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...
Photograph; Avalon; houseboat; Lake Wawasee; Fortune
This black and white photograph shows the houseboat "Avalon" on Lake Wawasee. The "Avalon" was built in 1898 at a cost of $1400.00 for Mr. Fortune of Indianapolis.
Pottawattamie; yearbook; 1907; Syracuse High School; Students; Ruth Miles; Clifford Hoy; Preston Miles; Glen Gordy; Savilla Strieby; Caroline Slaybaugh; Charles Bachman; Marion Mentzer; Samuel Crosson; Fattis; William Morrison; William Dennis;...
This "Pottawattamie" yearbook was created by the students of Syracuse High School to commemorate the school year of 1907.
Pottawattamie; yearbook; 1908; Syracuse High School; Students; Charles Bachman; Lola Nusbaum; board of school trustees; E.E. Strieby; H.W. Buchholz; A.W. Strieby; new school building; staff; Preston H. Miles; Jay C. Gordy; Sverre Neilsen; Mary...
This "Pottawattamie" yearbook was created by the students of Syracuse High School to commemorate the school year of 1908.
Reuben Wells, master mechanic, designed his namesake. It was built in the railroad shops at Jeffersonville, Indiana, under his supervision and placed in service in 1868. It was, at the time, the most powerful engine in the world. It was built to...
The newly built "Reuben Wells" sits at the Jeffersonville yards where she was built for the J M & I Railroad under the supervision and to the specifications of Master Mechanic, Reuben Wells, for whom she was named. Her boiler was tilted forward to...