http://www.tribstar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:29:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_318232921.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_318232921.html Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:27:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_318232709.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_318232709.html America has been at war for the past eight years in Afghanistan and the past six years in Iraq. Some day family historians will be looking up information on the veterans of these wars. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:23:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_318232351.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_318232351.html By-lines were not commonly used to identify newspaper story writers until well into the 20th Century. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_318232302.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_318232302.html The charming young girl in the portrait is seated in a chair, holding her doll. From the sepia tones of the drawing, her dress appears to be white with a square neckline. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:27:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_314182759.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_314182759.html In early November of 1918, Lance Corporal Adolf Hitler was recuperating from war wounds in a military hospital in the town of Pasewalk, located in German Pomerania. Specifically he was suffering from blindness in both eyes, caused by poison gas fired by the British at the German trenches in Flanders a month earlier. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:51:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_304145243.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_304145243.html At about 8 p.m. on Saturday, June 23, 1888, a line of horse-drawn busses departed William T. Beauchamp’s livery stable at 117 — 125 S. Sixth St. and headed east. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:21:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_304132223.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_304132223.html I almost missed the rare old doll featured in today’s article when I photographed and inventoried the Vigo County Historical Museum’s doll collection in the summer of 2004. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:21:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_304132138.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_304132138.html Last month I wrote a series of articles on finding and ordering Civil War records from the National Archives Records Administration. Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:20:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_304132047.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_304132047.html Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_297162502.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_297162502.html Between 1829 and 1839, the federal government was responsible for constructing the Cumberland Road — also known as the National Road, the Old Pike and U.S. Highway 40 — through Indiana and Illinois. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:59:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_297155948.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_297155948.html J.J. Daniels is considered one of the greatest bridge builders in Indiana history. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_297155840.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_297155840.html Like the United States, Canada also has a trove of census records that are useful for those wanting to research their Canadian ancestry. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:57:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_297155739.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_297155739.html Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:50:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_290175052.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_290175052.html Since October is breast cancer awareness month, it is only appropriate to remember Clara Fairbank’s contribution to women’s causes and benefits. Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_290174937.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_290174937.html On Oct. 25, 1849, the E.A. Hannegan and the G.R. Walker shared the honor of being the first line boats to arrive at the Terre Haute basin of the Wabash and Erie Canal.