This book covers the history of the Indiana counties of Lake, Porter, LaPorte, Starke, Pulaski, White, Newton and Jasper. Some of the chapter headings are:

-The Indians
-The Early Settlers
-What the Early Settlers Found
-Pioneer Life
-County Organizations
-Our Lakes and Streasm
-Railroad Life
-Political History
-The War Record
-Religious History
-[Towns, Villages and Cities of all the Counties]
-Early Travels
-Public Schools
-Private and Parochial Schools
-Our Industries
-Social Organizations
-Archeological Specimens
-Birth Places of the Pioneers
-McCarty
-Some Statistics
-Weather Record