46 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



Advertisement: Town of Solon 



[Madison Indiana Republican, May 5, 1831] 



[April 28, 1831] 

 ON SATURDAY. 



THE 4TH DAY OF JUNE NEXT, THERE WILL BE 

 A PUBLIC SALE OF TOWN LOTS, 



In the Town of 

 SOLON, 



Lately laid out, at Robinson's Stand, Rock Creek 

 Ford, Jennings Co., in a central situation between Co- 

 lumbus and Vernon ; 34 miles from Madison and 52 from 

 Indianapolis. The scite is a beautiful situation, on high 

 ground, and in a very healthy part of the country, afford- 

 ing plenty of the purest cool water, at a depth not ex- 

 ceeding 20 feet. 



There are fine settlements and good Mills convenient, 

 and much excellent vacant land in the immediate vicinity 

 — a fine stream of living water, running over a bed of 

 lime rock, passes within a few rods of the town plat. 



Sixty-four lots are surveyed, 4 rods by 8, each of 

 which is bounded on three sides by a street 48 feet wide, 

 or alley 10 feet wide. 



The State Road, one of the greatest thoroughfares in 

 the state, forms one of the streets, and a county road 

 another. 



Ten of the Lots, I will donate to ten of the most use- 

 ful mechanical trades; the first applicants for which, 

 who produce good recommendations, will receive titles. 



Two of the lots, for a schoolhouse, and ten per cent of 

 all the proceeds of the others, I will devote to the benefit 

 of Education. 



One half of the remaining lots, will positively be sold 

 to the highest bidder, on the day above mentioned, on a 

 credit of 12 to 18 months. 



For further information, address. 



Solon Robinson, P. M. 



Rock Creek Ford, Jennings Co. la. 1 

 April 28, 1831. 31. tds 



1 la., a common abbreviation for Indiana in the thirties. 



