Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Sunday, June 27, 2010

History of a Monkey Ship

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' Mesker Park Zoo... has a neat ship that is known as the Monkey Ship that is well known by zoo visitors! Click on photos to enlarg...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

Perry Heights

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' The History of Perry Heights Middle School Evansville, Indiana Don Counts attended fourth through eighth grade, graduating in 1956! ...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

From the FIRST MATE's
PHOTO ALBUM...

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APRONS... ...The common everyday apron that Mom wore almost everyday around the house! Remember ... making an apron in Home Economics Class ...
Friday, December 18, 2009

"Old School Houses"

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. Just like old barns, we can find old school buildings that are just abandoned... left to fall down and eventually vanish along with its h...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

"The Cannon is Back"

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The cannon is back in the Civil War section at Oak Hill Cemetery! (click on images to enlarge) And she is beautiful! This cannon seems to st...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

"1933 Memorial Day Service"

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The following article appeared in the 28 May 1933 issue of the Evansville Press . Special tribute will be paid the seven living members of t...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

From the FIRST MATE's
PHOTO ALBUM...

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Celebrating the Capture of Fort Sackville Vincennes Rendezvous 23-24 May 2009 Vincennes, Indiana The re-enactment battles are really cool to...
Monday, May 11, 2009

Marker/Plaque/Monument Monday

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DAR Marker to Recognize The Red Banks Trace For Mother's Day, Becky & I went to Mesker Park Zoo in Evansville, Indiana and found thi...
Friday, May 1, 2009

"The Kiefer Mystery Case"

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Frank Vincent Kiefer Yesterday for Tombstone Thursday we featured the grave marker for Frank Kiefer. Several odd pieces of information has...
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Monday, April 6, 2009

Marker/Plaque/Monument Monday

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Not what most would call a plaque, but it is a testament to rural America. This license plate was sold by my class in the very early 1960...
Sunday, March 15, 2009

"A Little Kentucky Trivia"

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This was sent to the KYGenWeb Coordinator's list today. * The bloodiest civil war battle was fought in Perryville, Kentucky. *The first ...
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

From the FIRST MATE's
PHOTO ALBUM...

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My Great Uncle Ellis (1900-1984) "The Arthur Ellis Wood Family" (Click on Photos to Enlarge) The photo above reminds me of the ...
Tuesday, March 3, 2009

“Evansville, Indiana Brewing History”

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100 Years Ago (1909) (This article quote from Courier and Press ) "'In less than five years, there will not be a legalized brewery...
Monday, March 2, 2009

Marker/Plaque/Monument Monday

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Civil War Union & Confederate Soldiers Memorial Monuments Oak Hill Cemetery ~ Evansville, Indiana (Click on photo to enlarge - Photo ta...
Friday, February 27, 2009

NEWS FLASH... Murray, KY Man Develops Major Invention of Recent Times!

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I loosely say “recent times” as most of this man's inventions came in the 1890's through the early 1900's; however, his inventio...
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Monday, February 23, 2009

"1917 Naturalizations in Evansville"

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The Evansville newspapers are chock full of information. The following article on recent newly naturalized citizens appeared in the 17 Febru...
Friday, February 20, 2009

"Evansville's Graham Page Automobile"

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Graham Page automobile began manufacturing in Evansville, Indiana between 1916 & 1920. History of the Graham brothers and their glass co...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Mystery - "The Agoga Bible Class Fountain of 1929"

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Yesterday morning (Saturday), I went over to Oak Hill Cemetery to find a few grave sites to take photos of the grave markers for “Find A Gra...
Saturday, February 14, 2009

"Laval Block Building - Evansville, Indiana"

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Dr. John Laval was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, on the 24th of May, 1826, and had therefore passed the seventy-third milestone on life...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Tombstone Thursday - Various Markers

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Posted here today is a variety of markers that are unusual or different that I hope visitors will submit that they find from time to time. T...