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CHAPTER I.
GEOLOGY AND NATURAL FEATURES
GENERAL GEOLOGY OF CARROLL COUNTY - SURFACE
FEATURES - ARAL GEOLOGY - GEOLOGY OF VARIOUS TOWNSHIPS - USEFUL
CLAYS OF CARROLL COUNTY - COAL MINING OF THE COUNTY.
CHAPTER II.
EARLY SETTLEMENT
FIRST ACTUAL SETTLERS - COUNTY SEAT LOCATED -
PIONEER BURIALS - GOING TO MILL - BUILDING THE CANAL - FIRST WHITE
MAN'S GRAVE - VARIOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST - STYLE OF LIVING -
"JOHNNY APPLESEED" - EARLY STATE OF SOCIETY - FIRST STILL HOUSE -
EARLY TEMPERANCE DAYS - THE JAIL - THE COURTHOUSE - POPULATION
DECREASED - EARLY RAILROAD LINES
CHAPTER III.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND BEGINNINGS.
ANCIENT OWNERSHIP OF TERRITORY - THE INDIANS
WHO ONCE HELD IT - PART OF THE GREAT NORTHWEST TERRITORY - ONCE
INCLUDED IN SEVERAL OTHER COUNTIES - ITS NAME - ITS COUNTY SEAT
LOCATED - FIRST OFFICIAL ACTION - FIRST OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY -
PART OF THE LEGISLATIVE ACT CREATING THE COUNTY.
CHAPTER IV.
COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
FIRST STEPS AFTER THE ORGANIZATION OF CARROLL
COUNTY - SETTING THE MACINERY OF A COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN MOTION -
PLANNING FOR COUNTY BUILDINGS - FIRST TERM OF COURT - COUNTY
OFFICIALS LIST COMPLETE FROM THE FIRST OFFICERS WHO SERVED -
ASSESSED VALUATION - FINANCES - EXPENDITURES - POLITICAL FIGURES -
PERSONAL MENTION - INTERESTING EVENTS - MORGAN'S RAID - CARROLLTON
IN 1846 - BUILDING OF COURTHOUSES AND JAILS - THE INFIRMARY -
HIGHWAYS.
CHAPTER V.
RAILROADS, TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES.
EARLY RAILROAD HISTORY - OLD TIME TRAIN ORDER -
RAILROAD MILEAGE - THE OLD CANAL.
CHAPTER VI.
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.
THE CHIEF INDUSTRY - WOOL AND STOCK INTERESTS -
"SMALL FARMING" - CORN AND WHEAT IN 1858 - STATISTICAL REPORTS OF
1885 - WIDE RANGE OF CROPS - COUNTY FARM BUREAU - COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY - GROUNDS AN BUILDINGS - PRESENT OFFICERS.
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