Stables; Livery; Business enterprises; Sale barn; Warehouses
This building was probably built to be a livery stable or at least a building to contain horses. The 1859 city directory lists the building as McCubbin and Sons Livery. It was also called a livery and sale barn at one point. For several years in...
The Best View Hotel was located on the north end of Bass Lake. It boasted two floors and the wide porches and rockers looking out over the lake made it a popular place for vacationing. This hotel was later home to the Shore Room, a popular...
The Best View Hotel was located on the north end of Bass Lake. It boasted two floors and the wide porches and rockers looking out over the lake made it a popular place for vacationing. This hotel was later home to the Shore Room, a popular...
The "Hattie Brown" was built in 1884 and made a regular run from Warsaw to Madison, Indiana and back daily. She was converted to an oil engine in 1915; two years later she was lost in the terrible freeze of 1917-1918 when the Ohio River froze for...
This boat was built in 1910 by Howard as the "J. H. Menge" and later the "M. A. Burke," a cotton packet. It was sold to the Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company in 1919 and then was sent to Mount City for extensive alterations before being...
Slide dated SEP 1986 of two buildings on the east side of State Road 13 in Sidney, Indiana. The two-story building has a sign for ""PAST TO PRESENT"" antiques. A glass globe sign reads ""SIDNEY"" and has a symbol for
Slide dated SEP 1986 of two commercial buildings on the east side of State Road 13 in Sidney, Indiana. The two-story building has a decorative tin cornice and has a sign for ""the country store / ANTIQUES / & collectibles.""
This photograph appeared in the September 1901 edition of Outing magazine. This photograph, along with three others were not ready for the July edition, so were supplied here on pages 656-7. in July, Gene wrote of the turtle dove, " The nest is...
We do not know the exact location of this photograph. We do know that Charles and Gene Stratton-Porter were very fond of Michigan. Gene's sister lived in Coldwater and according to the local Geneva, Indiana, newspapers we learn that during the...
Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924 - Photography; Porter, Charles D., 1850-1926;
Two gentlemen participate in the leisure pastime of fishing. One gentleman, who appears to be Charles Porter, is poling the boat on the river. Because this photo is included with the group of photographs from Michigan, and because of presence of...
The girls are posed in front of the living room fireplace. In an effort to identify the young ladies, we find that in July and August of 1900, cousin Gladys Wilson stayed with the Porters for a number of weeks. The girls would have been 12 and 13...
This news item reported the first two meetings of the now, Saturday Club. The reading program has now expanded into English literature and matters world wide. A copy of the year's program follows. We do not know how long the club continued to...
Fire swept the business section of Geneva, the hometown of Gene Stratton-Porter. Awakened by the tumult Gene joins others in fighting the blaze. The newspaper gives a concise reporting of the event alluded to by Stratton-Porter biographers.
Fire swept the business section of Geneva, the hometown of Gene Stratton-Porter. Awakened by the tumult Gene joins others in fighting the blaze. The newspaper gives a concise reporting of the event alluded to by Stratton-Porter biographers.
Fire swept the business section of Geneva, the hometown of Gene Stratton-Porter. Awakened by the tumult Gene joins others in fighting the blaze. The newspaper gives a concise reporting of the event alluded to by Stratton-Porter biographers.
Snapshot of two female student wearing graduation gowns and caps. They stand on the sidewalk in front of the Pierceton school. Their shoes indicate that this was taken circa 1930.
In September, 1937, the City Council agreed to buy the former Trow's Perfection Flour Mill building which had been damaged by the 1937 flood. The original plan, pushed by local businessmen, was to lease the building to a business concern from...
