Indiana General Assembly Enacts Formation of Tippecanoe County on January 26, 1826 - Part II Lafayette Weekly Courier (Lafayette, Indiana) - Tuesday, October 31, 1882 - Part II Continued - The Movers and Shakers of Early Tippecanoe County - as told by Col. William Wilson Do You See Any Recognizable Names? Artist George Winter early painting of Wabash Valley area The first newspaper published in the county was the  Free Press , which was issued as early as 1830.  In that beautiful tract of land known as the Wea Plains, was made the first settlement of the county.  Helm says that Elijah Noore located on this prairie in the spring of 1822, and remained until winter, when he returned to Bloomington, Indiana, and that Peter Weaver, late in the year 1822 removed from the White River country, to establish a home better adapted to his inclinations on the Wabash, settling upon the Wea Plains, upon the land now occupied by his son, Patrick H. Weaver.  Peter Weaver Homes...

 Part 1 of 2: A History of Tippecanoe County as told by Pioneers in 1882 Indiana General Assembly Enacts Formation of Tippecanoe County on January 26, 1826 From The Lafayette Weekly Courier (Lafayette, Indiana) – Tues., Oct 31, 1882 Did you know that Tippecanoe County, Indiana, has thirteen separate townships with unique and disti nct histories?   Over the next twelve months, the America/Indiana 250 Committee for Tippecanoe County will be sharing historical stories related to the people and places of these thirteen townships. We also welcome submissions from those who would like to share family histories and related photos to be included in the 250 th anniversary memoirs for Tippecanoe County.   The Indiana General Assembly enacted the formation of Tippecanoe County on January 26, 1826, out of Wabash County. Prior to that date, “all the territory embraced in that wide district of land lying north of Montgomery County as far as Lake Michigan was called Wabash County and...