78 INDIANA HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS 



from Valparaiso once a week to West Creek & another 

 from West Creek to City West — There are five sawmills 

 in operation in the County, to-wit: Earle's Dustin's & 

 Wood's on Deep River; McCarty's on Cedar Creek & 

 Foley's on a branch of Cedar Creek. There are three 

 dilapidated ones towit: Miller's & Dustin's old mills on 

 Deep river and Walton's on Turkey Creek — the last about 

 being repaired. 



There has also been two other beginnings of mills — one 

 on Plum Creek & one on Cedar Creek. 



There are two grist mills, Wood's & Wilson & Saunders 

 three run of stone — Mr. Earle is also engaged at the 

 present time in building another which will have from 2 

 to 4 run. 



There are about fifty frame houses at this time in the 

 county — five churches ie. one Roman Catholic on prairie 

 West, one Methodist Episcopal at lower bridge of West 

 Creek, one ditto at hickory point, one ditto in Crown 

 Point, the three first so far completed as to be in constant 

 use, one Presbyterian at Crown Point. There are two 

 brick dwelling houses — two public offices of brick — and 

 several small out buildings of brick at Crown Point — 

 these are the only ones in the county — the first one of 

 these was built in the fall of 1844 — There are some 4 or 5 

 stores in the county — ie. — H. S. Pelton & Wm. Alton, at 

 Crown Point, Mr. Taylor at Pleasant Grove — a small 

 stock at Wood's mills & another in the German Settle- 

 ment over West. 



The majority of the inhabitants are Yorkers & Yan- 

 kees. There are about 100 families of Germans — some 

 15 families of Irish & about a dozen of English. There 

 are 6 or 7 physicians in the county that depend on their 

 practice for a living. There are 5 local preachers of the 

 Methodist Church & one circuit or mission preacher, re- 

 siding in the county ; and one presbyterian — the Catholic 

 Church are visited by a missionary at short intervals. 



There are two attornies, with scarcely practice enough 

 to support one — The County officers in April 1847 are 



