Talbott's Logansport & Peru Indiana Directories

This is the 1859-1860 Directory For Logansport and Peru Indiana. It lists every name and residence of every male citizen. It also has a business mirror for both cities and an appendix for National, State, County, and City Official.

In This Great Old Book You Will Find Many People Listed By Name.
The Book Discloses The Types Of Business They Were Engaged In. It Also Give Address Where They Lived Or Were Engaged In Business.
It Also Has Some Really Great Advertisement Of This Time Period.
With Engavings Of Such Things As A Printing Press, Farm Implements, Cook Stove, The Palmer House In Indianapolis Indiana, The Famous Short Line Railroad, The American Hotel in Indianapolis Indiana And Other Items. It Gives Information On Government Offices, State Government And City Government, Alderman, Cass County Officers, Cass County Courts, Masonic, Independent Order Of Odd Fellows, Divisions Of Temperance, I.O.S.M., Military Company, Fire Department, Telegraph Company, Banks And Bankers, Churches, Attorney At Law, Ambrotypes And Photographs, Barbers, Billiards, Blacksmiths, Boarding Houses, Bookseller And Stationer, Boot And Shoe Manufactures, Cabinet And Furniture Dealers, Carpenters And Builders, China, Glass And Queensware, Dentists, Durgs And Medicines, Dry Goods, Express Companies, Forwarding Merchants, Foundry And Mechine Shop, General Stores, Grocers, Wholesale And Retail, Hardware And Cutlery, Harness Makers, Hats And Caps, Hide And Leather Dealer, Hotels, Livery And Sale Stable, Meat Store, Merchant Tailors, Newspapers, Notaries Public, Painters, Physicians, Printers, Railroads, Railroad Agent, Restaurants, Saloons, Stoves, Copper And Sheet Iron Ware, Tobacco And Cigars, And Watches, Clocks And Jewelry.

It is a must have item for those who live in or around Logansport or Peru or those who are studying genealogy of their family history or those wishing to write or learn about these Cities Histories.

The CD is written in HTML and is done in such a way that you can read it just as you would have read the original book from the original pages of that book. Each page is clear and very readable. When you finish reading one page just click the button on the bottom of the page and it takes you directly to the next page. If you wish to go back to the last page that you just read then click the other button at the bottom of the page and it takes you automatically back to the previous page.

If you are just interested in the Peru Directory and do not wish to read the rest of the book. You can just click on Peru Directory and it will take you immediately to this are and this is also done for the Logansport Directory, each of The Business Mirrors and other areas as well. This saves you time in getting around in this book and lets you go where you want to go quickly.

Here are two samples of Engravings on this CD.

The Old American Hotel


The Palmer House


If You Live Or Your Family Live Or Have Lived In Indiana You Will Want To Check This One Out!


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