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".
Photographer Theodore Eitel’s album, About a Town in Southern Indiana, depicts the Ohio River town of Utica, Clark County, Indiana circa 1920s. The fifteen village scenes are mounted on board with vellum. Eitel was a native of Louisville,...
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,...
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...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the 1963 February, March, April, and May issues of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.; Sellersburg, Ind.; Employees' magazines, newsletters, etc.
This is the April 1967 issue of The Speed Way. The Speed Way was a monthly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. Prior to...
death; Mrs. Bonaventura Spink Cunniff; manager; part owner; Spink-Wawasee Hotel; car; Smokey Mountains National Park
A February 25, 1944 article about the death of Mrs. Bonaventura Spink Cunniff (manager and part owner of the Spink-Wawasee Hotel). The car she and her sister were riding in skidded off the road in the Smokey Mountains National Park. In an attempt...
Louisville Cement Company (Speed, Ind.); The Speedometer (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Speed Way (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); The Warning Star (Louisville Cement Company employee newsletter); Speed, Ind.;...
The Speedometer was a monthly or sometimes bi-weekly newsletter of the Louisville Cement Company in Speed, Indiana. The newsletter was focused on safety issues at the plant but also included human interest stories. The Speedometer began publication...
Starke County (Ind.) ; Hotels; Boats; Lakes & ponds;
The Bass Hotel or Old Bass Hotel as it was sometimes known was located on the west side of Bass Lake near today's intersection of 500 South and State Road 210. Built around 1890, it was right on the lake. A road did not pass by that area then and...
