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1800 - The Ottawa, Chippewa and Pottawatomie Indian tribes inhabited the region now known as Elkhart.
1827 - The families of Jesse Rush and Andrew Naffsinger settled on the northwest bank of the St. Joseph River.Isaiah Rush, born May 16, 1828, to Jesse and Mary Rush, was the first white settler baby born in Elkhart County.
1831 - Dr. Havilah Beardsley and his wife, Rachael Calhoun Beardsley, cousin of Vice-President John C. Calhoun, purchased one square mile of land from Pierre Morain, a Pottawaomie Chief. The price, $1,500. Beardsley chose to name the area Elkhart because the island at the confluence of the Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers is said to resemble the shape of an elk's heart.
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1800 - The Ottawa, Chippewa and Pottawatomie Indian tribes inhabited the region now known as Elkhart.
1827 - The families of Jesse Rush and Andrew Naffsinger settled on the northwest bank of the St. Joseph River.Isaiah Rush, born May 16, 1828, to Jesse and Mary Rush, was the first white settler baby born in Elkhart County.
1831 - Dr. Havilah Beardsley and his wife, Rachael Calhoun Beardsley, cousin of Vice-President John C. Calhoun, purchased one square mile of land from Pierre Morain, a Pottawaomie Chief. The price, $1,500. Beardsley chose to name the area Elkhart because the island at the confluence of the Elkhart and St. Joseph Rivers is said to resemble the shape of an elk's heart.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkhart,_Indiana
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°41'4"N 85°57'48"W
- South Bend, Indiana 34 km
- Fort Wayne, Indiana 77 km
- Grand Rapids, Michigan 151 km
- Chicago, Illinois 168 km
- Joliet, Illinois 200 km
- Aurora, Illinois 204 km
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin 241 km
- Rockford, Illinois 279 km
- Madison, Wisconsin 339 km
- Green Bay, Wisconsin 367 km
- Elkhart Municipal Airport (EKI/KEKM) 4.9 km
- Elkhart Robert Young Yard 5.3 km
- Simonton Lake 7.4 km
- Boot Lake Nature Preserve 8.2 km
- St. Joseph Solar 12 km
- Elkhart County, Indiana 13 km
- St. Joseph Farm 14 km
- St. Joseph River 16 km
- Granger, Indiana 16 km
- St. Joseph County, Indiana 29 km