Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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foU iiiii. ' Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirTmTm mi ni mize E To M. Ella Wilkinson in grateful ap- preciation of her many years of devoted interest and faithful service in Elkhart High School.

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nullum • ' -ii ■ ■ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiinm V HISTORY OF ELKHART The land whereon now stands the thriving city of Elkhart was once the property of the Ottawas, Chippewas and the Pottawatomies. The noble forests which sheltered them, long ago succumbed to the acts of the settler and the clear water of the beautiful St. Joseph instead of reflecting dense forests and painted savages in bark canoes now reflect the tall smokestacks and massive walls of mills and factories in great variety which resound with the hum of industry. It was about the year 1800 when Samuel Bibbens visited the present site of Elkhart. He found only two white men and they were French traders who were temporarily here for barter with the Indians. It was not until 1827 that white men settled on the site of the present city. Early in that year Jesse Rush and Andrew Naffsinger with their families settled on the northwest bank of the St. Joseph in that part of the city now known as Riverside. Early in the year 1831 Dr. Havilah Beardsley coming from Ohio purchased of Pierre Morain, a Potta- watomie chief a square mile of territory. iimniiiiiiii . ' ■ ! ' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.iniiiiiii — 5 —