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	Search results for First > ca 1910    Refine your search Format of Original Photographic Print (2) Postcard (2) Digital (1) Photographic Postcard (1) Stereograph (1) Subject Cockrum, William, 1837... (1) Corn (1) Delaware County (Ind) (1) Fairs -- Indiana -- Ha... (1) Farm Equipment (1) Show more... Creator [mitchell, John Fowler... (1) Keystone View Company,... (1) Whitaker, s.d (1) results 1-7 of 7 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Veteran Visits the Lincoln Statue Wabash County (Ind.); Sculpture; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 First settled in 1827, the town of Wabash was platted in 1834. Previously called Treaty Grounds, it was renamed Wabash in 1839. Here G.A.R. veteran Isaac Needham looks at the Lincoln statue on the Wabash... 2. Meridian Street, Portland, Indiana Delaware County (Ind.); Storefronts; Transportation In 1876, gas was struck in Eaton, Indiana. People did not yet know the potential of natural gas and the hole was capped. A decade later, gas boomed in Findlay, Ohio. One investor from the Eaton strike,... 3. Corn Harvester on an Indiana Farm Agricultural machinery & implements; Corn; Harvesting machinery; Farm equipment; Farm life; Farming Harvesting corn proved to be one of the most back-breaking and labor intensive jobs on the farm, with most of the work being done by hand until the late 19th century. By the 1880s, inventors began designing... 4. Log Cabin Polling Place, Raleigh, Indiana Rush County (Ind.); Log cabins; Political activity; Men Previously called Newberne, Raleigh was platted in 1847 and renamed for Raleigh, North Carolina, former home of some of its settlers. The first house in the area, which also held a store, was built around... 5. Nineveh High School, Nineveh Indiana Johnson County (Ind.); High schools; School buildings In 1872, Nineveh Township became the first in the county to open a high school. Many county residents opposed taxation for so-called higher education. 6. Hancock County Fairgrounds, Greenfield, Indiana Hancock County (Ind.); Fairs--Indiana--Hancock County The first Hancock County Fair was held in Greenfield in 1856 and has been held at various locations in the town ever since. It has since become the County 4-H fair. The location in this picture may be... 7. Oakland City College, Oakland City, Indiana Gibson County (Ind.); Oakland City College (Oakland City, Ind.); Oakland City University (Oakland City, Ind.); Cockrum, William, 1837-1924; Cockrum family Oakland City was platted in 1856 by James Cockrum and Warrick Hargrove and first called Oakland for the oak groves in the area. Cockrum’s son William was a Lt. Colonel in the Civil War and later wrote... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-7 of 7 item(s)  page 1 of 1 : ( <<  1  >> ) :: previous : next
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