A Little Bit of History - For 1200 years, this area south of the Missouri River and west of the Mississippi River was populated by Missouri and Osage Indians. They traded with French settlers such as Louis Joliett and Fr. Marquette. The Missouri Indians lost their cultural identity when they combined with the Oto and Shawnee.

In the mid-eighteen hundreds, the property where lot 1553 is located, was owned by the Sweetin family. The grave of Novble Sweetin, son of J. & E. Sweetin is there still.

Around 1929, the land, some 360 acres, was purchased by a man named A.J. Barnett. It was later sharecropped as a dairy farm. The farm was named "Indian Mounds Farm" because of the mounds all along Brush Creek. These mounds were used by the Indians to stake their teepees. This farm can still be seen at the top of the hill above the dam.
Facts:

• There are 1800 lots in the Indian Lake Subdivision.
• The Indian Lake Property encompasses 1400 acres.
• The lake is 326 acres, and is 2.5 miles long.
• The lake is fed by springs and rain.

Association Meetings

Meetings of the Indian Lake Property Owner's Association are held the second Friday of every month at 8 p.m. at the community center. The annual meeting, held in October, is on the first Saturday following the second Friday of the month at 1p.m. All members are encouraged to attend and voice their opinion in their community. Here are some of the rules and regulations of the Subdivision...

Did You Know?

Out of Indian Lake has come the World's largest Buffalo Carp caught to date? An 80 lb 4 oz Buffalo Carp was caught on Mother's Day, 1999, by a visitor right here at Indian Lake. Unfortunately, she didn't have a fishing license so it was considered an illegal catch. Bummer!

Indian Lake offers...

Association maintained blacktop roads, a swimming beach w/playground, tennis courts and baseball backstop, local cable TV, local Cuba school bus at your door, security and Lake Patrol for your safety and protection (during peak season only), and nine public boat docks.

Boating

Members are allowed to have three various types of boats as follows: One pontoon - no more than 24 feet long, one personal watercraft that seats no more than two people and is no more than 10 feet long, and only one of the following: speed boat, fishing boat, or runabout - not more than 20 feet long.

The Lake also offers a Men's Club that meets the first Saturday of each month, a Ladies Auxiliary, which meets the first Monday of each month, two Fishing Tournaments open to Indian Lake members and their families, and each spring we start off the season with the "Blessing of the Boats" where many members decorate their boats for the occasion.