Janeral Tootle (c. 1827-1892) Underground Railroad Conductor and Civil War Veteran By Mary E. Anthrop “… free (African Americans) in Indiana had some rights which white men might find it prudent to respect.” Lafayette Daily Courier July 5, 1860 An 1860 arrest in Crawfordsville, an alleged station on the Underground Railroad, illustrates the […]
Kinship and Migration The African American Population in Lafayette after the Civil War By Mary E. Anthrop A “Lost Letter” from the Christian Recorder (Philadelphia) Curious notices, like the one above, appeared frequently in the African Methodist Episcopal Church newspaper, The Christian Recorder, in the years at the end of the Civil War. Known as […]
100 years ago, two Lafayette men made the trip of a lifetime. Leaving in November, 1922 and returning in June 1923, Dr. Richard B. Wetherill and Thomas Duncan traveled the length of Africa by steamer boat, canoe, train and on foot. Wetherill was a recently-retired Lafayette physician and amateur anthropologist and historian who had already […]
“Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!” The Great Whig Rally of 1840 Part I By Julie Dichtl Editors Note: This article first appeared in the Tippecanoe County Historical Association’s newsletter, Weatenotes, Vol. 24, February 1991. The author served TCHA as Volunteer Coordinator and Weatenotes editor before joining St. Elizabeth Hospital as Director f Volunteer Services in June, […]
The Orphan Train in Tippecanoe County By Amy Harbor, Research Library Coordinator The Children’s Aid Society of New York City was founded in 1853 with the purpose of improving the living conditions of some 10,000 vagrant children in the city. Its first Secretary, Charles Loring Brace, developed programs to provide education, housing, food, clothing and […]
Indiana’s Second State Fair In 1936, Tippecanoe County physician and historian, William M. Reser, wrote about the second state fair held in Indiana for the Indiana Magazine of History. Why would he research this topic? This 2nd state fair was held in Tippecanoe County! Held in October, 1853, the 2nd Indiana State Fair was held […]