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,...
Revolutionary War veteran, John Ward, Sr., was moved to a new resting place in the Brownsburg Cemetery, Brownsburg Indiana, on Friday, June 15, 1984. Ward died at the age of 95 in 1845 and had been buried on his son's farm in Lincoln Township, then...
Porter,Jeannette, 1887-1977; Monroe, G. Blaine; Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924;
The newspaper in the county to the south of Geneva had no problem in printing the unfortunate affair of Jeannette and her first marriage. We don't know know if the Geneva Herald kept a respectable silence or not, as these issues are missing. The...
The building that once housed the Hotel Calumet still stands at 1115 Broadway, across from the china factory building, the site of various industries in the town's past. The hotel, which was first operated by H.J. Friday, was proud to offer "meals...
The building that once housed the Hotel Calumet still stands at 1115 Broadway, across from the china factory building, the site of various industries in the town's past. The hotel, which was first operated by H.J. Friday, was proud to offer "meals...
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; New, Harry S. (Harry Stewart), 1858-1937
Newspaper clipping from the Friday, November 8, 1929 issue of Indianapolis News. The article is about how Harry S. New, owner of Indianapolis Journal, deposited material about James Whitcomb Riley into the Library of Congress. Some of the material...
Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924 - Photography; Porter, Charles D., 1850-1926
In June of 1899, during the thirteenth annual encampment of the Sons of Veterans, division of Indiana, Charles Porter was unanimously elected to the office of senior vice commander. The report appeared in the Friday, June 16 edition of the Geneva...
