| Fessenden was platted in 1893, and in the election of 1894 was named Wells County seat. |
| The change presumably was made because of the post office established at the newly platted village at the mouth of the Kankakee. |
| It was platted at Moniteau Rock, below a creek of the same name, and at first was county seat for Cole. |
| When Indianapolis was platted on the surveyor's map it had but 800 inhabitants. |
| The first villages were platted south of Lake Erie, on higher ground, the lake ports being neglected until commerce increased. |
| On some occasions his hair resembles the twisting platted masses of Hindu sadhus. |
