Lounging on the platform outside the original wooden Michigan Southern depot around the turn of the century were (left to right): John Thompson, William A. Wood, and Willard Place. The two men on the right are thought to be L. Wicter and Albert...
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 excursion boat, "America" is docked at Madison loading up for a day at Rose Island (formerly Fern Grove). The occasion is the American Boy excursion of 1927 in which about 1,500 people participated. The boat was scheduled to return at 7:30 p.m....
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...
Photographer Theodore Eitel’s album, About a Town in Southern Indiana, depicts the Ohio River town of Utica, Clark County, Indiana circa 1920s. The fifteen village scenes are mounted on board with vellum. Eitel was a native of Louisville,...
Thomas, Ann Morgan (1822-1865); Thomas Family; Morgan Family
Ann Morgan was the eldest daughter of the area's first settlers, Jesse and Jane Morgan. She married William Thomas II, son of early landowner William Thomas Sr., in 1845. Of their thirteen children, only two, Elena and Elias, survived to...
Portrait of Anna Schuler Melchior (seated). Other family members unidentified. Anna Schuler Melchior was one of the women who sewed the flag used by the local regiment during the Civil War and which still exists at the Dubois County Museum....
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the April 1967 issue 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 included human interest stories. Prior to...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.;...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
The Rands, both ornithologists, moved to Chesterton in 1947 after Austin was appointed Curator of Ornithology at the Field Museum. They were actively involved in the local community, writing a weekly column "Country Diary" in the Chesterton...
Margaret Larson stands in front of Baillytown School with some of her students in 1921. In the late 19th and 20th centuries, before paved roads and reliable transportation were common, eight small schoolhouses dotted Westchester Township to serve...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Clippings; Newspapers; Newspaper industry;
The Bass Lake Times, a local newspaper, was published out of North Judson Indiana during the 1930s. Harold F. Keller was the editor and publisher. Willard D. McCormick was the manager.
A local Beagle Club met at the Best View Hotel. Later the Best View became the Shore Room. It was located on Bass Lake's north end. It has been used as a residence in recent years.
This photograph shows the Beam House, located on Wagner Road in Porter, as it looked in the early part of the century. William Beam, a superintendent at one of the Porter brickyards, built the house in 1883. The Beams lived in the house for only a...
In 1879 a group of Swedish worshippers from Chesterton left Augsburg Lutheran Church to form their own congregation in town. The brick church seen here, located at 135 Lincoln Avenue, was completed in 1882. Substantial improvements and additions...
Bloomington (Ind.) -- History; Monroe County (Ind.) -- History; Monroe County (Ind.) -- Newspapers; United States. Army. Indiana Cavalry Regiment; United States. Army. Indiana Infantry Regiment, 14th (1861-1864). Company K ; United States. Army....
Provides troop movement and troop accounts, poem, eyewitness accounts to local news, advertisements for local businesses.
