History of Evansville, Indiana, USA

Journey back in time to Evansville, Indiana, USA

• 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...
  
  
  
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  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
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  Scene in Mesker Park
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  Walnut Street Presbyterian Church
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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
  
  
•  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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  Fulton Ave.
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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...
  
  
  
• 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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