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....
Posey County (Ind.)--History; Posey County (Ind.)--Biography
Illustrated history of Posey County beginning with the Aborigines. Part 1 is the history; Part 2 is biographical information on its early settlers. Edited by John C. Leffel.
Warrick County (Ind.) - History; Warrick County (Ind.) - Biography; Spencer County (Ind.) - History; Spencer County (Ind.) - Biography; Perry County (Ind.) - History; Perry County (Ind.) - Biography
Contains a history of Warrick, Spencer and Perry counties, their townships, as well as towns and villages from their beginnings until 1885. Also includes biographical sketches and portraits.
Illustrated history. "Completed by Works Progress Administration personnel under the direction of the Chief of the Reference Department of the Indianapolis Public Library." Introduction signed by L.L. Dickerson
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: A Party Was Planned, An Uninvited Guest Came; THe Spinoff Was Far-reaching and Ongoing; Issues Forum Set for Greentown
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: American Legion Post Continues Strong; Water Usage Advisory; Amazing Animails from the Rain Forest; "The Planting of Trees..."
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: A New Look for the Wall of Honor; Western comedy To Be Performed By EHS Drama Dept.; Childhood Memories of Greentown
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: No Election Needed in Greentown; Birthday of Former Movie Star to Be Marked with Release of Balloons; Ja-Da, Ja-Da, That's the Car for Me; Community Fest to Be Aug. 11; Author to...
This is a lithograph drawing of the Indianapolis Union Depot, the north terminal of the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. It is scanned from a postcard with the following inscription on the back: "Union Depot--erected in 1852." It was torn down...
The "Princess" and "Island Queen" are shown in the grip of ice during the winter of 1917-1918. The "Island Queen" surivived only to face the inferno at the Cincinnati docks on November 4, 1922. The "Princess" was lost when the ice gorge broke. ...
Steamboats; Riverboats; Marks and Benson; ice gorge; Steamboat accidents
The "Loucinda" was built in 1910 and was one of the casualties of the 1918 ice gorge that claimed several boats in Cincinnati. The inscription says, "Marks and Benson, American Boy excursion to Fern Grove, July 13, 1910.
The inscription on the old picture reads, "Madison & Milton Ferry Landing--1908." The landing at Madison and the ferryboat, "Trimble" looked much like this during the winter of 1917 and 1918 when some of the worst weather of the century hit much...
