This is an image of a women's group of some sort. The women in the image are as follows: (Front Row) Betty Baugher and Son, Audrey Hamman, Lucille Babcock, Arliss Hamman, Madge Chiddister, Alda Brower, Mildred Moore, Cleo Henwood, Mrs. Elmer...
The first water system for Madison was built between 1814 and 1817. While it did not serve everyone in the city it must have been a monumental achievement for such an early age. The first water ducts were hollowed out logs fitted into each other...
A list of men arrested near the railroad "disaster." Notes of the men's loyalties has been penciled in next to each name. No year is listed on teh letter. Due to the context, presume the year to be 1864 or 1865.
Jeannette begins chapter 10 of "The Lady of the Limberlost" saying, "Mrs. Porter loved her home. She kept her house clean and served three deliciously cooked meals each day. She trained her baby and made all her clothes until she was twelve years...
Steamboats; Showboats; Riverboats; "Grace Devers"; Towboats; Tugboats; Levees; Otto Hitner
The "Cotton Blossom" began life in 1896 as a raft for a lumber company working out of St. Paul. She handled the large excursion barge named "Mississippi" at one time, was renamed "The Princess" and was then sold to the Barrett Line for use as a...
Steamboats; Riverboats; Madison, Indiana; Rivers; "Kentucky"; "East St. Louis"
Here the "Kentucky" and "East St. Louis" pass Madison, Indiana. You can find out more about the boats by using the search feature and typing in the name of each boat.
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Lakes & ponds; Tourism; Boats;
The Brabrook Hotel was located on what is called Cedar Point on the west side of Bass Lake. The hotel burned down in 1913. Prior to being called the Brabrook it was named the Larimer Hotel and was the first hotel to be built on the lake. It was...
Soldiers--Correspondence; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives; United States. Navy--Military life; United States Navy in World War II. War in the Pacific
William is in the west Pacific. He starts this letter with a long greeting and explains how sailors have an odd way of greeting each other. He asks about the family. He has a new job watching a generator. This letter is part of a 37 letter...
Lower Seminary School was built in 1843 and was used for rentals to private or select teachers for some time. In 1852 it became one of the first "graded" schools in Madison. It was located at 714 West Main Street. An article by Charles Heberhart in...
Lower Seminary School was built in 1843 and was used for rentals to private or select teachers for some time then in 1852 it became one of the first "graded" schools in Madison. It was located at 714 West Main Street. An article by Charles...
This image is the school photo of the 1873 Syracuse Public School class. The information we have is as following: Hannah Galbreath is the Teacher. (Each person is labeled by a number) 1. M. Miles 2. A. V. Kitson 3. EM. Bushong 4. TH. Benner 5. Clo....
"Broadway High School was the first commissioned high school for colored in Indiana" according to Grant S. Murray, Principal of the Broadway School from 1914-1917. In the September 6, 1880 edition of the Madison Courier, the newly opened school...
Librarian, J. Christian Bay, of The John Crerar Library in Chicago cames across an original manuscript of James Whitcomb Riley's poem, The Old Man and Jim. He took it upon himself to make photostats of the manuscript and send copies to the...
Bound volume consisting of autograph letters from James Whitcomb Riley to Madison Cawein from 1891-1906. The letters are attached to scrapbook pages along with their envelopes. A transcription of each letter is also included. Newspaper clippings...
Baseball was a very popular sport at the turn of the century. The local team was sponsored by the Chesterton Tribune, which provided detailed reports of the team's progress in each weekly edition. The Tribunes played teams from cities and towns...
Railroads; Switching locomotives; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
Switch engines like the one pictured were widely employed in the stone industry and instrumental in transporting the material over great distances both within and outside of Indiana. While stone mills would make use of the existing rail...
This is the Pennsylvania Railroad freight station after the east end of the building had been taken off and a new frame structure had been constructed in its place. This took place sometime around 1918. The doors that you see down the side of the...
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...
