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YESTERYEAR:  Northwest Fourth Street BY PAT SIDES This view of Fourth Street, looking towards Main Street, was taken from the steps of the Soldiers and Sailors...

YESTERYEAR by PAT SIDES Most people who still remember the office and furniture supply store Smith and Butterfield recall its downtown location at 305 Main...

1849     General Zachary Taylor stopped in Indiana on his way to Washington to take the oath as the 12th President of the United...

February 7 - February 13 The Week in Indiana History You are invited to take a "Virtual Tour" of the Indiana Statehouse.  Just click the link...

by Pat Sides This early image of the brick and limestone structure at 118 SE First Street has remained virtually intact since its construction in...

January 31 - February 6 The Week in Indiana History 100 YEARS AGO 1921     Results of the 1920 National Census were released.  The population of Indiana was...

January 24 - January 30 The Week in Indiana History 1826     Robert Dale Owen welcomed a "Boatload of Knowledge" to the young community of New...

Downtown Evansville In 1915 by Pat Sides The old Vanderburgh County Courthouse, built in the late 1880s, dominates the skyline in this early nineteenth-century image. All...

January 17 - January 23 The Week in Indiana History 1828     Sarah Lincoln Grigsby died at age 20 in Spencer County.  She was the older...

January 10 - January 16 The Week in Indiana History 1836     Indiana passed the Internal Improvement Act.  Signed by Governor Noah Noble, the law proposed...

Boehne Camp Hospital A resurgence of tuberculosis in the early twentieth century, which claimed countless lives internationally, led to the founding of the Boehne Tuberculosis...

January 3 - January 9 The Week in Indiana History 1904     Irish poet and dramatist William Butler Yeats was the guest speaker at the Athenaeum...

 Santa Visits Siegel’s, Inc.  BY PAT SIDES In December of 1937, Santa Claus paid a visit to Siegel’s clothing store, where he is seen here inspecting...

December 20 - December 26 The Week in Indiana History 1861     John Wilkes Booth opened a six-day engagement on Christmas Day at the Metropolitan Theater...

Evansville Hose House #5 by Pat Sides Former Hose House #5 still stands at 314 North St. Joseph Avenue, its appearance virtually unaltered since its...

December 13 - December 19 The Week in Indiana History 1814     Sarah Bolton was born in Newport, Kentucky.  When she was age 3, her family...

History Of Lamasco  REMEMBER - EVERY STORY WORTH TELLING DESERVES A FEW GOOD LIES) The city of Lamasco stretched from Ohio river to Maryland Street and from...

1816     December 11:  President James Madison signed a Congressional resolution admitting Indiana to the Union as the 19th State. The new state government would...

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1849     Indiana Governor Paris Dunning addressed the General Assembly about the need to appoint delegates to the new Constitutional Convention.  This was one...