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was in Jackson County, at a place in the northeast section where White River
enters and known now as Tipton's Island, that General John Tipton engaged
the Indians in 1812 and practically ended Indian warfare in the Indian Territory.
It was also in Jackson County that General Wayne signed a treaty with the
Indians, at a place three miles west of Seymour. The site is marked with
a stone monument.
In addition to White River, which runs through the county, there are a number of other streams. The extensive bottomlands along these waterways are quite fertile and compromise about half the county's area. Although the surface of the county is mostly level, or slightly rolling, there is a range of hills cutting diagonally from northeast to southwest and another in the northwest section. Jackson County was the fourteenth formed and was originally was part of Washington and Jefferson Counties. Today it is a territory of 518 square miles, divided into twelve townships, located in the south central part of the state. The incorporated city is Seymour, 7,508; towns: Brownstown, 1,758; Crothersville, 979, and Medora, 654. The county population in 1890 was 24,139; 1900, 26,633; 1910, 24,727; 1920, 24,288; 1930, 23,731. The chief city is Seymour, which is noted for its points of artistic interest. Among these is the Carnegie Library, outstanding for its art books. Adjoining is the H. Vance Swope Memorial Art Gallery. Swope, a native of the county is a prominent New York artist. The gallery was erected in 1928 by the Seymour Art League, whose collections and exhibits were begun in 1913. One institute in the city, the Farmers' Clubhouse is the only one of its kind in the United States. One mile south of Seymour, on the M. S. Blish Estate, is a stone marker indicating the site of the first blockhouse for defense against the Indians. The Blish Family erected a monument, four and a half miles northeast of the city, in honor of General John Tipton. Southwest of Seymour, in Vallonia, a stone monument marks the site of the old French Trading Post. Here also is a marker erected by the Jackson County Historical Society on the site of the old blockade used by General Tipton and his men. Up the river, near the famous Indian Battleground, Tipton Island may be found the old "Treaty Tree." Near here in the bed of the White River is a huge granite boulder weighing several tons. The boulder is an unusual site, for it is the only evidence of rock in the entire vicinity. Jackson County had a total of 43 manufacturing establishments, according to figures of the 1935 federal census. A total of 2,238 wage earners were employed on payrolls totaling $1,529,370. The value of the manufactured products was $9,306,194. The county had 2,261 farms with an average of 118.5 acres each. The value of these farms was $10,414,161. A total of 36,842 head of livestock was reported. Jackson County's tax valuation for 1936 was $20,999,360. |
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