Nathan was an early settler who cut timber off Brookville Road to make it accessible to stagecoach and wagon travel. He also kept a tavern from 1833-1844 on the road for stage traverlers.
Nathan migrated to Marion County in 1823.
From "THE HISTORY OF LOWELL DISTRICT, WARREN TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA, 1822 - 1944" by Pearl Schilling Brady, pages 43 and 44 - NATHAN HARLAN - NATHAN HARLAN, an early pioneer, accepted the contract of cutting the timber off the line of the main trail, now known as the Brookville Road, in the year of 1828. Travellers on foot, on horseback, carts and covered wagons drawn either by oxen or horses, followed this trail from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. Transportation increased and the early travellers exchanged produce for merchandise, herded cattle and hogs to the stock markets by the droves. Increase in traffic made it necessary that Brookville Road be surveyed and cleared for commerce. Mr Harlan, out of sympathy, kept tavern from 1833 to 1844 on Brookville Road in the southeastern part of Warren Towship, Marion County, Indiana.* He moved here in 1827 from Franklin Township of the same county in this state, where he had first settled in 1832.
*The tavern was located on the northeast corner of Bade and Brookville Roads in Warren Township. Marlena
Nathan was an early settler who cut timber off Brookville Road to make it accessible to stagecoach and wagon travel. He also kept a tavern from 1833-1844 on the road for stage traverlers.
Nathan migrated to Marion County in 1823.
From "THE HISTORY OF LOWELL DISTRICT, WARREN TOWNSHIP, MARION COUNTY, INDIANA, 1822 - 1944" by Pearl Schilling Brady, pages 43 and 44 - NATHAN HARLAN - NATHAN HARLAN, an early pioneer, accepted the contract of cutting the timber off the line of the main trail, now known as the Brookville Road, in the year of 1828. Travellers on foot, on horseback, carts and covered wagons drawn either by oxen or horses, followed this trail from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. Transportation increased and the early travellers exchanged produce for merchandise, herded cattle and hogs to the stock markets by the droves. Increase in traffic made it necessary that Brookville Road be surveyed and cleared for commerce. Mr Harlan, out of sympathy, kept tavern from 1833 to 1844 on Brookville Road in the southeastern part of Warren Towship, Marion County, Indiana.* He moved here in 1827 from Franklin Township of the same county in this state, where he had first settled in 1832.
*The tavern was located on the northeast corner of Bade and Brookville Roads in Warren Township. Marlena
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