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Excerpt from History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present; With Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc;; Together With an Extended History of the Northwest, the Indiana Territory and the State of Indiana UR history of Pike and Dubois Counties, after months Of per sistent, conscientious labor, is now completed. Every impor tant field Of research has been minutely scanned by those engaged in its preparation, and no subject of universal public value has been omitted save where protracted efiort failed to secure trustworthy re sults. The impossibility of ingrafting upon the pages of this volume the vast fund of the counties' historic information, and the proper omission of many valueless details, have compelled the publishers to select such matters as are deemed of the greatest importance. Fully aware of our inability to furnish a perfect history from meager public documents, in accurate private correspondence, and numberless con flicting traditions. We make no pretension Of having prepared a work devoid of blemish. Through the courtesy and the generous assist ance met with everywhere, we have been enabled to rescue from Oblivion the greater portion of important events that have transpired in past years. We feel assured that all thoughtful people in the counties, at present and in future, will recognize and appreciate the importance Of the undertaking and the great public benefit that has been accomplished. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.