Odon
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Town Of Odon
We are located eight miles on the east side of the West Fork of White River - two miles south of Furs Creek (First Creek), and surrounded for many miles by fertile fields, which have for the last one hundred years, amply furnished the needs of those who till the soil; and seven miles from the Naval Weapons Support Center, which provides employment for many of our and the surrounding towns, people - Odon is to be congratulated for the wealth in which she abounds. Come and visit us. We invite you.
In 1779, Colonel George Rogers Clark, after completing his victory at Vincennes, was amusing himself by scouting trips. On one of these trips, he came to a spring, “Buffalo Wallow”, less than a mile southwest from what is now the town of Odon. This spring furnished water for range stock during the early days of the community.
Clark’s lieutenant, seeing his commander was impressed with the county’s beauty, suggested naming it “Clark’s Prairie”. James E Garten states that after moving on his farm, he got to thinking that it might have been William Clark. He was assured that William Clark had never been in Daviess County, and that it had been Gorge Rogers Clark who had camped near Clarksburg. He wrote letters to the Vincennes Library and to the Federal War Department to find out when Clark had made the “Buffalo Wallow” history, but, of course, the results were disappointing, as there was no information as to Clark’s visits to the Indian tribes, or his encampments near here.
In 1832, Baldwin Howard, who was a fairly industrious farmer and was half-Indian, wandered into Clark’s Prairie region and stayed. He thus became Madison Township’s first settler.
Madison Township, which was organized in 1823, was originally called Wallace. On petition of a group of interested citizens, the name of the township was changed to Madison in 1835. Madison Township is located in the north east corner of Daviess County; the county being 28 miles long from north to south and 18 miles wide. Madison Township is bordered on the east by Martin County and on the north by Green County.
In 1779, Colonel George Rogers Clark, after completing his victory at Vincennes, was amusing himself by scouting trips. On one of these trips, he came to a spring, “Buffalo Wallow”, less than a mile southwest from what is now the town of Odon. This spring furnished water for range stock during the early days of the community.
Clark’s lieutenant, seeing his commander was impressed with the county’s beauty, suggested naming it “Clark’s Prairie”. James E Garten states that after moving on his farm, he got to thinking that it might have been William Clark. He was assured that William Clark had never been in Daviess County, and that it had been Gorge Rogers Clark who had camped near Clarksburg. He wrote letters to the Vincennes Library and to the Federal War Department to find out when Clark had made the “Buffalo Wallow” history, but, of course, the results were disappointing, as there was no information as to Clark’s visits to the Indian tribes, or his encampments near here.
In 1832, Baldwin Howard, who was a fairly industrious farmer and was half-Indian, wandered into Clark’s Prairie region and stayed. He thus became Madison Township’s first settler.
Madison Township, which was organized in 1823, was originally called Wallace. On petition of a group of interested citizens, the name of the township was changed to Madison in 1835. Madison Township is located in the north east corner of Daviess County; the county being 28 miles long from north to south and 18 miles wide. Madison Township is bordered on the east by Martin County and on the north by Green County.