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The History of the Lost Creek Settlement. Terre Haute is celebrating its bicentennial along with the State of Indiana this year. Digitization of Dorothy Ross’ family history collection chronicling the lives of the earliest, free African American settlers as well as the formation of one of the earliest settlements of free people of color in ...
Jan 14, 2022 · Reed’s late mother, Dorothy Ross — a beloved historian of the settlement — described her ancestor’s freedom papers to a Tribune-Star reporter during the Lost Creek Grove’s open house in ...
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The Lost Creek Settlement was an area of approximately 20 sq. miles, or 12,800 acres, located in the Northeast corner of Vigo County. It is possible that the settlement area had been platted by a Quaker group friendly to our ancesters. Otter Creek Township was formed in 1820.
Mar 27, 2016 · Dorothy Ross, 92, tells the history of Lost Creek. ... History behind Vigo County’s Lost Creek . by: Marissa Miller ... Indiana dashboard adds 26 COVID deaths, 1,639 more cases of coronavirus in ...
Feb 28, 2015 · Vigo County. African-Americans had settled Vigo County early in its documented history. Only two years after Vigo County was formed (1818), the 1820 census showed there were 26 free blacks in the ...
Feb 12, 2017 · Lost Creek Township in Northeastern Vigo County contains a treasure trove of history. Free blacks, Quakers and Native Americans settled there in the 1800s.
Sep 18, 2016 · As Indiana celebrates its bicentennial, the Lost Creek Grove Restoration and Preservation Foundation is promoting the settlement's legacy as an under-told segment of the state's history.
