. 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. r, taking-(parts of) Wayne andWhite River, Stony Creek, Nettle Creek, and (parts of) Wash-ington and West Rivers. The Whitewater Valley includes most of Greensfork, Wash-ington ami West River. Miami Valley takes (parts of) Greens-fork and Wayne. There are three divides, mostly low andmarshy—(1) between Mississinewa and White Rivers ; (2) betweenWhite and Whitewater Rivers ; (3) between White and WhiteRiver and Miami.
. 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. r, taking-(parts of) Wayne andWhite River, Stony Creek, Nettle Creek, and (parts of) Wash-ington and West Rivers. The Whitewater Valley includes most of Greensfork, Wash-ington ami West River. Miami Valley takes (parts of) Greens-fork and Wayne. There are three divides, mostly low andmarshy—(1) between Mississinewa and White Rivers ; (2) betweenWhite and Whitewater Rivers ; (3) between White and WhiteRiver and Miami. The divide between Mississinewa andWhite begins near the center of Wayne southwest of Salem, andpassing near Harrisville, extends on the north side of, and notvery far from White River stream, through White River andMonroe Townships. The divide between White and Whitewater begins in thewest part of Greensfork, and, passing into the north part ofWashington and bending southward, it extends near the center ofWest River Township, and through the south part of NettleCreek. The divide, setting ofi the Miami waters fromthose of the White and the Whitewater, commences in Wayne. ., / J <^-ii-Tji<f e^^-^CMi^lt HISTORY OV RANDOLPH COUNTY. south of Union City, extends southwest through Wayne intoGreensfork, and thence south and southeast to the southeastpart of Greensfork. USES OF THK STREAMS. Many of these streams were in early times used for water-power for grist-mills, saw-mills and other machinery. The most important in these respects were MississinewaRiver, White River and Cabin Creek, the last being in somerespects the best of the three for water power. In the latter days the amount of water is much more vari-able and uncertain than of old in all the streams. The clearingof the timber and the drainage of the low lands seem to havegreatly lessened the quantity of water in the rivers and for these, and perhaps other reasons, steam has almostwholly superseded the us
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