We will be better when we are able

Brookville Inquirer, 1833

BROOKVILLE

We know that our village is in low repute abroad and we are aware that it has been on the retrograde for a number of years past, and we also know the issues. 

Whoever is versant with its history however are not surprised at the temporary suspension in growth. The town was built principally with ambitious capital -- it outgrew itself and the countryside dwindled to what you see it.

We despair not, however, it must inevitably again flourish. The water privileges in its immediate vicinity are too valuable -- too inviting to capitalists -- long to remain idle -- they must, they will be improved.

Millions of dollars might be advantageously invested here in various kinds of machinery. The surrounding country is rapidly improving-- the farmers are growing rich on the products of their labor.

In a few words -- Brookville is the seat of justice for Franklin County; its situation is beautifully romantic; between the East and West branches of the far-famed Whitewater -- that derived its name from the crystalline appearance of its waters a few hundred feet from their junction.

The town is beginning to become what it is destined to be -- a place of importance.

Note: It took the Whitewater Canal to make this happen 4 years later. Brookville's economy was in ruins from 1825-1835.

Link to another economy story on this blog.

Another link to another economy story on this blog.