Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the 1966 June and October issues 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....
Starke County (Ind.) ; Lakes & ponds; Dirt roads; Automobiles;
The stretch of waterfront and dock shown here is a view in front of the Best View Hotel on Bass Lake. The Best View was a very popular vacation site in the 1920's. However, the roads near the lake were still very primitive and could be almost...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: What Does the Future Hold for Greentown? Re-zonings Considered; Benefit Breakfast a Success
Starke County (Ind.) ; Memorabilia; Business cards;Vacations;
This image is a business card of the manager of the Crystal Gardens on Bass Lake in the 1920's. Adolph Berg was the manager at the time. The Crystal Gardens on then State Roads 29 and 10 boasted of dancing, roller skating, boxing shows, billiards...
The Lippincott Glass Chimney Factory had located in Alexandria by 1894, when it is first listed in the city directory. It was a steady employer of 400-600 people until the early 1920's. Efforts to save the business failed and it went into...
Idlewold was a local park and resort created by the McCarty family on the Peter Mingle farm. A golf course was added in the 1920's. Idlewold survives today as a golf course and country club.
Anderson High School originally occupied this building, which became Central Junior High School in the late 1920's. The building was demolished in the early 1970's.
Colorized postcard shows mouth of cave in Mounds Park. The caves of Mounds Park are almost legendary. An apocryphal story (currently unverified) from the 1920's holds that a child was once lost in one for several hours. No caves are open to the...
Mounds State Park was originally part of the Bronnenberg family lands. The park was sold to the Union Traction Company and operated as an amusement park into the 1920's. When the UTC could no longer maintain the park, the Madison County...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: A Party Was Planned, An Uninvited Guest Came; THe Spinoff Was Far-reaching and Ongoing; Issues Forum Set for Greentown
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Glass Auction Draws Large Crowd; Could a Greentown Fund Make Dreams Come True?; Ordinance Passed Regulation Bicycles, Skareboards, and More
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: St. Joseph Hospital to Increase Services in Greentown; Survey of Historical Sites Coming to Greentown
