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During WWII the P-47 fighter-plane was manufactured in Evansville at Republic Aviation.
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- 1854 - Evansville
Evansville, a flourishing town, port of entry, and capital of Vanderburg county, Indiana, is situated on a high bank of the Ohio river, 200 miles...Read MORE... 
1885 - EVANSVILLE, IND., FLOODED.
Evansville, Ind., May 29. -- A tremendous rain fall visited this city yesterday afternoon. The centre of the cloud-burst seemed within the territory...Read MORE...- 1889 - On the 9th, R. F. Schor, book-keeper of the First National Bank of Evansville, Ind., committed suicide by hanging. Unsuccessful speculation was the cause.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 13, 1889 - 1890 - Tornado
IN INDIANA.
Later Reports Show the Loss of Life and Property Increasing.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 31. - Every hour brings additional news of the...Read MORE... - 1895 - Evansville
Evansville, a city and port of entry of Indiana, the capital of Vanderburg co, is situated on a high bank of the Ohio River, about 190 miles below...Read MORE... 
Swan's Down Prepared Cake Flour
Makes Delicious Angel Food and Other Cakes
Costs only 2 cents a cake
Igleheart Bros.
Dapartment C.
Evansville, Ind.
The Ladies' Home Journal
June 1898
Advertisement
Scene in Mesker Park
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Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
Postcard- 1901 - February 5 - In Evansville, Indiana, a fire burns through the business district, causing $175,000 of damage.
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February 5, 1901 - 1902 - Lightning Destroys a Fine Evansville Church. FINE CHURCH RUINED. Lightning Causes Fire That Destroyed Structure.
Evansville, Ind., March 31 - St. Boniface Catholic church, located in the western suburbs of this city, was struck by lightning at an early hour...Read MORE... 
Fulton Ave.
Postcard- 1909 - FUMES FILL MINE AND FIVE DIE. DEAD AND INJURED THROWN OVER ALL PARTS OF THE WORKINGS.
Evansville, Ind., March 20 - Five were killed and a score injured in an explosion at the Sunnyside mine this afternoon.
The dead:
WILLIAM...Read MORE... - 1916
Evansville, a city of Indiana, the capital of Vanderburg co., and the second city in population in the state, is situated on a broad, high plateau,...Read MORE... - 1937 - FLOOD WALL INSUFFICIENT
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Monday, Jan. 25 - (UP) - Ohio river flood waters swept over the 51-foot flood wall at Evansville today and began creeping toward...Read MORE... - 1953 - September 09 - WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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Evansville, Indiana, USA
Swan's Down Prepared Cake Flour
Makes Delicious Angel Food and Other Cakes
Costs only 2 cents a cake
Igleheart Bros.
Dapartment C.
Evansville, Ind.
The Ladies' Home Journal
June 1898
Advertisement
Evansville, Indiana, USA
Scene in Mesker Park
Postcard
Evansville, Indiana, USA
Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
Postcard
Evansville, Indiana, USA
Fulton Ave.
Postcard
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1854 - Evansville
Evansville, a flourishing town, port of entry, and capital of Vanderburg county, Indiana, is situated on a high bank of the Ohio river, 200 miles... Read MORE...
1885 - EVANSVILLE, IND., FLOODED.
Evansville, Ind., May 29. -- A tremendous rain fall visited this city yesterday afternoon. The centre of the cloud-burst seemed within the territory... Read MORE...
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1889 - On the 9th, R. F. Schor, book-keeper of the First National Bank of Evansville, Ind., committed suicide by hanging. Unsuccessful speculation was the cause.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
April 13, 1889
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1890 - Tornado
IN INDIANA.
Later Reports Show the Loss of Life and Property Increasing.
EVANSVILLE, Ind., March 31. - Every hour brings additional news of the... Read MORE...
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1895 - Evansville
Evansville, a city and port of entry of Indiana, the capital of Vanderburg co, is situated on a high bank of the Ohio River, about 190 miles below... Read MORE...
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1901 - February 5 - In Evansville, Indiana, a fire burns through the business district, causing $175,000 of damage.
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February 5, 1901
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1902 - Lightning Destroys a Fine Evansville Church. FINE CHURCH RUINED. Lightning Causes Fire That Destroyed Structure.
Evansville, Ind., March 31 - St. Boniface Catholic church, located in the western suburbs of this city, was struck by lightning at an early hour... Read MORE...
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1909 - FUMES FILL MINE AND FIVE DIE. DEAD AND INJURED THROWN OVER ALL PARTS OF THE WORKINGS.
Evansville, Ind., March 20 - Five were killed and a score injured in an explosion at the Sunnyside mine this afternoon.
The dead:
WILLIAM... Read MORE...
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1916
Evansville, a city of Indiana, the capital of Vanderburg co., and the second city in population in the state, is situated on a broad, high plateau,... Read MORE...
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1937 - FLOOD WALL INSUFFICIENT
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Monday, Jan. 25 - (UP) - Ohio river flood waters swept over the 51-foot flood wall at Evansville today and began creeping toward... Read MORE...
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1953 - September 09 - WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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