Woolery Stone Company; Bloomington Limestone Company
Video interview with Mr. Harold E. Hickman, former employee of the Bloomington Limestone Corporation and former Secretary-Treasurer of the Woolery Stone Company in Monroe County, Indiana.
The first water system for Madison was built between 1814 and 1817. While it did not serve everyone in the city it must have been a monumental achievement for such an early age. The first water ducts were hollowed out logs fitted into each other...
The "J.T. Hatfield" is seen here at Madison, just past the Madison-Milton bridge. She was built as the "General Ashburn" but her name was changed in honor of James T. Hatfield when the Hatfield-Campbell Creek Coal Company bought her in 1945. She...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
This poster advertising Dan Russo and his Brunswick Orchestra is just one of the many entertainers who visited Bass Lake at the Crystal Ball Room. Russo and the Orioles were contracted with Brunswick Records Studio. As you can see from the...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Posters; Memorabilia; Big bands;
During the 1920s and 30s, Maurie Sherman was a well-known leader of a Chicago band who appeared often at the College Inn of the Hotel Sherman (no relation) . Maurie gained much popularity via his frequent remote radio broadcasts, both local and...
An article in the Jasper Herald about Don Pope of Linton, IN accepting the position of superintendent over the Northeast Dubois County School Corporation. Keywords: man, portrait, newspaper.
