City-County Observer

  WPA workers remove bricks near the intersection of Second and Main streets after streetcar tracks were taken out in 1939. Evansville’s transit system had...

  The abrupt resignation of Central High School’s basketball coach, Glen Bretz, ignited a student walkout on April 5, 1947, that gained national attention. Although...

Salm’s was a leading retail fixture in Evansville for several decades. Established in 1907, it operated on the northeast corner of Fourth and Main...

  In October of 1968, one of the most contentious presidential campaigns in American history drew to a close. Senator Robert F. Kennedy had been...

Braving a chilly wind, voters eagerly made their way to the polls in Evansville on November 2, 1920, including these happy women sporting the...

For decades after it was established in 1852, the Evansville Gas Light Company began to illuminate residences, stores, factories, and other buildings, which spurred...

Fulton Avenue of Yesteryear This view of Fulton Avenue, dated 1919, looks north towards West Franklin Street. Most of the buildings pictured are now gone,...

The Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States that developed after the Second World War peaked during the Cuban missile crisis...

Boasting a distinctive style and imposing size, this commercial building was a familiar sight on Evansville’s near north side for decades. Erected in 1920, the...

The tall building in the center has been a landmark since it opened as Citizens Bank in early 1916. The prominent structure was Evansville’s...

Tri-State Treasure: The World War One Dough Boy JULY 6th, 2018 TOMMY MASON INDIANA The city of Evansville is home to numerous reminders of past...

Yesteryear: Hadi the Camel By Pat Sides Hadi, the first Camel to live at Mesker Park Zoo, poses on a grassy slope at the zoo...

The Old State National Bank, seen here in the early twentieth-century, was a downtown fixture for over a century. Located at 20 Main Street,...

  Less than a decade after brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first gasoline-powered “aeroplane” in North Carolina, Evansville hosted its first aviation meet...

Pictured here in circa 1965, the Arthur Murray Dance Studio occupied the upper section of this building at 26-32 Main Street. The DeVry School...

Located on an old salt well, Fritzlar Mineral Springs opened in 1894 after Dr. William Cluthe, a prominent physician, acquired the property. It was...

As soon as the United States entered the First World War on April 6, 1917, virtually the entire population of Evansville began to mobilize....

  The Evansville Civic Theatre was founded in 1926 by Frances Golden, the youngest member of New Harmony’s celebrated Golden Troupe. Members were originally called...

Fulton Avenue was one of the main thoroughfares in the historic district of Lamasco, which merged with Evansville in 1857. Although streetscapes have been...

In the early 1920s, Evansville resident Curt Hitch organized a popular jazz ensemble, Hitch’s Happy Harmonists, which entertained audiences throughout southern Indiana. The group frequently...