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A Standard History of Starke County, Indiana
McCormick, Joseph N. - 1915


     [48-49]

                            OREGON TOWNSHIP

           Oregon Township lies in the northeast corner of Starke County
        and is also six miles square, and this township with her beautiful
        lake, her many miles of gravel roads, her schoolhouses and her
        wonderful farms dotted all over the country brings Oregon within
        the notice of all who are seeking new homes, as it is one of the
        best townships for farm land in the county.
           It was in this township that the great and noted "Robbins Ditch"
        started and runs nearly through the whole township.  It has become
        an outlet for many miles of smaller ditches to empty into, leading
        into it from both sides, and, as we said before, reclaiming hun-
        dreds of acres of land and bring them into market, which places
        this township second to none for farm lands in the county.
           Oregon Township has not as yet adopted the centralized system of
        schools although they have a fine school at Grovertown.  They have,
        as well, good schools all over the township and have the school
        wagons to haul the children to and from school, giving all a chance
        to attend school without walking, as the children had to do before
        this wonderful provision was made for the accommodation of the
        school children of country districts.
           The acres upon acres of onions raised every year in this town-
        ship have been the means of giving employment to a great many
        people.  A new station located in section 4 named Garden City was
        established from a matter of necessity as car load after car load
        of onions are shipped from that station every year.  The onions are
        raised upon some of the land that the Government surveyors mention-
        ed in their reports as being "lost to the world," as they appeared
        to be at that time.
           John Nelson, the present township trustee serving the people of
        his township for nearly six years, has made a good trustee as all
        the people of that township will admit, trying at all times to look
        after the wants of all who are worthy of that notice.  He has done
        well for the people in using the money entrusted to him in a safe
        and honorable way as is shown by the improvements he has made and
        the management of the schools in that township.

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