Jay County (Ind.)--Biography; Jay county (Ind.)--History
Two volume illustrated history of Jay County, Indiana. Volume I contains a reprint of M. W. Montgomery's History of Jay County printed in 1864 along with a general history of the county with emphasis on the county's participation in World War I....
Posey County (Ind.)--History; Posey County (Ind.)--Biography
Illustrated history of Posey County beginning with the Aborigines. Part 1 is the history; Part 2 is biographical information on its early settlers. Edited by John C. Leffel.
Illustrated history. "Completed by Works Progress Administration personnel under the direction of the Chief of the Reference Department of the Indianapolis Public Library." Introduction signed by L.L. Dickerson
Central Avenue School, located on Central between Twentieth and Twenty-First Streets, was built in 1891. It was the home of Madison County Head Start for many years after it ceased to be a school. Central Avenue School is the only pre-1900 school...
As early as 1843, the Anderson area had a Spritualist group led by John Westerfield. In 1891, on land purchased from Carroll and Emily Bronnenberg, the group opened Camp Chesterfield on the banks of the White River. Maxon Cafeteria is located in...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Public Hearing Draws 50; Fall Festival Deemed a Success; Homecoming Queen Cari Mast and King Reid Hinesley
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: "Toe the Line or Do the Time"; Grapvine Loses Faithful Staff Member; Public Hearing to Be Held on Added Travel Lanes
"City of Jeffersonville"; Steamboats; Riverboats; Rivers; Ohio River; Ferryboat
The "City of Jeffersonville" was built at the Howard Steamboat Works in 1891 and was no longer working by 1914. In this picture she is docked on the Madison Levee.
"General Pike"; Steamboats; Riverboats; Steamboat accidents; Mail steamers
On January 1, 1891, the "General Pike" collided with one of the Middleton and Wymond coal barges, causing both to sink in a very few minutes. Captain Sam Bryant, Clerk Ed Long, and Pilot Bowen managed to save everyone on board. She was built for...