CARBON, INDIANA, BUSINESSES

The Carbon Block Coal Company founded Carbon, Indiana, in 1870.  “The individuals and firms who have done business here (Carbon) from the time of the founding of the town, including the present, may be enumerated s follows: A.L. Witty, B. F. Witty, W. E. D. Barnett, James H. Throop, Elisha Adamson, John J. Webster, Charles Stryker, John Syester, H.D. McCormick, Hamilton & Craig, J.D. Bence, John Craig, L. B. Pruner, Stanley Barton, A.S. Maxwell, John L.Stephens, L.C. Turner, A.P. Hand, John Killion, The Crawford Company, William Risher, John D. Walker, Simpson & Holler, William Baxter, Edward Wilton, Mrs. M. A. Wilton, Carbon Mercantile Co. James Kerr, Brown & Owens, The Brosius Co., Siner & Pell, James McKntyre & Son, Mrs. Beeson & Son, Joseph Blower, A. F. Pell & Sons, Frank DURKIN, Mrs. Dawes.”  Pg. 158; Blanchard

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