons, Standeford, John D. Thomasson, and Henry Moneyhan and son. “The first grist mill was built by George Z. Wood in 1866. It was well patronized and was purchased by J. Wolfe, who was also the owner of a sawmill that was built by the Stroud brothers. “The first physician to locate in Bryantsville was Samuel A Raridan, the man for who Raridan Hill near Mitchell is named. Others who followed were Dr. William Huston, Dr. James Wilson, A.L. Goodwin, A.W. Bare, and Laban Palmer. “Postmasters since 1853 and before 1884 were William Weathers, John McGinnis, Henry Davis, Dr. A.W. Bare, Benjamin Connelly and John Lyon.” Bryantsville continued to have schools for many years after its heyday in the middle and late 1800s. All that remains today of this community is the Church of Christ.

Here's what the Aug. 29, 1984, issue of the Mitchell Tribune had to say. "The first of the communities formed south of White River in what is now Lawrence County was Bono. Bono was laid out on April 4, 1816, and the original plat was recorded at Paoli. It contained 143 lots and was laid out by Marston G. Clark, William Hoggatt and Joseph Kitchell. "The first merchant in the small river town was probably William Holland, who began a business in 1818. The people who settled in the area were referred to as 'Down East Yankee Folks.' "The Holland store wasn't much of a store and Holland moved on to play an important role in another small town further north, Leesville. A man named Martin was the proprietor of the next store and later went into partnership with John Kelly. Martin soon disappeared and Kelly kept the store open. "From 1828-1838, Kelly and a man named Charles Miller ran the store until they sold out to Green and Brother. Others who had begun businesses during the 10-year span were: Thomas Lemon, James Batman, and James Seck, James W. Prow went into partnership with Batman for several years. Asher Wilcox was an important early merchant, and Ephriam Brock and Uriah Dilly were extensive traders at the store. Albert Johnson and John Shade, Thomas W. Stevens and Gabriel Harvey were other early merchants in the town. "John Lindsey began a hattery in Bono in 1830. He specialized in fur hats. After his death, his brother-in-law carried on the business and was succeeded by Jacob Drinkhouse and Prow. The shop was abandoned some time in the 1840s. Alonzo Taylor and Batman ran tanning yards, with Batman doing the greater amount of work. He was succeeded by the Spooner brothers and then the Huston brothers. "A man named Albert ran an ashery for a number of years and Adam Davis operated a linseed oil mill. In the late 1820s, John Nunnamker opened a pottery shop. Felix Rawlings and Franklin Whisenan were later owners of the pottery shop. Whisenan was also a cabinet maker. "Walker Kelso was probably the first doctor to locate at Bono, but he was soon followed by James Montgomery. Other doctors who followed were: Dr. Hicks, Williamson, D. Dunn, Dr. Manuel, Hugh Montgomery, Henry Molott, E.P. Gibson, and I.J. Hopper. "John Hammersley's float mill, located on two flat boats on White River, was the first mill to be built in Bono. James Oldham built the second mill sometime in the 1850s. The mill had two sets of buhrs, one for wheat and one for corn. After a few years of operation, it was turned into a sawmill. The post office was established in approximately 1820, and the first postmaster was probably Patrick Callan. Mary Miller held the office of postmaster from the 1860s until the 1880s. "The death of Bono as a thriving community, like with most ohter small communities of the 1800s, was the locating of the railroads. When the Louisville, New Albany and Salem (Monon) line routed to the west, much of the trade that had come through Bono, because of its proximity to the river, went to towns along the railroad."

Tunnelton is not a ghost town, but I have a question about the time before Tunnelton was platted in 1859. According to The Bishop Robert Richford Roberts biography, George Roberts was buried in Mt Hibernia Cemetery in 1842. My question is Was Mt. Hibernia the name of the Cemetery at Tunnelton or was The biography writer, Charles Elliott, wrong. Georges grave is in the cemetery at Tunnelton. Larry Goettel Bishop Robert R. Roberts Memorial Association, Inc at Lawrenceport, Indiana http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/

Greetings to all Indiana GhostTowners. In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers. No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. There are 51 subscribers to this list at the moment. Where do you live? What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in. Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it. Fred - Mail List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://rootsweb.com/~okgs Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

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Fred, I have another one Titled Ghost Towns by Tom Robortham. Printed by Courage Books. Copywrite 1993 Brompton Books Corps. ISNB 1-56138-269-8. It's about the abandon ghost towns of the old American frontier. It is a hard back and contains excellent photos of the era. My interest is in anything about the old west or daily lives of the those between 1800 to 1900. Great to meet you. Hopefully, this list will become more active. Your friend, Steven L. Wilson, Sr In a message dated 8/10/2006 6:28:11 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, dittmar_ksa@ou.edu writes: I would like to stimulate this mail list by asking if anyone has any GhostTown books for your state or other states? Would you be willing to list them and do lookups for fellow subscribers? BTW there are 43 subscribers on this mail list. Do you live near a location that would be considered a Ghost Town? Would you be interested in writing a short story about it? Facts, History, Superstitions etc. Where do you live (State/Town/ your First name)? What is your Ghost Town interest? These are the Ghost Town books that I have: 1. 'Ghost Towns of the West' by Lambert Florin Promontory Press 1970 2. 'Ghost Towns of Oklahoma' by John W. Morris, University of Oklahoma Press 1977/80 3. 'Ghost Towns of Arizona" by John E & Barbara H Sherman, University of Oklahoma Press 1969 4. 'Small Town Ghost Memories of Oklahoma' OECO www.OK-Living.org 5. 'Oklahoma Post Offices' by Richard Helbock - Raven Press Lake Oswego, Or. 6. 'Oklahoma Place Names" by George Shirk - University of Oklahoma Press 3rd 1980 http://www.oupress.com/ Enjoy and Let's talk. Mail lists only work if the subscribers post. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar, Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73026 http://frederick.dittmar.org

Greetings to all GhostTown subscribers from Norman, Oklahoma. I'm Frederick Dittmar and I'd like to introduce myself as your new Mail List Administrator of the Indiana (IN-Ghosttown ) mail list. I'm a member of the Association of Professional Genealogist, Genealogy Speakers Guild, NEHGS, & NGS nationally, on a local level the Plymouth County Genealogical Society, MA., & I'm on the Board of the Oklahoma Genealogical Society and the OKOLHA - Oklahoma Outlaw Lawmen History Association. I administrator 20 Ghosttown, 15 Surname and 27 miscellaneous mail lists. I would like to stimulate this mail list by asking if anyone has any GhostTown books for your state or other states? Would you be willing to list them and do lookups for fellow subscribers? BTW there are 43 subscribers on this mail list. Do you live near a location that would be considered a Ghost Town? Would you be interested in writing a short story about it? Facts, History, Superstitions etc. Where do you live (State/Town/ your First name)? What is your Ghost Town interest? These are the Ghost Town books that I have: 1. 'Ghost Towns of the West' by Lambert Florin Promontory Press 1970 2. 'Ghost Towns of Oklahoma' by John W. Morris, University of Oklahoma Press 1977/80 3. 'Ghost Towns of Arizona" by John E & Barbara H Sherman, University of Oklahoma Press 1969 4. 'Small Town Ghost Memories of Oklahoma' OECO www.OK-Living.org 5. 'Oklahoma Post Offices' by Richard Helbock - Raven Press Lake Oswego, Or. 6. 'Oklahoma Place Names" by George Shirk - University of Oklahoma Press 3rd 1980 http://www.oupress.com/ Enjoy and Let's talk. Mail lists only work if the subscribers post. Fred Frederick M. Dittmar, Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma  73026 http://frederick.dittmar.org   Member: Association of Professional Genealogy http://www.apgen.org Mail List Administrator: 63 Mail Lists 2 Message Board - County Coordinator - Beckham County Oklahoma Web Page   Board Member & Genealogical Assistant Oklahoma Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs 20 Ghost Town mail lists.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C59C02.71925410 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Lawrence County, IndianaTranscribed passages are from the following book History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties Indiana 1914 B. F. Bowen & Co. Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana Adandoned Towns Scattered over the county are several towns, or rather, sites of towns, which stand as lonely monuments to villages once flourishing, but abandoned to decay on account of some climatic or commercial reason. Liberty, four miles and a half southwest of Bedford, is one of these. This village was platted in 1829. and several small buildings immediately sprang up. John S. Daughton, Frank Tilly, Alexander H. Dunihue were among the early merchants. The health conditions finally became so bad that residence there was dangerous. and accordingly the town was abandoned. Woodville, laid out December 10, 1849, by Edwin Wood. was located on the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad. The proprietor of the town manufactured lumber. Redding was laid out by Robert Porter and John R. Nugent on August 25. 1842. and was situated on the southwest quarter of section 15. This town has passed into history. Juliet, also, has been relegated to the ages. This village was opened in 1850 on the southwest corner of section 11. During the first years. the town was the terminus of the Louisville, New Albany & Chicago railroad, and consequently became a trade center. The completion of the road to the north ruined the town, however, and early death was its fate. Avoca was platted in the south half of the northwest quarter of section 32, township 6, range 1 west, July, 1819, by Hayden Bridwell. Bedford was originally platted on a two-hundred-acre tract in sections 14 and 23, township 5 north, range 1 west, by the county seat locating commissioners, March 30, 1825. Bono, platted April 4, 1816. Bryantsville (first called Paris), platted May 28, 1835, by Dr. F. Crooke. Bartlettsville, platted by Samuel J. Bartlett on the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 8, township 6, range 1 east, January 19, 1860. Dixonville, platted in the center of section 10, township 4, range 2 east, by Lucy and Sarah Dixon, April 8, 1853. Erie, platted by Dr Joseph Gardner, April 2 1901 on the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 11, township 5, range 1 west. East Oolitic, platted by James D. Farmer, in the west half of section 3, township 5, range 1 west, September 1, 1900. Fort Ritner, platted by Michael Ritner, May 29, 1857. Fayetteville, platted by Ezra Kern, February 6, 1838. Georgia, platted February 14, 1853, by John and Alexander Case, on section 12, township 3, range 2 west. Guthrie, platted January 3, 1866, on the northeast quarter of the north west quarter of section 3, township 6, range 1 west, by Winthrop Rinser. Heltonville, platted on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 26, township 6, range 1 east, by Andrew Helton and wife, September 18, 1845. Hancock, platted by Mrs. Martha E. Hancock, on the southeast quarter of section 11, township 5, range 1 west, April 18, 1893. Huron, platted March 15, 1859. on the northeast quarter of section 6, township 3, range 2 west, by John Tewell and others. Leesville was platted February 27, 1840, by William Flinn, Sr. and William Flinn, Jr. Liberty was platted May 25, 1829, by John Lackey and Silas Beezley. Lawrenceport was platted May 11, 1837. Limestone was platted December 11, 1888, by Isaac H. Crim, on Section 4; township 5, range 1 west. Mitchell was platted September 29, 1853, on section 36, township 4, range 1 west, and on the north half of section 1, township 3, range 1 west, by John Sheeks and George W. Cochran. Moore's Hill was platted November 10, 1904, on section 10, township 5, range 1 west, by William N. Matthews. Oolitic was platted by the Bedford Quarries Company, March 23, 1896, on section 4, township 5, range 1 west. Pattonville, platted March 10, 1891, by Enoch Patton, on the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 5, township 5, range 1 west. Peerless was platted November 13, 1891. by John Williams, on section 27, township 6, range 1 west. Redding was platted by Robert Porter and wife and John R. Nugent and wife, August 25, 1842 on the southeast of section 15, township 4, range 1 west. Rawlins was platted April 20, 1893, by the Standard Stone Company, on sections 10 and 11, township 5, range 1 west. Springville was platted on section 22, township 6, range 2 west, by Samuel Owens, July 11, 1832. Silverville was platted July 26, 1855, on sections 19 and 20, township 5, range 2 west, by Robert C. McAfee. Sunset was platted June 27, 1905, on section 15, township 5, range 1 west, by Euphennia R. Dunn. Tunnelton was platted by Isaac Newkirk, on section 19, township 4, range 2 east. August 28, 1859. Woodville was platted on section 26, township 4, range 1 west, by Edwin Wood and wile, December 10, 1849. Williams was platted May 20, 1889, by Henry Cox, on sections 4 and 9, township 4, range 2 west. Zelma, platted May 23, 1890, by Stephen and James Fountain, on the southeast quarter of section 21, township 6, range 2 east. Village PlatsLarry Goettel Bishop Robert R. Roberts Memorial Association, Inc at Lawrenceport, Indiana http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C59C02.71925410 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Larry Goettel.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Larry Goettel.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Goettel;Larry FN:Larry Goettel TEL;HOME;VOICE:812 849 2805 ADR;HOME:;;3036 Lawrenceport Road;Mitchell;Indiana;47446-9555 LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:3036 Lawrenceport = Road=3D0D=3D0AMitchell, Indiana 47446-9555 URL;HOME:http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:fishing@kiva.net REV:20050808T151618Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C59C02.71925410--

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Roger: Thanks for looking this up, but I think the person who wrote the history for the church got her towns mixed up. I checked the 1850 census for Bono, Lawrence County, and found this family living there, the J.A. Tiffany family. I will check out the Bono you found, it may explain some other references to Bono that did not fit with Bono , Lawrence County. Thanks Again, Larry

Hello Larry, I am only familiar with the Bono you mentioned that is in Lawrence Co. I hadn't heard of Toronto, Indiana before. I was curious and did a Mapquest.com search. It lists another Bono in Vermillion Co., near the Illinois line. I then searched "toronto, indiana" in mapquest and it's in the same spot. I hope this helps you, Roger Lester >From: "Larry Goettel" <fishing@kiva.net> >Reply-To: IN-GHOSTTOWNS-L@rootsweb.com >To: IN-GHOSTTOWNS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [IN-GHOSTTOWNS] Bono/ Toronto >Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 10:47:01 -0500 > >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C58605.DE546B00 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >While reading a article about a Kansas church I read the following account. >In 1866 a 11 wagon train left Bono, Indiana, Now called Toronto, for >Bourbon >County Kansas. Was there a town call Bono and changed its name to Toronto >after 1866? >I live in Bono Township in Lawrence County and there is a small community >called Bono close by. Most likely the oldest community in Lawrence County. >Larry Goettel >Bishop Robert R. Roberts Memorial >Association, Inc at Lawrenceport, Indiana >http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ > >------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C58605.DE546B00 >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; > name="Larry Goettel.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable >Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="Larry Goettel.vcf" > >BEGIN:VCARD >VERSION:2.1 >N:Goettel;Larry >FN:Larry Goettel >TEL;HOME;VOICE:812 849 2805 >ADR;HOME:;;3036 Lawrenceport Road;Mitchell;Indiana;47446-9555 >LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:3036 Lawrenceport = >Road=3D0D=3D0AMitchell, Indiana 47446-9555 >URL;HOME:http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ >EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:fishing@kiva.net >REV:20050711T154701Z >END:VCARD > >------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C58605.DE546B00-- > > >==== IN-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List ==== >If you wish to unsubscribe from the Indiana Ghost Towns list, send only the >word >UNSUBSCRIBE to IN-GHOSTTOWNS-l-request@rootsweb.com or if you are on the >Digest list >to IN-GHOSTTOWNS-d-request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C58605.DE546B00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit While reading a article about a Kansas church I read the following account. In 1866 a 11 wagon train left Bono, Indiana, Now called Toronto, for Bourbon County Kansas. Was there a town call Bono and changed its name to Toronto after 1866? I live in Bono Township in Lawrence County and there is a small community called Bono close by. Most likely the oldest community in Lawrence County. Larry Goettel Bishop Robert R. Roberts Memorial Association, Inc at Lawrenceport, Indiana http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C58605.DE546B00 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Larry Goettel.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Larry Goettel.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Goettel;Larry FN:Larry Goettel TEL;HOME;VOICE:812 849 2805 ADR;HOME:;;3036 Lawrenceport Road;Mitchell;Indiana;47446-9555 LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:3036 Lawrenceport = Road=3D0D=3D0AMitchell, Indiana 47446-9555 URL;HOME:http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:fishing@kiva.net REV:20050711T154701Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01C58605.DE546B00--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C557EE.40024250 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I would like to have information about any of the below listed towns or communities in Lawrence County , Indiana Please send any that are not listed so I may add them. Thanks Larry A road map of Lawrence County, drawn up prior to World War I and updated about 1925, included these towns, many of which are now abandoned: Flatwood and Armstrong in Perry Township; Peerless and Grayson in Marshall Township; Dark Hollow in Indian Creek Township; Georgia in Spice Valley Township; Beck's and Rivervale in Marion Township, and Stonington in Bono Township. Even before 1925 the following communities -- many with interesting and unusual names -- boasted business places: Hog Holler, Speed Hollow, Wolf Creek, Coveyville, Logan, Kentucky Hollow, Reed's Station, Torphytown, Pattonville, Stringtown, Giberson, Coxton, Goosetown, Jugtown, Moorestown, Pinhook, Five Points, Caseyville and Fishing Creek. Larry Goettel Bishop Robert R. Roberts Memorial Association, Inc at Lawrenceport, Indiana http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C557EE.40024250 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Larry Goettel.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Larry Goettel.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Goettel;Larry FN:Larry Goettel TEL;HOME;VOICE:812 849 2805 ADR;HOME:;;3036 Lawrenceport Road;Mitchell;Indiana;47446-9555 LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:3036 Lawrenceport = Road=3D0D=3D0AMitchell, Indiana 47446-9555 URL;HOME:http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:fishing@kiva.net REV:20050514T000203Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C557EE.40024250--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C54D6C.B226C860 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I found the following information in a history of Lawrenceport by Albert Andrews. I do not know just when it was written. I had heard of Scottville for some time and had interviewed the oldest people in that area and like me they had heard their father speak of Scottville and knew he had done business there. I am quoting form Albert Andrews " The first Post office that served the people of Lawrenceport was called Scottville and was a store owned by J. M. Baker on the B&O right of way near the Little Tunnel. C. C. Lewis was the Post Master The railroad built a depot on the west side of the White River about 40 rods from the river. The name of the station was Scottville. The post office was moved .to this depot and Mr. Wescott was the Post Master. Mr. William Turley was the next Post Master until 1872. C. C. Lewis was appointed again. The Post Office was moved to Lawrenceport and was in J. T. Andrews store. William Turley had a store near the railroad and sold it to J. T. Andrews in the year of 1875 and moved it to Lawrenceport. I can not find when the name changed from Scottville to Rivervale.The name of the railroad station was changed to Rivervale in 1882. Freight Shipments often went to Scottsburg. When Frank Toombs moved to Lawrenceport, a car of household goods went to Scottsburg. The railroad was at that time petitioned to change the name of the station, which they did to Rivervale." The railroad Albert Andrews is talking about is the Ohio Mississippi Railroad built 1854 to 1856. The location is where the railroad crosses The East Fork Of White River about 1 mile from Lawrenceport in Lawrence County Indiana. The tunnel he refers to as the little tunnel had the top taken off and is now just a cut in the hill It was just a short way across the river from Lawrenceport. I will be glad to try and answer any question. Larry Larry Goettel Bishop Robert R. Roberts Memorial Association, Inc at Lawrenceport, Indiana http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C54D6C.B226C860 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; name="Larry Goettel.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Larry Goettel.vcf" BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Goettel;Larry FN:Larry Goettel TEL;HOME;VOICE:812 849 2805 ADR;HOME:;;3036 Lawrenceport Road;Mitchell;Indiana;47446-9555 LABEL;HOME;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:3036 Lawrenceport = Road=3D0D=3D0AMitchell, Indiana 47446-9555 URL;HOME:http://www.hpcisp.com/~jsend/ EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:fishing@kiva.net REV:20050430T150929Z END:VCARD ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C54D6C.B226C860--