Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Packages Sent to Area Troops; New Superintendent Hired for Eastern; Scout Completes Eagle Project Through Collaboration
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: First Step Taken Toward "Main Street" Project; Grapevine Photo WIns State Award; Beginning Third Year
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Three Vie for One School Board Seat; Greentown To Be 150 Years Old; "Main Street" Officers Elected; Large Steel Beam Installed; Glass Festival to be June 6-8, 1996
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Logo Design Sought To Honor 150 Years of Greentown History; Shelter from te Storm; Elections to Be Tuesday May 7
This building was a drug store as early as 1876. The city directory for that year lists Benjamin S. Abberger, druggist, in the building. By 1886 Joseph De Loste, retailer and manufacturer of drugs, had a drug store there. In 1914 John Inglis...
This location was previously the site of the Sulzer Brothers Drug Company Warehouse which was demolished. Marcus Sulzer was still active in the business when he died in 1939. However, the property was vacant in the 1942 city directory so we can...
This firm was organized in 1890 by Henry B. Lotz and his brother Benjamin. They learned to make shoes by hand from their father, Bernhardt Lotz, who was a well known shoemaker. Henry passed away in 1931 and Ben continued the business until 1937...
In the 1940s C.D. Morrow established a cleaning business here. Mr. Morrow had previously been located at 218 East Third Street. The store motto was rather "catchy", being a play on the name Morrow. It was "BRING YOUR CLOTHES TO MORROW AND GET THEM...
This is the towboat "Miami". Built in 1912 in Cincinnati, she was mostly a contract towboat. She ended her career on the Kanawha River and was dismantled in 1946.
Harry Chapman (1882-1960) was one of Madison's most admired citizens. Mr. Chapman was the owner of the Democratic Printing Company. He started in the printing business at an early age, working in the shop started by his father, Alonzo Chapman, a...
The sign over the door says "Established 1834". Inside, on the wall, is a copy of the original deed dated 1833 signed by James Lanier. In the 1859 city directory there is an advertisement and it states the owner to be Jacob Smith. The menu of...
The sign over the door says "Established 1834". Inside, on the wall, is a copy of the original deed dated 1833 signed by James Lanier. In the 1859 city directory there is an advertisement and it states the owner to be Jacob Smith. The menu of...