http://www.tribstar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_334172202.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_334172202.html This year’s holiday exhibit at the Vigo County Historical Museum features a beautiful set of Haviland, Limoges china on a table set for a traditional Christmas dinner. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:20:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_334172106.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_334172106.html Much optimism for Terre Haute’s 20th-century commercial prospects could be attributed to the arrival of one new industry. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_334171938.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_334171938.html This week, we have some queries.• I am researching the Gross family and the Eaton family. Some of them lived in Vermilion County, Illinois, and some in Vermillion County, Indiana. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:18:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_334171842.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_334171842.html Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_327193109.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_327193109.html Those returning to Terre Haute after the Civil War were anxious to utilize the area’s multiple natural resources to transform the city into an industrial giant. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:29:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_327192906.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_327192906.html The 1880 census represented a change from all federal censuses that came before it and was perhaps the first “modern” census. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:28:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_327192806.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_327192806.html Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:25:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_327192636.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_327192636.html Not long ago, Dorothy Weinz Jerse began a labor of love by taking oral histories from women in Vigo County who had grown up during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:31:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_320203148.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_320203148.html A penny saved is a penny earned, so said Benjamin Franklin more than 200 years ago. It was good advice then and it’s good advice today. With our up-and-down stock market and the shaky economy, financial advisers tell us to save, save, sav Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:28:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_320202953.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_320202953.html For the past five decades, Terre Haute has been identified as “a city of non-growth.” Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:25:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_320202616.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_320202616.html The 1870 census counted 38.6 million people across the nation. Like the 1850 and 1860 census before it, the 1870 was carried out by enumerators under the direction of U.S. marshals. Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_320202333.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_320202333.html Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:35:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_313163709.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_313163709.html When “Ruby Robert” Fitzsimmons arrived in Terre Haute on Feb. 17, 1905, he was the reigning world light heavyweight champion. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_313163514.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_313163514.html As Veterans Day approaches, this week’s Historic Treasure pays tribute to those men and women who serve in our armed forces. Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:32:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_313163234.html http://www.tribstar.com/history/local_story_313163234.html The Pape Funeral Home in Danville, Ill., has a long tradition serving that area. Its history began under another name in Chatsworth, Ill., 131 years ago; facilities moved to Milford in 1900, Pontiac in 1909, and finally Danville in 1916.