• Troy Dept. Hauling staves & putting them in barges, forms the ~rincipal pasttime at the landing, and the boys are dropping the shekels into their pockets for Christmas times. Indiana Pocket, Rockport, IN., Dec. 22, 1B83.
• Troy Dept: James Jackson has the brag saw mill of this county. He can saw 20,000 feet of lumber in a day. Wagons are daily moving this lumber, which is of the finest quality, to Tell City and other places. This mill gives employment to many men & teams. f1r. Jackson is a very clever man , deals honestly with his men, and gives good wages. Indiana Pocket, Rockport, IN., Jan. 5, 1884.
• Bringing out saw logs appears to be the principal business of many in the back country at this time. The creek is full of logs, the different rafts extending for several miles up Anderson. Hoop poles and logs form the principal commerce for these people, and supply them with plenty of money. Hoop poles, however, are no longer brought out in boats as formerly. They are split and shaved, hauled to town and shipped, thus p,iving employ¬ment to many people, who would be idle if poles were boated out as in olden times. Indiana Pocket, Rockport, IN., Mar. 22, 1884
• Troy Notes: The mill of James Jackson, a mile back of town, is again sawing, under the good management of our old friend Will McKinley. Indiana Pocket, Rockport, IN., May 24, 1884.
• Young Jesse Cunningham from Clark Twp. • •• petitioning the commissioners to declare the Sulphur Fork of Anderson navigable for saw logs. Cannelton Journal, Jun. 7, 1884.
• Troy Notes: The last barge of staves is being loaded at our landing for the season. Indiana Pocket, Rockport, IN., Jun. 14, 1884.
• Troy Notes: The stave business has been quite active for sometime. I notice the company have lately dropped in a barge to be filled. Indiana Pocket, Rockport, IN., Nov. 22, 1884.
• Clark Twp: Logging has fairly dwindled away in this part of Perry, and stave business is also very nearly “played out”. Enquirer & Reporter, Jan. 31, 1885.
• Dec 18, 1891 – Jasper Courier
• One of the most outrageous whippings occurred at Mentor Wednesday of last week, that ever disgraced the camera of our county’s history. About midnight a band of masked men entered the residence of Bazil Abel and dragged John Lee out of his bed and stripped him stark naked and literally lacerated his body. Even witnesses say that his back and legs were beat into a jelly. Leaving the victim tied to a tree they disappeared as suddenly as they came. How long will the government stand such outrageous scenes? It is is shame and disgrace that our prosecutors nd grand juries and the governor of the great state of Indiana will allow scenes of terror to be enacted in our country without making an effort to punish the guilty scoundrels and to prohibit such villainous and hellish work such as this. (These masked men were members of the white caps—a terrorist group similar to the KKK).
• Troy News: James Jackson says he will have six or seven thousand saw logs to run this spring. He has gone into the log business more extensive1y than any other man. He will retain about a couple of thousand to saw at his mill back of town and float the others to markets below here. He is a very clever man and is liked by all his hired men. Indiana Pocket Rockport, In. Mar. 28, 1885.
• Troy News: Several rafts of logs were got out of Anderson & Crooked Creek while the river was temporarily on rising terms. The main large logs are so far up these creeks that they cannot be brought out till head rises to bring them out. Indiana Pocket, Rockport, IN., May 9, 1885.