Editing Tipton, Indiana (section)

===Canton becomes Tipton===
In 1845, a [[post office]] was going to be established in Canton. However, this did not proceed because it was discovered that there was a town already named [[Canton, Indiana|Canton]] in the state, which was founded in 1838.<ref name="Pershing95" /><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EVQ0AQAAMAAJ |title=History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present |publisher=Higginson Book Company |year=1884 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_EVQ0AQAAMAAJ/page/n792 781]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Stevens, Warder William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rk80AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA549 |title=Centennial History of Washington County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions |last2=Davis, Lulie |publisher=McDowell Publications |year=1916 |pages=549 |name-list-style=amp}}</ref> The town was renamed Tipton, after [[John Tipton]], a veteran of the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]] and the [[War of 1812 in Indiana|War of 1812]]. He was also the leader of the [[Indiana Rangers]].<ref name="Pershing95" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=M.W. Pershing |url=https://archive.org/stream/lifeofgeneraljoh00pers/lifeofgeneraljoh00pers_djvu.txt |title=The Life of General John Tipton And Early Indiana History |publisher=Tipton Literary And Suffrage Club of Tipton, Indiana |year=c. 1905 |location=Indiana |pages=45}}</ref> Tipton served as [[United States Senator]] for Indiana from 1831 until shortly before his death in 1839.<ref>{{Cite book |last=De Witt Clinton Goodrich |url=https://archive.org/details/anillustratedhi02tuttgoog |title=An Illustrated History of the State of Indiana |last2=Charles Richard Tuttle |publisher=R. S. Peale & co. |year=1875 |location=Indiana |pages=[https://archive.org/details/anillustratedhi02tuttgoog/page/n586 574] |name-list-style=amp}}</ref> Finally, a post office was founded and John S. Ressler became the first [[postmaster]].<ref name="Pershing95" />

Early Tipton was unorganized, with log cabins and poorly built homes riddling the streets and not following the platting. Cows wandered through town and wild game was chased by residents through the streets. It was very [[rural]]. There was no telegraph or steam train, so communication with areas outside of the area were rare during this time. Residents lived mainly on hunting. Agriculture was poorly developed.<ref name="Pershing96" /> Tipton was also known for flooding and mud, with people having to frequently walk through flood waters and swamp-like areas to get from house to house during wet seasons. By 1850, the population doubled and a physician, Isaac Parker, had founded his practice in the city.<ref name="Pershing97">Pershing, p. 97</ref>