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The Davis Family Railroad

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Sources

From The LaGrange County Gazette

  1. The LaGrange County Gazette, Davistown and Summeytown.
  2. The LaGrange County Gazette, The town came last.

Records and other sources

  1. Historical marker at Main and Morton streets, Shipshewana, Erected in 2000 by the Town of Shipshewana and the Davis and Summey descendants; text signed Doris Davis. The plaque's text as printed in KPC News, "Marker honors Shipshewana town founders".
  2. F. A. Battey and Co., 1882, Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana. Internet Archive.
  3. LaGrange Publishing Company, 1893, Illustrated Atlas and Columbian Souvenir of LaGrange County. Internet Archive.
  4. Ira Ford, 1920, History of Northeast Indiana, volume 1. Internet Archive.
  5. Post Office Department, Record of Appointments of Postmasters, LaGrange County, Indiana. National Archives.
  6. Pumpkinvine Trails Coalition, About.
  7. Town of Shipshewana, Town History. Condensed from the 1989 centennial book A Patchwork Sampler; archived copy, September 2024.
  8. The Blue Gate, Interesting History of the Davis Mercantile.