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Summitsport
Salem Township
Delaware County, Indiana

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Township: Salem

Location:

Coordinates: Approximate 40.13225, -85.55843 [S6] -

North of Daleville; Referred to as "Mt. Summit" ...located north of White River across from "Dalesville" ...population about 200 people [S2, p 98]

Other Names:
Summits Port: [S4] -
Mount Summit: [S2, p 98]

Date Platted: 1837 [S3, map 13-7]

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Maps:
1837: "Summitsport, Jason Hutson proprietor on section one T19 R8 Salem Twp 1837" [S3, map 13-7]
1873: "Summitsport for assessor in 1873" [S3, map 17-6] - Link, (Hand drawn plat map.; Lists owner of and price of each lot.)
nd: "Summitsport" [S3, map 2-2] -

"In the early thirties [1830s] what was known as 'the hydraulic' was begun by the state at this point. This was intended as a feeder to the Wabash canal. A dam ten feet high was constructed across the rive at this point, and some of the stones and timbers were to be seen in the bed of the river as late as ten years ago. The canal was cut on the north bank of the river, extending along low hills in many places nearly a mile from the river. At the head of this canal. on the opposite side of the river from where Daleville now stands, a town said to have had two or three hundred inhabitants and known as Mount summit grew up. The canal enterprise failed, however, and the village disintegrated. Some of the old buildings stood for over half a century, but the owner of the land, John Bronnenberg, had long since plowed across the streets that had been laid out when tht village was started." [S2, p 98]

Summits Port was established to be a port on canal between Daleville and Anderson - When the water was let into the canal, it was all lost before it reached Anderson and the venture was lost. [S4] - [S9, pdf page 7] - [S11] -

Mill Race ?? - An interesting feature just east of the intersection of CR400S and CR900W - CR400S tees into CR900W at this point - [S6] - [S7] -
- Could this have been the site for Summitsport instead of where I have placed it? Or, could it have something to do with Summitsport?

Delinquent Taxes List: "The following names were published on pages one, two and three of the Indiana Signal on 13 Dec 1848 with the heading: 'A LIST OF LANDS & LOTS in Delaware County, Returned Delinquent for non-payment of Taxes Thereon for the Year 1847.' The owners' names, number of acres, township, exact location of land, amount of taxes owed and other information were published. Some Landowners held land in more than one township. Joseph Anthony was the county auditor. He gave notice that the lands and lots would be sold at public auction to pay for the taxes, interest and penalties owed. The sale would be held on the first Monday, being the first day of January 1849. Those not sold would be forfeited to the state."

No. 1 Salem Twp.
(Summitsport)
Accord, Job
Allen, John
Bowman, Joseph
Cole, Ephraim
Ensign, Robert
Gustin, John
Johnson, James
Michael, George (heirs)
[S8]

Deed Record (Dated 15 April 1839) - Jason Hutson - (Doc5190.pdf) - http://157.91.22.216/GIS_resources/surveys/summitsport_3_524-half.pdf

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	Source Citation	Image (Click for larger View) (To Magnify larger image - use CTRL + )
S1	Google Maps
S2	Kemper, G.W.H., M.D., ed. A Twentieth Century History of Delaware County Indiana, 1908; reprint ed., Evansville, Indiana: Whippoorwill Publications, 1984. Bk3012.
S3	Bracken Library Special Collections. Ball State University.
S4	Newsletter Article: "Present Site of Daleville Fixed by Dale's Plot". Delaware County Heritage Newsletter (Delaware County Historical Alliance, Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana), Vol. 15, No. 6, 19 December 2000. [Page 3] (Originally appeared in "Daleville Centennial News", Vol. 1, No. 1, Tuesday, 1 Nov 1938) Extract: "On January 10, 1827 Campbell Dale purchased on half of section 12 from the U.S. Government, including the northeast quarter (three fourths of which is now within the corporate limits of Daleville) The east half of the southeast quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter. This act established the present site for Daleville and about this same time an attempt was made to establish a village or a port of trade by damming White River and feeding a canal. The Anderson Hydraulic Company undertook the building of this canal which followed White River and was to furnish transportation for intake and outlet of tradeable goods. The name for the prospective town was Summits Port and is said to have been located on the river near the Roy Schlegel, Henry Bronnenberg or John Bronnenberg farms. Few buildings went up however, for when the water was turned in, it was all lost before it reached Anderson and the canal venture was lost. Many of us have had lots of fun picnicking and fishing on the banks of White River, and our sons have learned to swim 'down at the ole dam.' " Dale's grave site located at, 8110 Sorghum St., erected by Mrs. Ed Huffman
S5	Newspaper Article: "Along the Old Canal" - Anderson [Indiana] Herald-Bulletin, 3 Jan 2010, p C-3 Ph7789.jpg	Ph7789.jpg Doc0791.pdf
S6	Google Custom Map "Salem Township, Delaware County, Indiana"	Link
S7	Book: An Atlas of Delaware County, Indiana. Philadelphia: Griffin, Gordon & Co, 1887, reprinted., Knightstown, Indiana: Mayhill Publications, 1971
S8	"Delaware County Delinquent Taxpayers of 1847" Transcribed by Joyce Colleen Libes. Delaware County Genealogist and Historian, March 1996, pages 15, 16 - Doc2908.pdf
S9	Three Cheers for 200 Years. Daleville, Indiana: Salem Township Bicentennial Committee, 1976, Bk1867. - Doc2788.pdf
S10	Flook, Chris. Lost Towns of Delaware County, Indiana. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2019. Bk4212 - Pages 37, 38, 172, 173 http://lostdelawarecounty.chrisflook.org/
S11	Hydraulic Canal: Hydraulic Canal Built to Power Industry - https://mchs09.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/hydraulic-canal/ (Accessed, 2 Apr 2019)
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