Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: One Killed Four Injured In Accident; Miami Co. Champs Beaver Victims; Miss Masters Named County Chairman; "Land 'O Cotton" H. S. Minstrel
The "Princess" has a front row seat for the 1910 Madison Regatta. The "Princess" was sister to the "Island Queen" in the Coney Island trade. She was built in 1900. During the terrible winter of 1917-1918 she was wintering at the mouth of the...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Greentown Could Be off Sewer Ban-At a Cost; Large Auction of Greentown Glass Held; Syringes Being improperly Disposed; Prom Queen and King
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Deckard Family; Fox Family; Ketcham Family
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Not "Up to the Minute" but "Back to the Century"; A Chance to Own a Greentown Brick; Cast call; Sesquicentennial Quilt to be Offered; Joe Rice Paperweights to be Issued
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. ...
This scene is the Ohio River during the terrible winter of 1917-1918. You can see the "Princess" locked in the ice. That winter was exceptionally cold and the river and its tributaries froze "stem to stern". It caused much destruction along the...