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 "City of Madison" was built in 1860 and originally ran from Cincinnati to New Orleans. She was built in Madison, Indiana and was used as a government boat during the Civil War. She participated in Grant's campaign on the Tennessee and was at...
Steamboats; Riverboats; "City of Madison"; Dikes (Engineering)
Built in Madison in 1882, the boat was the second "City of Madison," the first having been lost in a devastating explosion during the Civil War. On June 18, 1894, she was returning from a trip to Memphis, with a stop-over in Owensboro, Kentucky,...
The "Delta Queen" and her sister ship "Delta King" were fabricated in Scotland and disassembled for shipment to San Francisco. She was then sent to Stockton, California where she was reassembled and fitted for work in the Sacramento area. In 1941...
Steamboats; Riverboats; Excursion boats; "Belle of Louisville"; "Avalon"; Ferries; USO clubs; Rose Island
Built in 1914 this boat went by the name Idlewild from that date to 1947. She then became the Avalon from 1947 to 1962 when she was dubbed "Belle of Louisville". She is a shallow draft boat which enables her to glide over water that would not be...
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Affadavit by Clement Whitaker, publisher of the Bloomington Republican Newspaper, concerning a Notice of Application for License to sell liquor.
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Grand jury petitions court for more information concerning a case of killing a deer.
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Granville Jackson swears that Nancy Graham did unlawfully in a violent and angry manner strike James Maefield Jackson on March 3, 1864.
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Affidavit of restraining order against landlord and family made by renter and family for violence. Mentions the names of Mildred James, Franklin James, Catherine James, and Joseph James.
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Affidavit for restraining order for violent threats. Conrad Stineberg fears Milliano Gilespie.
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Levi Collier provides testimony that on March 12, 1864 David Buskirk, Mat Anderson, and Wiseman Anderson caused a disturbance against Nancy Collier and Delaney Collier.
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Peter A. M. Whitesell states that on March 3, 1863 the following group of men violently and tumultiously assembled together to create a disturbance: Thomas Evans, James E. McBride, George Dearman, John S. Spencer, James Polk Spencer, Alexander...
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Affidavit of witness who saw illegal trading. Young man over the age of fourteen was engaged in common labor on the Sabbath; bail was set at $25.00.
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George Willson was over the age of fourteen was engaged in fishing on the Sabbath; bail was set at $25.00. Signed by district attorney Eli Millen.
