. Indiana Historical Society publications . o, it was theKibbeys road that crossed Salt creek and eventually becamethe north fork of the famous Vincennes and Clarksville trace,often called the Buffalo trace. Prior to 1820, a store, or trading post was established atHindostan, probably on Captain Kibbeys road, by LewisBrooks, and from this store supplies for hunters, pioneers,etc., were taken down White river on boats to Portersville, thefirst county town of Dubois county. It was two miles fromPortersville to the Buffalo trace, thus this plan connected thetwo forks of this road and furnished a
. Indiana Historical Society publications . o, it was theKibbeys road that crossed Salt creek and eventually becamethe north fork of the famous Vincennes and Clarksville trace,often called the Buffalo trace. Prior to 1820, a store, or trading post was established atHindostan, probably on Captain Kibbeys road, by LewisBrooks, and from this store supplies for hunters, pioneers,etc., were taken down White river on boats to Portersville, thefirst county town of Dubois county. It was two miles fromPortersville to the Buffalo trace, thus this plan connected thetwo forks of this road and furnished a connecting link inevent of Indian trouble. Thomas J. Brooks conducted thestore at Portersville. The tradition is that the Brooks boughttheir goods *on east, i. e., Cincinnati. They were Yankees 17 Browns Western Gazetteer, pp. 62 and 63; Miscellaneous Rec-ord I, Indiana, p. 29; Volume 3 W. of First Meridian, p. 96; 1800State Auditors Office; Plat Book 5, p. 136; Plat Book i. page 127;Barly Travels in Indiana, p. 232. 354 Trails and Surveys. M PLATE I. Trails and Surveys 355 and came from Concord, Massachusetts. Hindostan failedduring the pestilence in Indiana between 1820 and 1822.^^ An Indian trail led from Vallonia southeast through Wash-ington and Scott counties into Clarks Grant/ entering itnear the Pigeon Roost ^Monument, and probably going to theFalls of the Ohio, by way of the old town of Springville, towhich town two traces came from the west.^-^ In 1801, Spring-ville was the county seat of Clark county. Its history cov-ered two years. It is now a ploughed field. Springlle Vvassituated on Pleasant Run, on the line between lots 94 and 115in Clarks Grant. It was a short distance from Charles-town. Springville, like many other pioneer county towns. haspassed a\\ay, except upon the old maps and surveys, never-theless, for this place on April 7, 1801, the first court of justiceof the territory of Indiana was commissioned by GeneralHarrison. Springville Avas headquarters for
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