Discoveries

Research notes

The major findings of Project Scroll, each set out as a short, dated note that can be cited: the record itself, where it is held, what it changes, its limits, and what we searched before calling it new. Each note has a fixed address and a PDF, and keeps its number for good; when a note changes, its version goes up and the change is logged on the note.

1. 2026-01The earliest dated mention of E Clampus Vitus yet found: Connersville, Indiana, 27 February 1846Issued 25 October 2026 · version 1 · doi:10.5281/zenodo.23631258
2. 2026-02The Cassopolis lodge of 1846: the earliest lodge of E Clampus Vitus yet found with its members namedIssued 25 October 2026 · version 1 · doi:10.5281/zenodo.23631260
3. 2026-03Ephraim Bee in the newspapers, 1855–1860: the remembered founder of E Clampus Vitus in records of his own dayIssued 25 October 2026 · version 1 · doi:10.5281/zenodo.23631262
4. 2026-04The earliest L in Kalamazoo yet found: Schoolcraft’s “Kikalemazo” of 1820, and the likely atlas of 1823Issued 25 October 2026 · version 1 · doi:10.5281/zenodo.23631264
5. 2026-05The Kentucky raiders’ bail and wagon: what the Licking Valley Register reported in September 1847Issued 25 October 2026 · version 1 · doi:10.5281/zenodo.23631269
6. 2026-06Seven elk for the King of Italy: James E. Bonine’s own account of 1875Issued 25 October 2026 · version 1 · doi:10.5281/zenodo.23638846
7. 2026-07A museum before the museum: the Cass County Pioneer Society’s collection, 1874–1899Issued 26 October 2026 · version 1
8. 2026-08Three sawmills on Potato Creek, 1863: the mills on the ground of Potato Creek State Park, IndianaIssued 27 October 2026 · version 2
9. 2026-09Three names at once: Crum’s Point, Crumtown and Crumstown, St. Joseph County, Indiana, 1875–1903Issued 27 October 2026 · version 2
10. 2026-11Older than “about 1839”: the Treats, Henry Dewey and the red-chalk warning on the road to Dewey’s Lake, Silver Creek Township, MichiganIssued 27 October 2026 · version 1
11. 2026-13E Clampus Vitus before the California Legislature: the Senate debate at Benicia struck from its journal (March 1853), and the Assembly’s dollar-a-member resolution (April 1855)Issued 31 October 2026 · version 1
12. 2026-15The forgotten revival of E Clampus Vitus, 1915–1920: the Marysville boosters’ lodges, numbered one to eight, and how the war ended themIssued 2 November 2026 · version 1

How a finding qualifies is set out in How we research, and how we weigh the evidence in Scrollsigns. Notes are by Michael Urbanski for Project Scroll. To cite one, use the citation on its page. The stories behind them, and every smaller finding, are in the discoveries register.