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HISTORY OF BAUGO TOWNSHIP AND THE VILLAGE CALLED "JAMESTOWN" Elkhart In.
Library of Congress Copyright @2006
Our earlier settlers - What happened to them ?
What does the census report as jobs ?
How many brick yards were there ?
Genealogy of some Baugo residents.
Plat maps of Baugo Township
The beginning of the Baugo Fire Department
About The Author
About the Author
Carl Bradley (Brad) Wright, was 6 years old when I arrived in Baugo Township and lived in Jimtown just after the Palm Sunday tornado in 1965. I attended Baugo Schools and The Jamestown United Methodist Church as my parents were members of the Church, the Scouting program and The Baugo Fire Department. Here, you grow up with the township being your family.
I have spent years visiting with local farmers, residents, former history authors, and have gathered a lot of information on the township called Baugo in Elkhart Indiana. This area was named BauBaugo by the Potawatomi Indians, meaning devil river for treacherous dangerous waters.
What I started out as a young boy, I was inspired by hearing that the Indians lived near by and I personally found arrow heads along the banks of the Baugo Creek, It was not until my adult age, I started the interviews and the research took off. Not realizing that the information I was gathering would someday lead to a filing cabinet full of facts, photos, and maps. In 1936 my first historical figure, John Harold Bollenbacher wrote a book. In the early 1980's I met with him on many evenings and weekends to inhale his knowledge and his passion for the community.
The many history books of this county that were written by, Bollenbacher, Deahl, Chapman and Weaver, helped contribute to my findings. In the passing of John Harold Bollenbacher, his collection was given to me from his daughter Helen Bollenbacher.
As you visit this site, you will be able to order a soft back autographed copy (4th edition on clearance) and the latest revised edition 5. You will find, history, genealogy, maps, plat maps, contracts, and photographs never seen before. There is not one book ever written with the facts and history that are now in the new 5th edition.
5TH EDITION HAS IT ALL IN IT.
There is a video of Jimtown recorded in 1936 from the rooftop of the former old school that you will find on this site. Please order a book today and share with family and friends. People that have once lived in this area, or even known of someone that did, inspired me to write, and because of these findings, I have mailed books all over the United States and even into Europe.
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