. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . of the exhaustionof funds. It was not until July 1, 1888, thatthe first patients were received. These came atfirst from all parts of the State, but the hospitalis now limited to the care of patients fromtwenty-two counties designated the northerndistrict for the insane (Laws. 1889, p. 391). CLARK COUNTY JEFFERSONVILLE, SEAT OF JUSTICE CLARK COUNTY is located in the south-east section of the State and its entiresoutheaster
. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . of the exhaustionof funds. It was not until July 1, 1888, thatthe first patients were received. These came atfirst from all parts of the State, but the hospitalis now limited to the care of patients fromtwenty-two counties designated the northerndistrict for the insane (Laws. 1889, p. 391). CLARK COUNTY JEFFERSONVILLE, SEAT OF JUSTICE CLARK COUNTY is located in the south-east section of the State and its entiresoutheastern section is bounded by the Ohioriver. To the north are Jefferson and Scottcounties, while Washington bounds it on thewest and Floyd county on the south. Organization.—Clark county was set apart 15 February 1, 1801, by William Henry Harrison,Governor of the Territory of Indiana, and wasnamed in honor of the celebrated General GeorgeRogers Clark, at one time a citizen of the that time the boundaries, as defined by theGovernor, were Beginning on the Ohio river atthe mouth of the Blue river, thence up that river 226 CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA. Administration Building, Indiana State Forest Reserva-tion, Clark County. to the crossing of the Vincennes road, thence ina direct line to the nearest point on White river,thence up that river to its source and to FortRecovery, thence on the line of the northwestterritory to the Ohio at the mouth of the Ken-tucky, thence to the place of beginning. Theoriginal county was very large and included inwhole or in part twenty-one of the present coun-ties of the State, which constituted about one-fifth of the area. Clark county now containsabout 400 square miles. Most of the land withinthe present limits of the county is embraced inwhat is called Illinois Grant, or Clarks Grant,made by the Legislature of Virginia in 1786,which conveyed to certain commissioners 149,000acres of land in trust, to be apportioned accord-ing to
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