Adams County Indiana Economic Development & Business Development

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The late Dent Baltzell, a prominent Adams County resident and poet, wrote this verse on the rich history and legacy of our beautiful county.

ADAMS COUNTY, INDIANA

Two rivers in our County here

In different pathways go

To serve the two big waters where

The rivers cease to flow.

The St. Marys and the Wabash

Were paths the natives knew

Til the axe and covered wagon

Opened up the West anew.

Here the settler in his clearing

Raised the corn and wheat and rye

And the door was always open

To the stranger passing by.

The land has all been harnessed

Bounteous crops on fields so fair

And the farmers and the combines

Are busy working there.

Now the churches all have steeples

Where the traveling preacher trod,

Shared his words of Holy Scripture,

Showed the loving ways of God.

So it is and may continue

As the years of time roll on

We will build a good tomorrow

Before our present time is gone.

~~Dent Baltzell

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Adams County Economic Development Corporation
P.O. Box 492,
Decatur, IN 46733

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