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1829-1837 South Bend, 1835
1830
1830 Andrew Jackson, President of the United States
1830
1830 Father Stephen Badin arrives

1831-1837 St. Joseph and Elkhart Counties formed
May, 1831
30 miles of railroad in the United States
1831
1832 U.S. population-12 million
1835 Population of New York City-200,000
Chicago “a muddy little village on the shores of Lake
Michigan, had just begun.”

Noah Noble, Governor of Indiana-belongs to Whig
Party

St. Joseph county seat relocated to South Bend with
land set aside for religious societies, school purposes
and four acres of land for a public graveyard.

Population of South Bend-128

Michigan Road finally completed

Land costs $1.25 per acre