Crawfordsville (Indiana)
Montgomery County
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Crawfordsville is a city in the U.S. state of Indiana with about 15,000 inhabitants. It is the county seat ( county seat ) of Montgomery County.
History
When French traders and missionaries first came to the White area of today's Crawfordsville, this was inhabited by various Indian tribes, including Miami and Shawnee. During the British - American War from the year 1812, some tribes sided with the British. Invaded in 1813 members of the American Army before in the area still held by Indians. They found densely forested land and raw materials such as clay and shale. Due to the Treaty of St. Mary's (German: Treaty of St. Mary's ) in 1817 was ceded by the Indian tribes land and permanent settlement of the area began around the year 1823.
Many of the early settlers came from Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Ohio. One of the motivations to settle in Crawfordsville, was here the existing degree of legal certainty with regard to once acquired land ownership, which was less pronounced in other areas and therefore often led to litigation. 1834, the town was finally registered as a community.
Mid-19th century was Crawfordsville with the development of the area by the railroad to a transport hub and commercial center. The town sprang up among other weavers, tanneries and brickworks. In 1832, the Wabash College was established, which is open to male students only until today. In 1860 the city had 1922 inhabitants. 1882 a telephone network was put into operation in Crawfordsville and 1890 was the site of a private power company.
In Crawfordsville is the General Lew Wallace Study, a building that served the author Lew Wallace as a work space and which was registered in 1976 as a National Historic Landmark.
Traffic
In Crawfordsville, the U.S. Highways 231 and 136 intersect the city is the owner of 1946 went into operation in Crawfordsville Municipal Airport, which is located about 5 kilometers south of the city.
Sons and daughters of the town
- John Beard Allen, politicians
- Joseph Percival Allen, former astronaut
- Kent Kessler, Jazz Musicians
- Sidney De Paris, Jazz Musicians
- Bryan James Hellwig, former wrestler
- Eleanor Lambert, journalist
- Howard Wilcox, race car driver
- Jacob Wilson, race car driver
- John Lockwood Wilson, politicians