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Elmore Barce
1872–1945
A lawyer, judge, and local historian from Indiana, he wrote vivid accounts of the old Northwest and the Native nations and frontier conflicts that shaped it. His books helped preserve the early history of Benton County and nearby regions for later readers.
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About the author
Born in 1872 and died in 1945, Elmore Barce was an Indiana writer best known for regional history. Records for his books and library catalogs identify him as the author of works including The Land of the Potawatomi, The Land of the Miamis, and Annals of Benton County, all centered on the history of northern Indiana and the wider Northwest Territory.
Barce wrote with a strong interest in the meeting of Native nations, settlers, and political power on the early frontier. His books focus especially on the Potawatomi and Miami peoples, the struggle for control of the Northwest after the American Revolution, and the local history of Benton County, Indiana.
He is also remembered as Judge Elmore Barce, linking his literary work with a public role in his community. Much of his writing survives through library collections and public-domain archives, where it continues to interest readers who enjoy Indiana history, frontier narratives, and early twentieth-century local scholarship.