Southport High School - Anchor Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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gimme. .0 7 Waiaiiyaw 777 January 9-Thomas Paine QBJ, a young Englishman who had recently come to America, published a 47 page pamphlet titled Common Sensef, Within three months it had become a colonial best-seller, selling over 120,000 copies, and quickly became a major factor in influenc- ing people's views on independence. ,George Washington noted: I find 'Common Sense' is working a pow- erful change in the minds of menf, It was also about this time in 1776 that Paul Revere QDJ became a member of the Committee of Corre- spondence. Revere is chiefly remembered for his famous ride on the night of April 18, 1775, to warn Lexington that the British were com- ing. July 4--The Declaration of Inde- pendence was signed and adopted by members of the Continental Con- gress at Independence I-Iall, Phila- delphia IFJ. The actual document was written by a committee of five, headed by Thomas Jefferson. Other members were John Adams, Benja- min Franklin fCJ, Robert R. Living- ston and Roger Sherman. During the summer of 1776, Dan- iel Boone fEJ was busy searching the woods round Boonesboro, Ken- tucky, for one of his daughters who had been kidnapped by the Indians. She was later found. Allied with the British, the Indians, mainly Shaw- nee and Cherokee, tried unsuccess- fully to detach Kentucky from Vir- ginia in the American Revolution. .DJJ KP . rf-adabaa-f 5-Wag! 1.4.5 - , I ,W ' 1 x gf' lfgf' V ,gf 3 , Q 1' t W1 -5-it .aa my W4 I ,far se IRFDNZX 1 wa.-KQJJI KMJZ, i 5?- cv

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767125 JW 1779-With the Revolutionary War going on in the east, General George Rogers Clark captured Ft. Sackville in Vincennes, Indiana, on Feb. 25. Clark, along with 100 men QAJ, brought about the surrender of Colonel Henry Hamilton, thus securing the Northwest Territory. 1300-Indiana officially became a territory, and William Henry Harri- son, a future president, was elected the first territorial governor. At that time, the population was 6,500 1811-Indians led by the Prophet attacked Harrison and his 1,000 man camp on the Tippecanoe River, near present-day Lafayette, before dawn on Nov. 7. Harrison, losing 190 men, defeated the lndians. They later rallied behind Tecumseh fFJ, brother of the Prophet. 1815-The first cabin near Sun- man was erected by Richard Wort- man. The home QCD was typical of ones built in Indiana during that period. A common mode of travel at this time was the covered wagon. QCJ. 1816-On Dec. 6, lndiana was for- mally admitted to the Union by Con- gress. Jonathan Jennings ,was elected the first governor with a salary of 351,000 With his wife, 'he lived in the governor's mansion at Corydon QBJ, until he resigned in 1822 to accept a seat in Congress. 1859-The world's first air mail trip by a balloon, Jupiter QDJ, took place in Lafayette on Aug. 17. W. Q . 1 'mace ,-shi,-- A we is-is A W ., .M -we ...Jw . 4 - . , - -1 - . --:Q wwf' . M ... xi ., ' P521 3 f'?if.,::. W3'rifz3i 'fiaiiff FT W' ' . ' .1 .-,X 2: .- 'i3f JF--i' . . . ' 'Wx-v' i t ,-wyM,g,.gs-M.Q, ,9t.s..: 1 -. nf, ,. gtg it -M W- 1 5 . .- - sr fapaafftiy .s m - 1 asa .: - Hagen afwmv. ., . g 1. swf., ns. X ,tfiis 1 . .. a .c new fs .X '- 'ff m N' M ' ' iw' 'z-'?1i'ff- s:':1'?.fl '-ii. Llifn. -. ' 'wzsafi 'I' ,Nl -:fi iii!--1?11:f,'5'g'i1'.?'1 7 ' ' ' fy f ,j i 2' V 1 Q ' ' 'A f 'W -- 6' 'flax' - . rf H1 - X' ' W1-rr 1. in -Os -Q:-ail. was -'Alz' :'.'r.::s - ft -- ,g 1, 11 an se p 't' P ' iiie 7 1 s 1 - L at pf li,. JN