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| Our Neighborhood, by Bill Spurgeon - Muncie Star, 17 July 1995 - Doc2674.pdf |
| "Mrs. O. W. Grafmiller: My Grandfather
Isaac Stout had the Post office at Bethel and when he died my
father, Lon Johnson, took it over and kept it until Rural Free
Delivery system came in. My Great Grandfather James Stout
entered the land where the old store building stands. I have
the government deed signed by President Buchanan." An Added
note on Bethel: When the Post office was in the community it
was known as Stout" [Our Neighborhood, by Dick Green - Muncie Star - Date unknown] |
| "Bethel today has several dwellings and
mobil homes, the neat concrete block United Church of Christ, the
now empty Odd Fellows Hall, a two-story brick structure that stands
at the cross roads and one time housed a grocery." [Our Neighborhood, by Dick Greene - Muncie Star, 29 March 1972] |
| Bethel: "In Harrison township is the little place called Bethel, or, more recently, Stout, from the name of the merchant for a long time located at that point, Isaac Stout. This is on the south side of section 20, . . ." - [S5 page 102] |
| Harrison: "This is on the south side of section 20, and not far away was the place named Harrison, designed as a village by Job Garner, who conducted the first merchandising enterprise of the township at that point." [S5 page 102] |
| Red Men Lodge in Bethel - [Our Neighborhood, The Muncie Star, 6 May 1991] |
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| S1 | Google Maps: | |||
| S2 | United States Official Postal Guide. Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company, April 1875. | |||
| S3 | Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Vol. 2. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976. | |||
| S4 | Bracken Library Special Collections. Ball State University | |||
| S5 | Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whipporwill Publications, 1984. | |||
| S6 | Baker, J. David. The Postal History of Indiana, Microfiche. Louisville, Ky: Leonard H. Hartman, 1976,. | |||
| S7 | Map of Delaware County, Indiana. Compiled by H. Lester Janney. Revised by Ward M. Harlan, 1965 | |||
| S8 | An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffing, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprinted., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971. | |||
| S9 | Map: Delaware County,
Indiana, 1876. (Published by Baskin, Forster & Co. Lakeside
Building Chicago, 1876. Engraved & Printed by Chas. Shober & Co.
Props. Of Chicago Lithographing Co.) David Rumsey Map
Collection.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~23110~790090:Map-of-Delaware-County---Published-#
Accessed, 27 Feb 2012. Acc002078/Ph9386-001 to 041.jpg Detail: Bethel - Harrison PO, Harrison Township |
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| S10 | Map: Asher, Adams &
Higgins. New Topographical Atlas and Gazetteer of Indiana, multiple
counties including Delaware, Blackford, Madison, and Hamilton and
others. Indianapolis: Higgins & Ryan, 1870, pages 19, 20. David
Rumsey Map Collection.
http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~33585~1171285:New-topographical-atlas-and-gazette?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No#
Accessed 28 Feb 2012. Acc002079/Ph9387.jpg Map Detail: Harrison Township, Delaware County |
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| S11 | WikiPedia Article | |||
| S12 | Book: Map of Delaware County Indiana: Indexed and Printed in Atlas Form from 1874 Wall Map. Original: Philadelphia: A.L. Klingman, 1874. Reprint: Muncie, Indiana: D & N Research, 1989. Bk3642 | |||
| S13 | Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware
County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press,
2019. Bk4212 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/ |
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