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".
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.
John Brough; Railroad locomotives; Railroads; Mountain railroads; Cog railroads; Baldwin Works; Madison
The cog locomotive "John Brough" was designed in 1849 and delivered in 1850 by the Baldwin Works to climb the "hill" in Madison. It was owned by the Madison and Indianapolis Railroad and named after John Brough, president of the company. It was...
A photograph in the Jasper Herald of the presentation of "Magic Island" by the "Indianapolis Shakespeare Festival" at the Jasper Public Library. Keywords: actors, people, costumes, painting, library.
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...
This advertisement is for the Madison, Indianapolis and Peru Railroad announcing the opening of the road for through freight and passengers and its association with the steamers, "David White" and "Alvin Adams" of the Lightning Line which was owned...
Here is a "Through Tariff" schedule. Just reading through the list of articles is interesting. Some that caught our eye are bonnets and band boxes; scythes stones (in oil or dry); shoe pegs; and firecrackers. The steamships "Alvin Adams" and "David...
