1910 Brownsburg Senior Class. First Row L to R:Nellie White, Marie Moore, Esie Kerr, Verna Ellis, Lottie Ridgeway. Second Row L to R: Emma Watt, Leslie Lingeman, Frank Keller, Edith McClung. Third Row L to R: Ray Ottinger, Walter Reynierson,...
History; County government; Pioneers; Families; Farm life; Farming;
Mr. McCormick describes his work as an "An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country".
The "Belle of the Bends" was built in 1898 and in 1909 she sank and was raised for the first time. A year later she again went under and was raised. She ran as an excursion boat in New Orleans in 1910 and 1911. Soon after she was overhauled and...
This boat was built in 1910 by Howard as the "J. H. Menge" and later the "M. A. Burke," a cotton packet. It was sold to the Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company in 1919 and then was sent to Mount City for extensive alterations before being...
Steamboats; Riverboats; Marks and Benson; ice gorge; Steamboat accidents
The "Loucinda" was built in 1910 and was one of the casualties of the 1918 ice gorge that claimed several boats in Cincinnati. The inscription says, "Marks and Benson, American Boy excursion to Fern Grove, July 13, 1910.
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.;...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
Aerial view of the Pan Handle Station, the station of the Chicago and Cincinnati Air Line. It was located at 9th and Fletcher in downtown Anderson. About 1910, it became the Pennsylvania Depot.
In the correspondence of Gene Stratton-Porter (20091001-large) we have the letter that she typed thanking John Heller for "the very nicest review" she had ever received. This is the review that appeared in the Decatur Democrat. The thank-you was...
In the correspondence of Gene Stratton-Porter (20091001-large) we have the letter that she typed thanking John Heller for "the very nicest review" she had ever received. This is the review that appeared in the Decatur Democrat. The thank-you was...
Railroads; Railroad bridges; Bridges; Bridge construction
The first bridge about which we have information was built in 1851. It was a wooden structure and a toll of ten cents was charged to cross it. Beginning in 1910 a bridge was removed from this site, probably the 1851 bridge, and the bridge pictured...
