A history of Westfield, Indiana : the promise of the land / Tom Rumer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rumer, Thomas A., author.

Series:

Brief History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Westfield (Ind.)--History.

Westfield (Ind.).

Washington (Hamilton County, Ind. : Township)--History.

Washington (Hamilton County, Ind. : Township).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Founded in 1834 by a small group of Quakers protesting human slavery in the South, Westfield and Washington Township served as an important home station on the Underground Railroad.Shortly after black emancipation, residents rallied to promote racial equality and harmonious living, helping to curtail the clout of the Ku Klux Klan.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. The Founders Assemble in the Wilderness

2. Read It in the Paper

3. The 1840s: The Promise Up Close

4. The 1850s: The Promise on Display

5. The 1860s: The Recent War

6. The 1870s: It Comes With the Promise

7. An Informative Entry into the 1880s

8. The Turn into the Twentieth Century

9. Growing Up from the Early 1900s

10. The Late 1930s: The Shamrock Times

11. The 1940s: Close to Home

12. The 1950s: Looking Ahead

13. The 1960s and '70s: Still the Community

14. The 1980s: True Modernity

15. The 1990s: New Promise, New Scale

16. The New Millennium

17. The Spoken History Perspective

Afterword: The Bread Bowl

Bibliographical Essay

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781625849335

1625849338

OCLC:

1414455978