Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: R.F.D. Service Extended From Local Office; Here adn There; Come On Over You Can Park In Greentown
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Hains Garage Dsetroyed By Fire Sat. Morn.; Beavers Break Even In Week-End Games; Union, Jackson, Liberty In Quarentine;
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: One Killed Four Injured In Accident; Miami Co. Champs Beaver Victims; Miss Masters Named County Chairman; "Land 'O Cotton" H. S. Minstrel
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Popular Young Girl Auto Accident Victim; News From Boys In Cali. Camp; Mystery Of Who Killed The Goat; "Shocking Battle" Won By Locals
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: The Conductor Is Being Held; Mark Nesbitt Quits Life; Killed By A Traction Car; Jet Black Storm Clouds
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Science Fair Awards; Council Votes to Proceed Toward Grant; School technology Report Heard
Railroads; Railroad construction & maintenance; Trestles; State parks & reserves; Railroad bridges
The footings and abutment for the high trestle are visible evidence of a method of crossing a deep ravine. At this point the course of the railroad turned south parallel to Clifty Creek, which is deep down, immediately beyond the abutments. This is...
Built in 1902 in Dubuque, Iowa, she was the largest towboat ever built. Her early beginnings, however, were rocky. On her maiden voyage she collided with a showboat and only a year later had to have her engines replaced. It was difficult for...
The "Princess" and "Island Queen" are shown in the grip of ice during the winter of 1917-1918. The "Island Queen" surivived only to face the inferno at the Cincinnati docks on November 4, 1922. The "Princess" was lost when the ice gorge broke. ...
The "Monongahela" was built in 1927 and rebuilt in 1945-1946 when she was converted from coal to an oil burner. In the late 1950s she was partially dismantled. Her remains were sold to a South American firm. She broke away from her tug during...
The "Hattie Brown" was built in 1884 and made a regular run from Warsaw to Madison, Indiana and back daily. She was converted to an oil engine in 1915; two years later she was lost in the terrible freeze of 1917-1918 when the Ohio River froze for...
Steamboats; Mail steamers; "Queen City"; Excursion boats; Riverboats; Steamboat accidents
The "Queen City" was built at Cincinnati Marine Railways for the Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Line. Coming back from a Mardi Gras trip she sank at the Falls of the Ohio on February 17, 1914. She laid up in the Kanawha River at Point Pleasant...
This home is situated on a narrow lot only 22 feet wide. It was built in 1850 by the famous architect, Francis Costigan, who had already built the Lanier Mansion and Shrewsbury House, two premiere homes in Madison. Historic Madison on its web...
This home is situated on a narrow lot only 22 feet wide. It was built in 1850 by the famous architect, Francis Costigan, who had already built the Lanier Mansion and Shrewsbury House, two premiere homes in Madison. Historic Madison on its web...
