The first water system for Madison was built between 1814 and 1817. While it did not serve everyone in the city it must have been a monumental achievement for such an early age. The first water ducts were hollowed out logs fitted into each other...
Conductor John Slont stands proudly beside car 108 of the Valparaiso and Northern line of the Gary Inter-urban that connected Chesterton with LaPorte, Valparaiso, and Gary and was a one-time rival to the South Shore Railroad. Used for passengers,...
This postcard shows a view of Syracuse Lake. The info on the back of the card says "Located in Northern Indiana, this scenic lake covering an area of over 400 acres, is connected with Lake Wawasee. On the west side of Syracuse Lake, is the resort...
Tomassi's Resort was located on CR 700E immediately east of Bass Lake. A dirt road connected the resort with the lake. Most recently it was home to the Ukranian Orthodox Church.
Here is a list of rules for the transportation of hogs on the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad. Notice in rule VIII, "Owners and Agents of hogs are earnestly entreated not to offer or give liquor to the hands of the Company, connected with the...
New Harmony (Ind.); Photographs; Regional Pictoral Works; Historiography and Photography
First telephone exchange installed in 1897, New Harmony, IN, The first CT & T co. exchange, and first subscriber, the Corbin Milling Co. The two tall lines: one from Princeton and one from Evansville. Individual booths in Dranfired Drug Store were...
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Nixon, Elmer; Trisler Family; Luzadder, John E.
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; McCormick Family; Adams Quarry; Empire Quarry; Sanders (Ind.); Luzadder, John E.; National Quarry
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Deckard Family; Mitchell Family; Tatum Family; Trisler Family; Knights of Pythias; Salvation Army
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Deckard Family; Ketcham Family; Strain Family; Tatum Family; Women's Christian Temperance Union
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Deckard Family; Fox Family; McCormick Family; Knights of Pythias
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Deckard Family; Fox Family; Mitchell Family; Trisler Family; Knights of Pythias
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Adams Family; Fox Family; Mitchell Family; Thrasher Family; Warring Family
Monroe County (Ind.); Clear Creek (Monroe County, Ind. : Township); Smithville (Ind.); Smithville (Ind.) -- Smithville News; Trisler Family; Clear Creek (Ind.)
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Hunter, David Eckley (1834 - 1892); Education -- Indiana -- Monroe County; Teachers -- Indiana -- Monroe County
Personal Diary of D.E. Hunter. Provides a daily record of his life as a teacher in Ellettsville. Included is his trial and acquittal for the excessive whipping of two students.
Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Bloomington (Ind.) -- History; Wylie, Jane Melheme (Jen) (1836 - 1865); Wylie Family -- Correspondence; Women -- Indiana -- Monroe County
Writes about news of the war and the forming of militias in Wheeling, Virginia. Explains what she would do if the Rebels were to ever approach her. Describes her new living arrangements.
