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...
Here you can see some of the devastation the ice caused during the harsh winter of 1917-1918. The ferryboat "Trimble" is caught and nearly buried in the thick ice. She did survive but was badly damaged. On February 20, 1918 the newspaper reported,...
Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students -- Yearbooks; College Yearbooks; Central Normal College (Danville, Ind.) -- Students
Yearbook from Central Normal College located in Danville, Indiana.
Clay County (Ind.)--History;
Clay County (Ind.)--Biography;
Clay County (Ind.)--Genealogy;
Owen County (Ind.)--History;
Owen County (Ind.)--Biography;
Owen County (Ind.)--Genealogy
Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana : historical and biographical
Illustrated.
Articles by various writers.
The "Trimble" ferryboat was a familiar sight in Madison for many years. Built in 1895 for Captain Joseph C. Abbott, at the Jeffersonville boatworks, she worked the Milton-to-Madison run for almost thirty-five years.
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841; Gibson, John, 1740-1822; Posey, Thomas, 1750-1818; Indiana--Politics and government--Sources
Two volume edition covering the period during which Harrison was Governor of Indiana; v. 1 1800-1811; v. 2 1812-1816 and includes messages and letters of Governors John Gibson and Thomas Posey.
Indiana. General Assembly. House of Representatives-- Periodicals; Indiana-- Politics and government-- Periodicals; Legislative jorunals--Indiana-- Periodicals
