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...
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...
Aerial photograph of Anderson College looking north east. Warner Auditorium is in the foreground. Dunn Hall, Co-ed (later Rice Hall), Martin Hall, Smith Hall and O. C. Lewis Gymnasium are in the background.
Transportation; Railroad; depot; Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
The Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad built a wooden depot in Chesterton in 1852, just north of Third Street, south of the railroad tracks on land originally owned by the Thomas family. The railroad established a woodlot to the east of the...
Several photographs of a fatal truck accident on State Road 56 east of Birdseye, IN. Shown in the lower left picture is Roger A. Vogler, who was killed in the accident. Keywords: man, trucks, accident, wreck, newspaper.
A photograph in the Jasper Herald of the Flat Rock ferry at the east fork of the White River in Boone Township, Dubois County, IN. Pictured from left to right: Hilda Himsel, Helen Deppen, a Deppen child, Lottie Deppen, Samuel Himsel, ferryman Bud...
The caption on the back of the postcard reads: "Train depot - established in 1882, the Birdseye train depot served many travelers abroad. Today, pillars still stand east of Oak Street, the only remains of the depot after the demise of passenger...
Pictured on the left is Grover Salb, the father of Dr. J.P. Salb. Pictured on the right is Robert G. Hochgesang, father of Alice (Hochgesang) Noblitt. Taken on East Sixth St., Jasper, IN. The car is a 1909 Hupmobile 20 Roadster. Keywords: car, men,...
Two photographs in the Jasper Herald of a truck wreck east of Haysville, IN, in which Thomas Nyrl of Owensboro, KY was killed. Keywords: truck, accident, wreck, newspaper, corn, barn, field.
This is a ledger of the tolls received at Middle Toll Gate in Clark County, Indiana from 1867-1890. The Charlestown and Jeffersonville Turnpike Company managed the toll gate. The ledger was recorded by Thomas F. Prather, W.M. Gibson, A.J. Hay, J.B....
Anderson's Grand Opera house, east of the Grand Hotel, was dedicated in 1895. The Grand became the Granada Theater, hosting vaudeville acts, during the Depression and finally the Starland movie theater. The building was razed in the early 1950s.
These photographs of the City of Huntington and Huntington County were commissioned by the Huntington City-Township Public Library; Huntington, Indiana. First Street looking North from Market Street intersection. Street car days -- street car (plus...
