Yesteryear
Hoosier History Highlights
May 16 - May 22
The Week in Indiana History
1820 Indiana Governor Jonathan Jennings, Commissioner John Tipton, and others set out from the state...
400 Block of SE Riverside Drive by Pat Sides
This early view of Southeast Riverside and Cherry Street is still recognizable today. The stately residence on the corner (left) has stood since 1856....
YESTERYEAR: 400 Block of SE Riverside Drive
400 Block of SE Riverside Drive
This early view of Southeast Riverside and Cherry Street is still recognizable today. The stately residence on the corner...
HOOSIER HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS: Indiana Ratifies the 15th Amendment
May 9 - May 15
The Week in Indiana History
1869 Indiana ratified the 15th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The third and last...
Yesteryear: Artes Pool
Artes Pool
by Pat Sides
In the 1920s, Evansville officials pursued an aggressive program of expanding the city’s recreational areas, which had been prompted by...
Yesteryear: Here Comes the National Road
May 2 - May 8
The Week in Indiana History
1829 Construction of the National Road entered Indiana at Richmond on the eastern edge of...
HOOSIER HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS: THE CIRCUS COMES TO PERU
April 25 - May 1
The Week in Indiana History
1865 The side-wheeler steamboat Sultana exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis. The boat, built...
Yesteryear: Post-War Housing Boom by Pat Sides
The return of soldiers after the Second World War produced a national housing shortage, which was keenly felt in Evansville. This photo is dated...
YESTERYEAR: HOOSIER HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS
April 18 - April 24
The Week in Indiana History
1816 President James Madison signed into law the Enabling Act, passed by Congress. The measure...
YESTERYEAR: F. W. Woolworth Company
F. W. Woolworth Company
by PAT SIDES
Most shoppers appear to be waiting for a bus in front of the Woolworth’s store at Sixth and Main...
Yesteryear: Wilbur Wright Was Born In Henry County, Indiana
April 11 - April 17
The Week in Indiana History
1867 Wilbur Wright was born near Millville in Henry County. His father, Milton Wright, was...
Yesteryear: Jim Jackson
Jim Jackson
by Pat Sides
James R. (Jim) Jackson was a fixture in Evansville’s theater community for several decades. A native of Missouri, he served...
YESTERYEAR AT THE EVANSVILLE/VANDERBURGH LIBRARIES
A photograph of Library Director Ed Howard in front of the new McCollough Branch Library.
A photograph of the West Branch Library on Franklin Street....
HOOSIER HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS
April 4 - April 10
The Week in Indiana History
1862 In the Civil War, the 44th Indiana Volunteer Infantry fought at the Battle of...
HOOSIER HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS: Legends of the Old West in South Bend
March 28 - April 3
The Week in Indiana History
1874 Legendary figures from the Old West were live and on stage at Good's Opera...
YESTERYEAR: F. Harold Van Orman, One Of Evansville’s Most Dynamic Promoters.
F. Harold Van Orman
by PAT SIDES
In 1937, when this photo was taken, Mesker Zoo had been open slightly less than a decade. The man...
A Carnegie Library for Vincennes
March 21 - March 27
The Week in Indiana History
1910 The Carnegie Corporation approved a $30,000 grant for the construction of a public library...
Yesteryear: Banking In Evansville
City National Bank
Interior of bank (renamed National City, then Integra Bank) at 229 Main St., probably soon after it opened in 1914 (Deeds-Glascock 12)
Indiana...
HOOSIER HISTORY: President Lincoln Presents A Battle Flag To Governor Morton
March 14 - March 20
The Week in Indiana History
1865 President Abraham Lincoln presented Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton with a Confederate Battle Flag. ...
Maryland Street Bridge
A horse and buggy amble quietly over Pigeon Creek on the new Maryland Street bridge in 1909, soon after it replaced a wooden one...