Knightstown

by Karen Pyle Trent

Book Overview

Like many other communities along the 824-mile Historic National Road, Knightstown owes its existence to the paving of this remarkable roadway.

When it became evident that the new road would cut across his Henry County, Indiana, farm, early settler Waitstill Munson Cary hired national road surveyor Jonathan Knight in 1827 to plat the tiny town and then named the community after Knight. Over the years, Knightstown's prosperity in many...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738578231
• ISBN13: 9780738578231
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 9.1"