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".
Pottawattamie; yearbook; 1908; Syracuse High School; Students; Charles Bachman; Lola Nusbaum; board of school trustees; E.E. Strieby; H.W. Buchholz; A.W. Strieby; new school building; staff; Preston H. Miles; Jay C. Gordy; Sverre Neilsen; Mary...
This "Pottawattamie" yearbook was created by the students of Syracuse High School to commemorate the school year of 1908.
Steamboats; Greene Line; Greene, Chris B.; Greene, Gordon C.; Greene, Mary B.; Greene, Letha; "Delta Queen"; Riverboats; "Tom Greene"
The "Tom Greene" was built in 1923 and was owned by the Greene Line of Cincinnati. The "Tom Greene" was in the Cincinnati-Louisville trade until 1947. She was later made into a landing boat and offices. Gordon C. Greene named his boat after his...
A photograph of Todd Ballenger (son of Hugh Ballenger) at the 1977 basketball sectional game between Jasper and Dubois, which the Dubois Jeeps won. Keywords: boy, man, basketball fans, gymnasium, newspaper.
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,...
Pottawattamie; yearbook; 1907; Syracuse High School; Students; Ruth Miles; Clifford Hoy; Preston Miles; Glen Gordy; Savilla Strieby; Caroline Slaybaugh; Charles Bachman; Marion Mentzer; Samuel Crosson; Fattis; William Morrison; William Dennis;...
This "Pottawattamie" yearbook was created by the students of Syracuse High School to commemorate the school year of 1907.
Thomas, Ann Morgan (1822-1865); Thomas Family; Morgan Family
Ann Morgan was the eldest daughter of the area's first settlers, Jesse and Jane Morgan. She married William Thomas II, son of early landowner William Thomas Sr., in 1845. Of their thirteen children, only two, Elena and Elias, survived to...
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...
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...