Chapter headings are:

-Marion County: location, topographical description, geology, Indian occupation.
-Special features of the City of Indianapolis
-First Period: early settlements, organization of county, notable events, opening of roads etc.
-Social Conditions of Early Settlers: amusements, worship, music, diseases, etc.
-Second Period: the Capital in the Woods
-City of Indianapolis: Commercial and mercantile, bench and bar, banks, insurance, press, public buildings, theatres, concerts, literary and other clubs, medical practice.
-Military Organizations in the War of the Rebellion
-Orders, Societies, and Charitable Institutions
-Churches
-Schools and Libraries
-Manufacturing Interests
-Civil List
-[Separate chapters for each of 9 townships]