Illustrated history. "Completed by Works Progress Administration personnel under the direction of the Chief of the Reference Department of the Indianapolis Public Library." Introduction signed by L.L. Dickerson
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Board Making Revisions to Drug testing Policy; Extension Given On Demolition Order; Greentown Election Day Nov. 2; Town Approves Erection of Sign
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Public Meeting Called; Grpaevine Has Another Birthday; Eastern Schools Dedicate Performing Arts Center
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Community Fest to be Sept. 23; Annual Patriot Day Planned for Sep. 10; Plan Commission Coninues Study of Sign Ordinance; Do you have all your ducks in a row??.....; Music at the...
Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: Aimee Romero to Open "Music at the Fountain" Series; Lawn & Garden Project Teaches Safety; Deadline Nearing FOr Filing; Greentown Farmers Market; Greentown Donates for Bomb Dog
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
Fred Pfortner started his grocery business in these buildings in 1897. Before that the address at 317 had been a grocery and the other two buildings had housed various businesses including a locksmith, a restaurant, a store selling agricultural...
Business enterprises; Transportation; Horse-drawn vehicles
Pearl Packing Company was one of the largest pork packing producers in the area and an offshoot of that business was an ice producing plant. In the early to mid 1900s ice wagons plied the streets with huge blocks of ice. Citizens and businesses...
Madison had suffered several setbacks economically. It was once a great pork packing center but that industry waned as the big packing plants in the large cities gained magnitude. The woolen mills had begun to slow or close down and it was the...
The first water system for Madison was built between 1814 and 1817. While it did not serve everyone in the city it must have been a monumental achievement for such an early age. The first water ducts were hollowed out logs fitted into each other...
The sign over the door says "Established 1834". Inside, on the wall, is a copy of the original deed dated 1833 signed by James Lanier. In the 1859 city directory there is an advertisement and it states the owner to be Jacob Smith. The menu of...
