Anderson, Ind. looking southeast from the Madison County courthouse. Photograph looks over the east side of the downtown and to the factory area along Columbus Avenue in the east. The spire barely visible in the background is probably Nicholson...
Thomas, Ann Morgan (1822-1865); Thomas Family; Morgan Family
Ann Morgan was the eldest daughter of the area's first settlers, Jesse and Jane Morgan. She married William Thomas II, son of early landowner William Thomas Sr., in 1845. Of their thirteen children, only two, Elena and Elias, survived to...
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...
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Vawter, Will, 1871-1941
Newspaper clipping from the Bloomington-Bedford Sunday Herald-Times, October 11, 1978. The article discusses the claim by Nashville sisters, Mrs. Fern Williams and Mrs. Letha Walker that Hoosier artist John William (Will) Vawter illustrated two...
These photographs of the City of Huntington and Huntington County were commissioned by the Huntington City-Township Public Library; Huntington, Indiana. Arrival of C.P. Rodgers airplane at Gorman farm at Jefferson and Macgahn Street. The area is...
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...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Boats; Lakes & ponds;
The Bass Hotel or Old Bass Hotel as it was sometimes known was located on the west side of Bass Lake near today's intersection of 500 South and State Road 210. Built around 1890, it was right on the lake. A road did not pass by that area then and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Lakes & ponds; Tourism; Tourists;
The Bass Hotel or Old Bass Hotel as it was sometimes known was located on the west side of Bass Lake near today's intersection of 500 South and State Road 210. Built around 1890, it was right on the lake. A road did not pass by that area then and...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Country clubs; Lakes & ponds;Parties; Weddings; Vacations; Boats;
The Bass Lake Country Club, built in 1890 was located on Cranberry Point shown here. The Country Club was used for many weddings, graduations and family reunions. There was a dock at the club and people could arrive by boat from other areas and...
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...
Brownsburg High School, in Brownsburg Indiana, on Friday, December 30, 1983, had a fire in their basement area. Pictured is a hallway where a fireman walks past some water remaining after the fire was put out. (The Guide, Wednesday, January 4,...
A photograph of the workers at the Buck Shoals Mining Company in Haysville, IN, which mined for silver. The company was named for the area along the White River known as Buck Shoals where traces of silver had been found. Keywords: men, mine,...
This reservoir was located east of town. There were at least three such reservoirs around Madison. Plans for one of the early reservoirs were approved by the city council in 1846 under the guidance and ownership of Thomas Godman. It was to be...
