. History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships. ph County was on SaltCreek, east of Winchester, owned by Daniel Petty, date notknown. The first tan-yard wasprobably set up by Hugh Botkin south-east of Iluntsville. Mr. B. came very early. The first onemay have been at Sampletown. The first death is not known. The first burying ground was probably at Arba. Arba,Lynn, Cherry Grove, Jericho, White River and Dunkirk meet-ings were all established shortly after the sett
. History of Randolph County, Indiana with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers : to which are appended maps of its several townships. ph County was on SaltCreek, east of Winchester, owned by Daniel Petty, date notknown. The first tan-yard wasprobably set up by Hugh Botkin south-east of Iluntsville. Mr. B. came very early. The first onemay have been at Sampletown. The first death is not known. The first burying ground was probably at Arba. Arba,Lynn, Cherry Grove, Jericho, White River and Dunkirk meet-ings were all established shortly after the settlement of the countyArba being almost certainly first. The first drain-tile made in the county, as also in the State,were manufactured by hand by John K. Martin in a machinemade by himself in 1856. He made 200 rods and burned themin a brick-kiln in his fathers yard. The first woolen factory in Randolph County is thought tohave been at Unionsport by Hiram Mendenhall. The date can-not be stated. The first teachers institute was held at Winchester under thedirection of Prof. E. P. Cole, Principal of Randolph CountySeminary, about 1850. Those early in-stitutes were full of in-. (L^V/, //// c 1/ //rit^ HISTORY OF RANDOLPH COUNTY. 43 terest and profit, and would compare very favorably with manyheld in later times. The first session of the Union Literary Institute commencedJune 15, 1846, with Rev. Ebenezor Tucker as Principal, in atwo-story hewed log house, upon ground cleared from the heavygreen woods for the purpose. A huge tree-trunk, four feetthrough, lay for years not twenty feet from the door, thathad just been felled in the green, and the boarding houseerected the next year had several green stumps under thefloors. The first hotel in Winchester was kept by James McCool, ablind man. It was set up in 1819. The first hotel in the county may have been kept by JosephGass, between Economy and Winchester. At least it was therein the spring of 1817, when the Way Company came throughfro
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