This sign marked the entrance to the Madison Marine Ways. During the 1937 flood everything but the sign was underwater. The Marine Ways was flooded many times but the 1937 flood was probably the worst ever witnessed by folks along the Ohio River.
This two story brick Old Federal style mansion with Greek Revival cornices was built for Senator Jesse David Bright in 1837. Bright was a controversial politician who expressed pro-slavery sentiments in his political career. He served as Lt....
Jay County (Ind.)--Biography; Jay county (Ind.)--History
Two volume illustrated history of Jay County, Indiana. Volume I contains a reprint of M. W. Montgomery's History of Jay County printed in 1864 along with a general history of the county with emphasis on the county's participation in World War I....
Table of Contents: Hutchins, Thomas A Topographical Description of Virginia, Pennsylvania and North Carolina, 1778; Imlay, George A Topographical Description of the Westtern Territory of North America, 1793; Volney, C. F. A View of the Soil and...
View is of a two-story brick building on corner of Rail Road Street and Clark, downtown Colfax, IN. Clark Street entrance/stairway leads up to Masonic Hall – Plumb Lodge No. 472. The Colfax Bank entrance faces R. R. St.
