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Corydon was connected by Southern Railways to the main line running across northern Harrison County at Crandall.
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Corydon and was
Charles Corydon Hall, a New England engineer, arrived in Alexandria to help manage a steel mill just as its natural gas supply was exhausted around the turn of the 19th century.
According to Bent Corydon, Hubbard created the illusion that Dianetics was the first psychotherapy to address traumatic experiences in their own time, but others had done so as standard procedure.
Since Indiana was first settled in its southern tier ( the state's first capital, Corydon, is in the south near the Ohio River ), it is hypothesized that the name was carried as the population expanded northward in the state.
The construction of the dam and the filling of the Allegheny Reservoir also necessitated the elimination of the small village of Corydon, which was located at the confluence of Willow Creek with the Allegheny River ; and the small village of Kinzua, which was located at the confluence of Kinzua Creek with the Allegheny River.
Parke County was formed by an act approved at the state capital of Corydon on January 9, 1821.
Corydon was officially platted in 1808 and became the capital of the Indiana Territory in 1813.
Corydon was the state capital until 1825, but in the years afterward remained an important hub for southern Indiana.
In 1863 the Battle of Corydon was fought, the only battle of the American Civil War to occur in Indiana.
He was one of the wealthiest settlers and amassed a tract of land around Corydon, built a large home, and maintained an inn.
The first road was built in Harrison County in 1809 connecting Corydon with Mauckport on the Ohio River.
Hostilities broke out in 1811 with the Native American tribes on the frontier, and the territorial capital was moved to Corydon on May 1, 1813, after Pennington suggested it would be safer than Vincennes.
For the next twelve years, Corydon was the political center of the territory and subsequent state.
A state constitution was drafted in Corydon during June 1816 and after statehood the town served as the state capital until 1825.
In 1860 the first Harrison County fair was held in Corydon.
The battle was won by the Confederates and the town of Corydon was then sacked and stores were looted and ransomed.
A southward extension connecting Corydon to Crandall was completed in 1882.
The southern extension connecting Corydon was purchased by the Corydon Scenic Railroad Company in 1989 and operated as a tourist attraction until 2003 when it was closed because of financial difficulties, ending passenger service in the county.
In 1818 New Albany was a large enough city to become a county seat and form a new county, so local leaders sent Nathaniel Scribner and John K. Graham to the capital of Corydon to petition the General Assembly accordingly.
In 1919, the name was changed to Cooley in honor of Corydon Cooley ( d. March 18, 1917 ), a famous Show Low, Arizona Hotelier.
Corydon and connected
In 1809 Corydon was connected by road to Doup's Ferry, fifteen miles ( 24 km ) to the south in Mauck's Port, providing access to the Ohio River for trade.
Corydon and by
The territorial legislature remained in Corydon and communicated with Posey by messenger.
Dennis Pennington and other representatives from Harrison County in the Indiana General Assembly resisted attempts to move the capital from Corydon ; they succeeded in part by adding a clause to the state constitution during the convention preventing the capital from leaving the town before 1825.
The fairgrounds, built in the southwest corner of Corydon, are bordered on the south and west by a large ridge ; this ridge served as a natural grandstand until the first grandstand was built around 1910.
Morgan's 2, 500 men were opposed by 400 hastily assembled home guard at the Battle of Corydon.
Tradition says one Corydon miller overpaid by $ 200 ; Morgan promptly returned it to him.
Corydon's Old West Bridge in 1889. The town of Corydon was shocked by an attempted murder in 1889, the first in the town's history.
The Confederate Army led by Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan camped in Palmyra on the night of July 9, 1863 after the Battle of Corydon.
*" The Battle of Corydon, Indiana " — Article by Civil War historian / author Bryan S. Bush, which contains rare images of Morgan shown courtesy of the Civil War Museum of the Western Theater in Bardstown, Kentucky.
But thanks to the steel bracing designed by engineer Corydon Purdy, which enabled the building to withstand four times the amount of windforce it could be expected to ever feel, there was no possibility that the wind would knock over the Flatiron Building.
* The Lamentation of Corydon for the love of Alexis ( Virgil, eclogue II ), a short translation from Heliodorus, and, in the third part ( 1592 ) " Aminta's Dale ," a collection of " conceited tales " supposed to be related by the nymphs of Ivychurch
* Corydon ( book ), by Andre Gide about homosexuality: named after the above classical character
They stayed at a ranch owned by Corydon Cooley, a White man who had two Indian wives.
Hardly anything is known of the life of Calpurnius ; we gather from the poems themselves ( in which he is obviously represented by Corydon ) that he was in poor circumstances and was on the point of emigrating to Spain, when Meliboeus came to his aid.
When the move took place it was an eleven day journey by horseback from Corydon to the new capitol.
He communicated with the legislature in Corydon by courier.
He was later adopted by Armen and Essa Best and went to live with them in Corydon in Harrison County in southern Indiana.
* " The Battle of Corydon, Indiana " — Article by Civil War historian / author Bryan S. Bush, which contains rare images of Morgan shown courtesy of the Civil War Museum of the Western Theater in Bardstown, Kentucky.
The four Legion companies that had attempted to prevent the crossing had been reinforced by four additional companies from Corydon, one from Elizabeth, and one from New Amsterdam, making the force about four-hundred strong.
About one hundred men attempted to escape by the Corydon Pike, unaware that the main Confederate force was advancing up it, and were captured.
Corydon and main
By about 6: 00 pm Morgan and the main body had resumed their march northward, foraging in northern Harrison County before camping a few miles from Corydon, near New Salisbury.
Corydon and line
Heald took full interest in the unsold land to the north west of the Corydon Road line.
Corydon Township in McKean County, Pennsylvania is at the south town line.
The south town line is the border of the townships of Pine Grove, Elk, and Mead in Warren County, Pennsylvania and Corydon Township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
On July 9, one mile south of Corydon, the county seat of Harrison County, his advance guard encountered Jordan's small force, drawn in a battle line behind a hastily thrown up barricade of logs.
Along with the townspeople, they constructed breastworks that formed a defensive line south of Corydon.
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