Caa-taa-ke Mung-ga, or Speckled Loon, a Miami Indian. Image courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collection. (See link on home page.)
After reading about Chief Kokomo from the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library, I became intrigued about how the history of the Miami Indians influenced the formation of this area. Here are more links on Kokomo history from the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library website:
Howard County History Timeline
The "New Purchase"--details and map of land purchased from the Miami in 1809.
Early Howard County Settlements and Towns
This article gives a litte more info on The Seven Mile Strip as mentioned in the Kokomo Tribune article, and also gives info on the Miami Indian Reservation at that time.
An article giving details and a map of the Big Miami Indian Reserve.
On the map, Derbyshire subdivision would be located just above the "t" in "West Middleton," found on the lower left corner.
More historical information for the Indiana area can be found on the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library site. A direct link to the history department is here: The Kokomo-Howard County Public Library History Department
Here is are some videos I made at the Chief Kokomo Monument. They are in Windows Media format.
A video taken at the monument, with a narration of a bit of Chief Kokomo history:
A video of the monument in .wmv format.
A video of the side of the monument, showing the inscription to Chief Kokomo:
The Chief Kokomo Monument Inscription.
The Wikipedia article about Kokomo. Everything you wanted to know, and some things you didn't.
