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CHAPTER 1 - GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY |
17-20 |
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Moraines and Glaciers
- Surface Characteristics of the County
- Rivers and Drainage Routes
- Soils and Their Dispositions
- Organic Content of the Soils |
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CHAPTER 2 - EARLY SETTLEMENT |
20-33 |
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- The
Pottawatomie Indians
- Indian Treaties that Effected Fulton County
- Removal of the Indians
- First White Settler of the County
- First White Settlers Classified by Townships |
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CHAPTER 3 - COUNTY ORGANIZATION |
33-58 |
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-
Erection of the County
- Enabling Act
- First County Officers
- Formation of Original Townships
- Creation of Other Townships
- List of County Officers
- County commissions
- Clerks
- Recorders
- Sheriffs
- Auditors
- Treasurers
- Circuit Court Judges
- Probate Court Judges
- Common Pleas Court Judges
- First Court Houses
- First Court House and Jail
- Subsequent Public Buildings
- Corporate Towns of the County with Dates of Incorporation
- Rochester Incorporated as a City |
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CHAPTER 4 - TRANSPORTATION |
58-69 |
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-
Michigan Road
- Road Systems of the County
- Work Done by Each Township and County
- Railroads of the County
- Interurbans with Appropriations for and Dates of Construction |
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CHAPTER 5 - MILITARY |
69-80 |
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Mexican War
- Civil War
- Spanish-American War
- World War
- Grand Army of the Republic
- Gold Star List
- American Legion
- Red Cross and Junior Red Cross
- County Council of Defence
- Liberty Loans |
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CHAPTER 6 - EDUCATION |
80-108 |
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-
Legislative Act
- Present School System
- County Examiners and Superintendents of Schools
- History of the Schools of the County by Townships
- The Last Yearly Reports of School Teachers
- Rochester Schools
- School Building Program of County
- County Agricultural Agent
- Libraries of the County |
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CHAPTER 7 - MANUFACTURING AND COMMERCE |
108-110 |
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- The
Indian Mill
- Early Mills and Industries of the County
- Present Manufactories |
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CHAPTER 8 - BANKS AND BANKING |
110-115 |
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-
First Banks of the County
- Present Banks of the County and Statements of Their Condition
- Officers and Directors of Banks |
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CHAPTER 9 - THE PRESS |
115-121 |
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- The
Rochester Republican and Its Predecessors
- Sentinel
- The Akron News
- The Kewanna Herald
- Fulton Leader
- Present Editors
- Chester White Journal |
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CHAPTER 10 - PHYSICIANS AND THE PUBLIC
HEALTH |
121-127 |
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Hardships of Early Doctors
- Milk Sickness
- First Doctor in the County
- The Fulton County Medical Society
- Officers and Present Membership
- County Health Officers
- The Health Officers of Incorporated Towns and Cities
- County Health Unit of Rockefeller Institution
- Red Cross Nurse
- Anti-Tuberculosis Society of Fulton County
- Woodlawn Hospital |
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CHAPTER 11 - CHURCH AND WELFARE WORK |
121-135 |
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Methodist Churches
- Christian Churches
- Presbyterian Churches
- Baptist Churches
- Catholic Churches
- United Brethren Churches
- Church of God
- Church of the Living God
- Evangelical Churches
- Associated Charity and Officers
- Needle Work Club |
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CHAPTER 12 - HISTORY OF AKRON AND
HENRY TOWNSHIP |
135-145 |
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Written by Mrs. Ina Whittenberger Brundige |
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CHAPTER 13 -
SOME PROMINENT PERSONS IN
FULTON COUNTY HISTORY |
142-135 |
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