This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Turbulent Times Hit Indiana Towns and Farms
A wild mix of incidents rocks several Indiana communities from Hartford City to Crawfordsville. Incendiary fires, a large glass factory dispute over the British flag, dangerous storms injuring Mayor Pennington, box car theft arrests, and local crimes create a day of unrest amid weddings, elopements, and society chatter across Tipton, Vincennes, Muncie, and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Tromble
Vincennes
Fort Wayne
Shelbyville
Adam Smith
Seymour
Peru
Alwood
Washington Society
Tipton
Fon
W. P. Rogers
Bloomington
Indiana University
Leland Stetter
Steuben County
W. W. Birchfeld
Muncie
Daniel Dearduff
Hureday
Heigray & Ball
Odd-Fallows’ Hall
Plainfield
James Glanton
C. W. Moore
Graham
Columbus
Nick Never
Huntington
Anderson
Cerran
Fromons
Ann
Crawfordsville
Jetsonville
Sherri Dana
Crawford County
English
William Cleveland
Cleveland
Sellersburg
Edward Cimler
Yallonia
George Pennington
South Lier
Windsor
Yinsday
Ife
Pllis
Alva Magle
GosLen
G. Moore
Lichmond
The
Independent
Adalostetter
Hyansville
Sue
Hawking
Iself
Snelbyville
Pridsy
Charles Taylor
New Ross
Beare County
Opera
Lafayette
O.C. Fugta
Jackson J. Snidar
Rudolph Ligier
William Heim
Valentine Connor
L. O. Light
Samuel Starter
Columbus Craig
John J. Anderson
James Watson
Henderson Courtney
James M. Craig
Frederick Raiser
Charles C. Duncan
Calvin Baker
William J. Nikirk
Taane Rice
John Miller
William Lennox
John W. Williams
James A. Jones
Frederick Kokemore
Samuel W. Holdeman
Noah Fager
Hiram Linn
J. W. Ennes
Mary Harding
Martha J. Gravas
Clara Nicholson
Eliza Hussey
Mary Schaefer
Phoebe Payne
Eliza L. Elis
John M. Riebds
Fannie Milroy
Sarah A. Glosson
Amanda L. Pickard
Margaret Rice
Francis M. Palmer
Joseph Krause
George Thomas
A. A. Turner
Bel