Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Council Elects Wolfe President; Elections to School Board Forthcoming; Greentwon Residents Attend Unveiling
Business enterprises; Transportation; Horse-drawn vehicles
Pearl Packing Company was one of the largest pork packing producers in the area and an offshoot of that business was an ice producing plant. In the early to mid 1900s ice wagons plied the streets with huge blocks of ice. Citizens and businesses...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Which Way to Go? Invest More in Sewage Plant or Correct Problems of Infiltration?; It's Sugarn' Time-Can Spring Be Far Behind?
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Council to Vote on Skateboard Ordinance; What Kind of Growth and Improvements for Greentown are Desired?; Fireman Honored for 25 Years of Service
Washington county, Ind.--Biography; Washington county, Ind.--History; Clark county, Ind.--Biography
Biographical and historical souvenir for the counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington, Indiana. Illustrated.
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...
This image shows people on Syracuse Beach pulling a car from Syracuse lake after it had set on the ice over the winter for the "When will the car go through the ice?" contest. Earl Money, a conservation officer, is in the lower left corner of the...
This is a glass Wawasee Beverages bottle from the Ligonier Artificial Ice Company. The listed ingredients are: carbonated water, sugar, citric or tartaric acid, essential oils, artificial flavor, and artificial color.
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Alumni Night Capped with A Win; Search Process Begins for Superintnedent; Town Requests Sewer Ban Be Lifted; Winner With "Vengeance"
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Search Underway for New EHS Principal; Greentown Awarded COP Monies; Don't Dump Those Batteries; Town Council Learns Some Expenses Going Up-Some Down; Current Events Club...
The horse drawn wagon gave way to progress and Pearl Packing Company modernized its distribution system by using the trucking system. Here Cutter Robinson and Charles Hollis are seen carrying ice blocks from the truck. With all the ice and snow...
This building is shown in the 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps but it was probably built several years before that. It was for several years the Anger Plumbing Co. but in the early 1920s it was the Antle Ice Cream Store. In 1925 Frank Schnaitter...
This building is shown in the 1886 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps but it was probably built several years before that. It was for several years the Anger Plumbing Co. but in the early 1920s it was the Antle Ice Cream Store. In 1925 Frank Schnaitter...
Before the locks and dams were built along the Ohio, a frozen river and ice build-up were big problems for navigation. This happened often. It was said that farmers in Trimble County, Kentucky, waited for the river to freeze so they could drive...
