Descriptive atlas of Bartholomew County, Indiana - ef1460b26d038fcd5bac6a1f80358965 (page 12)

This is an atlas of Bartholomew County, Indiana, published by Acme Publishing Company in Chicago, Illinois, in 1900. It includes maps of the county and its townships and towns, as well as a digest of government surveys of public lands and also a patrons' directory. The patron's directory lists prominent citizens by township, town and profession. The digest is "an historical sketch showing the plan of the government surveys of public lands." It discusses the process for the mapping and distribution of public lands, government land bounties and grants as well as the Homestead Law. It also includes map of Indiana, the United States, map of the world and "principle cities of the old world."