The Fairplay Fire Company #1 was founded in 1841. Four years later Joseph Todd and M. A. Gavitt were appointed to write the company's constitution and apply for a charter from the state. In 1846 the city council recognized the Ones, as they were...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the 1959 March, July, August, September, and November issues of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also...
South Bend (Ind.)--Description and travel; Mishawaka (Ind.)--Description and travel; Industries--Indiana--South Bend; Elks (Fraternal order). South Bend Lodge No. 235--History
Legislative journals--Indiana--Periodicals; Indiana--Politics and government--Periodicals; Indiana General Assembly
The Maurer School of Law, Indiana University, Bloomington received an LSTA Grant to scan, markup, and make available the Brevier Legislative Reports. The Reports are a transcription of the proceedings of the Indiana General Assembly from the...
"PENGUIN POINT NO 2" sign created by Johnson Brothers Neon Signs. It rests atop a restaurant or drive-in with a large penguin sign. According to the Goshen News, October 6, 2010, Penguin Point No. 2 was located in Warsaw, Ind. and operated by Lloyd...
Employees; Derricks; Quarries and quarrying; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
In this image, worker Joe Berry operates a Bull Wheel, a platform atop which derricks rested that could be rotated 360 degrees, allowing for derricks to transport stone in different parts of the quarry. "Return to Fred Barrett" written on back.
Employees; Lathes; Matthews Brothers Stone Company
The worker, pictured here with a pair of calipers used to measure the diameter of the stone, stands atop a lathe--a machine tool used to shape various objects, in this case a limestone column. As a tool which had been employed in various...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Kingseed to Be Parade Marshall; Greentown Glass Festival June 12-14; "Dolly" Was Swell; Greentown Represented at Marathon; Convertibles Needed; Business Association Dissolves
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Greentown Getting Pumped Up About Pump Fest; Legion to Unveil Mural; Glass House to Reopen
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: St. Joseph Hospital to Increase Services in Greentown; Survey of Historical Sites Coming to Greentown
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: One of Greentown's Own to be Speaker at Dinner; Greentonw Remembers; New Features of Pump Fest Prove Popular
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: SIsters Erect SIgn; First Female Firefighter; Randy Maurer Named Eastern Elementary Schoool Assistant Principal; Renovation Project Will Close Track/Football Area adn Tennis...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Packages Sent to Area Troops; New Superintendent Hired for Eastern; Scout Completes Eagle Project Through Collaboration
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Business Assoc. Elects; School Board Elections Coming; Legion Hall Undergoing Renovation
The Hebron School was built in the 1850s. It was a substantial building made of stone. There was a cupola built atop the building with a rope extending downward inside so the bell could be rung. We do not know how long the bell was in existence or...
This home was built in about 1872 by Aurelius H. Gibson. Mr. Gibson was in the timber and barrel stave business. He lived most of his life here with the exception of a few years spent in Arkansas where he built a second barrel stave business and...
Tthis home was built in about 1872 by Aurelius H. Gibson. Mr. Gibson was in the timber and barrel stave business. He lived most of his life here with the exception of a few years spent in Arkansas where he built a second barrel stave business and...
The bell was cast in 1849 at the Garrett Foundry in Cincinnati and placed in the cupola of the freight depot in the same year. The bell tolled upon the arrival and departure of trains. In the early 1900s the bell was diverted to Richmond, Indiana...
