Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865; Correspondence; Fortune telling; Love-letters; American Civil War, letters and diaries; Military life
Ernest Schleicher, a soldier in Company I 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, wrote letters home during the Civil War to Harriet Jackson of New Providence, Indiana. Ernest mustered in as a private in 1861 and was discharged in 1865 as a sergeant. These...
Floods; flood; Indiana; Evansville; Region; Pictorial; works
1937 Ohio Flood Service "medal" was presented to the Boy Scouts of Troop 13, Henderson, KY for outstanding service in assisting the Red Cross efforts. The C.W.M. refers to the First Class Scout, Charles W. Manion
History; County government; Pioneers; Families; Farm life; Farming;
Mr. McCormick describes his work as an "An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Reclamation of Lands and the Progress of Town and Country".
The March 24, 1913 White River flood in Anderson, Ind. Here part of the downtown is submerged. In the distance the towers of the Water Works Plant, on the east side of the downtown between 9th and 12th Streets, can be seen.
"City of Jeffersonville"; Steamboats; Riverboats; Rivers; Ohio River; Ferryboat
The "City of Jeffersonville" was built at the Howard Steamboat Works in 1891 and was no longer working by 1914. In this picture she is docked on the Madison Levee.
On March 28, 1896 at St. Louis, a great, black cloud loomed menacingly over the city. The "City of Monroe" chanced to be moored at the Anchor Line wharf-boat, ready to start on her regular trip to New Orleans. She was heavily laden with freight...
