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 caption on the back of the postcard reads: "Sorghum label - by the 1900s, sorghum was a very successful business for Birdseye residents. Sent out all over the world, the sorghum was produced by Koerner & Glenn. It was quoted 'When you had...
The right-hand building of the Chesterton china factory in the above engraving still stands on Broadway between Ninth and Eleventh Streets, and is now occupied by a number of small retail businesses. The American China Co., and later the...
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.
This photograph shows an interpretive dance that formed part of the Historical Pageant of the Dunes, produced in 1917 by the Prairie Club and other organizations in support of the creation of an Indiana Dunes national park. Although the early...
Harry Chapman (1882-1960) was one of Madison's most admired citizens. Mr. Chapman was the owner of the Democratic Printing Company. He started in the printing business at an early age, working in the shop started by his father, Alonzo Chapman, a...
Independent Limestone Company; Quarries and quarrying; Derricks; Boring machinery--Channelers
This image is a quarry level view of the Independent Limestone Company. Notice the large derricks in the background used to transport large slabs of limestone produced by the several channelers at the center of the image.
Indiana. General Assembly. House of Representatives-- Periodicals; Indiana-- Politics and government-- Periodicals; Legislative jorunals--Indiana-- Periodicals
Farm Life; butter churn; Chellberg family; Chellberg, Mina
Mina Peterson, the daughter of Swedish immigrants who settled in Baillytown, worked as a cook for the Barker family of the Pullman Standard Co. in Michigan City before her marriage to C.L. Chellberg in 1901. She is seen here in 1914, in the yard...
Madison county, Ind.--History;
Madison county, Ind.--Biography
History of Madison County, Indiana; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests.
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Indiana. General Assembly. House of Representatives-- Periodicals; Indiana-- Politics and government-- Periodicals; Legislative journals--Indiana-- Periodicals
