Editor’s Note: The following is from the local history files at South Whitley County Public Library
SOUTH WHITLEY – Long before European settlers arrived in Indiana, a Native American village known as Turtle Town was located on the banks of the Eel River. Historians believe this village was located where Miami Village is now located in Union Township. The community is named for the Miami people who inhabited the land long before the current residents.
From Turtle Town came one of the most well-known of the Miamis — Little Turtle. He was born in Turtle Town around 1752, the son of a Native American known as The Turtle…