This volume explores the political, economic, agricultural, and educational developments in the early years of the nineteenth state. Carmony's book also describes how and why Indiana developed as it did during its formative years and its role as a member of the United States. --

Which section of the country did most pioneers of early Indiana come from when this section of the country first opened up for settlement? Col. Cockrum, who spent his life living on the old family homestead in Indiana, patiently gathered material from private sources for fifty years or more, and his harvest, published in his 1907 book " Pioneer History of Indiana" is most interesting. This pioneer history covers their manners and customs, the dangers...

Shows the boundaries of the state of Indiana, the territories preceding it, and the counties organized within it.

Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Indiana, whose motto is "The Crossroads of America."

Chronicles the history of the State of Indiana from prehistoric times through the late twentieth century.