Civil War, U. S., 1861-1865; Correspondence; Fortune telling; Love-letters; American Civil War, letters and diaries; Military life
Ernest Schleicher, a soldier in Company I 38th Regiment Indiana Infantry, wrote letters home during the Civil War to Harriet Jackson of New Providence, Indiana. Ernest mustered in as a private in 1861 and was discharged in 1865 as a sergeant. These...
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".
She was built as the "Dolphin No. 3" at Jeffersonville, Indiana and was called the "Harry Anderson" for a brief period before receiving the name "Julius Fleischmann." She was owned by the Hatfield Coal Company and towed between the Kanawha River...
Color Photograph. View of historic front to Abe Martin Lodge (the main entrance today was originally the back side to the Lodge). The Lodge was built in 1932 using native stone and oak timbers. The Lodge and family cottages were named in honor...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Advertisements; Clippings; Big bands;
Advertisement for the Bass Hotel on Bass Lake in northern Indiana, built around 1890. The Bass Hotel was located on the west side of Bass Lake near today's intersection of 500 South and State Road 210. The hotel was right on the lake. Originally,...
The 900 block of Main Street, east side, with the Anderson Daily Bulletin building at the end. The Bulletin no longer used these offices, having combined operations with the Anderson Herald during the 1940's. Today this building is the Madison...
The second Anderson Hotel was located on the southeast corner of 9th and Meridian and was part of the Albert-Pick hotel chain. It's grand opening took place June 17, 1930. Guests of the Anderson Hotel included Lowell Thomas, Babe Ruth's wife and...
Colorized postcard shows mouth of cave in Mounds Park. The caves of Mounds Park are almost legendary. An apocryphal story (currently unverified) from the 1920's holds that a child was once lost in one for several hours. No caves are open to the...
