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".
Steamboats; Riverboats; Excursion boats; "Belle of Louisville"; "Idlewild"; "Avalon"; Rivers
The "Idlewild" was sold to J. Harold Gorsage in 1947 and the name was changed to "Avalon". She became the most widely traveled excursion boat on the rivers. During her tramping days she made stops at Omaha, Nebraska; New Orleans; Stillwater,...
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...
She was built as the "Dolphin No. 3" at Jeffersonville, Indiana and was called the "Harry Anderson" for a brief period before receiving the name "Julius Fleischmann." She was owned by the Hatfield Coal Company and towed between the Kanawha River...
Church buildings; Ft. Wayne (Ind.); Matthews Brothers Stone Company
An image of the Temple for Achduth Vesholom Synagogue in Fort Wayne, Indiana, built in 1961 out of stone supplied exclusively by Matthews Bros. at a cost of $750,000.
The Indian head on the 14th Street side of the Wigwam is a 20 x 24 foot ceramic tile mosaic. It is a huge mosaic consisting of 80,000 3/4' sqaure and diagonal pieces of tile. It was designed by Dorothy Masters of Anderson's National Tile Company.
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the April 1967 issue of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly 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. Prior to...
A December 7, 1977 article from The Goshen News about a fire on the north shore that destroyed two homes (William Hurst and Mrs. George Hay cottages) and damaged another (Wiley Spurgeon’s). Later, another fire at the Kale Island home of Dr....
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...
Color Photograph. Bill Walters, Indiana State Parks Director 1977-1989, gathered with other competitors and spectators for 10,000,000mm road race at McCormick's Creek State Park. Walters is in the foreground wearing a grey shirt.
Color Photograph. 10,000,000mm road race at McCormick's Creek State Park. Bill Walters, Indiana State Parks Director 1977-1989, running down center of road in grey shirt and blue shorts.
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Bloomington (Ind.) ; Business enterprises -- Indiana -- Monroe County; Nichols, Hiram; Nichols Family
Gives estimates of a sum of $1278 for a bridge to be constructed by Hiram J. Nichols. Bridge was estimated at 94 ft by 12 ft. Bridge crosses Clear Creek at Harrodsburg on Bedford Road.
This building, originally a private home, was built ca. 1878, probably by William H. Bruning. Mr. Bruning retained ownership of the home until his death in 1930, although he hadn't lived in the house for some time. It is assumed the property was...
Court dockets; Indiana--Monroe (Clark County : Township); Henryville (Ind.)
The Monroe Township Judge Docket Ledger is for the Monroe Township Court in Clark County, Indiana from 1896 to 1905. There are several different judges that were in charge of the court during this time period. Blank pages were not scanned. Some...
Elwood's City Building was constructed in 1899 at a cost of $35,000. It was based on a model of the Chicago Town Hall. It was replaced in 2003 with a new Municipal Building. In 2005, the Robert Palmer Institute of Biomechanics was announced as...
In 1867 the city council decided Madison needed to update and improve its water works. Industrialization and increased population were putting pressure on a deteriorating water system. They instructed A. M. Cornett, City Engineer, to submit plans...
These photographs of the City of Huntington and Huntington County were commissioned by the Huntington City-Township Public Library; Huntington, Indiana. Huntington County Courthouse built 1906 cost $240,000. Taken from south side of river above...
In September, 1937, the City Council agreed to buy the former Trow's Perfection Flour Mill building which had been damaged by the 1937 flood. The original plan, pushed by local businessmen, was to lease the building to a business concern from...
