History; County government; Pioneers; Families; Farm life; Farming;
Mr. McCormick describes his work as an "An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country".
Back row from left to right: Charles Dufendach, John Worman, Clint Feltner, Otis Alvey, Guy Dearing, Ben Hoffhaus, Norm Dufendach. Middle row from left to right: Henry Warnsman, Ed Helmerick, Pat Epple, Dave Dufendach, Bill Mundy. Front row from...
Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865; Correspondence; Fortune telling; Love-letters; American Civil War, letters and diaries; Military life
Ernest Schleicher, a soldier in Company I 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, wrote letters home during the Civil War to Harriet Jackson of New Providence, Indiana. Ernest mustered in as a private in 1861 and was discharged in 1865 as a sergeant. These...
Edna Hess; teacher; Opportunity Room; Betsy Ross; flag; Esther Weaver; Mary Ann Stiegliz Haab
Edna Hess, a 5th grade teacher in Syracuse, started a class named the Opportunity Room. This Betsy Ross flag was made by children in in her room. The flag was hand stitched. It passed to Esther Weaver, who passed it to Mary Ann Stiegliz Haab in...
Portrait of Anna Schuler Melchior (seated). Other family members unidentified. Anna Schuler Melchior was one of the women who sewed the flag used by the local regiment during the Civil War and which still exists at the Dubois County Museum....
Brownsburg's new flag flown for the first time. (left to right) Syble Hall, designer; Paul Kilian, Ed Schrier, Don Gray. Police Office George Ingle in background.
Brownsburg Public Library of Brownsburg, Indiana received replacement flags thanks to cooperative efforts of several local leaders. Local businessman, Fred Roark donated an American flag, Senator Lillian Parent donated an Indiana State flag and...
A photograph of Civil War veterans. The names were numberered to correspond with the numbers on the front, but water damage and tearing obscured many names. Here is the list of legible names: 1. Jackson 2. William Jones 3. Waddle 4. (blank) 5....
A picture of Dale Helmerich, former mayor of Huntingburg, IN, with Key Club students from the Huntingburg High School. Keywords: mayor, students, Key Club, American flag
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); Louisville...
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...
The Jesse G. Dorsey Collection of World War II Correspondence consists of correspondence from 348 service members and their relatives, written to Jesse Dorsey during World War II. Mr. Dorsey was the Director of Recreation and Welfare and editor of...
