MORGAN COUNTY

Morgan County was formed in 1822, named for Daniel Morgan, a General in the Revolutionary War. The county seat is Martinsville. The first Morgan County Courthouse was the log home of an early pioneer. Work on the current red brick, Italianate style courthouse began in 1857 and was completed in 1859. It is one of the few pre-Civil War courthouses remaining in the state of Indiana. 

Morgan County is also home to the geological “line” where the glaciers stopped their southward advance during the ice ages. As a result, the area has both flat areas and beautiful rolling hills, in addition to the most diverse soil of any county in the United States.

Morgan County History & Genealogy

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The following tabs correspond to articles written from past Canal Society of Indiana publications and the county you are viewing. Click on the link to read the associated article.

(2017 – Present)

The Tumble is the Canal Society of Indiana’s (CSI) current publication. The Tumble was the first publication of CSI to be completely internet based starting in 2017.

(2002-2016)

The Hoosier Packet was the official Canal Society of Indiana’s publication from 2002 through 2016.

(1986-2002)

The Newsletter began being published in 1986 and was a companion publication of the Canal Society of Indiana’s (CSI) that ran concurrent with Indiana Canals publication. The Newsletter was initially printed with information about CSI. In the mid 990s Newsletter took on a new format and absorbed Indiana Canals into this one publication which became the primary publication of the Canal Society of Indiana until 2002.

Indiana Waterways was the first publication of the Canal Society of Indiana. The first edition was published in 1981 several months before the establishment of the Canal Society of Indiana and became the source of information about the development of CSI and information to the members until the creation of Indiana Canals and the Newsletter in 1986.

Volume V (1986)

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