Fountain, Indiana

Portland was laid out in April 1828 by surveyor William Miller, Barnard Preble and Major Whitlocke.

Keep's store, an early trading point at Portland, supplied goods to people along a lengthy stretch of the Wabash River.

Sandford C. Cox in Personal Recollections of Early Settlements writes that "powder, lead, salt, iron, whiskey and leather were the staples of the trade in those days, and were exchanged for the productions of the country, such as beeswax, tallow, feathers, ginseng, furs, deer-skins, wild hops, etc."

[4] Fountain is located on the southeastern banks of the Wabash River, at an elevation of approximately 560 feet.

To the south is Bear Creek, which joins the Wabash on the western edge of town, and the wooded Portland Arch Nature Preserve.

Map of Indiana highlighting Fountain County