{"1": {"fulltext": "G8568", "height": "3055", "width": "2162", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Class F~4\\nBonk :_\\ncor sir.", "height": "3055", "width": "2130", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3055", "width": "2162", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3055", "width": "2130", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "Green Rioer\\nCountrp\\nILLUSTRATED\\nr\\n.4 A-.\u00c2\u00bb\\nm,\\nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmr\\nt\\nIts Resources, Traffic, Towns and People\\nEDITED AND COMPILED BY W. P.\\nPUBLISHED BY J. S. REIL\\n1898\\n2nd CO P Y.\\nPrice. On\\nfttt .M\\n1898.\\nE DOLLAR.\\nTWC COPIES ntCElVED", "height": "3055", "width": "2162", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "Art of Ctmgrrtl. I* Ihr yrai\\nMM\\nB\\\\i J S MeiUy, Im Ike oftntfikt UorarUm of Cm-\\ngrru, it HaitujM, 1", "height": "3106", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3117", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3055", "width": "2130", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3117", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "I\\nvSVl/^\\n^l\\\\^\\nMRS. POTTER PALMER.\\nOF CHICAGO.\\nWHO WAS BORN AKD 8PIICT H1K IAK!V [in III Hl Tt \u00c2\u00abK OOOWTT\\nMAH WOODBURT IT.. 05 OHIIS RIVIR", "height": "3055", "width": "2130", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE\\nGREEN RIVER COUNTRY\\nFROM\\nBOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE,\\nITS TRAFFIC, ITS RESOURCES, ITS TOWNS\\nIND\\nITS PEOPLE.\\nEMBRACING A HISTORY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THE GREEN AND\\nBARREN RIVERS. AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE MINERALS\\nAND COAL MEASURES OF THE COUNTIES BOR-\\nDERING ON THESE STREAMS.\\nILLUSTRATED.\\nEUITED AM COMPILED I .v w. P. GREEK 1\\nPUBLISHK.ll I1Y .1. s. MKII.l.V, EVANSVIIXK, INI HM\\n1898.\\nINDEXED", "height": "3117", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "TN\u00c2\u00bb uilin nuwrimi oo.\\nIVAIIIIVIILI IHD", "height": "3055", "width": "2130", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0014.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "PREFACE.\\nINCE the acquisition of the improvements on the Green River system of\\nwater-ways by the General Government in 1888, and the opening of the\\nsystem to free navigation, a marked increase of development has occurred\\nthroughout the region affected. This development is still in progress and is\\nbeing accelerated as the resources and capabilities of this section of Kentucky become\\nknown and appreciated.\\nThe design of this work is to call attention to this development in some of its most\\nimpressive phases and to point out in a general way the very substantial basis of natural\\nresources on which it rests. In pursuance of this design, the effort has been to bring into\\nprominent view these resources and to describe somewhat in detail the industrial, the social\\nand the commercial aspects of the country. Descriptions of the principal cities and towns,\\nof the educational institutions, of the manufacturing and mining industries, and biograph-\\nical sketches of leading citizens and public men, together with illustrations representing\\nviews on the rivers, of public and private buildings, manufacturing and mining plants, and\\nprominent individuals, are features of the work adopted to this end. A minute digest of\\nthe subjects treated is not attempted, but it is the expectation of the author that enough\\ninformation may be gleaned from these pages to excite inquiry in regard to the resources\\nof the Green River country.\\nThe scope of the work embraces only the counties lying immediately on the navigable\\nstreams, and which to a greater or less extent, are interested in their navigation. These\\ncounties are Warren, Butler, Edmonson, Ohio, Muhlenburgh, McLean, Webster, Daviess\\nand Henderson. Some of these counties are almost wholly dependent on the rivers for the\\nmeans of transportation, while all of them, including others not considered, are benefitted\\nby their relation to this highway of commerce.\\nIn the hope that his effort will prove of some utility in bringing into notice and stim-\\nulating the further development of the resources of this portion of his native land, the\\nauthor dedicates this work to the people of the Green River country.", "height": "3117", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0015.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "THOU BOUNTEOUS RIVER GREEN.\\nBr W P GREENE\\nTJp where the rocky masses,\\nTheir rugged summits rear,\\nBeside the lonely passes\\nAnd sunless chasms near,\\nT hy rills are softly creeping\\nAmong the cedar shades.\\nOr lying idly sleeping\\nIn silent grassy glades.\\ny^wake, and downward leaping,\\nO er steep-descending ways,\\nTo where the sun-light, peeping,\\nOn rock borne lichen plays.\\n(gliding now through arbors green,\\nO er pebbled pavement, gray,\\nWith slower, statelier mien,\\nThy current takes its way.\\nT hy strength and volume swelling.\\nNow through the forest hoar,\\nThy murmurs sweetly telling\\nOf bounties in thy store.\\nQn where theifields are smiling,\\nNeath golden summer sky.\\nThy hastening steps beguiling,\\nTo stay where sun-beams lie.\\nQn where thy tide, increasing,\\nTo human hands is lent,\\nIts volume still unceasing,\\nIts power still unspent.\\nT*hrough limestone ledges grinding,\\nPast sky-perched groves of green,\\nOer spacious caverns winding,\\nWhere wondrous things are seen.\\nf Jow, thy waters waxing deep,\\nThe walls of cities lave;\\nLordly homes thy margins keep.\\nAnd commerce seeks thy wave.\\n^till on past furnace, glaring,\\nO er hidden beds of ore,\\nWhere axe and pick are sharing\\nThe wealth of Nature s store.\\nfsjow, on thy bosom, surging,\\nDeep-laden crafts are seen.\\nThe needs of commerce, ureing,\\nThy busy ports between.\\nQn past the teeming meadows\\nAnd spreading fields of corn,\\nBeneath the deepening shadows,\\nPast villas newly born.\\nfhine emerald waves now minele\\nWith larger, grosser tides.\\nBut still thy spirit lingers\\nWhere e r thy name abides.\\nQh, child of the mountain height!\\nRill of the cedar dell!\\nWell hast thou proved thy might,\\nThy race has ended well.\\nConfederate with the seas,\\nOn mission yet more grand.\\nThou art lifting to the breeze\\nThe sails of every land.\\njyjer^ed in the common Main,\\nAnd lost thy pleasing sheen.\\nStill glad thousands voice thy fame,\\nThou Bounteous River Green.", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0016.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "GREEN RIVER.\\nTil]- topographical lormation of eastern and middle Kentucky is such that the dip of\\nthe country from the mountain ranges on the east and south of the state is towards\\nthe Ohio River. The rivers therefore that furnish drainage to the entire section arc a part\\nof the Ohio system of waters. One of the principal channels of drainage for middle\\nKentucky is Green River, so named from the color of its water, which unless dis-\\nVIEW ON GREEN RIVER TWO MILES ABOVE CALHOUN\\ncolored by earthy washings from its shores by heavy rains, is as green as the foliage upon\\nits banks in summer.\\nGreen River and its tributary waters drain about twenty-five counties of the state.\\nIt has its origin in Lincoln county and touches or flows entirely or partially through\\nCasey, Adair, Taylor, Green, Hart, Edmonson, Butler, Ohio, Muhlenburgh, Hopkins,\\nWebster, McLean, Daviess and Henderson counties. Big Barren River, which is the\\nprincipal tributary of the Green, rises in Monroe county, passes through Allen, Barren and\\nWarren counties, and joins Green River at the northwest extremity of the latter\\ncounty about thirty miles I. clow the city of Bowling Green, and one hundred and sixty\\nmiles from its mouth. Barren River in its passage through Warren county receives the\\ntributary waters of Drakes Creek and the Caspar River, both t sidcral.lc stream-, having", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0017.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10\\nIll GREEN RIVEB I M l;\\nCAMPING PARTY BARREN RIVER\\ntlnir origin in Simpson and l _ r aii counties. The other principal tributaries of Green\\nRiver are Mud River, Rough River and Pond River. Mud River rises in Logan county,\\npasses through Butler and Muhlenburgh counties, and empties into th I :it Rochester,\\ncmc hundred and twenty-six miles from it- mouth. Rough River, u \\\\t to thi Barren, the\\n-i affluent I the Green, rises in Hardin inty, forms the boundary between Brecken-\\nridge and Grayson inties, flows through Ohio count} and empties into the Green at\\nLivermore, eighty-eight miles above its mouth. Pond River rises in Todd county, flows\\nthrough Hopkins, Muhlenburgh and McLean counties and enters the Green at Ashbys-\\nburgh, seventy miles from it- mouth. Besides these there are numerous creeks and springs\\nthai contribute their waters t the main channel drainage until their united volume\\nBtitute a fluvial highway sufficient t float an immense ami i\\nThis system of waters is of the most interesting on the American continent. All\\nalong these rivers and creeks are vast tracts of timber lands of the verj choicest of all\\nkinds of bardw I timber. Coal and iron ore abound. The acenerj along the banks\\nof the streams will vie\\nwith that ol the Rhiue or\\nI [udson,and i~ like r iews\\nof the kaleidoscope, ever-\\nchanging, i r 11 e w\\nrrand and pei ndicular\\ncliffs and solid lime or\\nsandstone ledgi s, rising\\nhundreds of feet, meet\\nthe view, while from\\nthese cliffij the land ex-\\ntends in rolling table-\\nlands, dotted ith farms\\n,.i covi red w iili majestic\\nfori Bts, nr it may I t-\\nt in lands, surpassing in\\nREMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS IN ROUGH RIVER fertility the N ill- o-lllit r\\\\", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0018.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "PROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE. 1 I\\nThe Green and Barren rivers have been used since the first settlement of the country\\nin the transportation of flatboats and for the transportation of timber and lumber rafts to\\nthe mills and markets of Evansville. In the early days of flatboat navigation, perilous\\nand tedious as it was, the hardy pioneers of the Green River country did not hesitate to til\\nout their frail crafts for a voyage that would occupy months. These rude lioxes loaded\\nwith staves, hoop-poles, lumber, lime, or produce were floated to the Ohio, thence on the\\nOhio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans, or the plantations on the lower rivers and\\nbayous. Prior to the improvement of the rivers by the construction of locks and dams,\\nthis method of transportation was exceedingly perilous on account of timber obstructions\\nand shoal water, and was seldom attempted except in the winter and spring when the\\nrivers were high. After the improvement of the rivers, however, the navigation for\\nflatboats was more secure and much of the produce of the country found its way to\\nsouthern plantations by this means. But with the advent of steam navigation and railroads\\nVIEW ON GREEN RIVER. NEAR ROCHESTER.\\nthis method of transportation fell into disuse, and now except an occasional lime boat, no\\nflat boat of the old box pattern is seen on Green River.\\nIn general the soil in the Green River valley may be designated as either calcarious\\nor alluvial. On the upper waters of both the Green and Barren rivers, except in the low\\nvalleys and bottom lands, the soil partakes largely of the lime ingredient imparted by the\\nlimestone on which it rests. The subsoil here is of red clay, while the surface soil is a\\nsandy loam, peculiarly adapted to the growth of wheat and tobacco. The character of the\\nsoil along the rivers gradually changes as they near their junction. Masses of hills and\\nridges seem to have collected to witness the meeting of the waters, and the lime and sand-\\nstone formations appear to struggle for the mastery. But finally the limestone sinks away\\nand leaves the field to the domination of his yellow brother, occasionally peeping up by\\n\\\\\\\\a\\\\ of showing that he has not entirely given up the struggle, but will later on assert his", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0019.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nI ii i GKK1 n IM\\\\ l i: i OI N l i:v\\nmastery in another part of the field. The two rivers unite their waters on the southern\\nborder t Butler county, and at the northwest corner t Warren a nnty, thirty miles below\\nBowling Green, and one hundred and seventy miles above Evansvillc.\\nProm 1 1 i point on through it- entire course Gre n River flows through and upon the\\ncoal fields t i li Western coal district oi Kentucky. The il in the valleys and bottom\\nlands assumes the characteristics t :i Bandy or clayej loam, very rich and fertile, while the\\nridges and table-lands carrj a soil posed of sand and white clay, thin and somewhat\\nliable i wash ii not properly bandied, but exceeding!} well fitted for grazing ami fruit\\ngrow ing.\\nLock No. 1 is located a fe\u00c2\u00ab hundred yards below the junction I the rivers,\\nsecuring navigable waters on either river tor twenty miles above. As the river flows on\\ntoward the iiii the bottoms widen and the hills and ridges gradually reced from the\\nshore and lose their boldness. The hollowa between the ridges open up into considerable\\nvallevs, and the general face I the countn undergoes a change from that I extreme\\nruggedness t comparative uniformity of surface. I lii- aspect I the country becomes\\nre pronounced as the river advances in it- course until wide stretches I undulating\\ntable-lands or second l tt begin i appear in Butler, Muhlenburgh, Ohio and Webster\\ncounties. A- the river -inU- deeper into 1 1 alluvial deposits of the section in its passage\\nto the Ohio, this character of land becomes more and more the prevailing feature oi the\\ncountrj until in McLean, Daviess and Senders unties the second 1 t m lands ol Green\\nR i v r blend with the\\nsec I bottom lands of the\\nOhio River.\\nBuch in brief is a de-\\nscription of the water\\ncourst lii -h form the\\nnavigable water waj\\nthe Green River system\\nInch are now bj cession\\nand purchase the prop rrj\\nof the I nitiil States I\\nernment. Ii will be gath-\\nered from ilii- description\\nthat the natural featun oi\\nthe region traversi I bj\\nthe stn am- are greatly di-\\nversified. The average ele-\\nvation above sea level I\\nthe Btreams in their upper\\ntiroes, is about sis hun-\\ndred feet, while at the i th of Green River the elevation is about five hundred, showing\\nthai the river from the head of na\\\\ igation t it- final debouohure into the )hio has aocom-\\nplished a descent of about one hundred I\\nTHOMAS LANDING ON BARREN RIVER", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0020.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "l l;o\\\\l BOWLING (iREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n13\\nHISTORY OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVERS.\\nBY HON. C. II MCELROY. OP BOWLING OREEN\\nF^ARLY in the history of Kentucky the navigation of Green River and its improve-\\nj^ ment, and the improvement of its chief tributaries engaged the attention not only of\\nthe people who lived near the waters of these streams, hut of the state at large. The fact\\nthat Green River and its affluent streams drain a vast area of land rich in mineral, abound-\\nLOCK AND DAM No 5 ON GREEN RIVER. UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT GLENMORE.\\ning in timber, and also a splendid agricultural country, was known and appreciated at a\\ntime when the white man and the Indian were still rival claimants for the dominion of the state.\\nThe splendid system of locks and dams, reaching from the mouth of Green River to\\nBowling Green, on Barren, whereby navigation is practical all the year for nearly two\\nhundred miles, had a very humble origin, and the pie who now enjoy the fruits of the\\nenterprise of Kentucky in building these locks, and the effect of subsequent Governmental\\nownership and control, have forgotten, very generally, the early struggles of the pioneer\\nfathers in their efforts to secure the navigation of this stream.\\nIn 1808 the legislature of Kentucky passed an act hiving upon the counties contiguous", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0021.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "1 1\\nI III OREI RIVER i)i i BY\\nto the wal Green River, the responsibility of clearing the stream and keeping it in\\nnavigable condition. This act \\\\\\\\:i- analogous t the old system of working the county\\nroads. It required the appointment of oversee rs, and required them t warn in the hands\\nin July, Anmi-t ami\\n8\u00c2\u00ab pu nil r, :in l work\\nit l removing all li-li-\\npots, all dams nol author-\\nized by law, :ill l _ r ami\\nto cut and clear awaj\\nall projecting timber, i\\nBhrub all points ol inlands\\nami remove any obstruc-\\ntions Irom tin channel.\\nHands were exoner-\\nated by tin- paymenl t\\nseventy-five cents per\\nday.\\nBy act -t 1810 Mml\\nRiver, from it* mouth to\\nWolf Lick fork, was re-\\nquired tn In- opened and\\nRBBUILDING LOCK AT RUMSBY U ,t ill I. jKlil l.v mitlay\\nof t\\\\N thousand dollars, to raised by subscription and work nf hands.\\nBarren River, from it* mouth to Bays l rk was required to l\u00c2\u00bb improved on the same\\nplan. Likewise Rough Creek ami Drakes Creek.\\nIn 1 _ the question of internal improvements was widely discussed, and became\\nthe all-absorbing local question before the people of the state.\\nearlj as 1833 the state expended five hundred and twenty-six dollars in making\\npreliminary surveys ol Green River. n July 1st, 1834, lock and dam No. 2 was lei ti i\\nstruction. October 7th, 1834, No. 1 was let. No.3 and No. 1 were lei in 1836, and No.\\n1 in Barren River was lei in June, 1836.\\nIn January, 1835, the Board Green River Commissioners reported to the legislature\\nthai tl -t of constructing the Imir locks on Green River and the one on Barren River\\nwould be about $230,988. How far the board missed the mark was si en when the cos! fin-\\nally footed up $859,126.79. The year 18 12 saw the Goal completion of all the five locks, and\\nall the year round navigation between Bowling Green and the Ohio River was an accom-\\nplished t ari. To the inaugurati I tlii- splendid work and to it- final consummation, much\\ncredil is due a number of men, l m to no one perhaps is more credit due than t James\\nRumsej skill-, who was on of the most progressive, liberal and broadminded nun the\\nstate ever produced. Whilst the system of Black water navigation baa always been, now is,\\nand in all the future will be of inestimable benefit to the people ot the Green River country,\\nstill it was never a source of revenue t.i the state.\\nBetween the years 1843 and 1865, the gross expenditures on the Hi f navigation were\\n313 66 and the gross receipts, $265,002.59, thus showing a net loss during this period\\ni 1,81 L.07.", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0022.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "FROM ROWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILEE\\n15\\nDuring the war the locks were injured more or less, and shortly after its close the\\nlegislature was confronted with the question of what should be done with this property\\nwhich had cost the state nearly $900,000, which had fallen into bad repair, and which was\\nnot self-sustaining.\\nThe legislature solved the problem, whether wisely or unwisely, has always been a\\nvexed question, by leasing the improvements for a period of thirty years to a private corpo-\\nration, known as the Green and Barren River Navigation Company. Under the contract\\nbetween the state and the company it was stipulated that the company should have the con-\\ntrol of the locks during the term of the lease, that it might collect the tolls for passing the\\nlocks, which the state was entitled to collect, and that the company should keep the works\\nin repair at its own expense and return them at the expiration of the term in the same\\ncondition as when received, and the company was required to give bond and surety in the\\nsum of $500,000, that it would comply with its contract. The company took charge about\\n1868. The profit to it from tolls was no greater than it had been theretofore to the state,\\nand the amount thus realized was not sufficient to keep the works in repair, but the company\\nran boats of its own, and being compelled to pay no tolls, boats owned by persons other than\\nthe company were at a great disadvantage, the result of which was that the company had\\npractically a monopoly of the freight and passenger business of the rivers, between Bowling\\nGreen and the Ohio. In 1878 the question of ceding Green and Barren Rivers anil also\\nKentucky River which had also been leased to a private corporation, began to be agitated,\\nand a few years thereafter the legislature ceded both rivers to the general government sub-\\nject to the lease.\\nIn 1888 the government bought from the Green and Barren River Navigation Com-\\npany its unexpired lease, and paid therefor the sum of $135,000, and thus the Green and\\nBarren Rivers and their navigable tributaries passed from the control of Kentucky into the\\npossession of the Federal Government.\\nBROWNS LOCK, LOCK No 1. ON BARREN RIVER.\\nTHE ABERDEEN COAL AND MINING COMPANY S STEAMER JNO. T. CARSON AND BARGES COMING OUT OP LOCK.", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0023.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "H. Till ORRf N Kl\\\\ IK OOI N I KV\\n[m mediately upon acquiring the ownership and possession i the locks and dams on\\nand Barren Rivers, the government began the \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbrk .t patting them in thoroagh\\nrepair, and appropriated t rebuild the locks which could not be repaired, $170,000, and\\nin addition there was expended from allotments $616,815.41. Besides this, $95,000 have\\nbeen appropriated toward the building f ;i new lock and dam on Green River, above the\\nmouth of Barren, and when this lock Bhall have been finished, it will open navigation as\\ntar a- Brownsville, the count) Beal t Edmonson county.\\nThe commercial importance i Green and Barren Rivera will readily Been by an\\ninspection of the statistics kepi bj the governmenl since it t \u00c2\u00bbik charge of them in Decem-\\nber, 1888. The i ml;, in 1890 was 907,1 16, a large pari of which was timber, logs,\\nThe increase in articles other than timber besl illustrates the growing increase in trade. In\\nGOVERNMENT BUILDING KKBPERS RESIDENCES) AT LOCK No 1. BARREN RIVBR\\nAHKKDKIN COAI. AND MININU COMPANY 8 8TIAUIR J. T CARSON. IN LOCK\\n773 tons ..I flour were transported; in 1896, 1,642 tons. In 1890, 1,431 tons oi\\ngrain; in 1896, 3,074 tons. In 1890, 182 tons ol lives k; in U 70tons. In 1890,\\ntons of merchandise in 1896. 18,701 tons.\\nPlying these rivers, the whole distance and pari ..t the distance, are i l ven pass,\\nsteamers, fifteen ton boats and Beven tug boats, varying in capacity from I I tons for the\\nsmallest tug boat, up to 199.99 for the largest steamer\\nThe activity l these crafts is shown by the following itemised account I total num-\\nlockages, taken from the report ..I the governmenl officials in oharge f the rivers,\\nfor the year ending June 30, I\\nLock No. 1, Green River, 1,067; No. 2, 2,206; No. 3,2,108; No..4, 2,263. Look No.\\nI. Barn d River, 1,261.\\nThe work of constructing the new lock on the upper Green River i- being pressed with", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0024.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWUNO GREEN TO KVANSVIIJ-K.\\n17\\nvigor, and when finished will open up to successful development the hidden and hitherto\\ninaccessible treasures of iron and coal which abound in Edmonson county everywhere.\\nThe Green and Barren River Navigation Company, mentioned above, was composed\\ndt some of the most substantial and enterprising men in the Green River country.\\nThe organizers of the corporation and the owners of its stock for many years were apt.\\nW. S. Yanineter, Capt. C. J. Vanmeter, Judge W. H. Payne, Captains John A. Robinson and\\nE. B. Seeley, Messrs. (_ i. Smallliouse, William Brown, J. V. Sproule and Dr. S. NT. Coombs,\\nwho bought out the interest of H. C. Murrell, of Louisville, Kentucky. Under the man-\\nagement of these gentlemen the company did a large and very profitable business, making\\nhandsome profits above the necessary expenditures in keeping the locks and dams in repair.\\nIn consequence of the fact that the company had no tolls to pay for its own steamboats\\nand water craft, boats owned by others than the company could not compete with it, and\\nthis resulted in giving it the navigation of Green and Barren Rivers practically free from\\nSTEAMER GAYOSO OP E.. G R TRANSPORTATION CO AND LOOK AND DAM AT WOODBURY.\\ncompetition. This fact created animosity, and though the company maintained a good\\nline of boats, and the freight charges were, for the most part, reasonable, many efforts\\nwere made to get rid of the contract which the state made with the company.\\nThe legislature passed an act to repeal the charter and sought to abrogate the contract,\\nbut the courts, including the court of appeals, all held that the contract was binding upon\\nthe state and she could not annul it.\\nThe company therefore remained in full possession until the United States Govern-\\nment bought its unexpired lease as stated before. All the members of I lie company have\\npassed away except Capt C. -I. Vanmeter. Capt. C. (J. Smallliouse and Capt. E. B. Seeley.\\nThe corporation had a prosperous, though rather stormy existence, and before the\\ngovernment purchased its lease it became the subject of somewhat violent political contro-\\nversy. But it held its own to the last, and did much to develop the commercial resources\\nof the country drained by the two splendid rivers from which it took its name.", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0025.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "IHl GREEN l:lVl R COUN1 l:V\\nLOCATION OF LOCKS AND DAMS ON GREEN, BARREN AND ROUGH RIVERS AND\\nTABLE OF DISTANCES ON SAME.\\nLook and dam No. 1 on Green River i-\\nlocated al Spotteville, twenty miles above\\nEvaosville, and ten miles above the month\\nof the river. The distal from Spotteville\\nto next landing above and between landings\\nthereafter is ji\\\\ en in table below\\nI Blufl City\\nMaaoni Landing\\nCummini\\nBirk City\\nHamilton! Ferrj\\nurdaville\\nl topii\\nDelaware\\n4 Miles\\nI\\nI\\n4\\n8\\n5\\nl\\nThis is the landing i i Si bree City, i \\\\m\\nand a hall miles inland.\\nI a Steamporl 1 MUe\\nPattei \u00c2\u00abon Mitea\\nl I Mile\\nWrighUburgh 1 Mile\\nThis i- the landing for Beech Grove,\\nthree miles inland.\\nI I 1 Mile\\n3\\nMouth of Pond Rlvei 1 Mile\\nRunuej 1 Mile*\\nThis is the location I look and dam N\\n_ making the distance between looks N\\n1 ami 2, i t miles, which is the greatest\\ndistance between any I the locks on the\\nii\\\\ er.\\n1\\n1 Ivermore\\nStanley! Mine\\nPoinl Pleaianl\\nHumpl\\nSnaalil\\nMiles\\n1\\n2 Miles\\n4\\n8\\n\\\\ir.ln-. Gen l Buell i\\nhome\\n6\\n1 Mile\\nThis is the location of lock and dam N\\n8, and the distance between t li i~ lurk and\\nlock No. is fort} -six miles.\\nTo Mi.ii.i_\\ni\\nin\\nPrei\\ni unwell\\n1 1 1 .t 1 1\\n10 Miles\\n1 Mile\\n4\\n1 Mile\\nTo Wilson 4 Mi| C s\\ni\\\\en le 3\\nAberdeen 4\\nM _;antown t\\n1 Mile\\nS I Mile*\\nWoodbur)\\nThis is the location of lock ;ni l dam N(\\nI. forty-four miles above lock and dam\\nNi 3. One mile above this i t Barren\\nRiver enters Sreen River.\\nThe in \\\\t landing above \\\\V Ibun on\\nBarren River is\\nro C irk\u00c2\u00ab\\nMouth i i laapai Rivet\\nTone* Hole\\n1 1\\nBrown locks\\n6 Miles\\nI\\n8\\n1 Mile\\nThis is the location ol lock and .lam No\\nI ii Barren River, the only lock n thai\\nriver. The distanci betweeu tlii- lock and\\nthe below al Woodbury is sixteen miles.\\nThe next landing n Barren River is\\nBowling Green, fourteen miles above. This\\ni- tin bead of navigation on Barren River.\\nThe landings ii Green River above\\nW Ibury arc. Glenmore, twenty-one\\nmiles, which is the sit. of lock and dam\\nNo. 5, under construction. The next land-\\ning abov Glenmore is Brownsville, nine\\nmiles, which is the bead ol navigation ii\\nIi. ii Rivt i\\nSurveys and estimates have been made,\\nhowever, for a sixth lock and dam, at a\\npoint aliniii six miles above Brownsville,\\nwhich, it constructed will extend Black\\nwater t the Mammoth a\\\\ e, fourth a miles\\ntri in Brownsville, and render the river\\nnavigable to thai point. The landings on\\nRough River are t li locks nine miles aboi i\\nLiver and Hartford, twenty miles\\nabo\\\\ the locks on Rough Ri\\\\ er.\\nThus ii will be seen thai the Green River\\n-t. in I Black water ua\\\\\\ntwo hundred and Bixtj miles of navigable\\nwater and affords transportation facilities i\\nr t iir thousand square miles territorj", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0026.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "FROM BIIWl.INi; (iREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n19\\nGREEN RIVER COAL MEASURES.\\nBY CHARLES J. NORWOOD,\\nGEOLOGIST AND MINING ENGINEER. AND FOR THIRTEEN YEARS STATE MINE INSPECTOR OF KENTUCKY\\nTHP] Western coal field of Kentucky, covering 1,500 square miles, is a remarkable\\nbasin of fossil fuel, less understood abroad and even less appreciated at borne than are\\nmany other coal areas of much less value. It is remarkable not only for the Dumber of work-\\nable eoals thai have\\nbeen laid down with-\\nin short vertical dis-\\ntances of each other,\\nlmt also for the per-\\nsistence of the beds in\\narea! extent. It is\\ndoubtful whether, all\\nthings being consid-\\nered, there is a more\\nvaluable tield of bitu-\\nminous coal, of like\\narea, anywhere in\\nthis country. There\\nare fields containing\\npatches, more or less\\nconsiderable in size,\\nof thicker coals and of\\ncoals of higher grade; but there is none excelling it, and few, if any, equaling it in the\\nwonderful evenness and persistency of the principal seams with respect as well to quality\\nas to thickness. The bete noir of miners in certain of the more highly prized Appa-\\nlachian fields wants or sand-bars in the coal seams is almost unknown in this field;\\nso much of an exception, indeed, as to provoke especial comment when encountered.\\nMoreover, for ordinary domestic purposes, and for manufactories, one need wish for no\\nbetter fuel than can be furnished by this field, while some of the coals make a coke of proved\\nexcellence for all purposes, save the iron furnace.\\nWithin a vertical range of 1,000 to 1,200 feet there are not less than seventeen beds of\\ncoal, eleven of which are usually workable, and six of the eleven almost invariably so.\\nfor the purposes of this volume it is unnecessary to present a description of the structure\\nof the basin, or to enter upon details relating to the order in which the coal beds occur, f\\nbut for convenience of reference further along, the following notes concerning the principal\\nseams wrought in the Green Rive] region are given:\\nThe uppermost coal that has been worked over any extended area, though perhaps not\\nthe uppermost workable one, is N T o. 12, according to the numbering (from base upward)\\nI Reference should be made the reports of the Kentucky Geological Survey, issue l by Dr. D. I\u00c2\u00bb Owen and by Prof. x. s.\\nShalei i be reports ol Prol C. i Norwood, late Chief [nspi i toi ol Hines, etc.. especially i r the years 1898 and 1895, m\\nlilted with profit. The report for 1895 contains the mo sneral account of the coals in this field that b\\nbeen published, each bed being fully described.\\nVIEW NEAR PARADISE. LOOKING UP STREAM", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0027.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "I HE GREEK Ml BB i M l:V\\nadopted bj Dr. D. D. Owen, or coal A., according to the provisional nomenclature used bj\\nI .1 Norwood, li i- an excellent coal when well developed, and in the Green River\\n\\\\;illi\\\\ i- usual I) thick, frequently reaching seventy-two inches and osionally i ^r 1 1 1\\ninches in thickness. When at it- besl it carries comparatively little sulphur, and makes\\nInn ;i Urate quantity of ash. It is finely developed al Airdrie, in Muhlenburgh county,\\ni- excel lenl quality, and makes a g I kr.\\nV. II (coal B) is i f the principal sources t c mercial fuel in the Beld. It i-\\niiuite persistent and is usually thick, reaching as high as eighty- four inches. The upper\\npart the bed i- sometimes cannel, but of a rather quality. It is an excellent coking\\ncoal, ;i considerable proportion of the Earlington coke being made from tlii- bed.\\nMo. 9 (coal l*i i- a remarkable coal bed, wonderfully uniform in nil respects regular\\nin bedding, extraordinarily persistent, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ii\u00e2\u0080\u0094 t:ii\u00c2\u00bbi in thickness, aud varying but little in\\nquality through long distances. It carries more sulphur and makes more :i-li than the besl\\nPittsburgh, for example, but it is a sti g coal, makes great heat and is a very desirable\\nfuel. Probably 75 per cent I the commercial product the field is derived fr thi-\\nseam. It is rarely less than fifty-eix inches thick, and nol infrequent!) reaches Bixty-six\\ninchea. It makes an excellent domestic :m l manufacturing coke, and a large t im: _\\nannually turned int coke in Hopkins and I ni tounties.\\nThe purest coal found in the field i- No. 1 B(coal L). It is in- the very best fuels\\nknown in the market-, and on the upper Green River is nl exceptional excellence.\\n1 n it- lower course the Green River splits the Western coal field about in twain, while\\nit- upper waters wasli the Southwestern border of the basin. Having its shores in the\\ncounties ol Butler, Daviess, Ed uson, Henderson, McLean, Muhlenburgh, Ohio and\\nWebster, also touching Hopkins, all of them richly Btored witb excellent coals, the river\\nshould have a great coalcarryiog trade. It has long seemed Btrange to the writer that the\\nopportunities offered by Green River for shipments to Southern ports have nol been\\ngrasped I foresighted nun now engaged in the Ohio River trade. Along its banl\\nwithin easy reach by tram and by tram- no longer than are used to carr) coal to the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2main line at main railroad mines, al which n better, and in some instance nol bo p I,\\nbeds are wrought. There is a great acreage ol coal that niaj I readily shipped in i pe-\\ntition with upper Ohio River mines; may be shipped, reover, practically the year round,\\nand at times when low water r ice bars the waj from those mines t lower Ohio and\\nssissippi l;i\\\\ r ports.\\nThere are few better coals for general purposes than the Main Nolin or lar Lick\\nI, B) of Edmonson county. It ran-.- from twenty-four lorty inches in thickness\\nami i- easil) mined. Official analyses of representative outcrops Bhow 1.05 t 2.54 per\\ncent i -nl lnir (small ei gh) and much of the sulphur obtained in the analyses was\\nderived from pyritic layers that maj be eliminated in mining. The coal runs well in car-\\nbon and would probablj produce a l. I ooke. Shipments may I made down Bear Creek\\nto I in, n l!i\\\\ er.\\nIn Butler Couut) the equivalent of the Main Nolin is fbnnd mar 1 1 river and is\\nthere known as the M- rd en. The superior quality t the Aberdeen i- well known in\\nthe Green River markets, and it readilj sells upon it- merits in petition with the best\\nproducts ol other fields, rhere is one other workable al in Butler, within ich ol\\nthe river, possibh w\\\\ other beds, but the Aberdeen is, so far us i- yet known, the si\\ntrn-tu orth\\\\ and tin best", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0028.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE. J I\\nTo describe th al beds of )lii and Muhlenburgb e ities would be to describe prac-\\ntically all the coals in the Western Held, and the statement could be applied with l nt little\\nmodification to the other counties on the lower stretch of the river. The bed commonlv\\nworked is No. 9, Nn. 11 following next. Ohio stands second among the counties producing\\ncoal in the field, and Muhlenburgb third. In both counties the larger percentage of the\\ncommercial product is mined by machine, and is shipped by rail. Surely the wealth of coal\\ncontiguous to the river in those counties and the importance of the latter as a means of\\ntransportation, will ultimately be recognized, and a trade secured that is now closed to rail-\\nroad mines. McLean county mines less coal, compared with its resources, than any other\\ncounty in the Western Held. It is an inviting region for prospectors ready to utilize the\\nriver for transportation. Webster is o( less value, perhaps, to a river coal trade than is\\nany one of the other counties, the most accessible seams being in the western and south-\\nwestern parts of the county but there are also beds near the river that are oi importance.\\nIn Henderson and Daviess counties the better coals are, as a rule, at a considerable depth\\nbelow the surface. The most important mines near Green River in Henderson are near\\nSpottsville. In Daviess there are no mines of importance near the river, but some excellent\\ncoal may be found in the southwestern part of the county, a comparatively short distance\\naway from the si ream.\\nTo sum up the history of Green River from an economic point of view, it may be said\\nthat it has Keen a long neglected stream traversing a region of long neglected mineral re-\\nsources of great value But this should not be expected to continue much longer. With\\nthe freedom that has been granted to all traffic through the abolition of tolls, the betterment\\nof the older locks ami dams and the construction of additional ones, the river has, so to\\nspeak, Keen given a new life, and the development of the coal resources, the limestone\\nand sandstone beds, tin bituminous asphalt rock, ami other mineral deposits can not\\nbe tar distant.\\nMINING COAL BY ELECTRICITY.\\nBY JOHN T JACKSON, ROCKPORT.\\nIX the ages past, nature in her wisdom stored, in favorite -pots oi this planet, even\\nlayers of the heat and light of the sun, so when this globe became inhabited the stored\\nenergy of the thousand year- became available to her civilized and progressive inhabitants.\\nThe first mode of reclaiming this heat and sunlight was most laborious, and the same pro-\\ncess, I Kin strength, pick, drill and shovel is used in thousands of mines to this day. and\\nit has only been within the past few years that any other power has been tried to supplant\\nthis most costly process of mining coal, (hit of the thousands of mines that have attempted\\nin use mining machinery only the fewest number have made it a success. Not so much on\\naccount of the failure of the inventive genius of the man who designed the machines,\\nbut mi a unt of the sulphur halls in the coal.\\nJevons has truly said: Coal in truth stands not beside I ut entirely above all", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0029.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "I III GR] in RIVER COl si l;Y\\nother oommoditii a. hi- tin-\\nmaterial energj ofth country\\ntin universal aid the fac-\\ntor in e\\\\ erj thing do; with\\ncoal almost any feat i- pos-\\nsible or :i-\\\\ without it We\\nare thrown l :i -k into the\\nlaborious poverty of early\\ntimes. I ^questionably thai\\ni- bo, and that being so, any\\nbod] of coal that can be\\nplaced ii tin market cheaper\\nthan 98 per a nt on\\ncompetitors i- quite a valu-\\nable \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i:il Geld, anil ju-i such\\n;i coal field i- the Shirley\\ncoal field l ov r one thous-\\nMITCHELL S LANDING. BARRr :1 ,l,| Ti-, belonging U) Ml-.\\nE L. Jackson, mar the town of Rockport, 1 1 i county, Kentucky. The eastern\\nmain Btem the Illinois Central Railway, for one-half mile, forms the northwestern\\nboundary of this property, and the property i- also available to Green River, insuring, for\\never after, cheap transportation. But the -t important feature of tlii- coal is that ii can\\nbe mined by electrical mining machinery, the cheapest of all knowu processes. This same\\nvein, in the same liill and adjoining property, is being successfully mined by the\\nMcHenrj Coal Co., :ii their Echols mines, with electrical machines. They have in use\\nm n machines, requiring fourteen operators and assistants, and with ilii- number of ma-\\nchines and men they are now cutting as much coal in ten hours as one hundred and seventy-\\nfive expert pick miners can cut in the same length of time. Note the difference in cost of\\nproduction: the cosl of production is not onlj cheapened, but the liability to Btrikes is\\niiuil, for iii t an\\\\ can learn i operate a machine in a day, and all other mine em-\\nployees are common day laborers, experience required.\\nTin Shirley field Btands pre-( minent on account ol li cost of production, reduction\\nnt liability to strike, accessibility to market, cheapness of transportation, evenness of vein,\\nsafety of roof, and drainage I entire field to opening. There is also on this propertj a\\nvirgin forest t hardwood timber. This property is lor Bale or lease; addn John T. Jack-\\nson, Rockport, Kentucky.", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0030.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "FKHM l-.ilWI.lNC CUKKN Hi I .V \\\\NSVII.I,K.\\n2:)\\nNATURAL RESOURCES OF UPPER GREEN RIVER.\\nBY PROF. M. P. CRUMP. FORMER STATE GEOLOGIST\\nUNDER this head are embraced (lie counties of Grayson, Edmonson, Warren,\\nButler, Muhlenburgb ami Ohio, all of which arc situated on the eastern border\\nof the Western coal field of Kentucky, and will be treated under the following heads, viz.:\\nlocation, transporation, minerals, timber and climate.\\nLocation All of these counties are situated midway between the cities of Louisville\\nand Nashville, less than seventy-live miles from eitheraud within one hundred and fifty miles\\nof the center of population of the United States. They are in the great valley of the Missis-\\nsippi which is destined to\\nbecome the most popu-\\nlous portion of the habit-\\nable globe, owing to its\\nrich agricultural lands,\\ncombined with its inex-\\nhaustible mineral and\\ntimber resources.\\nTka nspobtatiojn\\nIts natural outlet is the\\nfamous ireen River, re-\\ncognized as one of the\\ndeepest on the continent\\nas well as the most navi-\\ngable, owing to the fact\\nthat it rises in the cav-\\nernous limestone of Ken- fishing party at Rochester locks.\\ntucky, which embraces some five thousand square miles, and i- ted from the numerous\\nunderground streams which have in past ages fashioned the innumerable caverns that\\nabound throughout its entire extent. It is thus abundantly supplied with water in the dry\\nseason, and kept tree from ice in winter by means of the warm water ling directly from\\nits cavern springs. The river flows into the Ohio and thence to the Mississippi, and with\\nits connections embraces more than twenty-five thousand mile-- of navigable waters, with\\naccess to more than forty million people, and the most flourishing cities of America.\\nMINERALS Under this head are found coal, iron ore, asphalt, ochre, vitrified clay,\\ntire clay, Litchfield marls and building stone of various kinds.\\nCoal Sere is found the lowest workable seam of coal in the Western coal field oi\\nKentucky, familiarly known as the Main Xolin or Coal L. of Shaler s Survey. It is an\\nexcellent domestic, steam and gas coal, and is found covering an area of many miles in", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0031.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "24\\nI lit GREEN im BR COl NTR^\\nGrayson, Eklmonson, Warren, Butler and Bluhlenburgh. Ii averages lull thro Feet, and i*\\nfound in places sbi feet, is very a i I I i- usually worked by drifting, and :it :i very Ion\\ncost, titi\\\\ cents per ton. Ii was first opened some lorty years a^.., and has be* n constantly\\nworked, and bas supplied the town t Bowling Green with both fuel and lights for years.\\nIi- greatest development is at Aberdeen, near Morgantown, Butler county, from which\\npoint ;i block two feel square and four feel thick tin- height of the vein \\\\\\\\a taken ami\\nshown at the World s Columbiau Exposition, where ii received honorable mention, ami a\\nblock fr a ini not lar distant re\u00c2\u00a9 ived a medal.\\nThis region i- destined become a great coal center, lying as it does halfway between\\nLouisville and Nashville, and on the projected line of the Illinois Central Railroad, which\\nCAMP LIFE ON OREBN RIVBR\\nwill at no distant day connect these two prosperous and growing cities. It i- also the near-\\nest first class coal Chicago ami the great coal less n gion of the frigid Northwi st\\nrhe coal is a free burning, bituminous variety, mines easily and yards well. It con-\\ntains l nt little Bulpbur and ash, and oompeti favorably with either the Pittsburgh or the\\ncelebrated Jelli al eastern Kentucky.\\nCoal No. 9 is largely worked in Muhlenburgh and lii. i nties, and while not so\\nlow in ash and sulphur a the lower coals, has longer been worked, and has an established\\nreputatii a in n places. It is usually thicker than the lower ooala,\\n[ro Ores These are found in Eklmonson, Warren, Butler, Muhlenburgh ami t i\\ncounties, developed only t a limited extent, but sufficiently t indicate to Prof. Shaler,\\nof Harvard College, (former state geologist), that one vein alone in Exit son count} con-\\ntained enough ore to run lift) furnaces for a century. Ii consist principally of\\nlimonitea and carbonites, the former abounding and contains ii forty-two to fifty-si i pt r\\ncent, with paratively little sulphur and phosphorus, together with a limited ai t i\\nsilicia. Situated immediately above the ore bed, coal is found sufficiently free tr--iu im-\\npuritirB for smelting purposes; while less than Bftj feet below excellent fluxing limestone", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0032.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWIJNG CRKKN To KV A NSVI U.K.\\n25\\nis found, thus placing within gun shof of each other the three necessary ingredients for success-\\nfully making iron a1 the lowest cost. I n addition there is a boundless supply oi water tor l oth\\nfurnace purposes and transportation. Thus it will he seen that ai no distant day a greal\\niron-making industry must necessarily spring up in this highly favored region. An iron\\nmaster of national lame and great experience both in America and Europe has pronounced\\nthe region in Edmonson county between Bear Creek and Nolin the ideal place for making\\nboth low priced iron and basic steel. These ores can he worked in open cut, consequently\\nat the lowest cost; and this iron-producing quality has been sufficiently tested in the\\ncharcoal iron furnace which was operated here in 1X45-6. Numerous pots, kettles and\\nother articles of domestic use, which are to he found in the region bear testimony to the\\nexcellent grade of iron produced from these ores. It was a high grade car wheel iron as shown\\nby analysis made l v the chemisl of the geological survey. The thickness of the ores varies\\nfrom one foot to ten feet, and they cover an extent of many square miles.\\nAsphalt. The latest and most accessible r f the many valuable minerals of this highly\\nfavored region arc tin extensive asphalt beds, composed of a sharp white sand, saturated\\nwith pure bitumen which, when exposed to the air, hardens and cements the grains of\\nsand, and thereby forms a natural material for the construction of the highest grade of\\npavements for cities and towns, as well as floors for breweries, stables and numerous other\\nindustries. This material is found immediately along the projected route of the above-\\nmentioned railroad and covers an area thirty miles long and five miles wide. The sand-\\nstone contains from eight to twelve per cent of bitumen, a portion of which oozes out on\\nexposure to the sun, and occasionally collects in Is, to the extent of many tons. From\\na point in the same geological\\nhorizon and not far distant, it\\nhas been extensively opened, and\\nmany hundred tons have been\\nshipped to Buffalo, New York,\\nwhere ten miles of streets have\\nbeen constructed from it in the\\nlast three years. It is destined\\nto become the greal paving ma-\\nterial of the Mississippi Valley,\\nbecause of its accessibility by\\nwater to the cities oi Pittsburgh,\\nCincinnati, Louisville, Evans-\\nville, St. Louis, Memphis, New\\nOrleans. ialveston, Houston and\\nother cities of the valley. It can be laid down in the city of New York by water at a cosl\\nof less than $5.00 per ton, including quarrying and transportation. Experiment.-, are now\\nbeing made in the latter city and it is more than probable that within the coming year,\\nlarge shipments will be made to that point and Brooklyn. The material is found in great\\nquantities, in bluffs of sandstone ranging from five to fifteen feel thick, which can be readily\\nquarried in many places at a cost of twenty-five cents per ton, and can be placed on barges\\nin Green Liver for less than one dollar per ton. It will be wonderful indeed, if a material\\nmade in nature s laboratory, by some of her undiscovered processes, which baffle imitation,\\nand s.i nearly ready for use, should fail to be used, in regions where it is so greatly needed.\\nU. S. SNAG BOAT, WM PRESTON DIXON.\\nAT WORK ON GREEN RIVER", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "THE GREEN RIVEK OOI s I RV\\nExamimed under a microscope it is found to compoaed of pure sharp Band em elop\\nin a coating ofjel black, elastic material known as bitumen, which represents the oxidized\\nproduct I al oil, after ages exposure, under the evaporative and absorptive prtw\\nof nature. Nature has\\nBhown great deliberation\\nand precision in tin- de-\\nvelopment t tlii- 1 1 nt\\nterial, and the result is\\na well-nigh indestructi-\\nble product, w hich, when\\nproperly laid down has\\nresisted the Be% er si t sis\\nnil the -i n eta ol some\\nnt the largest 1 1 i in\\nthe I ninn.\\nAn almost identical\\nmaterial is largelj used\\nin San Francisco and the\\nPacific i-itii where it is\\ntlin^ spoken of: Against\\nthe assaults of Buch bigh\\ntraffic, bituminous rock\\nbaa Btood the teat for ten\\nice may be Bpread over\\nhoof and wheel, it has\\nFLOATING STUDIO OK H SCHROBTBR\\nwar-. Iii a climate where no protecting mantle of snow and\\nit for weeks :it a time t r sive the wear and L tiinl of\\nresisted the relentless solvents of sun and air. From the day the tir-t I t strikes it\\nthere is absolutely no resl for bitumen in California. Yet it has outlived the bitter oppo-\\nsition of the metropolitan journals, and is to-day the only public improvement outside of\\nGolden Gate Park of which the municipality of San Francisco may feel proud. Winn\\nproper!} constructed of material from approved mines, it is believed bj those best informed\\nin tbis branch of municipal engineering thai bituminous rock pavements will give ideal service\\nfor twentj years, and then have t be renewed as to surface or wearing coat only, afore\\nthan one hundred and ij^li t miles t pavement have been constructed, all of which is\\nwillingly guaranteed for five years.\\nThe Kentucky rock is being largely introduced into Louisville, but is meeting with\\nthe same opposition from both newspapers and paving companies as was experienced in\\nSan Francisco, bul it is bound to triumph in the end.\\nlays These consist of beds ranging in thickness from five to eight feet, differing\\nin composition, bo as to produce fire briok, vitrified paving brick and pottery clays. Tiny\\nwholly undeveloped.\\nmi:i in the numerous caverns are found vast deposits of brown, drab and\\nvariegated ochres of the finest quality.\\nM i:i. Underlying the Bhales and interoolated among the thin bedded limestom an\\nfound beds of five t fifteen feet of what i- called bj Prof Shaler, Litchfield marl, which\\ncontains soda and potash in Buck form as i- easilj rendered soluble by exposure, and which\\nmak ccellent fertiliser for land rendered worthless bj the continued cultivation t", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO KVANsvil.l.K.\\n27\\ntobacco and the cereals. The quantity of this material is inexhaustible, and must come\\nit 1 1 the market as soon as transportation reaches the beds.\\nTimber Millions of feet of the finest hardwood timbers produced in temperate\\nclimates have been taken from this region, and untold quantities are -till left. Billions of\\nhoop-poles and staves have been floated from here down the Mississippi to New Orleans,\\nand they are still going without abatement. More than 120 varieties of merchantable\\ntimber are found in these counties. Thousands ol ties are now piled along the banks of\\nGreen River awaiting the inspector and steamboat, and such has Keen the ease for years.\\nWater Power Thousands of horse power are annually going to waste in this\\nprolific region, and the streams with their continuous How the entire year are waiting only\\nfor enterprise and capital to harness them to iron furnace, furniture tactorv, saw mill, cotton\\nfactory and other industries of a like nature to furnish the cheapest power on this continent.\\nClimate In this bounteous region the vertically torrid sun of the South and the\\nfreezingly frigid blasts of the bleak and blizzardy North and West are unknown. The\\nTHE ADERDEEN COAL AND MINING COMPANY S STEAMER I. N. HOOK ANDISECTION OF ILLINOIS\\nCENTRAL RAILROAD BRIDGE AT ROCKPORT.\\nclimate is delightfully mild, so much so that outdoor labor can be performed comfortably\\nevery day in the year, and cattle can range the fields for ten months, while it is never\\nnecessary to house or shelter them continuously. The large number of extremely well\\npreserved and vigorous old men and women hear the best and most unimpeachable testimony\\nto the salubrity and healthfulness of the climate.", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0035.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "I II 1 QBE] N KIVKl: 0O1 NTHY\\nBOWLING GREEN.\\nJ I 1 1 1 city of Bowling Ireen stands at the head t the Ireen River Black water Bystem\\nand is the metropolis of the Green River valley, [ts situation is npon ground gentlj\\nsloping to Barren River from a series of c landing hills in its southern and western\\nsuburbs. V\\\\ i the summit t these hills a magnificent view i- obtained of the i t lying\\n:it their feel and l the beautiful valley of the Barren River t 1 1 east, south and west,\\nand of the lofty hills that mark the course of the Green and Barren rivers to the north.\\nOn the crest t the eastern most of these hills is located the city water reservoir, w!iil ii\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094ii i-i ling declivities, comprising several acres, covered with blue grass and adorned with\\nBOWLING ORBBN PROM OODBN COLLBGB LOOKING NORTHEAST\\nshade, fruit and ornamental trees, constitute a delightful park. n il apex the liill\\nand Burrounding the basin of the reservoir is a balnstraded cement pavement, furnished\\nwith seats, forming ;i most agreeable promenade and resting place in the i I t the summer\\nmornings and enin\\nstriking fi ature of the city of Bowling In i n is the profusion ol shade tn es which\\nadorn her streets and yards, mostly maple and elm. A view from the promenadi on\\nReservoir Hill, in summer, shows the city almost buI trged in the dark green foliaj\\nthese beautiful tr\\nThe population I Bowling Green, including her suburbs, is about twelve thousand.\\nAll her streets are macadamized and are kept in excellent condition by vigilent city su-\\npervision. The city is provided \u00c2\u00abiili a most efficient syste t water works and an electric\\nli^ lit pi ant/ both of which :ir owned and operated b) ili municipality.", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0036.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "FROM ROWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n29\\nOne of the dominant interests of the city centers In her educational institutions.\\nThese are of much more than local importance. The Potter lollege, for young ladies; the\\nOgden College, for young men, and the Business College and Normal School of Cherry\\nBros., are institutions of learning of distinguished merit. The Potter College for young\\nladies is especially celebrated for the completeness of its equipment, the high character of\\nits educational course and its watchful care over the welfare of its pupils. Its enrollment\\nlists contain the names of pupils from many of the southern and middle states of the Union.\\nIn addition to these notable institutions there are private schools for the special training of\\nchildren, and the city\\nmaintains a most excel-\\nlent system of free pub-\\nlic schools, which, under\\nthe superintendencv of\\nProf. Edward Taylor,\\nhave attained an exalted\\ndegree of efficiency. On\\naccount of the salubrity\\nof its situation and its\\neducational advantages,\\nBowling Green is a city\\nof homes Many families\\nof independent means\\nhave located here on ac-\\ncount ot these attractions,\\nand many ot the resi-\\ndences present an ap-\\npearance of architectural\\nelegance and yard adorn-\\nment unusual in a city ot\\nits size. The commercial\\nimportance of Bowling\\nGreen is that of a thriv-\\ning, prosperous inland\\ncity surrounded by a most fertile region of farming land, yet situated as it is at the very\\ntop df the navigable waters of Green River,it only requires the touch of capital and com-\\nmercial enterprise to make it an important manufacturing and distributing center, exercis-\\ning a commanding influence over the commerce of the rivers and surrounding sections\\nof country in a marked degree.\\nOgden College for young men is an institution of learning equal to any in the\\nstate for the education of young men and in the thoroughness of its collegiate course, ft\\nstands as a monument to the liberality of Its founder, Robert W. Ogden, deceased, who\\nprovided in his will for the purchase of grounds, and for the erection of suitable buildings\\nthereon, adapted to the purposes of an institution of learning. He also provided a fund from\\nthe income of which aid is furnished young men in securing an education. The college\\nstands amidst spacious and well-shaded grounds on a beautiful hill, overlooking the city of\\nM. E. CHURCH SOUTH. BOWLING GREEN. KY\\nBUlLTl IN 1898-7. COST $35,000 BUILT OP WHITE AND GRAY LIMESTONE FROM\\nWARREN COUNTY QUARRIES", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0037.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30\\nl in GRE1 N i;l\\\\ i R OOUN1 i:v\\n\u00c2\u00b0COEN, THE F\\no^\u00c2\u00b0 v\\nBowling Green, and imanding ;i view of hill, field and forest for miles aronnd. Ii-\\nsituation secures Balubrity of at phere, inspiring scenery and thai isolation from the\\nenrrente I human activitj bo essentia] t study. The\\n1 tgden fund makes provision i^v forty free scholar-\\nships, issued i worthy young men of the state, who\\noei I aid.\\nFor a lull description of the course of instruction,\\nrul of the college and information as to the cost l\\nliving in Bowling Green, board t students, etc.,\\naddress Ogden College, Bowling Green, Cy.\\nRoberi W. Ogden, the founder of the college which\\nbears lii- name, was an eminent citizen of Warren\\ncounty, who was impressed with tin- needs of the 6tate\\nfor an institution where young men could obtain :i free\\ncollegiate education. He therefore provided al lii\\ndeath for the ling i the institution which has so\\nsuccessfully accomplished the end he had in view.\\nHis munificent uift to his fellow-citizens has been the\\nmeans ol placing many y ig men in positions\\nusefulness and honor, who otherwise would have been disqualified for lack l education.\\nThe college and its work is a fitting monument to the liberality and character of this noble\\nman. The people of Kentucky owe him :i debt of gratitude, which they universally evince\\nby honoring his name and memory, and the grand scl 1 which lii- foresight established\\nwill continue to be the ex] nt of that love I humanity which was bis distinguishing\\ncharacteristic bile living.\\nWilliam A.. ObeKchain, M., President of Ogden College, was born in Buchanan,\\nBotetourt county, Va., April 7. 1841, and comes of g 1 old German, Dutch, Welsh,\\nEnglish and Anglo-Nor-\\nman stock. After two\\nears spent in attending\\nthe classical and mathe-\\nmatical 1 1 I N\\\\ Hi.\\nII i:ill, in lii- time\\nofthe foremost educators\\nof the \u00c2\u00bblil I dominion, he\\nntered the Virginia Mil-\\nitary Institute and there\\nduated, in 1861 with\\nthe highest honors in :i\\nclassofthirt) eight mem-\\nbers. In A I i il, 1861 he\\nwent i Richmond, Va.,\\nwith the ps of cadets,\\nunder command I Major\\nThomas J.Jackson,afl\\nward General 8tone- oodbn collbob", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0038.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n31\\nwall Jackson, and there served temporarily as instructor of light artillery. He then\\nreceived a commission in the regular army of the Confederate States, and served with\\ndistinction throughout the war, in the engineer corps, under Generals Branch, French,\\nWhiting, Robert E. Lee and others. He was promoted for meritorious conduct on the\\nWilliamsburg Road, near Richmond, Va., in 1864; and from October, 18G4, to Lee s\\nsurrender, he was one of the staff engineers of the army of Northern Virginia, under\\nleneral Lee.\\nIn 1866 he was appointed Professor of Mathematics and Military and ivil Engineering\\nin the Hillslioro (N. C.) Military Academy, under General R. E. Colston; in 186* he\\nreceived the appointment of Professor of Mathematics and Commandant of Cadets in the\\nWestern Military Academy, at New Castle, Ky., under General E. Kirby Smith; in 1870\\nhe went with General Smith to the\\nUniversity of Nashville, where he served\\nas Professor of Mathematics and of\\nFrench and German, and as Command-\\nant of Cadets. In 1878 he was elected\\nProfessor of Mathematics in Ogden\\nCollege, Bowling Green, Ky., and in\\n1 883, on the resignation of his prede-\\ncessor, Dr. J. W. Wightman, he was made\\npresident of the same institution with-\\nout any solicitation on his part.\\nMajor Obenchain is an honorary\\nmember of the American Whig Society,\\nof Princeton, N. J. of the National\\nCommittee of the Body of Counselors of\\nthe American Institute of Civics; of the\\nAmerican Academy of Political and Social\\nScience; of the British Economic Asso-\\nciation; of the National University\\nCommittee of One Hundred, and Secre-\\ntary of the XV. Club of Bowling Green,\\nKy., an active and influential literary\\nsociety composed of some of the ablest men of Bowling Green. He was one of the honorary\\nvice presidents of the Department Congress of Higher Education of the International\\nCongress of Education of the World s Columbian Exposition, in 1893.\\nMajor Obenchain is an accomplished scholar, an able educator, a progressive and\\npublic-spirited citizen, a contributor to Southern Historical Society papers, and a vigorous\\nand forcible writer on political and economic subjects.\\nPotter College. A book of the Green River country would be incomplete\\nwithout a description of Potter College for young ladies. This grand school for the\\neducation of young ladies stands in the front rank of the educational institutions of the\\ncountry. Its equipment for the purposes of its establishment are unsurpassed by none in\\nthe South, and by few in the entire country. It has one hundred rooms, heated by steam\\nand lighted by gas. It is supplied with bath rooms and hot and cold water. Its parlors,\\nWILLIAM.A OBENCHAIN. PRESIDENT OF OGDEN COLLEGE", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0039.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "I 111 ..KM RIVEB 1 I M BY\\nreading and library rooms :irv elegantly furnished. It- class r 1- are provided with all\\nthe appliances and scientific apparatus necessary t aid in the instructi 1 its pupils. The\\nbeauty f it- situation and the imposing bo nerj which surround it contribute t it- desir-\\nuliilit seal f learning. It Btands upon a lofty and shaded hill, in it- own park of\\nf*\\nRBV B F CABBLL PRESIDBNT OF POTTBR COLLBGB\\ntrees and flowers, overlooking the city of Bowling Green, and commanding view of\\noharmtng landscape whichever waj the beholder turns. Everj department t it- educa-\\ntional course is presided over by teachers celebrated for their efficiency educators.", "height": "3095", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0040.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "FROM noWUNO GREEN TO I .VANSVI U.K.", "height": "3061", "width": "1955", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0041.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34\\nI 111 GREEN l:l\\\\ 1 R OOUN1 ttt\\nKS OK POTTER COLLEGE- CLASS OK 1897\\nMemphis, Tenn. M\\\\ki M\\\\ki\\\\ Payni Bowling Green, Kv.\\nHannah Claypooi Green, K.%. \\\\m I.i-.e I m i -m H \u00c2\u00abling Green, Ki.\\ni Pine Bluff, Aik Mvkc.akit Rokm Bowling Green, K\\\\\\n\\\\i\\\\\\\\. Danville, ki ELIZABETH Rm.ii.-~ Bowling Green. Kv.\\nCORINNI BVSRBTI Green, Ky. Nki.lik B. SAMUBM CampbelUville, ki.\\nFaulconbh Danville, K Elizabeth Underwood Bowling Green. K\\\\", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0042.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVTLLE.\\n35\\nPleasant J. Potter, President of Potter s Bank. Every town or community\\nhas among its residents one man on whom the commercial importance of the town or c\\nmunitv seems to hinge. He it is who leads in all public enterprises and his name is\\nassociated with all schemes that have for their object the advancement of the public weal.\\nBowling Green has many patriotic and enterprising citizens of which her people are justly\\nproud, and at the head of this much to l e admired set of gentlemen stands the subjeci of\\nthis sketch, Pleasant J. Potter, the founder and head of the financial institution bearing his\\nname. Mr. Potter was born in Warren county, in 1820, and has been actively engaged\\nin business in Bowling\\nGreen for over half a\\ncentury. He, together\\nwith Mr. Vivian, opened\\nthe bank over which he\\nto-day presides, in 1869.\\nThis is the oldest and\\nstrongest financial insti-\\ntution in the city, and\\nMr. Potter s reputation\\nas a conservative banker\\nis known all over the\\nstate. The business of\\nthe bank to-day is con-\\nducted by James Eras-\\nmus, Herbert P. and\\nWm. J. Potter, all of\\nwhom are sons of Pleas-\\nant J. Potter, and are all\\nable, far seeing energetic\\nbusiness men. This fam-\\nily of Potters are the\\nlargest holders of real\\nestate in the county, and\\nevery foot of their vast\\npossessions is liable for\\nthe obligations of the\\nbank. It is an institu-\\ntion of individual responsibility, and all of the wealth ot the family forms the capital on\\nwhich they do business. Pleasant J. Potter is well known to the people of the Green\\nRiver valley, and is honored and esteemed by all who enjoy his acquaintance. He has\\nserved the people of Warren county in an official capacity on several occasions, and it can\\nbe said of him that he transacted the public business with the same care that he has ever\\ndevoted to his own affairs. He has been at all times ready and willing to give of his means\\nto worthy charity, and has ever been a supporter of educational institutions. So prominent\\nhas he been in this latter work that the Potter College was named in his honor. In this\\nwork it is not the intention of the publishers to indulge in fulsome praise, but our work\\nwould be poorly done, indeed, did we not give to our readers at some length the results of\\nPLEASANT J POTTER. PRESIDENT OF POTTER S BANK", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0043.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "36\\nTIIK GR] IN IMVI R (..INI l:V\\nPleasant J. Potter s long and useful life. He bas been succesafiil because l i- indomitable\\nwill and perseverence would satisfied with nothing sborl of success, and now when he\\nhas reached thai -ta;_ r of life s journey where the Bhadowe I -_r i 1 1 to fall inward the east, be\\ncan enjoy the blessing of seeing bis life work perpetuated by his sons who are honored citizens\\n.il the community in which they wi re born and n an d.\\nThe Cm Schools wen organized under a special charter approved by the legisla-\\nture on February 2, 1 SN J. This was al the end of a spirited contesl before the people.\\nHon. J. M. Wilkin- and Hon. J. A. Mitchell, leading the winning Bide. Buildings having\\nbeen erected, the scl I- were openi .1 on January\\n29th, 18$ The gentlemen named have been\\nthe board I education fr the beginning.\\nSupt. W. B. Wylie served from the first, till\\nhis death in November, 1894. His skill and\\ndevotion made the scl 1- in a large measure\\nwliat they arc He was succeeded bj Supt.\\nEdward Taylor, the present incumbent.\\nThereare three buildings, one I i ml: for col-\\nored pupils. Thereare twenty-aeven teachers, ten\\nliciipj colored. The enrollment for 1897 was\\none thousand four hundred and Bixteen The\\ncapita I the state is supplemented by a\\ntax of thirty cents to the one hundred dollars\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t valuation, and a pari t the ll taxes.\\nThe course of Btudj i prises nine grades,\\noin for each year. All the common school\\nstudies are completed in iirlit grades, the ninth\\nbeing all advanced work. The citj has no high\\nbcI I, the three local colleges supplying thai\\nneed to some extent Each building is supplied\\nwith a -mall Inn growing library; the text-l ks are thi besl obtainable. The in-\\nstruction i- very thorough and approved, and up-to-date methods are used in 1 1 1 govern-\\nment and instruction. Visitors are welcome al any hour. The people of Bowling Green\\nappreciate the merits of their schools.\\nThe Banking [sstiti noNa of Bowling Green area pi linent feature in its com-\\nmercial and -ivi importance. Ii bas n bank organized under the national banking law,\\nsequcntl) no bank t issue, bul it- banks of exchange and deposit, organized under\\nspecial authority of the Btate legislature, are foremost ai ig 1 1 1 monied institutions of the\\nstate for their stability and conservatism i management There are three banks, the Potters\\nThe Warren Deposit, and Potter, Matlock all of which enjoy a high reputation al\\nhome and abroad.\\nThe Warren Deposm Bank, organized in 1871 under special legislative authority,\\ni. one I the strong! si institutions of the country. The bank bas an authorized capital t\\nti\\\\( hundred thousand dollars, a paid in capital of two hundred thousand and t sur-\\nplus fund of one hundred thousand dollars, ft is the only chartered bank in Bowling\\nPUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDINO", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0044.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n37\\nGreen. Its officers are C. G. Smallhouse, president; L. R. Porter, cashier; T. J. Smith,\\nJ. G. Covington, James Cuthbertson and C. S. Allen, directors.\\nC. G. Smallhouse, the President of the Warren DeposM Bank, is a gentleman, who\\nhas impressed his personality upon every enterprise with which he has Keen associated.\\nBis clear perception of the means necessary to success and his energy in adapting the means\\nto the desired end, places him in the front rank of the business men of his section. Mr.\\nSmallhouse has been connected with many of the enterprises that have contributed to the\\ncommercial importance of the city of Bowling Green. He was one of the promoters\\nand was mainly instrumental in the development of the ice and cold storage plant, which\\nhas become a very flourishing industry. He was one of (he principal business managers of\\nthe affairs of the Green and Barren\\nRiver Navigation Company, acquiring\\nan interest by purchase of stock in the\\nenterprise. He negotiated the sale of\\nthe company s franchise to the general\\ngovernment, thus conferring upon the\\npeople the free navigation of the river\\nfor all time to come. As president of\\na large monied institution, involving\\nthe exercise of great business judgement,\\nhe has fully demonstrated his ability\\nas a financier, and his faithfulness in\\nconserving the interest of others. In\\nfact his whole career stamps him as a\\npublic spirited citizen, who while not\\ninattentive to his own private interests\\nand those personal ambitions which arc\\nor should be the spring of all human\\naction, he has not forgotten that he\\nowes society a duty in the furtherance\\nol schemes for the general good. In\\nmanner, Mr. Smallhouse is reserved\\nand thoughtful and disposed to shrink from public notoriety, hut is frank and sociable\\nin disposition and impresses the sincerity of his character upon all with whom he comes\\nin contact. lie is a member of the Presbyterian church, and exemplifies in his daily\\nwalk and conversation the character of an upright citizen and a christian gentleman.\\nL. R. Porter, Cashier of the Warren Deposit Bank, is a native Kentuckian, U^-\\neended from illustrious stock, whose history is identified with the first settlement of the\\nstate. Mi-. Porter is a gentleman of tine presence and striking physique. Tall and stal-\\nwart, he is the personification of young Kentucky manhood. Sedate in manner, yet ener-\\ngetic in action he is an ideal representative of the modern business man. United with these\\nattractive personal characteristics is a character universally admired tor it- gentleness, so-\\nbriety and manliness. Mr. Porter has been connected ith the banking interests of the city\\nfor a number of years and although vet a young man. stands high in financial circles.\\nHe possesses the unbounded confidence ol his associates in the institution of which he\\nC. G. SMALLHOUSE. PRESIDENT WARREN DEPOSIT BANK", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0045.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "I II I GREEN RIVER COUN1 RY\\ni- :t i offioer, as well as it- ~i patrons aod the 1 ;ii large. In private and\\ndomestic life Mr. Porter illustrates the virtues and graces thai should always adorn the\\ncharacter I the faultless gentleman and the perfect citizen.\\nBowling Green i- the center l trade\\nand principal market for :i ven large\\nscope t surrounding country embracing\\nthe adjoining counties. It- merchants\\ncarry complete and extensive stoi\\ng I- :i ii 1 ever) line i- fully represented.\\nThe industries of ili city cover all the\\nessential needs of a progjn Bsive commun-\\nity. There are two mercbanf flouring\\nmills, tw achine Bhops, and three\\nplaning mill?. me of these operated by\\nRoe Hi in :uliliti ii to ;i large local\\nbusiness, supplies an extensive outsidi\\ndemand for mill work and building ma-\\nterial.\\nThe I i rner, I a WORTH\\nM \\\\m i l ii ring operate a handle\\nfactory, employing a large number I\\nnun.\\nThe Bow ling Green Ici vnvi Jold\\nStoraoi Oo. This company is i-:i i\\ning Hi ol the most prosperous industries not only I the city of Bowling Green, bnf I the\\nentire Green River section. Their principal business is the manufacture of ice, the pro-\\nduction of their factory being fifteen tons daily. The city I Bowling Green is entirely\\nsupplied from their factory, besides which they have a large and growing trad the riv-\\ners and throughout the surrounding towns and country. The works were firal started in\\n1888, 1 iit were verj much improved ami enlarged when the present ipany acquired pos-\\nsession, and the latesl and m-.-t improved appliances were adopted. The company i- in-\\ncorporated under the\\nlaws l tin state Ken-\\ntucky. The re sent\\nmanagement t the af-\\nfairs ofthe companj is in\\nthe bands l the follow\\ning offiot rs James 1 1.\\nWilkerson, president;^\\nII. Jones, tary; I\\nSmallhouse, treasurer.\\nThe i i t _\\\\ i- provided\\nwith exoelli nt hotels,\\nequipped itli all mod-\\nern convenience The\\nhotels and buaineas por-\\nL R PORTER CASHIER WARREN DEPOSIT BANK\\nBOWLINO ORXEN ICE AND COLD STORAOK PLANT", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0046.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "fi:om i;ohi,im; i;i;i;i;n to kvansvi i.i.i-:.\\n39\\ntions of the city are reached by electric cars, running from the depots and river landing.\\nThe church edifices f Bowling Green arc constructed more with a view to the attain-\\nment of comfort than that of grandeur. They attest in their number and proportions the\\nstrong influence of religious sentiment among the people.\\nThe Methodist Episcopal Church, South, lately erected is a very elegant and sub-\\nstantial structure, exhibiting more of the ornate in architecture than any other in the city.\\nIt is built entirely of white and gray limestone from the quarries near the city. These\\nquarries have been noticed elsewhere, but in connection with the industries of the city, it\\nmay be mentioned that Mr. E. Smallhouse, .secretary of the McClellan Stone Co., is at the\\nhead of an industry engaged in the manufacture of monuments. In this business much use\\nBOWLING GREEN. LOOKING EAST FROM OGDEN COLLEGE\\nis made of the beautiful Oolitic limestone from this quarry. A variety of this stone has\\nvery much the appearance and texture of granite and is capable of being worked into shafts\\nand designs for monumental purposes and supports a beautiful finish.\\nBowling Green sustains a. wide spread reputation as a horse market. There are a\\nnumber of dealers in the city who make a specialty of handling fine blooded animals and\\nwhose establishments for this purpose are fitted with every modern convenience. Annual\\nsale-, of thoroughbred horses are conducted by these gentlemen which attract buyers and\\nhorse fanciers from every part of the country. Mr. E. P. Xeale owns and operates a huge\\nfarm in the vicinity of the city, devoted especially to the breeding and training of tine\\nstock. The animals bred on his farm are famous throughout the country tor thoroughbred\\nqualities. lie has spent vast sums in the importation ami breeding of pure blooded stock.\\nThere are others engaged in the same business. J. L. Jenkins .V Sons, Mansfield Kirbv,\\nThe Kentucky Horse Breeding Association, all ol whom contribute to the reputation of\\nBowling Green as a horse market.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0047.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "10\\nI III GBEE.N CIVIl: CO! MI.1\\nDb. G. E. Townsend, Mayor of the city\\nntj K 1 1 1 1 1 k bere be \\\\sa- born in I\\nO E TOWNSBND MAYOR OK BOWLING GRBBN\\nM i.i OLM 1 1 a i; i 1:1 Mr was born in ul\\nand began lii~ educal ion al the I -i\\nprivate bcI Is in 1 1 l l Dominion,\\ncompleting the same :ii the historic\\nVirginia Military Institute al Lexington,\\nVa., w h re lie graduated cond in :i\\nclass of fift) -three. He then pursui I\\na practical geological course in the Har-\\nvard summer schools, and was connected\\nwith ili\u00c2\u00ab geological Burvey I Kentucky\\nfor more than fifteen years, filling :ill\\nstations from the topographic work t\\nthe office of state geologist. He has also\\nI n constantly and intimately associated\\nwith the Kentucky Btate guard, having\\norganised the firel company in Southern\\nKentucky, in 1879, and filled the grades\\nfrom captain t lonel and inspector\\ngeneral, in which capacity he served on\\ni In- staff of both Governors Buck ner and\\nBrown. He is actively interested\\nin the development of Kentucky\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I Bowling Green, i- oativi Logan\\nII. graduated in medicine and pharmacy\\nat the Vanderbilt University of Nash-\\nville. He practiced bis profession for\\ntwo years in lii- native county, after\\nwhich be removed to Bowling Green,\\nwhere he has resided ever since. A.fter\\ntwo years i general practice in the latter\\ncity, he gave up lii\u00c2\u00bb practice and devoted\\nhimself to pharmacy, lnr which lii- lu-\\ncation and training had specially fitted\\nhim. I le made :i tudj ol optics, and\\nunited with his busiuess l pharmacy\\nthai t a scientific optician. He served\\na time as a member t the imon\\ncouncil of il ity, and in 1 B97 was\\nelected mayor I the city, which office\\nhe now holds. The comi souncil\\nelected al the si time were: W. M.\\n1 i .1. B. Sumpt i liMil. B. Smith,\\nPrank Maier, II. I. Gal vin, V. Johnson,\\nL. A. Jenkins, I K ister, Jr., John\\ni 1 iiiniii_ Prank Moom y, I (rear\\nami John I i an\\npepper county, Va., loss than hall a century\\n001. M H ORUMP", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0048.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "I KOM BOWLING GREEN TO BVANSVILLE.\\nII\\nJudge \\\\V. Settle The Green River country is not lacking in nun who by their\\nowe indomitable persevera and force of character have attained high and honorable po-\\nsitions among their fellow men. Such a man is Judge W K. Settle. A mere youth at the\\nelose of the eivil war, lie was left like many others, de-\\npendent on his own exertions for a livelihood and for\\nthe acquirement of that mental training that should fit\\nhim for the profession to which he had predetermined to\\ndevote himself, But for eight years such was his in-\\ndustry and determination of purpose, that he not only\\nacquired a first-rate education covering the English\\nbranches, but also made such progress in the study of the\\nlaw that he was a mitted to its practice in the fall of\\n1871. His ability and excellence of character soon\\nwon for him a place among the foremost members of the\\nlegal profession ami lor more than twenty years he has\\ncontinued to illustrate the character of an able lawyer,\\nan honored and useful citizen and a good man. In 1892 he\\nwas elected judge of the circuit court for the eighth ju-\\ndicial circuit, composed of tin unties of Allen, Butler,\\nEdmonson and Warren, which position he now holds.\\nhaving been re-elected in 1897.\\nJUDGE W. E SETTLE.\\nOF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OP KENTUCKY\\nHon. Nat. Pouter Among the number of individuals who by reason of talent\\nand energy, occupy a conspicuous place in public affairs in the Green River country, we\\nmention the name of Hon. Nat. A. Porter. Mr. Porter is in many respects a self-made\\nman. Gifted by nature with a strong\\nand purposeful character, he realized\\nthat eminence among men had its true\\nfoundation in the ability to serve\\nthem. To this end he applied himself\\nto study and to the attainment of that\\npractical knowledge ot social needs\\nwhich should qualify him for usefulness\\namong his fellow men. The legal pro-\\nfession commended itself to him as best\\nsuited to his mental constitution and as\\nconstituting the best basis of opportunity.\\nAccordingly he devoted himself to the\\nstudy of the law. He was admitted to\\nthe bar in 1879, and began practice\\nin the office of his brother, the late John\\nM. Porter, in Bowling Green. After\\nthe death of his brother he was elected\\nto the office of Commonwealth^ Attor-\\nney in the Fifth judicial circuit, to till\\nthe unexpired term of his brother. On\\nHON. NAT A. PORTER.\\nPROSECUTING ATTORNEY EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF KENTUCKY till eXplWltlOll HI tills tellll tie Was 11-\\n4", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0049.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "12\\nl Ml GR1 r\\\\ RIV1 B OOUK I 1:1\\nI. .1 to the same office f r the full term f -i\\\\ j i are. \u00c2\u00bbn the re-districting f the 8tat4\\nMr. Porter was put in the Eighth district, being again elected for a terra t five years\\nwhich term be baa filled to the lull satisfaction I the people. In 1 S T be was ren I\\nin the office of the Commonwealth s Attorney for the Eighth judicial circuit which office\\nhe dow holds.\\n.Iwn- II iikm:-in City civil engineer, was born in Bowli a and has held\\nlii- present position Bince 1882. He has under lii- personal supervision the streets, sewers,\\nthe fire department, the water w rk- and the electric lighting, and how well he bas pi r-\\nformed lii- duties i- attested bj his ti nuance in office. It was through lii- exertions thai\\nthe people of the city to-day are able to enjoy the beautiful park on reservoir bill. II-\\nadvocated it againsl the strongest possible opposition and li l nol lei up until it- ipletion\\nCHAS E WALLIN PHOTOGRAPHER\\nTHE JOY OP THE HOUSEHOLD\\nUK WILL OIRARD 8 BABY\\nwas assured. He saw the advantages to be derived Gram the park and used all ol his endeavors\\nto combat arguments iiltmi n-t it made b) men \\\\\\\\li to-dav Bee the wisdom oi 1 1 movement\\nI u ri 11 Mr. WilUii\u00e2\u0080\u0094 hi incumbency ..t the office ol civil engineer all ol the streets of the\\ncit have been made or improved. The water works under lii- management baa beoomi :i\\npaying institution, not onlj furnishing cheaper and better water t the people than dot anj\\nother system in the state, but turning into the sinking fund each year three thousand\\ndollar? Mi Willsi r-i.ii has been a l: i| anil faithful servant of the people, not one\\nlint nt the public funds having been wasted or misapplied during the fifteen yean ol lii*\\npublic servii\\nQ I Stickmev was born at 8t Paul, Minn., January 24th, 1869. His father is Lieut\\ni.l. Ann- Stick ney, of the corps of engineers United States armj and as he has bad ol\\nivernment work of river and harbor improvement in various sections of tl nntry,", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0050.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GKEEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\nthe subject of tliis sketch has practically been brought up on such work. He received his\\neducation in both public and private schools, and is a graduate of the Sheffield scientific\\nschool of Yale University, completing the cour.se in civil engineering in 1891, with the\\ndegree f Ph. B. Shortly after graduating lie went to Mexico in the employ of the Inter-\\nnational Railroad Company, which was at that time constructing the Durango extension\\nfrom the citv of Torreon, Coahuilla, to the city of Durango, capital of the state of the same\\nname, lie occupied successfully the position of chalnman, rodman and level-man in the\\nparty sent to retrace the line tor construction, ami on completion of this work was made\\nresident engineer in charge of the construction of thirty miles ot road. He also\\nhad charge of the construction of buildings and laving out of tracks in the\\nDurango depot grounds. On the completion of the above work he was placed in charge of\\nthe grading of twenty-four miles of the Sierra Mojada Extension, a branch line leaving the\\nmain line at Monclova and running into the rich .silver district of the Sierra Madre Moun-\\nMISS HATTIE C00KSEY\\nMISS BELLE COOMBES\\ntains. This latter work was suspended on a unt of the panic of L893. He was then\\nemployed on the engineering department of the Mexican International railroad at Cuidad\\nPorfirio Diaz, the headquarters of the road, being engaged in making small surveys, plans,\\netc. After remaining with this road for nearly two years he resigned and went to Cincin-\\nnati, where his lather was at that time stationed. Within a short time he was employed\\nas United State- assistant engineer to make a survey for Lock No. 7, Kentucky River, and\\nafter completion of this work was retained as assistant engineer in the United States\\nengineer s otliee at Frankfort, Ky., where he remained for two years employed in connection\\nwith the repairs necessary in operating and care of canals and other works of navigation on\\nKentucky River. On October I. 1S!)5, he was placed in charge of the government work\\non Green and Barren Rivers, and has since remained in charge of this work, with the\\nexception of the construction of Lock No. 5 on Upper Green River, which has been com-", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0051.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "II\\nI III GREEN RIV1 R COl VI |;V\\nmenced within the last year. On Decembei 12, 1896, thi government work on Rough\\nRiver was turned over to bis charge, the new lock being completed al that time. ll\\nsaoceeded Lieut J. J. Meyler, of the corps t engineers, I 8. A., who formerly\\nbad charge of Green and Barren\\nRivers. Be is a junior member of the\\nAmerican Society oi Civil Engineers.\\nHe was married t Miss (Catherine\\nHalloran :it Frankfort, Ky., October 1.\\n1894\\nThe press of Bowling Green is well\\nand ably represented bj several enter-\\nprising newspaper establishments. In\\naddition to tin- daily ami weekly pub-\\nlished by the company of which Mr.\\nJohn B. Gaines i- the general manager,\\nan account w li i -1 is given below\\nmiller special heading, other weekly\\nnewspapt rs are published:\\nThe W \\\\i:ki n Cot n n i bibb\\nWilliam .1. Denhardt, general man\\nami Dr. John 1 M Is, editor, is an\\nable and popular paper. It is Demo-\\ncratic in politics and has the lai\\ncirculation of any weeklj newspaper in\\nWarren county. It believes in majority\\nrule, ami does not believe a minority should govern a majority when fairly beaten. Dr.\\nIs -;i\\\\ ..i his paper, it i- alike opposed to anarchy and wrong, and ends attained\\nby bribery and corruption. The platform ol it- part] is its platform and from Jefferson s\\ntime down to the Chicago platform ol 1896, the courier asserts the perfect consistency\\nI ei ratie principles with the true theory oi a Republican form rnment.\\nThe Bowling Gbeeh Dehocbai is a live weekly paper, owned and published b) I..\\nL. Russell, and has been running lor thirty years.\\nThe Pabb Cttj Daily Times was established August 28, 1882, y John B.\\nGaines, it- present editor and general manager, who ran it until about the first ol January,\\nwhen he Bold it to a stock companj on account ol having been appoint) il postmanti r\\nof tin s city of Bowling Green On February _ last, Mr. Gaines formed a Btook company\\nand repurchased Tht Timet from the old company, and is now general manager and editor\\nul tin- paper with a fine corps ol assistants in th i ditorial, reportorial and business d part-\\niiK nt It is probably the most successful country town daily in the state, and has a\\ncirculation that would do credit to a city double the site of Bowling Green.\\nThe Times Gazette The weekly eddition, was established in 1875, and is f\\nthe best wei k U papers in the Grei d Riv r section, and has a circulation extending through-\\nout the eleven counties of the Third Congressional ili-triet. \\\\l Gaines is a young man\\nin- not quite fort} yean of age, and is a pn wide-awake newspaper man.\\nTICKNBY. U S ASSITANT ENGINKBR\\nHISS J08IPHINB 8TICKNBY", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0052.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "FKOM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n45\\nwhose experience in thai line f business dates back over twenty years. In fact, his energy\\nis so well established where known, that he is very often referred to by his familiar friends\\nas git up and git, a motto he once used\\nin a publication of the newspaper. The\\nTimes job office is one of the best and most\\ncompete in the country, and does a large\\namount of all kinds of printing, including\\ncatalogue and I k work of a superior\\nquality. Mr. Gaines was married in 1878\\nto Miss Winnie McCutehen, of Simpson\\ncounty, and is the father of three children,\\ntwo sons and one daughter.\\nJ. L. Jenkins, one of the leading\\nStock raisers and stock dealers of the\\nGreen River country is a native of Warren\\ncounty, Ky., born in 1*44. Mr. Jenkins\\noperates a very large livery and sales\\nstable in the city of Bowling (ireen,\\nhis dealings in horses alone amounting to\\nforty thousand dollars a year. His farm of\\ntwo hundred and fifty acres of fine, rich\\nland lies about two miles west of the city. john b gaines\\nThis land devoted mostly to grass and\\npasture is noted for its fertility but is used by Mr. Jenkins mostly for breeding and stock\\nraisintr. His two sons, Allen and Charles \\\\V. are associated with him in the business Mr.\\nJenkins is a fine specimen of the genial,\\nwhole-souled Kentucky gentleman, atten-\\ntive to business, but taking an interest in\\nall that concerns his section. He is a\\nrepresentative man of the class that forms\\nand upholds the great interests of the\\ncountry and contributes to its development.\\nHon. Wm. Cook Mr. Cook is an old\\nand universally respected citizen of War-\\nren county, in which he has lived for near\\na half century, fie has- retired from active\\nbusiness life, having acquired a competency\\nby years oi industry and judicious effort.\\nlie lives on a line farm aboul two and\\n:i half miles easl of Bowling Green, where\\nin addition to the growth of miscellaneous\\nfarm products, he gratifies his taste for\\nrural life by the cultivation of bees and\\nfruits. The producf of his hcc hives and\\nof his vines and fruit trees are famed for\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^g/^\\nJ L JENKINS", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0053.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "16\\nI III QREl N RIVER COON I R1\\ntbeir excellence in the markets, brand n\u00c2\u00ab:ir. Although past three scores, Mr. k retains\\nmuch of his youthful vigor and activity, and -till delights in the society of the triends and\\nacquaintances of former days. He represented Warren county at time in the lower\\nhouse t the state legislature, where be tm k :i distinguished part in the advocacj of led\\nin. asures of reform in the stab i specially antagonizing trusts and corporations in tlnir ef-\\nforts to oppress the\\nI pie. He takes\\na deep interest in\\npublic affairs and\\nposst S8es a r i e\\nknow ledge and ma-\\nturity of judgment\\nin regard t all\\neconomic questions\\nnow agitating the\\npublic mind. 1 1\\nbas an ideal borne\\nin the 1 1 1 i I t of\\nlii- orchards and\\ngroves,and is never\\nmore bappy than\\nw li e n dispensing\\ni i hospitalities.\\nThe writer has a\\nmosl agreeable re-\\ncollecti \u00c2\u00bbf en-\\njoying this 1 1 i\\ntality n in i r\\nthan one occasion\\nand f the pleasant\\nhours in in the\\nsociety M r. and\\nMi-. ....k at their\\ndelightful country\\nplace. Himself en-\\nU ring tin shadow\\nf life s evening,\\nli e liiall- w i t li\\npleasurable emo-\\ntions tin- tender,\\ngracious ni\\nthese aged ople\\na exhibited i n\\ntheir domestic life\\nami in tlnir treat-\\nment i t tin- -tran-\\nHON WM COOK\\nin their gab\\nMi. .1. Vanmeter In making up the record of tin pi r men, who have\\nbee Bpicuous in developing tin- commerce on tin t Ireen ami Barren Rivers, nut limited\\nspace permits us t ention only a few of these honored names. Manx l them are at\\nrest amidst tin groves and bills of the beautiful Green River country, which was the scene of\\ntheir lid work ami which thej helped to develop ami make fruitful. A lasting monu-\\nment tn tlnir memory remains in the thriving towns, villages an. I communities which\\ntheir zeal established. A.mong the few survivors of this hardy band i- Capt. C. -I. Van-\\nmeter. Captain Vanmeter was born in Warrei nty, Cy., in 1826, and bas been\\nidentified itli tin- growth ami development of the Gret n River Bection for more than fbrtj\\nll i- niic nt the oldest navigators i tin Green ami Barren Rivers now living.\\n;i| t. Charles Everhart i- perhaps tl Ider in years of thi earlj steamboat n\\nsurviving, but Captain Vanmeter has bad a wider range of experience in tin. ownership nt\\nvi-\u00c2\u00ab els mi these \\\\vati i- than any man li\\\\ ing. He has taken a d i p interest all his 1 i t in\\npublic improvements, and especially in the improvement of the navigation of tin In en and\\nBarren Rivers. 1 1 was one of the it rporators and leading spirits in tin organisation t\\nGreen and Barren River Navigation Company, and was connected with it- affairs tr..m\\nthe time the pany i \u00c2\u00bbk it- lease from the state in 1868 up tn the time of the transfer of its\\nfranchise to the general government in l s ^v He is -till the president of the company and\\ni- engaged iii winding up it- busim The only members of tli mpany now living\\nCaptain Vanmeter, Capt. C. G. Smallhouse and Capt E B Seeley. Capt Vanmeter ia", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0054.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n47\\nmost exemplary citizen, universally esteemed for the probity of his life and character. He\\nis zealous in the promotion of every movement for the advancement of the educational\\ninterests of the community. At the ad-\\nvanced age of seventy-one he is still\\nvigorous in body and mind, prose-\\ncuting his business affairs with all\\nthe assiduity that characterized his\\nyounger days. He takes a lively in-\\nterest in all that concerns the public\\nand is never backward in his sup-\\nport of enterprises for the general good.\\nCaptain Vanmeter has a pleasant home\\nnear Bowling Green, where, in the en-\\njoyment of a fair competency and\\nthe society of congenial friends and\\nneighbors, he awaits with complacency\\nthe summons that shall bid him join\\nthe comrades who have gone before.\\nE. E. Hills Resident manager\\nand superintendent of the Bowling\\nGreen branch of Turner, Day Wool-\\nworths Handle Factory. The works at\\nBowling Green give employment to\\nabout two hundred and fifty men and run on an average eight months in the year,\\nwhich they have done for the last five years, turning out one million handles per year.\\nThe main factory and offices of the\\nCAPT C J VANMETER.\\ncompany are\\nmaterial used\\nis strictly hickory,\\nis abundant in tin\\nat Louisville. The\\nin the manufactory\\nwhich timber\\nsection. Mr.\\nE E HILLS.\\nHills has managed the affairs of the\\nfactory at this point and has been con-\\nnected with it for the past eight years,\\nand is a man of practical knowledge in\\nthe business. Socially, Mr. Hills stands\\nvery high in the community, and i-\\nuniversally esteemed for many good\\nqualities of head and heart.\\nPill, LAUD IIayhkn, 1 ndei-\\nderwriters and dealers in Real Estate\\nThe firm of Pollard A Haydeii\\nis one of the most reliable and pro-\\ngressive in the Green River section.\\nThey represent some of the oldest\\nand strongest fire insurance m-\\npauies of the country and do a large", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0055.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "18\\nTHK GR] PS III V I R ...l\\\\| RY\\nfire insurance basin Tiny represent the leading lit. insurance company ..f the\\ncountry, and also the Fidelity and Casualty Company, of New fork, doing an accident\\nbusiness and insuring plate glass and steam boilers, also issuing employers liability\\ninsurance and bonds, guaranteeing the fidelity f officials and employes. Their real\\nTHOS POLLARD.\\nOP THK FIRM Of POLLARD HAYDIN\\nT E HAYDBN\\nor thi riRu or pollard ft haydin\\nestate business extends througl i mi.lillc and Southern Kentucky, and they have on ilnir\\nbooks a large amount of farm and ity property for sale or exchange. Thej solicit oor-\\nr. Bpondence in regard to tlii- line ..t their busin\\nI m \\\\w Governmeni Bowling Gbeen Bowling Green has the modern\\nform of citj oharter. It is the federal plan upon which tin national government i- con-\\nducted. The executive, judicial and legislative departments are clearly defined. I ll, mayor\\nappoints the board ..I public works and -it- a- it- chairman. This board consists -.1 three\\nmembers. The board appoints a superintendent t water w rk-. electric li-lit- an. I\\nBtreets an. I city enf ill these positions are at present beld by one man, who performs\\nall tli duties). The) also appoint a health officer, the chief t the fire department and a\\nBtation-houee keeper. The chiel ..I tin- police department ami tin- police force, consisting t\\nfour police n, are appointed bj tin mayor and approved by incil by a two-thirds vote.\\nTin legislative department i- vested in tin- common council, consisting t twelve member 8\\nwho are elected by tin people. The police r city judge, tin citj clerk ami the city\\ncuting attorne) are also elected by the popular voice.\\nI ll, jobbing trade of Bowling Green is yet in it- infamy. There are, however, u\\\\\\nquite prosperous wholesale grocery establishments doing a rj -at isfactorj ami paj lug busi-\\nOne industrj t the citj is deserving of special mention on account ..t it- import-\\nance in creating a home market for bogs fatted in tin county. This is tin pork packing\\nestablishment Clay] I a o This industry was established in 1865, and has trans-", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0056.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\nr.i\\nis groundsill the suburbs of the\\nacted a large and growing business from the first. The cured meats of this firm have\\na wide-spread reputation for their excellence and flavor. The firm are also extensive buy-\\ners and shippers of live stock generally.\\nThe Warren County Faiu Association has\\ncity, reached by elec-\\ntric street car lilies.\\nThese grounds are\\nquite ex tensive, cover-\\ning an area of near\\none hundred acres\\nand suitably divided\\ninto various depart-\\nments for the exhi-\\nbition of live stock\\nand speeding of\\nhorses. The build-\\nings constructed for\\nthe purpose of dis-\\nplaying the different\\nproducts of the county\\nare spacious and con-\\nveniently arranged\\nand on the whole\\nevery detail is pro-\\nvided for conducting a fair. The officers of the association are: J. H.Mallory, president\\nW. T. Miller, vice president; J. M. Robertson, secretary, and John J. Pence, treasurer.\\nIn closing this imperfect sketch of Bowling Green the author expresses his regrof\\nthat the scope and purpose of his work will not admit of a more elaborate description of\\nthis beautiful little city. Its many institutions that contribute to the comfort, the\\ndelectation and to the happiness of its people deserve juster praise and a more extended\\nnotice than it is possible to give\\nin the brief glance of the Green\\nRiver country furnished in these\\npages. Its social, its literary, its\\ndomestic, its inner life upon\\nwhich the superstructure of its\\ncommerce and business rests,\\nhave necessarily been left un-\\ntouched. The short and pleasant\\nacquaintance had with a few of\\nits citizens and the brief sojourn\\nhad iii their midst, has served\\nto demonstrate that, it time and\\n-pace permitted, these features oi\\nits inner composition might be\\nmade of surpassing interest.\\ni*m -T-\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbl II I (J\\nRESIDENCE OF CAPT. C. J. VANMETER\\nVIEW AT AIRDRIE, HOME OF GENERAL BUELL", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0057.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "TICK 0BE1 S RIVER .M s I |;v\\nWARREN COUNTY.\\nJITIII-; tables, exhibiting tbe products of the counties, used in this work, are compiled\\nfrom tin- United States census reports of 1890. This i- the only available roun\\ndetailed information on tin- subject and, while measurably authentic at thai time, an- only\\nfestive the vasl capabilities of the country.\\nDevelopment and production bave constantly progressed during the Beven years thai\\nhave elapsed since these statistics were gathered, and it is known thai a- t.. some t the\\nitems in tin-.- reports there has been an increase more than fifty per cent.\\nThe increase of tin- c oier n tin- rivers, as Bbown bj tin- government records of\\ntonnage ami lockage for tin- year 1896, i- a Bure indication f increased production.\\nThese records show thai in tin- item I live ettock alone, tin- tonnage increased from\\n182 tons in I V t.. J.: 7 in 1896 an increa f over pi r cent\\nI d -ii-ii- reports the total output f coal in tin- counties at 545,000 tons.\\nState mine inspector, C. J. Norwood, reports the output for 1896 at 850,000 tons.\\nThe toba i r ..t the t\\\\\\\\ counties of mio and Rl uhlenburgb, are reported at\\n3,587,000 pounds. Estimates for the year 1896 place the crop of Muhlenburgh alone at\\n3,500,000 p 1-. A fraction of this increase in other lines of production would indicate a\\nmarvelous expansion products.\\nWarren county, of which Bowling Green is the capital, is the tir-t of the series f\\ncounties lying directly u| the navigable streams embraced in the Green Etivei system\\nnt slack water navigation.\\nThirtj miles of the system, consisting of the entire navigable portion f the Barren\\nRiver, lies within the limits the count] and ten miles her northern boundary rests\\nupon iii i-n River.\\n8he tlni- has turn miles of the system within her own borders, and such advantaf\\nas result fr I i method transportation are enjoyed by her] pie. Besides these navi-\\ngable Btreams, tl unty has several other considerable wain- courses, almost wholly\\nwithin her limits, affluents of the Barren River, Buch as Bays Pork, Trammels Pork, Drakes\\nIreek and raspar River, which imparl to ii the character of being one t the best waten il\\ncounties in the -tat.\\nThe county embraces an area of mar -i\\\\ hundred square miles, and contains a popula-\\nti sti mated at thirty-six thousand.\\nWarren count) owes her prominence among the counties of the state, chief!] to her\\nagricultural resources. To tlii- interest is due the very advanced state her commercial,\\nBocial, educational, religious and civic development,\\nThe diversity and productiveness of her soils, her peculiarly favored position a- to\\nsurface formation, climate and water supply have presented such scope t human effort and\\nindustry thai a very matured social Btate has resulted, involving all the essentials of wealth,\\nculture and refinement, which usually attend these natural gifts.\\nA well known writer says of the lands of Warren county: Without attempting an]", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0058.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "FROM HOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVII.LE. 51\\ngeological or scientific terms, it will be sufficient to say that with an underlying limestone\\nbasis the lands of Warren county are mainly embraced in two classes, designated as river\\nlands and barrens. Along the banks of Barren river and its tributaries lie tens of\\nthousands of acres of the finest land for agricultural purposes to be found in this or any\\nother country. This land was originally heavily timbered with beech, oak, poplar, walnut,\\nhickory, sugar maple, ash and other growth. Much of the land on these streams, where\\nsubject to overflow, has been cultivated for sixty years or more without any effect upon its\\nproductiveness, while lands in the second bottoms, just above overflow, are almost as inex-\\nhaustible. The soil is a deep sandy loam, rich from the deposits of forests for hundreds of years.\\nThe other great body of land is known as Barrens. This land was originally prairie,\\nwith here and there a post oak dotting its surface, and in the damper localities fine groves\\nof timber.\\nIts value was underestimated by the first settlers of the country, who located upon the\\nstreams iu preference. But practical tests soon proved the mistake of those who preferred\\nriver lands. The soil is a clay loam varying in depth from six inches to two feet, with a\\nred clay subsoil which by exposure to the atmosphere becomes almost as productive as the\\nupper soil. The Barrens for wheat are considered better than the river lands and for the\\nGreen river type of tobacco are unsurpassed.\\nIn addition to these two classes ot land which constitute perhaps nine-tenths of the soil\\nof the county, there is a comparatively small area known as knob land.\\nRecent experiments have developed the fact that the table lands found upon the tops\\nof these knobs are especially adapted to the growth of fruit. All varieties of fruit trees\\nthrive and mature more perfectly there than upon the lower lands.\\nDr. Owen says of these soils in his report on the geological formation of the region:\\nIn the early settlement of Kentucky, the belt of country over which the red clay\\nsoil extended was shunned and stamped with the appellation of barrens. This arose\\npartly from the numerous schisty masses which encumbered the ground in part, from the\\nabsence of timber over large tracts and in consequence of the few trees which here and\\nthere spruug up, being altogether a stunted growth of black-jack, red and white oak.-. The\\nvalue of the red calcareous soil of the barrens in 1856 began to be appreciated, so thai\\nlauds which previously had been considered not worth locating, in that vear were held at\\nfrom twenty-five dollars to thirty dollars per acre, and in the neighborhood of some towns\\nat fifty dollars at the present time they are held at from fifty dollars to one hundred dollars.\\nThis was in 1885. The same lands now may be quoted as held at from $50 to $200\\nper acre.\\nThis wealth of soil and f natural endowment has borne legitimate fruit.\\nThis is evidenced by the highly improved farms, splendid farm residences and build-\\nings and country estates, macadamized and graded roads, schools and churches and the re-\\nfined and cultured state of society existing throughout the country.\\nThe following table taken from the census reports of the government of the United\\nStates, showing marketed articles, will give some idea of the agricultural products ot War-\\nren count v.\\nThese statistics were collected by the government in 1890, and arc for the year 1889,\\nnow eight years ago. Great improvements as to the methods of farming and treatment of\\nsoil have been made since that time, and it is sate to assume that as to many of the items\\nembraced in this report the product has vastly increased.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0059.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "THK OKEEN RIVKR Col M l:V\\nThe report gives the number I farms in cultivation as 2,61 I, ami the\\neach at 1 L6.\\nWARREN COUNTY PRODUCTS.\\nI \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Til.\\nWheat,\\np\\nI i. lies,\\nlri-l\\nPounds\\nWool,\\nlid.\\nBushels\\n878,160\\n1,1\\ninds\\nro,\\nLIVE STOCK.\\nNil ml-, r\\n9\\nII. .r- Number\\nMules, 4,019\\nSheep, 1\\n43,\\ni .ii- 11,841\\nThickens, Number\\nDozens 51\\nMi:. Morgan Hughes highly intelligent anil progressive farmer and stockman,\\nwho owns and operates a large farm on the Barren River, near Bowling Green, estimates\\ntip- item t live Block alone marketed in the lasl year, al considerably over a million dollars.\\n1 1 i- estimate includes one\\nthousand two hundred\\nIn ail export beef cattle\\nshipped directly to Eu-\\nrope ui- thousand car\\nloadsof other cattle, i\\nand Bheep fifty t i n-\\ni\\\\ -ti\\\\ e car loads t com-\\nmon w ork mules ami fine\\nthoroughbred ho rat b,\\nmares and It-, bn d,\\ni. at. il ami trained in the\\nI .Miiity.miml r iiiii-tiina-\\nt. d, ofa value amounting\\nin many thousands ol dol-\\nlars. The count] also\\nI-..- ai and in.\\nexhaustible source of wealth in her building b( Dr. Owen Baya I tlii- stone in tin- first\\nKentucky report: It i- capable of receiving a g I polish ami producing a white or\\ncreai lored marble of considerable beauty.\\nAll tin eastern ami southeastern part t tin. count] i- underlaid bj v t. Louis or\\ncavernous limestone. It- massivenesa ami thickness render possible such gigantii\\na- tin Mammoth Cave ami innumerable other caves found throughout it- entire extent.\\nTowards the upper part of the St. Louis is found tin- Oolitic or fish-roe limestone. The\\nbeds ui this workable -t white, gray ami blue, occupj a space in the count] I at least\\nfifteen mill- long l -i\\\\ in breadth. Prof. M II Crump, of th S Geological Survey,\\nBays I tlii\u00e2\u0080\u0094 stone: The celebrated Bowling Green limestoni abounds in tlii- county,\\nwhere it i- found in ledges o( t wenty-five feel it limit a Beam it is a cream colored Oolite,\\ndingly durable, and has been worked for more than half a centurj It covers an an a of\\nfifty square miles. It i- large)} used by the general government for postoffice and custom,\\nhouse buildings, and has si I the test of time in a most satisfactory manner. It sella along\\nOLD IRON KURNACB ON ORBBN RIVER AIRDRIE IN THE DISTANCE", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0060.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE. 53\\nside the well-known [ndiana Oolite and usually for several cents per fool more on account\\nof its beautiful color. It is located immediately on l \u00c2\u00bbtli the railroad and river, hence\\npossesses superior facilities for cheap transportation. For architectural purposes this\\nadmirable stone has do superior. A government test made at the World s Columbian Ex-\\nposition in 1894 shows that under compression the first crack occurred at a pressure of one\\nhundred and seventy-two thousand pounds. The ultimate strength was two hundred and\\nnineteen thousand pounds. Weight per cubic foot is one hundred and sixty-eight pounds.\\nAmount of carbonate of lime was !)7.(i!l per cent. It produces excellent lime.\\nStratified Oolite This remarkable stone is found in immense deposits, is being rapidly\\nintroduced to the notice of architects and builders. The handsome Methodist church of\\nBowling Green, recently erected at a cost of thirty-five thousand dollars, is built entirely\\nfrom the quarries of this excellent material, and such is the facility with which it can he\\nquarried and worked that when placed in a building its cost is but little if any more than\\nbrick. It is also largely used for curbing and flagging, and for curbing it has been in use\\ntin- more than half a century, without the least sign of disintegration. There are a num-\\nber of quarries in operation, notably the McClellan Stone Company, the White Si i lom-\\npany, the Caden Stone Company, Bowling Green Stone Company, Cohron Oolite Stone\\nCompany, etc. These quarries have furnished building stone for the erection of important\\npublic buildings in the cities of Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Newark, N. J., Nashville and\\nand Evansville, while the demand for the stone is constantly increasing.\\nSMITH S GROVE.\\nThis delightful little town is situated in the midst of one of the most fertile sections of\\nWarren county, fourteen miles east of Bowling Green, on the line of the Louisville and\\nNashville Railroad. It is in the midst of natural groves and surrounded by a beautiful,\\nalmost level country in a high state of cultivation. The farms and farm houses indicate\\nwealth and prosperity, and the many churches and school houses that dot the landscape\\nbear testimony to the moral and educational progress of the people. The population of the\\ntown is about six hundred. It has natural drainage. An exceedingly orderly state of\\nsociety exists, making it a pleasant place of residence. The business of the place is almost\\nentirely local, but it has such a large and productive section of country surrounding it,\\nthat the volume is very considerable.\\nL. D. Rasiiall A- Sun, A. Uasdall and B. S. EwiNG, carry on general stores.\\nJ. P. Emberton and L. E. Lyi.es, deal in groceries.\\nJ. C. Witiierspoox and J. H. Alexander, drugs and medicines.\\nThe practicing physicians are: Dr. G. T Ewing, T. B. Larue, W. C. Simmons, J.\\nWooten and J. B. Thomas.\\nJ. L. Wkiciit it Bso. operate a livery and feed stable and run several stages to points\\nin the neighborhood. These obliging gentlemen have extensive stables at Second and Main\\nstreets and transact an extensive business in serving tourists and the business public in the\\nway of conveyances to Mammoth Cave and the mineral springs and places of resort in the\\nneighborhood. They run a line of conveyance to Brownsville and other points on upper\\nGucen river and throughout the country.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0061.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": ".-.I\\nI III OREI n RIVER 1 n I l:\\\\\\nhARMBRS DEPOSIT BANK\\nBUILT OP WHITS LIMRSTONB OUARRIBD IN THB NBIOHBORROOD\\nSmith s Grove has four churchi Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian and Christian.\\nThese churches are all commodious in Bizc and neatlj and comfortably furnished. The\\nMethodisl church is buih of white limestone quarried in the neighborhood.\\nThe Fa i:\\\\ii bb Bank,\\nBtablished in 1 889, is an in-\\nstitution possessing the entire\\nconfidence of the people of the\\ncounty and section. I t\\nproprietors, the M I avid\\nand J. I!. Kirbj are men of\\nsterling character and tried in-\\ntegrity, old unci wealthy citi-\\nzens of the county and thor-\\noughly idcnti6ed iili all its\\ninterests. The bank has re-\\nsources according t its state-\\nment of 1 B97, t er eighty\\nthousand dollars, and a large\\nsurplus, besides I ing further\\n-i r. ogthi ned by the individual\\nwealth f its individual own-\\ners, which i- large, in the most valuable real estate in the county and other available\\nproperty. Mr. Jas, FLKirbyis its obliging cashier. The bank receives m j leposit,\\ndiscounts notes, buys and Bells real estate paper, and energetically attends to :ill col-\\nlections with which it may be entrusted.\\nL. 1 1. Rabdall, Btockman War-\\nren i nty, in addition to being one of\\nthe largest stock raising counties in the\\nstate, enjoys the distinction of pro-\\nducing a class I saddle and road\\nhorses that attracts buyers from all sec-\\ntions of tin- country. There are a\\nnumber i farmers aud stockmen \\\\\\\\li\\nmake a specialty of breeding and train-\\ning horses foi saddle and driving pur-\\nThe Bcction of the county about\\nSmith s Grove, m very fertile district\\nin the eastern portion of the county, is\\nquite famous for the number of breeders\\nand trainers of this class of stock. Mr.\\nI, 1 Rasdall, in- of the principal\\nbreeders of fine horses in the county,\\nlives in the town of Smith s Grove,\\nwhere li has training grounds /and\\nother conveniences for the care and l d rasdall", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0062.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVII.I.K. 55\\ncomfort of his stock. Mr. Rasdall is a native of Warren county, as was also his father,\\nUnas Rasdall. His grandfather came to Kentucky in L807 from North Carolina, and\\nbegan farming in the section known as Sinking Creek.\\nMr. Rasdall s father, Urias Rasdall, engaged in the milling business on Sinking Creek,\\nbut moved to Smith s Grove in 18(55 and engaged in merchandising, in which business he\\ncontinued until his death in 1 S92. Mr. Rasdall began his business life in his father s store,\\nacquiring during ten years, a practical knowledge of business affairs. lie owns and controls,\\nwith his son, Mr. Urias Rumsey Rasdall, at this time, one of the largest general stores in the\\ntown of Smith s Grove. Mr. Rasdall owns a fine body of rich land, consisting of about\\nthree hundred and seventy acres, part of which adjoins the town. His yearly sales of pedi-\\ngreed colts and thoroughbred trotting horses are attended by horsemen from all parts of the\\ncountry and the stock offered by him at these sales will compare with that from anv portion of\\n(he state of Kentucky. Mr. Rasdall is also a breeder of fine jack stock and jersey cattle.\\nHis reputation as a chicken fancier and breeder is widely known throughout the country.\\nHis poultry stock is noted for its purity and embraces half a dozen or more of\\nthe best varieties. Mr. Rasdall is a liberal-minded and progressive citizen of his county,\\nand takes an interest in all public movements for the advancement of the public good, pos-\\nsessing alike the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens.\\nJ. 15. Floyd County surveyor of Warren county. Mr. Floyd is a native of Warren\\ncounty, and is now forty-four years of age. He is iu the very prime of life and looks a\\nmuch younger man. He was raised on a farm and is a farmer yet, owning and operating a\\nfine farm ou Green River, eleven miles from Bowling Green, near Gleumore, the site of the\\nnew lock on the above-named stream. Mr. Floyd received his education in the common\\nschools of the county and at Ogden College. He is a self-made man and owes his position\\nto his own force of character, ability and fidelity to the trust reposed in him. His adminis-\\ntration of the office which he holds has been so satisfactory to the people of the county that\\nhe has been renominated for the office without opposition.\\nGREEN CASTLE.\\nA small town in Warren county fourteen miles below Bowling Green, is situated one-\\nhalf mile below Brown s Lock, on Barren river, and has a population of about 100. There\\nis one general store and several shops of various kinds in the place.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0063.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "I M i GREEN RIVER COUN1 l:V\\nEDMONSON COUNTY.\\nIj DMONSON iiiinty lies on upper Green river, which Bows almost centrally through\\nx ili county from east to west. The county was organized in 1825, has an\\nana of four hundred square miles and a population of twelve thousand. The term Upper\\nGreen river is applied t all that portion of the stream above its juuction itli Barren river\\nThe comity- of Edmonson i- within the territory which was intended to benefited by the\\nimprovement of tin- rivers. Hitherto, however, 1 1 1 county has derived little benefit from\\nthese improvements.\\nThe slack water obtained by the construction of dam No I fails t render 1 1 river\\nnavigable for a sufficient distance t be of service as a means oi transportation. Hence the\\ni my remains in a great measure undeveloped. It is not because ofa lark of natural re-\\nsources. The county possesses unlimited beds ol coal and iron, and her forests I timber\\nare almost untouched. Asphalt, brick and potters clay and a superior marl form a part of\\nnature s gifts t tlii- county.\\nThe government of the United States is now constructing a dam and lock at the\\npresent bead of Black watei the river which will secure navigable water well into the\\ninterior of the comity. Surveys have been made by 1 1 government for still another lock\\nsixteen miles above the one now under construction, which, when built will give the\\ncounty water transportation to it- eastern border. The Burface of the county is con-\\nsiderably broken l y hills, I n t on the whole is w W adapted to the uses of agriculture. The\\nbottom lands along the river and creeks are very rich, while the table and ridge lands\\nproduce well with proper cultivation, and are peculiarly suited to the growth of fruit The\\ngeneral character of the count) as to soil and topography i- adapted to the grazing of stock,\\n[t is believed and asserted bj those acquainted with the subject, that Edmonson comity\\npossesses all the natural requisites to make it the best sheep breeding and sheep grazing\\ncounty in the State of Kentucky.\\nThe county is well watered by numerous springs and creeks and Bear creek and\\nNolin river are considerable streams. The celebrated Mam tli Cave is in the eastern\\nextremity of this county. The I .8. census reports the number of farms in Edmonson\\ncounty at thirteen I. mid red ami eight, and the av rag acn one hundred and eighteen.\\nEDMONSON COUNTY PRODUCTS.\\ni i i i i ii i \\\\-i\\ni orn, Bashela\\nWheat,\\nM l\\nlrMi Potatoes,\\nnoes,\\nPonndi\\nBom\\n54,787\\n81,1 56\\n88,515\\n17,468\\n10,168\\nWax, Pounda\\nHav, I cil-\\nLIVE STOCK.\\nN ii iiiIm r\\nIn. ken\\ni no\\ni Soal, Tons, onlj di I\\n10,146\\n1,711\\n77.1\\n148,168", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0064.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n57\\nBROWNSVILLE.\\nThe county scat of Edmonson county is located about the center ol the county on the\\nleft bank of Green river, two hundred miles from Evansville by water. It is ten miles\\nabove the termination of present slack water. It has no transportation facilities other than\\nwagon, except at rare intervals when the river is full, a small steamer may visit the town.\\nBeing thus cut off from communication with the outside world, the town shows little evi-\\ndence of improvement. The population is about two hundred and fifty. The town was\\nincorporated in 1837, but was laid out some time prior to 1825, when it became the county\\nseat on the organization of the county. It has a district school and two churches. The\\ncourt house is a good brick structure containing the county offices.\\nThe present county officers are: J. C. Dossey, county judge; J. L. Hazelip, county\\nattorney; T. J. Woosley, circuit court clerk; Willis Meredith, county court clerk; Wm.\\nSanders, sheriff; Mitchell Vincent, superintendent of schools; James A. Skaggs, jailor.\\nThe principal merchants are: Woosley, Lay Davis, dealing in general merchandise\\nand produce; Beed James, also general merchants, and S. T. Brooks, dealer in drugs,\\nmedicines and variety goods.\\nThe lawyers are: J. S. Lay, J. L. Hazelip, E. M. Harvey, M M. Logan.\\nThere are two practicing physicians, Dr. G. W. Arms and Dr. J. W. Morrow.\\nThere are two hotels.\\nThe town government is administered by a board of five trustees, police judge, marshal\\nand treasurer, who is ex-officio secretary of the town board.\\nUpon the completion of the lock and dam now in course of construction below the\\ntown and the establishment of water communication with the markets of the country,\\nBrownsville will become an important center of trade, and the valuable and diversified\\nresources of Edmonson county will undergo development.\\nHon. James S. Lav was born in\\nWarren county, Kentucky, October\\n21st, 1853. He obtained a good English\\neducation in the common schools and in\\nthe county academy of his native county.\\nHe studied law in the office of Hal sail\\nA: Mitchell at Bowling Green and was\\nadmitted to the bar in 1878. In the\\nyear 1879 he married Miss Louisa\\nFrancis Lewis, an accomplished young\\nlady of Warren county, and soon after\\nremoved to Brownsville, the county seat\\nof Edmonson county, and opened a\\nlaw office, and has established a fine\\npractice in the courts of that and\\nadjoining counties. In 1882 he was\\nelected county attorney for Edmonson\\ncounty ami was re-elected in 1886. He\\nhas served as chairman of the Demo-\\n5\\nHON. J S LAY", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0065.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58 THK C.KKK.N RIVER COUNTRY\\ncratic county nmittee at different time* :in l \\\\va- a j h inted and served a- auditor s\\nagent for the inty under I..* Newman, state auditor. In 1895 be was elected to the\\nstate -c- N.it i- from the Eleventh senatorial district, composed the counties of Allen, Edmon-\\nson and Warren, which position he now ln\u00c2\u00bbl i~. In the celebrated struggle for the Doited\\nBenatorsbip in the Kentucky legislature in 1896 he wasa firm supporter i the last\\n(if tin I [on. J. 8. Blackburn.\\nGLENMORE.\\nThis is the name ol the landing and post office on the upper waters of Green river,\\ntwenty-one miles above the junction of Green and Barren rivers. It is an interesting\\npla i account ol the rugged scenery in the neighborfa 1. and from the fad thai it is the\\nBite of lock and dam No. 5, which is in course of construction. This improvement is in\\ncharge of United States Engineer Win. Ball, a short sketch of whose life is given below.\\nNear this place are located b mineral springs remarkable for the virtue of their watt rs\\nin the oure I disease. These Bprings will, no doubt, become a popular resort as well as i\\nnoted sanitarium.\\nWm. M. Hall Assistant I 8. engineer in charge ol construction of look and dam\\nv I, Green River. Win. M. Mali was born at Fayetteville, Tennessee. Be was partly\\neducated at Payette academy in Tennessee, and parti} at the D. 8. militarj academy at\\nWesl Point, New York, but left l th institutions before graduation. Hi- first professional\\nwork, as civil engineer, was in I s n 1 and 1882 on the oonstructi t the New York terminal\\nof the New York, West Shore and Buffalo railroad. Prom there be went, in 1882, to the\\nSouthern Pennsylvania railroad and was employed upon it- location and construction be-\\ntween Barrisburg and Pittsburg as assistant engineer and resident engineer fr l s to\\ntn 1885. n tin- road be had charge of construction amounting to five hundred thousand\\ndollars, and was associated in doing thai work \\\\\\\\itli Messrs. Robt II. Sayre, Wm. F. Shunk\\n;uii| Oliver W. Barnes, three ol the most distinguished railroad civil engineers oi this coun-\\ntry. After that work he was engaged in L885 and I s as engineer and manager l\u00c2\u00ab r\\nMessrs. O Brien V lark, i tractors, in charge I their work on the new Croton aqueduct\\nfoi w York City, on which there were constantly employed from three t six thousand\\nin. ti. Prom 1887 to I s l he was employed by 1 1 Norfolk and Western railroad in Vir-\\nginia, Wesl Virginia and Ohio. While with thai company he was engineer in charge ol\\ntin i Btruction f the westerly half of its Clinch Vallej extension, which meets the Louis-\\nville and Nashville railroad at Norton, Virginia Thai work cost about one and a half\\nmillion dollars. Be was later in charge of the construction of its 1 1 i extension, one\\nhundred and ninetj miles long, from the Pocahontas coal field in Virginia to [ronton, Ohio,\\nwhich work cost about five million dollars. In the fall of 1894 hi was employed by the\\nI Inited States engineer officer at lincinnati, and since has been emploj ed in thai office and\\nin charge of constructing the -k cm Bough River, which was completed in L896. Be is\\nnow in charge construction of lock No. 5, Green River, which has been lately com-\\nmenced, a notable feature about Rough River lock is thai it is built entirely t i trete,\\nbeing the fifth concrete lock constructed in the world and the first constructed as river\\nluck. Tlic other four are canal locks. Another feature worthy notice i- that the l k,\\ndam, abutment, guide cribs and all other auxiliary work oosl only eighty-five t housand\\ndollar-. Mr. Hall i- a member of the American societj of i\\\\il engineers, the leading\\nsociety of the class in the United Stat and al.-o a im-mltcr of the engineer s olub of Cincinnati.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0066.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "I-ROM IIOWI.INC (IREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n59\\nBUTLER COUNTY.\\nTHP] County lying next to Warren on the waters of Green River i.s Butler. Butler\\ncounty was organized in 1810 out of portions of Logan and Ohio counties. It has\\nan area of ahout four hundred and fifty square miles and a population estimated at fifteen\\nthousand The county is divided into two parts by Green River, which runs through its\\nterritory about forty miles. The bottom lands are very productive, producing corn and\\ntobacco and wheat. It has an inexhaustable supply of coal and timber. The Cincinnati\\nCooperage Co. and the T. J. Moss Tie Company deal in the timber business, buying and\\nshipping ties and staves, besides numerous parties are continually buying and running saw\\nlogs to Evansville and other timber markets. The Aberdeen Coal and Mining Company\\nand the West Aberdeen Company arc doing the principal coal business. They own boats\\nand barges and mine and tow coal to Bowling Green and other points. There are yet fine\\nfields of coal untouched and in abundance with free navigation along Green River, which\\nsweeps around the foot of the coal hills for a hundred miles. Rochester and Woodbury are\\ntwo flourishing towns in the county, besides a number of small villages Brooklyn, Reedy-\\nville, Fileville, Sugar Grove, Huntsville and Forgyville. Rochester is situated at the\\nmouth of Mud River and on the bank of Green River and is a thriving commercial point\\nnearly as large as Morgantown. The following table shows the marketed products of\\nButler county for 1880\\nBUTLER COUNTY PRODUCTS. \u00c2\u00a3t ~X\\nFarms, Number 1,907\\nAcreage, 121\\nLivestock, value $470,120\\nValue of products $396,(160 g v\\nCorn, I .ushels 653,622\\nWheat, 33,810 E|\\nOats, 103,166 T ft\\nPeaches, 22,723\\nApples, 122,337\\nIrish Potatoes, 20,228 m\\\\Ji\\nSweet I otatoes, 10,248 ^^^kfll\\nWool, Pounds 20,068\\nHoney, 10,996\\nTobacco, 263,632\\nLIVE STOCK.\\nHorses, Number 3,141\\nMules, 1,322\\nHogs, 20,900\\nSI p, 7,9711\\nChickens, 115,740\\nHay, Tons, 2,906\\nEggs, Dozen, 343,399 DR G H MILLIGAN\\nG. II. Milligan, is a distinquished physician of Butler county, located at Round\\nHill and whose practice extends over a portion of Butler, Edmonson, and Warren", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0067.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "III! GREEN RIVER COUNTRY\\ncounties. He was born and raised in Warren county, K\\\\.. al Glenmore, rite t\\nthe present lock, now being constructed. Be is m graduate of the University\\nLouisville, and i- of the leading and\\nprogressive men t the section in which he\\nlivi Dr. Milligan i- a 111:111 large\\nmeans and wields much influence in the\\naflkirs of the country around and is great-\\nly interested in its development.\\nJoe. I Tak neb is a native i\\nButler county. He received In- edu-\\ncation in the schools I !ii native\\ncounty, and has been identified with\\nthe people and ilnir interests since man-\\nhood. He is the present circuit court I tI\\n..I the county, i which office he was elec-\\nted in 1896 Mir. Tanner i~ a gentleman\\nwho stands high in th the\\npeople of lii- county, who have ohosen\\nhim to serve them in one t 1 1 most\\nimportant offices in their gift. Personally\\nMr. Tanner is a gentleman t l\u00c2\u00ab :i ~;i 1 1 1\\n111:11 r and agreeable presence. Hi-\\nmoral worth :m l integrity of character\\nhas endeared him to lii- associates and these qualities will -till carry him on to\\nfurther eminence among lii- fellow citi\u00c2\u00bb db.\\nJOB D TANNER CIRCUIT COURT CLBRK\\nMORGANTOWN.\\nMorgantown, the county seat f Butler county, is situated on the left bank of Green\\none hundred and Bixty-five miles above its mouth. The count]\\nwas located b( re Boon\\nafter its organisation in\\n1810. The population t\\nMorgantown is about\\nurn thousand.\\nIt has m flourishing\\ntrade with :i large extent\\nhi country mi both Bides\\nt the river and is the\\n-lii| |iin _ and principal\\ntrading point for a num-\\nber of interior towns\\nand villages. I fader the\\nlocal option law I the\\nBlate saloons are ex-\\nclllil. .1.\\nLANDINO AT UOROANTOWN", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0068.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n61\\nThere arc a number of general stores and shops and the business men and merchants\\nof the place are active and enterprising. The town has three churches and one seminary of\\nlearning, at which tuition is free for a period of five months in the year. The Morgan-\\ntown Deposit Bank, located here, has a large patronage throughout the county.\\nThe general moral tone of the town is excellent and a Onion Sunday school conducted\\nunder the supcrintendency of Mr. John M. Carson, assisted by a devoted corps of teachers\\nis one of the most flourishing on Green River.\\nThe Green River Republican, published by H. B. Morehead, Esq., an all home print\\npaper and the only newspaper published in Butler county, is published here.\\nThe industries consist of one large roller flouring mill, a marble shop, saddlery shop\\nami two livery stables.\\nThere arc four physicians and six lawyers.\\nMr. W. A. Het.m, of Morgantown, Ivy., is one of the most prominent lawyers of the\\nGreen River country, being the oldest practicing lawyer at the Morgantown bar. He is\\nforty years ot age, and has been reasonably\\nsuccessful in business. In 1894 he was a\\nformidable candidate for the Democratic\\nnomination tor Congress in the Third district\\nof Kentucky. In 1806 he took the stump\\ntor Win. J. Bryan for president, and has\\nbeen more or less active in politics for\\nmany years. He was a delegate from his\\ndistrict to the Democratic National Con-\\nvention in 1892, and refused to vote for the\\nnomination of Mr. Cleveland. He has been\\nfor many years a director and attorney for\\nthe MorgantowD Deposit Bank.\\nThe Morgantown Seminary, con-\\nducted by the Messrs. Turner and Glasgow,\\nis an educational establishment that docs\\ngreat credit to the great enterprise of its\\nfounders. These two young men are ex-\\nceedingly well fitted for the task which\\nthey have undertaken, being possessed of\\nexceptional educational attainments and\\nsocial qualifications. The school under their management is destined to become an impor-\\ntant factor in the progress and developement of the county.\\nThe new Baptist Church in course of construction, will, when completed, be one ofthe\\nmost attractive church edifices on Green River. It is built of brick, and the auditorium,\\npulpit and interior work are in hardwood finish, making a most beautiful appearance.\\nThe people of Morgantown arc noted for sociabilty and those qualities which tend to\\nmake social life pleasant and agreeable. There is no place on Green River where Sabbath\\nobservance is more strictly maintained than here. The Sunday schools and churches are\\nSabbath institutions that claim the attention of the people on the holy day.\\nJUDGE W A. HELM.\\nis destined to become an", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0069.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "62\\nTHE OBI EJi RIVI B I I N TRY\\nSpeed Guffy, attorney al law, is a native t Butler ooonty, Kv. lie- was educated in\\nthe common Bcbools t the mty. and\\ngraduated at tip Morgaotown Beminary.\\nHe studied law with lii- father, I L 1\\nGuffy, at present one ol the judges of the\\nKentucky court appeals, and \u00c2\u00ab;i\u00c2\u00bb ad-\\nmitted to 1 1 l ar in 1889, engaging in a\\nlucrative practice in his native and sur-\\nrounding counties. Mr. Guffy stands in\\ntin front rank ol the legal profession in\\nthe state.\\nM.i i un I iyloh i- one of the lead-\\ning attorneys of Butler county, hie residence\\nbeing al Morgautown. Il is a nativcut\\nthe county, ami received hia education in\\ntin- public schools ami at Auburn college.\\nAfter completing his education he applied\\nhimeell the study f tin- law, ami was\\nadmitted t practice in 1890. V- a lawyer\\nMr. Taylor stands high in tin- profession,\\nami is noted for his broad ami comprehen-\\ncol spbbd gdfpy B j ve knowledge t tin- law in all its\\nbranches. Mr. Taylor is tin presenl master commissioner f tin Butler circuit court, the\\nduties I which position In is specially qualified t fulfill, on aot nt oi lii- familiarity\\nwith legal proceedings and lii- ready un-\\nderstanding of legal issues involv-\\ning important interests. In politics\\nMr. Taylor is a Democrat ami has\\nalways taken a verj prominent part in\\nthe councils and deliberations oi lii- party.\\nIli- activity in tlii- regard has com-\\nmended lii in t tin- members of his\\nparty in bo Btrong a manner that In 1 has\\nat different times been urged to accept\\nnominations for important offices in the\\ngift i.t tin- people. In 1897 In- was pre-\\nvailed ii|iini in accept tin- nomination for\\ncouut) attorney mi tin; Democratic\\nticket, ami altl gh defeated at the\\npolls, such was lii- popularity ami ac-\\ntivity in tin- canvass, that tin- usual ma-\\njority t tin- opposition was re-\\nduced very nearlj one-half. It ma)\\nbe said to the credit McClain Taylor\\nthat a- a partisan In i\u00c2\u00ab devoid of acri-\\nmonioos feelings ami treats lii- oppo-\\nMcCLAIN TAYLOR. ATTORNEY AT LAW", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0070.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "PROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n63\\nnents with the most uniform courtesy and consideration. As a public servant he has\\nalways illustrated the character of oue who realized his obligation to those whom he\\nserved, discharging his duties with\\nfidelity and scrupulous regard for the in-\\nterests of the people.\\nA. H. TtTCK Is a native of But-\\nler county. He was born and raised\\non a farm a few miles from Morgan-\\ntown, the county seat. He received\\nhis education in the common schools\\nof the county and took a teacher s\\ncourse in the Morgantown Normal\\ncollege. In 1887 he was appointed\\nchief deputy in the office of the county\\ncourt clerk, which position he still\\noccupies. Mr. Tuck is a young man of\\nsplendid business qualifications, excel-\\nlent moral character and occupies a high\\nsocial position among the people of his\\ntown and county.\\nDr. E. A. Cherry In the pro-\\nfession of medicine and surgery the\\npeople of Morgautown aud Butler\\ncounty are especially fortunate in having the services of a man who is so highly gifted, both\\nby natural and professional attainments as is Dr. E. A. Cherry. Dr. Cherry stands at the head\\nof his profession in this section aud is\\nfrequently called into consultation in criti-\\ncal cases far outside his own field of\\npractice. He has performed with great\\nsuccess many surgical operations. Dr.\\nCherry is a native of Warren county,\\nKentucky, that has produced so many\\nmen of note scattered throughout the\\nGreen River country. He graduated in\\nmedicine at the university of Louisville,\\nmedical department, in the class of 1890.\\nHe is a post graduate of the New York\\nPolyclinic institute, at which institution\\nlie took a thorough and complete course\\nin 1896. He located at Morgantown in\\n1892, where he has built up a remark-\\nable practice in both branches of his\\nprofession. He has made a special study\\nof surgery, to which branch he pays\\ndr E a cherry special attention. Dr. Cherry is ex-\\nCOL. A H. TUCK", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0071.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "64\\nI III OREEN KlVh R COCN RY\\ntremely ial id disposition, and though a very busy man, finds time t. take ;i prominenl\\npart iii the Booial life t his town. Be i- a strong democrat and an a\u00c2\u00a7 in-\\nluit never allows politics t interfere with his\\nprofessional duties. In all matters pertaining\\nto the public in ten ste his town and count]\\nhe is i ti active worker.\\nThe Morgahtowb Deposii 1 .\\\\nk\\nl lii- bank was organized under Bpecial\\ncharter of the state in 1880. It has an\\nauthorized capital I one hundred thousand\\ndollars, a paid up capital of fifty thousand\\ndollars and a surplus f fourteen thousand\\ndollars. It- first president was I\\nCarson, and its first cashier was Jeromi I\\nM Binoe deceased. It- present officers\\nare: T. C. Carson, president, and -I li 1 1 M\\nCarson, cashier. The bank transacts a large\\nf\\nbusiness in ilii- section in deposits and ex-\\nchanges and in making investments t r its\\npatrons, and enjoys the confidence of the people\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0w at home and abroad. Mr. Carson, the cashier,\\nHHaH^ali^iVHH ._..--\u00c2\u00bb j\u00c2\u00ab prominent in the business affairs l liU\\nmoroantown dbposit i town and county ami takes great interest in\\npromoting the cause I education and in the work of the church and Sim, lav schools, and\\naltogether, is a type ol the reliable Christian gentleman.\\nM Rs. .1. I Rem deb, hose portrait\\nappears herein, istbewifeof Mr. J. D.\\nRender, a member of the Aberdeen Coal\\nami Mining Company, and ii- efficient\\ngeneral superintendent. Mrs. Render is\\na lady of fine presence and high mental\\nattainments. Although extremely de-\\nvoted i the circle I her borne and the\\ncare and education I the children t her\\nhousehold, she yel finds time to dis-\\ncharge all the duties she owes society,\\nof which -li is an acknowledged leader.\\nWilli her, however, home is her first\\ncare, and her affections are centered upon\\nthose who are closelj connected t her.\\nMasti i llaron Render is a youth i much\\npromise bright and active in tempera-\\nment ami studious in habit 1 1 is\\nBtrongl) attached to Iii- parents and in-\\nherits many of their sterling qualities, MRS j. D rbndkr and mastbr claron rkndbr\\nf* 1", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0072.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVA NSV I M/E.\\n65\\nABERDEEN.\\nSITE OF THE ABERDEEN COAL AND MINING COMPANY S COAL MINING PLANT.\\nThe town of Aberdeen is located on the property of the Aberdeen Coal and Mining\\nCompany, 163 miles above Evansville, and thirty-seven below Bowling Green. The popu-\\nlation is principally composed of the employees of the mines. The buildings of the town\\nconsist for the most part of comfortable cottages, with gardens attached, which the em-\\nployees occupy at a nominal rent.\\nSchools and a house of worship are maintained and many artisans and farmers owning\\nfarms in the neighborhood, are settling in the town, the population of which is thus fast in-\\ncreasing. The Aberdeen Coal and Mining Company own and operate a large store here,\\ndoing an extensive business in general merchandise and handling the produce of the country\\naround. There is no more important, available nor widely distributed element of wealth in the\\n(irecn River valley than her great coal deposits. Her resources in this line in their im-\\nportance and value equal that of any other territory in the world. She has within her\\nboundaries as fine coal as ever was taken from the ground equal in every way, either as a\\ngas, coking or blacksmithing coal, to that of the finest Pittsburgh. Very little develop-\\nment has yet been made, and this in a great measure can be accounted for by the fact that\\nthe locks in Green River are too small to make the transportation of this great natural de-\\nposit by water profitable. The increase in the size of these locks is considered\\nat length under another head in this publication, and we do not care, in this artiele, which\\nis intended to show up the importance of the Aberdeen Coal and Mining Company, to go\\ninto the question to any great extent. But it is a matter that must sooner or later be taken\\nup by the government and adjusted. No firm in the valley are pushing on their work, or\\ndoing more to place before the public the superiority of the coal mined in this section than\\nis this company, which was organized in 1890. The company holds sixteen hundred acres\\nof land and are opera-\\nting a drift mine\\nworking vein No. 3.\\nEmployment is given\\nto two hundred min-\\ners, and the company\\noperates two tow\\nboats, the J. T. Carson\\nand I. X. Hook, and\\ntwenty barges. Be-\\nsides the in i n i n g\\nbusiness the com-\\npany is engaged in\\nthe cross-tie trade,\\ngetting out about\\n4,000,000 cross-t i e s THE Aberdeen coal and mining company s mine opening and miners.\\nK\\ny\\nfc.ite.\\nAf A,\\n\u00c2\u00bbJfl *vi\\nflH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0MMEi\\ni\\nllSiftti\\n^^Hfif sl\\nVm\\nl a| P", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0073.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "THK GR1 IN I I R COUN1 RY\\nanally. They own timber ri^lii- on twelve thousand acres land on the upper Green\\nRiver but they also bave agents established :it Henderson, Kentucky, Mi. Vernon and\\nBvansvilh I odiana Tin- officers of tin-\\ncompany are: I. B. Wilford, president,\\nand J. 1 Bender, general superintend-\\nent Mr. I. I!. Wilford s office is in\\nBowling Green, and here, his bod, II. M.\\nWilford, attends t the local trade for\\nthe company. I. B. Wilford was born\\nand reared in :nli/. Kentucky, and\\nbegan lit .1- a merchant. In 1870 he\\nwent into the flouring mill business, and\\nsince then has built and operated mills\\nIn that city, and has recently 1 pleted\\nami bas now in operation a mill at\\nHenderson, Kentucky. He came t\\nBowling Green in 1885, and in the fall\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t 1893 I l;Iii an interest in the Aber-\\ndeen Coal and Mining Co The mem-\\nbers the companj each invested in\\nAberdeen, Kentucky, over five thousand\\ndollars, and are building a town at that\\nI B WILFORD.\\nPRIS ABIRD\u00c2\u00abINC0AL*MIN.NOC0.Ri3ID\u00c2\u00abIICI.B0WUllO ORMN P ,ll; I tllC IK a r tlll.liv\\nbe a thriving little city. Mr. Wilford\\nowns a magnificent bome in Bowling Green ami holds a large interest in asphalt land-.\\nwhich he is oow interested in having devel-\\nop .1 Ilr i- public spirited and is and\\nbas been interested in many enterprises in\\nB ling Green and throughout Kentucky,\\nIn the fall of 1892 he built the Wilford\\nbuilding ii Park Bow\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a magnificent\\nstone structure three stories lii^li the fines!\\nbuilding in the city.\\nJ. I Bender was born and reared in\\nButler 1 nty, and for a number of years\\nclerked for both tli iirts of that county.\\nII. u:i- of the original organizers ol the\\nAberdeen Coal and Mining C pany, and\\nmuch l tli\u00c2\u00ab prosperit} that ban attended\\nthe company :t- been due t his exertions.\\nHe has at all times been thorough!} alive\\nto the mining interests in 1 1 i section, and\\ni\u00c2\u00ab pushing forward with that untiring seal\\nthat make- success an absolute certainty.\\nR M Wilford, Jr., one oi the Brm,\\nwas l rn in ladiz, Kentucky and has been\\nv M II\\nTrump, au l\u00c2\u00bbrtlrl J. Norwood.\\n/f^ *n\\nM\\nJ D RKNDBR\\nOKNIRAL 81JPBRINTINDINT ABIRDUN COAL MJNIHO CO\\nRBSIUINCI UOROANTOWN", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0074.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n67\\nrecently admitted to partnership in the company. The Aberdeen Coal and Mining Company\\nis doing more to develop the resources of the Green River valley than is any other institution.\\nMessrs. Wilford and Render are live and energetic business men and deserve much credit\\nfor their success. The coal they take out, as said before, is equal to any mine on earth-\\nTheir supply is unlimited. The field in which they are operating is bound to become in a\\nfew years the source of fuel supply, both for us and the land to the south and west of us.\\nThe capacity of this mine is one million bushels per annum. The main office of the company is\\nat Morgantown, Kentucky. The analysis of the Aberdeen coal shows the following elements\\nANALYSIS.\\nCoal, per ct. Coke, perct.\\nWater 6 40 20\\nVolatile matter 44 61 1 80\\nFixed carbon 44 51 93 78\\nSulphur\\nAsh\\nCoal, perct. Coke, per ct.\\n68\\n3 su 3 68\\nJ. S. Cahy, Dept hem. W. C. Ex.\\nROCHESTER.\\nTHIS enterprising little city is situated at lock number three on Green River, one\\nhundred and twenty-six miles above Evansville by water. Mud River, one of the\\nprincipal affluents of Green River, enters the latter stream a short distance below the town,\\nand separates it from the hamlet of Skylesville on the opposite side. Rochester is sur-\\nrounded by a good\\nfarming count r y\\nadapted to the growth\\nof cereals, grass and\\ntobacco. The bottom\\nlands of the Green\\nand Mud rivers ad-\\njacent are specially\\nnoted for their fertil-\\nity, producing abund-\\nant crops of corn, oats Jg^\\nand grass.\\nThe population of Roch-\\nester is about one thousand,\\nincluding the hamlets of\\nSkylesville and McCrearysville. The\\ntown was settled in about the year\\n1837. Since its first settlement the\\ntown has been noted as an important\\ntrading and shipping point, during its\\nentire history, having been the center of a\\nheavy timber business, as well as the market\\nfor a large extent of country on both sides of the\\nriver. The merchants and business men of the town\\narc active and enterprising, and are entitled to special\\nmention on account of the order and neatness in which\\nVIEW OP LOCK AND DAM AT ROCHESTER\\nAND STEAMER GAYOSO. OF E 0. G. R. TRANS. CO", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0075.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "68\\nI HI 0KK1 n RIV1 l: ...INI RY\\ntheir places business an- kepi The merchants t tin- place dealing in general\\nmerchandise are: iil l Bros, and James, also operating a large store at Rookport;\\nKinninmonth Bros, and Bays Bros Those dealing in special lines are: L\\na Co., dry g I- and clothing; Pool Bros, ancl II. I Buggers, groceries; D.\\nSmith, drugs and staple groceries; Strother Bros., drugs; Mi-- Maj and Lizzie Willi\\nmillinerj Mi- Oma Ewing, drees making. There are two hotels, two livery stables and\\nflouring mill. The physiciaus ol the town an- l r. W. C. Strother, W. C. Hunt and\\nP. Westerfield.\\nINTERIOR OP OIBBS BROS A JAMES STORE. R\\nThe Methodisl and Christian denominations have each aeon lions church building.\\nThe Baptists have i flourishing i gregation, bul ti bouse I worship. Judge L J.\\nGillett, Magistrate and Police Judge, holds the scales ol justict at the town hall, ami see*\\nthat the town ordinances are mithfull) observed, while Mr. I V Belcher, City Attorney,\\nprosecutes with teal and fervor all violators of the public order.\\nme of the chief matters I interest in Rochester is it- public school, open ten months\\nin the Mar. The school building is commodious and well adapted to the needs ol the\\ntown. It includes a 1 1 inK School, grammar and primary department, all of which are\\nprovided with the necessary apparatus for effective teaching. The school is in cbarg\\nProf. I Groves, principal, assisted bj competent teachers in each department.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0076.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVA NSVILLE.\\n69\\nProf. X. T. Groves, of the Rochester schools, is of Welsh descent, and has\\ninherited from his sturdy fore-fathers the positiveness of character and thai sense\\nof the importance of detail, which are\\nindispensible in the qualifications of the\\ninstructor of youth. Although still\\nunder sixty he has been a teacher thirty\\nnine years, always earning and eliciting\\nthe commendations of the patrons of the\\ninstitutions in which he has taught. He\\nhas taught in the schools of Keokuk,\\nIowa, Walla Walla, Washington, Tell\\nCity and Newburgh, Indiana, Stephens-\\nport, Kentucky, and San Francisco, Cal-\\nifornia. He was called to the school at\\nRochester in 1 S!)4. During the three\\nyears he has been at the head of the\\nschool he has literally formed the school\\nand made it the pride and the boast of\\nthe town of Rochester and the model in-\\nstitution for all the surrounding country.\\nProf. Groves is one of the most compe-\\ntent instructors in the whole Green\\nRiver section. He is not alone an edu-\\ncator, but a trainer, a builder of charac-\\nter as well. He looks after the morals\\nand manners of his pupils, training them to habits of truthfulness, moral worth, orderli-\\nness and cleanliness. His school and recitation rooms are models of cleanliness and order\\neven the vestibules of the various rooms, which are used as hat and cloak depositories, are\\nkept in scrupulous order and neatness. The rule in fact, seems to be, throughout the en-\\ntire building, grounds and environment A place for everything and everything in its\\nplace. Prof. Groves is doing a noble work for Rochester, and in fact for the counties\\nwhich border the river, and it should be, and no doubt is, a source of gratification to him\\nto know that his work is appreciated by its beneficiaries\\nGlBBS BliOS. Jamks One of the most enterprising firms of the entire Green River\\nsection is that of Gibbs Bros. James. L. and D. Gibbsare natives of Muhlenburgh county,\\nand have been in business on Green River since 1885, a period of thirteen years. They first\\nopened a store at Rock port, Ohio county, where they transacted a large business in general\\nmerchandise until 1892 when they sold out. In the spring of that year they established a\\nbusiness at Rochester, associating with themselves Mr. P. W. .lames, of Louisville, under the\\nfirm name of Gibbs Bros. .lames. In 1895 the brothers reopened their store in Rockport,\\nunder the firm name of Gibbs Bros. Co., Mr. D. Gibbs taking charge and managing the\\nenterprise, Mr. L. iil l s remaining in charge of the business at Rochester. Both of these\\nestablishments do a very large business, and it may be safely predicted that their volume\\nwill not grow less, under the fine business tact of the (lihlis Brothers.\\nW. C. Strotheb, M. I). The physician- of the Green River section will c ipare favor-\\nably in attainments and professional ability with these of any portion of Kentucky. There\\nPROP. N T. GROVES", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0077.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "70\\nl III GREEN KIVKI; .i s I l:v\\nhave been some eminent men in 1 1 dioal profession, who have lived and made their\\nhomes on Ireen River. The town of Rochesb r has had and n\u00c2\u00ab w baa its quota of nun of\\ni hi- character. Among others menti special!) Dr. \\\\V. C. Btrother, a young li ~i i:m\\nwho enjoys a reputation for ability in the\\nl r:ici ii-. ..t i licine eqoal to anj of the\\nyounger members of the profession and\\nwho is scarely second to those who have\\nbeen a life-time in the practice. Dr.\\nStrother was born in Rochester, Butler\\ncounty, April 25, 1 s 7n. and received his\\nprimary school training in the common\\nboI I- of the county, and attended t li\\nNational Normal University of Lebanon,\\nOhio, for a period two years. 1 1 i 1\\ncuring his education, the doctor taught in\\nthe schools of bis Dative town ni\\nsions, acquitting himself in this capacity to\\nthe satisfacti f his fellow citizens. Hi\\ngraduated from the Louisville Medical\\nlollegi class of 1 S T. after attending three\\nfull irses and began the practice in his\\nnative town the same year, entering at once\\nupon a successful and remunerative busi-\\ndr w c strothbr Qess. Dr.W. C Btrother is tin son oi Dr.\\n.1. 1\\\\ Btrother, one t tin- most prominent phj Bicians of Butler county, who was a successful\\npractitioner for more than forty years. He died -Inly 16, 1893, universally regretted by\\nthe entire oo tunity in which he -pint a\\nUseful ami helpful life.\\nW. Fred Lox Among the many\\nprominent ami promising young men of the\\nGreen River country none stand higher\\nami ale more deserved!} popular than he\\nwhose picture we here present ami whose\\nbiography we write. He is known, hon-\\non I ami l ill by all ami his face i~\\nfamiliar in all western Kentucky. Mr.\\nLong was born just across Mud river, in\\nBkylesville.Jnlj 13,1864. His father.Major\\n\\\\V. .1. I ii;:. 8r. is one of the oldest and most\\ndearly beloved men of Butler county,\\nII married Miss Martha V. Askew,\\ndaughter t Ri Ihildi rs lsk one\\nul the pioneer Methodist preachers in\\nKentuoky, in 1858. rwo children were the\\nfruits of this union, Mi-- Effie, one of\\nthe prettiest, brightest ami most intellectual", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0078.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVA NSVIEEE.\\n71\\nyoung ladies of the Green River section, and W. Fred, the subject ol this sketch. Uncle\\nJack Long, as lie is familiarly known by his host of friends, emigrated from Virginia and\\nsettled in Butler county in 1855, where he was prosperous in his undertakings, and was\\nengaged in fanning. In 1861, when the war dogs began to hay, when President Lincoln\\nissued his first call for volunteers, Uncle Jack laid down his personal interests and went\\nforth to defend his country. He enlisted in Company K, Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer\\nInfantry and served as first and second lieutenant for three years and three months, was\\nhonorably discharged, came home, raised a battalion of state troops and was appointed major\\ncommanding the barracks at Bowling Green. When the war closed he moved to St. Clair\\ncounty, 111., where W. Fred, was graduated in the public schools, and in 1880 he entered a\\ncommercial college, being awarded a diploma after a few months of close application. He\\nlearned telegraphy, and was for thirteen years employed by the following railroads: Ohio\\nMississippi, Newport News Mississippi Valley, Mobile Ohio, St. Louis Iron Moun-\\ntain Southern and Ohio Valley as agent and operator, having charge of the principal\\nstations, such as Beaver Dam and Uuiontown, Ky.; Lebanon and East St. Louis, 111.;\\nDyersburg and Memphis, Tenn.; Bald Knob and Beebe, Ark. In 1895 Mr. Long retired\\nfrom the railroad service to occupy a more lucrative and responsible position with the\\nNational Building and Loan Association of Louisville, Ky., the largest financial institution\\nof the kind in this part of the United States, as special agent for Kentucky. Mr. Long was\\nmarried to Miss Lena Rivers Hays, oldest daughter of Mr. James R. Hays, at Rochester,\\nKy., May 27, 1884. This union was blessed with five children Joseph E., Josephine\\nPearl, Viola and Marguerette. Mrs. Long died in 1891, and Mr. Long was again married\\nto Miss Ella Butterworth Smith, daughter of R. N. Butterworth, of Dyersburg, Tenn.,\\nApril 11, 1893. Mr. Long s second marriage has been blessed by the birth of one daugh-\\nter, Miss Mary J., a bright and lovable child. Mr. Long is an active Christian worker,\\ntaking great interest in Sunday school and Epworth League work. He is a member ot the\\nBoard ot Stewards of the M. E. church, South, at Rochester. He is also a member ot the\\nMasonic, Odd Fellows,\\nand Golden Cross socie-\\nties,and is well-known as\\na republican, well posted\\nin the affairs of state and\\nnation.\\nWOODBURY.\\nThe town of Wood-\\nbury is in Butler county,\\nand is situated at the\\njunction ot Green and\\nBarren Rivers, one hun-\\ndred and seventy miles\\nabove the month of\\nireen River. Lock No.\\n4 on Green River is lo-\\ncated here. The town\\nFERRY AT ROCHESTER.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0079.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "12 I in GREI N i;i\\\\ i i: \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iNi ky\\nhas a population of t hundred souls. There are two general stores \u00c2\u00bbi n :i considerable\\nbusiness in dealing in domestic Is and farm produo I II Meek, the largest dealer\\nin bis line, lias been in business here fourteen years. M. W. Kuykendall, general mer-\\neliaul and druggist, also carries an extensive stock. There are two grocer) stores, a livery\\nBtable and tw hotels. There is one church building occupied by Methodist and Baptist\\ncongregations. W Ibury i~ tin- shipping point for Sugar Tree Grove, a trading point\\neight miles inland.\\nHUNTSVILLE\\nI- In Butler county, and is Bituated about four miles inland From Rochester, which is its\\nshipping point. The population is about two hundred and fifty. It has two churc\\nMethodist and Baptist\u00e2\u0080\u0094 and a free district Bchool. Huntsville is well located and enjoys a\\nthriving business in the midst ol a productive section of the country. The merchants of\\nthe place are: Hunt Bro., general merchants; B. A. Vaughan, dealer in hardware,\\ngroceries and furniture; A. T. Gardner and J. Hunt A Bro., groceries.\\nMUHLENBURGH COUNTY\\nI IKS,, n the lift bank f Green River, next below Butler and opposite lii,. county.\\nI ll, count] \u00c2\u00ab:i- organized in 1798 and has an aria ol about five hundred and eighty\\nsquare miles. It- population is about nineteen thousand. Tin- topographical aspect of the\\ncounty i nsiderably diversified. The southern part of tin- county i- broken. Along the\\nGreen River tin ground i broken up by liill- and ridges, with small valleys between fnrm-\\niiii: kit- r small\\ntracts nl level land, rich\\nfrom tin- washings of the\\nhigher ground. The\\nuplands are undulating\\nami liable to a s h.\\na bout one-half t li\\ncounty i- level land\\nami adapted to i I\\ngrowth I -lain, grass\\nand tobacco, Quantities\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2I tin- finest timber -till\\nremain unt shed in this\\ncounty and main mills\\nand w I- working in-\\ndustries arc king\\nlocation along tin lines river bntrancb to airdrib", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0080.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "FROM HOWLING (JRKEN TO EVANSVIIXE.\\n73\\nmm*\u00c2\u00a3 ton ;5*^h S5S\u00c2\u00a3\\nAIRDRIE, RUSTIC BRIDGE. VIEW FROM RIVER ENTRANCE.\\nof railroads in the county on account of the timber supply. A considerable traffic ;it\\npresent consists in the shipment of staves and hoop-poles to eastern markets.\\nAlong Green River, about three miles inland, is a large tract called Cypress Swamp.\\nThis is covered with a growth of cypress, ash, red oak, white oak and catalpa. Thecypress\\ntrees are very large and\\na considerable industry\\nis maintained by the\\nmanufacture of hand-\\nmade cypress shingles.\\nThe country is watered\\nby numerous creeks and\\nbranches. The princi-\\nple of these are Pond\\nreek, Long Creek, Big\\nand Little Caney, Cliffly,\\nRock, Giles and Cypress.\\nThe chief agricultural\\nproduct of the county is\\ntobacco, the crop of\\n189(5 reaching three and\\na halt millions of pounds.\\nThe growth of other\\ncrops is receiving atten-\\ntion as is shown by the table of products taken from the United States census reports. Wheat,\\ncorn, oats, grass and vegetables are produced and their production is increasing as the\\ncountry develops, and is brought into connection with outside markets. Stock breeding and\\ngrazing is receiving\\nmore attention in recent\\nyears and numbers of\\nbeef cattle and fat hogs\\nare exported annually.\\nThere are large quanti-\\nties of iron ore in the\\ncounty. Works for its\\nconversion were at one\\ntime established at Par-\\nadise, on Green River,\\nand at Iron Mountain,\\nnear Greenville, but for\\nlack of transportation\\nfacilities were aban-\\ndoned. With the in-\\ncreased facilities for\\ntransportation now] being inaugurated, both by rail and river, this industry will no\\ndoubt be revived. Muhlenburgh stands fifth in the state in coal production. The\\noutput as given bv census reports of 1890, was nearly two hundred and seven thous-\\n6\\nAIRDRIE, BRIDGE AND TERRACE. OVERLOOKING RIVER.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0081.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "71\\nI III I N RIVER 0OU.V1 RY\\nami tons. The report C J. Horn I. state mine inap vet the output for 1896 al\\niwu hundred and fifty-six thousand t n\u00c2\u00ab. an increase of I per cent. There an ii ln mines\\nin operation. The most extensive is the Central, located al Central City, the property of\\nthe Central Coal and I run Company, a( the junction of the 1 1 1 i i i !entral and the twens-\\nboro and Nashville division I the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The other mines an\\nthe Powderly, near Greenville on the Illinois Central railroad; Hillside, al Mercer station,\\ngame railroad Memphis mine, al Bevier, on the Owensboro and Nashville division of the\\nLouisville and Nashville railroad j Silver Creek, al Sterling, on the same railroad; Mud\\nRiver, on the same division; Pierce, al Drakeaboro, on tame division, and Paradise n\\nn River. Census reports give number of farms in the count} al two thousand and fifty-\\nv. M ami avi of a.ii al one hundred and thirteen.\\nMUHLENBURGH COUNTY PRODUCTS.\\ni.. I\\nOnUi.\\nWhi\\nIrinll I lltlltllfn\\nViolin,\\nr. it\\nmdi\\nWool,\\nII\\nICTS.\\nPoandi\\nMM\\nii,\\n1\\n000\\nLIVE STOCK.\\n94\\nNiiinUr\\n8,110\\nII\\nM.il.\\n:ll\\nShi p,\\n1 oal,\\nn.iso\\nhi. kens, N umber\\n1\\n1 low HI\\nGREENVILLE\\nThe county Baal of Muhlenburgh inty, is located aboul the center the count] on\\nthe Illinois Central railroad, ten miles in la ml U Green River. The town was located in\\n1799, ii after the organisation i the county. The population is fifteen hundred. The\\nsituation oi the town is high and conducive to healthfulnei G enville s sooietj is of a\\nstable character and marked by\\nthai degn e i refinement and\\nculture usually found in Ken-\\ntucky oounty ton as, bile the\\nreligious and educational in-\\nii rests of ili community an well\\nconserved. Then an four\\nliriik church buildings, all sup-\\nported by flourishing congn\\ntions. Tin s pre* nl the Meth-\\nodist, Bouth; ili Presb) U i ian,\\n8 iili; the Baptist and the Cum-\\nberland Pn tbj t-rian. Then\\nalso tw lored churches, tin-\\nMil an M tli li-t and Baptist.\\nThe sol I- are carried ii in thi\\nlarge colli x buildings in the\\nii a church r l thesyatem", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0082.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "rROM now 1 .1 N i i.ki:i n i i v NH\\\\ 1 1 I I\\nis thai of the graded order, beginning with the prlmnr) and endlii|i with ii\\naoadomio or scientific course, On the omnpus grounds i tin- college mu l\u00c2\u00ab I i i\\nwell arrangod and oapaoioui building For the hoc idal i honrdlnu. piipl I I he\\nbuilding is fitted for the aoooinmodation of one hundred pupil The lndii I i\\nGreenville are quite extensive in the lino of special production llieri an low\\nfaotories engaged in the handling l tobnooo, all owned and managed bj nntlvi ol 1 1\\ncm hi nl TIicmc rsi;ilili. .liini iii :Ji il I i two third i three quartci i the\\ntobaooo oropof i In oounty. A siderable proportion I I he luol I liiel I Into\\nchewing tobaooo, known in o moroo as Uroonvillo tobai mid sold all ovei 1 I south\\n1 1 1 I west. Am showing the magnitude i the tobi Interesl of the county, wi note In uddl\\ntion i those mentioned abovo, a largo factor) al Carles, operated bj l Martini Uro,,\\ni, ing and makinu strips and handling from live to nine hundred thoiisaiid pounds\\nannually! one onoh at Paradise, Hon tli Carroll ton mid Hkylesvlllo, on (ireon River, all nl\\nwhich handle a porl ion of I he orop,\\ni her indusl ries are a planing mill,\\nHon ring mill and handle laotorj\\nThere air i\\\\\\\\ large general iton\\ncarrying stooks i from nfto n i\\ni ni i hou ami dollar eooh four dry\\ngoods ami clot liiiic store fow I Ij\\ngrooeries, three drug stores, three\\nmillinery stores, i wo Im nil me dialrr\\nMini undertakers, i lirou Mail, mil li\\nshops, two hardware and agricultural\\nimplemcnl stores, two saddlery and\\nharness mIoith, two shoe mIiu ch, two\\nii i;iu i :i nl,, one hotel i ivo htitchci\\nhIiii| urn tailor hop ami um- liver)\\ntable\\nI ll I, I I I: I A I I iNA I. I i\\nnl (Jrecuvil le is local ed i ti a very\\nhandsome new brick building on thi\\noorner of the public quart;, The bank wos organized \\\\uyu t 1st, I 100 ii napltul\\niH fifty thou ami dollar and il urplu fund I nlm thou and dollai ollleiu\\nare Thomas II. Martin, president; Loui Reno, loi pri blent ui l ICdgai I Martin,\\n:i hier. The director are Thome II Martin, II V Martin, Jam H Martin Itufii\\nMartin, Louis Reno, \\\\V. A. Wickliffc and Kdgai I Martin\\nThere are seventeen lawyer ami i p| n In th town Tin itrnrn\\ncomposed of a mayor, a board of six council men, city clork, oil.) treasurci rtlty attorm\\npolice judge, marshal and night policeman. Then Idont count) officei an I I Flem\\ning, judge count) court; Thos, V. Bumner, elerl circuit court; l (I Kllison, elerk\\ncounty court; I) I Mill, county heriff; M.J. Roark, county attorney; I II 1/yon,\\njailor; \\\\V. \\\\V. Lewis, count uperintendent, and J, It. Blackwell, .in, ..i l,\\nmercantile ami bu i ablishmenl i Q Ik an follows: Martin A\\nI Bad*, l \\\\I. Morgan, Max Weir A- Co., I J. Jonei ha (laughter, and a Cohan,\\ngeneral merchants; -I. K. Reynold* Co., Wm, Lovell and I- Morgan, groc\u00c2\u00abrri\\nii.niiin", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0083.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "76\\nl III GBEI n BIVEB I s l l^\\nYeargan, and Green \u00c2\u00abv [rvin, hardware and agricultural implements; D iter, stoves\\nami tinware; W. II. Dewitt, saddlery 1\u00c2\u00bb. II. Myers, Jarvis Williams, and Kahn A\\nGayle, 1 niLTtri the Roark estate, and O Brien Miller, furniture and undertakers;\\nGrundrydz Pitzpatrick, lively Tab Bon and Wickliffe Bros., flouring mills; T. J. Tin--\\nCo., planing mill the Greenville Bantu r. newspaper and j li printing office T \u00c2\u00abn\\nCounts, Blaton Bohannon and A. Lewis, physicians.\\n.Ii doe 1 J. Fleming is a native of Muhlenburgh county. Be was l rn on the tenth\\nday of January, 1834, on a farm in the eastern part I the county, near 8kylesville. Beat-\\ntended the com i schools of his county during boyh I, reading and studying while at lii-\\n(arm labor, thus acquiring a practical English education. Be taught in the public schools\\nof the county for about four years after attaining manfa I. working alternately i lii.\u00c2\u00ab\\nfather s farm. Be also taught in the\\nschools of McLean a ty, mar Sacra-\\nmento, where in the year 1858, he mar-\\nried Miss Elizabeth Gurst, who died in\\n1872. Be afterwards re-married in l~7l\\nhis present wife, still living. Thejudg\\nfamily consists of wife and twelve chil-\\ndren \u00c2\u00bbn the breaking out of the civil\\nwar he enlisted asa private in the union\\narmy in 1 1 1 First regiment Kentucky\\nlii:lit artillery, Becond battery, f r three\\nare I [e was at x I battle of l rt\\nDonclson and participated in the vari-\\nous engagements that preceded the bat-\\ntle I Stum- River. Be was a partici-\\npant in thai great struggle and M-\\nbattery was strongly instrumental in\\nchecking the impulsive advance of the\\nconfederate forces under Breckent\\nin that memorable battle, when the\\nonion forces were driven back from\\nilicir position. Il was promoted to a\\nantcy in the battery after the battle. Be was a) the battle of Chicamauga, but l i-\\nbattery did not _ r, i into action on ac ml of the falling bank of the anion fon -hurt\\ntime after the battle I Chicamauga he was honorably discharged from the servioi and\\nretired t his farm. In 1890 In- was elected county judge of Muhlenburgh county and was\\nre-elected t t Ik- same office in L894, which position he now holds.\\nDAVID J FLEMING\\nCOUNTY JODOI UUHLBHBDROB COUNTY.\\nCENTRAL CITY\\nLa situated about three miles inland from Green River, in Muhlenburgh county, al the\\njunction of the Illinois Central and Owensboro and Nashville division of the Louisville and\\nNashville railroads. The population is about fifteen hundred. The place promisee t be-\\noomi i considerable manufacturing point. Several important industries are already located", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0084.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVIKLE.\\n77\\nhere, notably the Hiram Blow Company, stave works the J. T. Jarvis Son brick\\nmanufactory, and the large planing mill of T. Q,. Fortney. The Central Coal and Iron\\nCompany have a very extensive mining plant here, employing a large number of people.\\nCentral City has important trade relations with Evansville, her merchants obtaining a large\\nportion of their goods and supplies from that city by way of the river. The shipping point\\nis South Carrollton. The city has a good free school system and two good school buildings.\\nThere are six churches, embracing the following denominations: Baptist, Methodist Epis-\\ncopal South, Christian, Catholic, Presbyterian, and Cumberland Presbyterian. Besides the\\nindustries mentioned above there are two grist mills, one marble shop, one saw mill, one\\nsaddlery and one blacksmith shop. The business establishments of the city are represented\\nby Gish Bros., John L. Gish, Hill Helsley W. T. Moore and the Central Coal and Iron\\nCompany, general merchants McDowell Bros, and Joseph Gates, groceries; McDowell\\nFelix and Central Coal and Iron Company, drugs Gish Bros., millinery; Cain Hen-\\ndrix and J. Stout, liverymen. There are three hotels: the Paxton, the Commercial and\\nthe Railroad. Mrs. Nofsinger keeps a first-class private boarding house.\\nThe Central City Deposit Bank, organized under charter of the state, is one of the\\nleading institutions of the city and county, transacting a large business in both town and\\ncountry. The physicians are Drs. J. L. and J. W. McDowell and Dr. M. P. Creel. The\\ncity is supplied with water from Green River. A pumping station is maintained on the\\nriver, from which the water is forced through a main pipe a distance of two miles to a\\nreservoir above the town, and thence supplied to consumers through a main and service\\npipes to all parts of the city. All the industries of the place are supplied with water from\\nthis source and it is in general use for domestic purposes. One newspaper is published\\nhere, the Central City Republican. The city government consists of* mayor and six coun-\\neil men, secretary, treasurer, police judge, city attorney and marshal. The Masonic fraternity,\\nthe A. O. U. W. and K. of H. all have flourishing lodges.\\nHIRAM BLOW COMPANY.\\nOne of the most important as well as\\nmost extensive wood-working industries in\\nthe Green River country is that operated by\\nHiram Blow Co. These works are\\nlocated at Central City, in Muhlenburgh\\ncounty, on the lines of the I. C. and O.\\nrailroads. The works at this place\\nare confined to the manufacture of tight\\nbarrel staves, and have a capacity of twenty\\nthousand staves per day. Whisky, oil,\\ntierce, pork and syrup barrel staves are\\nincluded in the manufactured product, but\\nthe linn make a specialty of the manu-\\nfacture ot a superior grade of white oak oil\\nbarrel staves. In connection with the\\nworks at Central City, and to provide ma-\\nterial for their export trade, a large plant\\nis operated at Draughon, Ark. This firm\\nHIRAM BLOW", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0085.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "re I III QREEB BIVEB OOUK IKY\\nhas Btave mills near Black Rook and Oaneyville, Cj and a barrel factory at Tim\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nville, Penn. They are also manufacturers of hardwood lumber, for which purpose they\\noperate steam saws at Shrewsbury, Ky. In the various departments t t In-i r business they\\nemploy about two hundred men. Mr. Hiram Blow is a native of the ~tat r New York Be\\nhas a handsome home at Titusville, I a., where 1 i family reside. afr.V. J. Blow, I\\nHiram Blow, is associated with his father in these enterprises. II\u00c2\u00ab- has charge of the Bales\\nand financial departments and makes his home in Louisville, Ky. The works were located\\nat Central it\\\\ in 1896 on account t i t proximity to the bardw 1 timber t Muhlen-\\nHIRAU BLOW A CO S STAVE FACTORY\\nburgh and surrounding counties. The main offices t the company are at Central City,\\nwhich is headquart) i t the entire system of w l-working establishments operated by this\\ncompany in the south. Mr. Frank J. Pulton, tl bliging I kkeeperand cashier t the\\nfirm, i- a young, wide-awake specimen i western manhood a native of Kansas.\\nCentral Coal [boh Co.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Banner Coleman, president; R R. Hathaway, vice\\npresident; 8. Coleman, secretary, and Hywel Davies, general manager. The main offio t\\nthe company is at Louisville, Kentucky; the office f general manager is at Central City,\\nin Mublenburgl unty. This company is the largesl producer of coal in the Green River\\nValley. They operate the Central mine at Central itv. in Muhlenburgfa county, and the\\nI. nder mine, six miles east of Rockport, in Ohio county. Both mines arc w rk. if in the\\nsame vein. The output I the two mines t ^r 1896, a rding to the report t State Mine\\nInspector Norw I was near two hundred thousand tons The company own a large area\\nof coal lands in the vicinity of its mines, and has also, large real estate interests in Central\\nCity, of which this company i.- the founder.\\nSOUTH CARROLLTON.\\ntown delightfully situated on a high plateau on the lefl bank of Green River, in\\nMuhlenburgh county, about equi-distant between Evansville and Bowling Green. It i- on\\nthe line of the Owensboro branch of thi I. N. railroad. The town occupies a lii-rli and\\nsalubrious situation, and is Burrounded by well-improved and fertile region t (arming", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0086.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVTI.LE.\\n79\\nWEST KENTUCKY COLLEGE\\nSHOWING CAMPUS AND MAIN SCHOOL BOILDINO.\\ncountry. It is an important shipping point for a large section of country, including such\\nimportant inland trade centers as Central City, Greenville, Earles and Bremen. The pop-\\nulation is six hundred. The local trade of the town is considerable, and its merchants bear\\na high reputation for promptness and\\nintegrity. Four general stores, four\\ngrocery stores, two drug stores, two\\nmillinery stores, two marble shops,\\ntwo livery stables, two blacksmith\\nand w l-working simps transact the\\nbusiness of the town. There are two\\ngood hotels and one large flouring\\nmill. The Methodists and Baptists,\\neach have nodious church edifices\\nand flourishing congregations. The\\nphysicians of the place are Drs. J. R.\\nBarnes and John N. Moorman. South\\nCarrollton enjoys the distinction of\\nbeing the seat of the West Kentucky\\nCollege, an institution of learning that\\noccupies a high position among the\\neducational institutions of the state.\\nIts founder, Prof. Way land Alexander,\\nPh.D., was born of Scotch-Irish parentage, in Jefferson county, Ky., June 26th, 1839. His\\nboyhood was spent upon his father s farm, where he acquired those habits of industry and\\nself-reliance that have been marked features in his character all through life. The vigor of\\nhis intellect was such that at the age of\\nfourteen lie entered Asbury College,\\nGreencastle, Ind., where he remained\\ntwo years, studying under eminent pro-\\nfessors. From Asbury he went to\\nShelbyville, Ky., remaining two years\\nin the college there, prosecuting his\\nstudies under gifted instructors. He\\nspent some time in the study of la\\\\v\\nwith a view of making the legal profes-\\nsion his life work, but finding the law\\nuncongenial, he determined to devote\\nhimself to teaching, thus finding the\\nfield of usefulness for which nature had\\nspecially endowed him. His first work\\nin his chosen profession was at Sacra-\\nmento, McLean county, where he opened\\nand taught a school with marked suc-\\ncess, demonstrating fully his ability as a\\nteacher. While teaching his first school\\n(in 1860) lie met and married Miss west Kentucky college, primary department", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0087.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "THE OBJ K\\\\ l:l\\\\ I i: ..I s 1 KY\\nJennie I :i\\\\ it :i in- -t worthy and accomplished young lady, whose many excellent qualities\\nnt both head and heart, have contributed in do small degree to the si ess which has\\nattended her husband s work. Prom the time In- entered U| hi- tir-t educational\\nwork, in 1858) down to the present time, covering :i period of thirty-nine years,\\nDr. Alexander has been continuously engaged in teaching, with the exception of m -hurt\\nperiod during the civil war. Il established the s..uth Carrollton Male and Female\\nInstitute in 1*7:1, which, ;i- long as he remained :ii it- head, was of the -t\\nflourishing schools of the entire Green River valley, Beveral of whose graduates, both\\nmale ami female, have attained eminence in the learned professions. He was called to\\nthe presidency of the Hartford College and Business Institute in 1880, remaining in charge\\nof this institution t\\\\\\\\n years. In 1882 he became the president of the West Kentucky\\nClassical and Normal Collej uth Sarrollton, where be built up one of the largest and\\nmost thorough normals in the state of Kentucky. In 1886 he was again elected president\\nnt Hartford College, remaining at the bead of that institution a number of years, when he\\nwas again prevailed upon by the citizens of 8outfa Carrollton to assume control ofthecollege\\nat that place. The college buildings and grounds wen deeded to him in order that hi-\\nefforts in behalf of the institution might be completely untrammelled. The wisdom of this\\noourse on the part t the citizens t South Carrollton has been demonstrated bj the result.\\nThe fame of Dr. Alexander as an instructor, the universal esteem in which In- i- held as a\\nman. hi- tireless energj and executive ability in the management of the affairs I the college,\\nhas Imilt ii|i an institution sei 1 to none in tin- whole Ireen River valley. West Kentucky\\nCollege, in its fame and it- usefulness, is wholly the work of 1 r. Alexander, and if tin ri\\nshould be no other monument erected to hi- memory, this grand school lur boys and trirlr-\\nin the heart of the rreen River country, will perpetuate the memory of it- founder through\\nafter years. W i close thi- brief sketch t Dr. Alexander s lili and labors with a quotation\\nfrom a paper furnished by Mr. William Poster, Jr., a former pupil of Dr. Alexander a, and\\niniw one nt the professors in the department t chemistry at Princeton, N. J., read on the\\noccasion t the reunion and commencement exercises of West Kentucky College, Jum 3d\\nand 1th. 1897: We all gratulate Dr. Alexander upon hi- long years t beneficent\\nBervioe, upon the useful men and women educated under his guiding care, upon his valuable\\ncontribution to the educational history and development Kentucky and other states, and\\nupon tin splendid work he and his co-laborers are now doing at West Kentucky College.\\nLet ii- all hope thai bis influence will grow wider as thi _: I i It by, and that he shall\\nhave yet a long period of active, useful service for the development of the human race.\\nL. 1 Downs was born on Rough river, in Ohio county, mar Hartford Ky on the\\n22d 1 i of January, 1850. He removed with bis father on Green River about the\\nthe civil war in 1865, He was then only a slender lad of fifteen, Boon after settling upon\\nin i n River be began cutting timber on a small scale, at which business he continued, mar-\\nrying in 1869 Miss l n in ii M. Rowe. This marriage resulted in the birth often children.\\nHis father died in about the same year of his marriage with Miss Re Boon after his\\nmarriage he began timber cutting and dealing on a large scale, his services always being\\nin demand by the extensive saw mills of Evansville. He has probably run more saw logs\\nnt his own cutting on rreen River than any other man on the river. He is now -till in the\\nn_ business, being in the employ of John A. Reiti S Sons, i Evansville. Mr.\\nDowns i- known by almost everj i n the river, and i- universallj respected ti r his in-\\ntegritj and business cbaracfa Heow os a fine (arm of f-iur hundred acres of rich bottom land ii", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0088.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n81\\nGreeu River, upon which lie has a beautiful residence two miles below South Carrollton, in\\nOhio county. Mr. Downs is a Baptist and also a member of the Masonic fraternity. In\\npolities he is a strong republican. His\\ngrandfather was the celebrated pioneer\\nbaptist preacher, Wm. Downs, who came\\nto the Green River country while the In-\\ndians were still in possession.\\nWm. S. Vice Mr. Vick is a resident\\nof South Carrollton, and is proud of the\\nland of his birth, the Green River country.\\nHe was born on a farm in Muhlenburgh\\ncounty, five miles west of Greenville, on\\nthe 30th of April, 1864. He obtained a\\ngood English education in the county\\nschools and at the same time worked man-\\nfully i n the farm until he reached his\\nmajority. After reaching manhood he cm-\\nbarked in the livery business for a short\\ntime but a more congenial opening pre-\\nsenting itself he engaged in the business\\nof a commercial traveler, continuing on\\nL P. DOWNS, FARMER AND TIMBER DEALER\\nthe road for a period ot five years in\\nthe Western states and territories. In 1891 he married Miss Jennie L. Gordon, of South\\nCarrollton, a most estimable young lady, since which time he has confined his travels to the\\nState of Kentucky mainly the Green River country. Mr. Vick has a pleasant home in\\nthe town of South Carrollton, whose\\nattractions a devoted wife and two\\ninteresting children, a girl and a boy\\nconstitute the magnet that draws him\\nto its sacred precincts in spite of the\\nallurements of business.\\nDr. J. R. Barnes was born in Ohio\\ncounty, Ky., March 8th, 1858. His\\nfather, David A. Barnes, (deceased) was\\na prosperous farmer and stock raiser.\\nHis mother s maiden name was Cath-\\nerine A. Birkhead, who was a member\\nof one of the most prominent families of\\nDaviess county, Ky. Dr. Barnes spent\\nthe early part of his life upon his lather s\\nfarm and in the public schools of the\\ncounty. When he attained his ma-\\njority he went to Daviess county and\\nengaged in farming and cattle grazing,\\ncol. w s vick w tn u s unc e Thomas Birkhead.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0089.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "THK GREEN KIVKi: OOUNTBV\\nIn 1882 be left the farm ami entered West Kentucky College, then presided over by\\nthat prim educators, Dr. W. AJexander. He remained in wl I t 1 1 r j\\ngraduating from Hartford college in 1886, receiving the degree of A. B. His standing\\nin the class was Buch thai he w: made\\nit- valedictorian. In the rammer of\\nM he went to Bvansville, Ind., and\\ntiMik ;i business course, and bad charge\\nt the commercial department in Hart-\\nford college the following year During\\nthe two years next succeeding his gradua-\\ntion from Hartford college, he taught :i\\ngraded school :ii Mason vi lie, Daviess\\ncounty, Kv. In 1888 he was called to\\ntill the chair of mathematics and natural\\nscience in W Kentucky College. In\\nhe i signed tlii- position and en-\\nt. n 1 the medical department t the\\nuniversity of Louisville, Ky., graduat-\\ning from that institution in 1892. Dr.\\nBarnes is a firm believer iu the germ\\ntheory of diseases, and while in medical\\ncollege he t k :i thorough course in\\nbacteriology and microscopical tech-\\nnology, becoming thoroughly acquainted\\nwith the use of the microscope. Shortly :iltrr leaving scl I he purchased :i fine mi-\\ncroscope of his own with all the neoessarj equipments, and has Bince been called upon i\\ndo nearly all the microscopical work of the medical profession in tln~ part of the Green\\nRiver country. He began the practice of medicine with l r. W. E. [rvin :it S.utli Carroll-\\nton, June 10th, 1 J, but after -i\\\\ months In- bought l r. trvi it and assumed the entire\\npractice. In 1889 he was married t Miss Nannie\\nNi:il. daughter l W. II. and Nancy J. Neal, t the\\naforesaid place. Dr. Barues i a Bteward in the\\nMethodist Church, s.putli. of which he has been a\\nmember Bince the winter of l s ll is a buo-\\nil and progressive physician, keeping fully\\nabreast t the times in lii- profession. II- ia :i\\nmember of the American Medical Association, the\\nKentucky State Medical Society and the Muhlen-\\nburgh count} Board of Health. He is also medical\\nexaminer for six different old line life insurance\\ncompanies\\nAIRDRE.\\nThis is one of the most interesting spots on\\n:i River. Not because of anj peculiar charm\\narising from natural location or artificial embellish-\\nDR J R BARNES\\nOBN D C BUBLL", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0090.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWMNG GREEN TO EVAXSVILLE.\\n83\\nment, but because it is and has been for many years, the home of one of America s illus-\\ntrious citizens. At the close of the civil war General D. C. Buell retired from public life\\naud sought seclusion here upon the rugged banks of Green River. The motive for\\nthis seclusion has never passed the breast of General Buell. The fact remains that\\nhere in the calm and quiet of his woods and farms this almost lone survivor of the\\ngreat leaders of the union army is content to spend the evening of life. The house\\naud grounds of Airdrie are located upon the crest of a moderately high bluff on the left\\nhand bank of the river, about one mile below Paradise.\\nThe latter is its post town. The dwelling house at Airdrie is a two-story frame with wide\\ncentral hall and wing extending back, containing dining room, kitchen and storerooms. A\\nAIRDRIE. HOME OF GENERAL BUELL.\\nveranda spans the front of the house from which is obtained a view of the river for a con-\\nsiderable distance up and down. A narrow lawn set with flower beds and flanked by forest\\ntrees, descends somewhat steeply from the front of the house to the river bank. The view\\nof Airdrie from the river is impaired by the presence of these trees and other low growth\\nnear the water s edge. Airdrie is not a grand place made resplendent by the skill of the\\narchitect, the sculptor s chisel or the painter s brush. No special effort has been bestowed\\nupon its ornamentation. It is simply the plain and unpretentious home of a cultured gen-\\ntleman. Graveled walks extending to different parts of the forest covered grounds and\\nwhitewashed arbors reached by rustic bridges over intervening ravines, make up the sum\\nof human infringement on nature s domain. The untrimmed woods, canopying moss-grown\\nbanks and tenanted by nature s choirs, seem to accord best with the mood of the master of", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0091.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "-I\\nTIIK GREEN RIVER I Ol MIIV\\nAirdrie. The melodies of the circling groves, the Boftly flowing river, the Tine-draped\\ncliffs, the sobdued sounds i forest life and the peaceful \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2aim thai rests upon all, an- in liar-\\niiv with the spirit thai turned him aside from the hurrying multitude of In- fellow men.\\nGeneral Buell is nearing, if not alread) past his three rami ten years, but he does not\\nIniik his age. The life forces inherited from a hardy ancestry and conserved bj an al\\nstemious life, have opt rati d t proloog ld physical and mental vigor beyond that of ordinary\\nmen. 1 1 is a strict disciplinarian, as might expected from bis education and training,\\nsubjecting himself and household t a regular round t duties and labors. Ordinarily, bis\\ntime is divided between lii- farms, his poultry, of which he is an enthusiastic breeder, and\\nhi~ library II*- is not a recluse by an} means. His Bplendid engineering talent and militarj\\nknowledge have made lii- services desirable to the govt rnment in connection with the n!\\nlic work no\u00c2\u00ab proceeding at Shiloh battle-field. Beyond the time spent in the execution\\nnt tlii- commission he seldom goes abroad. He occasionally visits points in his neighbor-\\nhood, here he is an in-\\nteresting figure, on ac-\\ncount t bis Boldierly\\nbearing and martial :i|\\npearance on horseback.\\nHe i- much addicted t\\nhorseback exercise, a\\nhabit acquired during\\nhis campaigning days\\nand persevered in lor\\nit- healthrulness and ex-\\nhilerating effect. 1 tressed\\nin 1 1 i lt 1 1 i boots, slouch\\nhat and coat buttoned to\\nthe chin and Bitting ni\\nbis horse lik a centaur\\nand cantering rapidly\\nalong a forest road, one\\ncould imagine him at the head of his troops hurrying to the relit- 1 of the beaten and de-\\nmoralised union forces on the night succeeding the first da\\\\ s battle I Bhiloh. The at ral\\ntakes a deep interest in public affaire, especially in matters affecting the interests t bis im-\\ni in diat section. He is greatly interested in the development of the agricultural and mineral\\nresources i the Green River country. He has a si thorough and scientific knowledge\\nol the mineral wealth t tlii- porti t the state ol Kentucky, having devoted years\\ntn investigations relative t tlii- branch of her resources.\\nIn pers General Buell is about five feel ten inches in stature, sparely, though\\nsturdily built, and weighs aboul one hundred and fifty pounds. His carriage is\\nerect, and lii uiotious active, yet deliberate. His manner is reserved, though nol\\nunsocial. His general bearing in social converse is that of though tfulness tending to intro-\\n-|i. itinn. He is a ready, t li .u l^I i not a fluent conversationalist, and impresses one as being\\nincapable of indulging in light talk or humor. The portrait a mpanying this sketch is\\nfrom a photograph taken in 1864, and is the onlj profile likeness of General Hindi in ex-\\nistence. It recalls a dark hour in the history ol our i ntry, l m it also reminds us of tin-\\nAIRDRIB. HRIDGB AND BRANCH ROAD", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0092.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EV A NSVILLE. 85\\ndebt of love and veneration we owe to those noble spirits who stood as the nation s bulwark\\nof safety while the tearful shadow passed. Time has seared the wounds of fratricidal strife\\nand drawn its flower-wrought robe over fields sodden with the blond of brothers, but it has\\nuot effaced from the minds of the survivors of the struggle a shuddering sense of its horrors\\nnor a tender reverence for its heroes.\\nPARADISE,\\nLocated on the left bank of the river, in Muhlenburgh county, is one hundred and seven-\\nteen miles from Evansville. It is a thriving shipping point for a productive country ad-\\njacent and for several interior points. J. Brown, W. S. Fox and Wallace Bros., are deal-\\ners iu general merchandise and country produce. Wm. Shackelton, tobacco dealer, operates\\na stemmery at this point, handling a large share of this staple in the neighborhood. Mr\\nShackelton has been in business here for thirty years.\\nEARLES,\\nA trading point eleven miles from South Carrollton, which is its shipping point. II.\\nMartin A: Bro. operate an extensive tobacco factory here, making strips. Moore Martin\\nare proprietors of a general store, handling all kinds of country produce and conducting a\\nvery large and prosperous business.\\nOHIO COUNTY.\\nJT^HIS county is the fifth of the series lying on the navigable waters of Green River.\\nX It is on the east side of the river, next below Butler, although nearly in line with\\nMuhlenburgh in its relation to the river. But the river in its tortuous course after flow-\\ning through Butler, enters Ohio county twenty-five miles above the line of Muhlenburgh,\\nflows some ten miles on its territory, and returns to Butler county. After flowing in the\\nlatter county for a distance of twelve to fifteen miles it again returns and for a short dis-\\ntance forms the boundary between Ohio and Butler counties, when it finally becomes the\\ndividing line between Ohio on the right and Muhlenburgh and McLean on the left bank\\nof the river for a distance of more than forty miles. Ohio county has about fifty miles of\\nnavigable water frontage. Ceralvo, Rockport and Cromwell are important shipping points\\non this frontage, while there are a number of trading points and landings of lesser note.\\nThe county of Ohio is one of the original territorial divisions of the state of Kentucky at\\nits first organization. It was named after the Ohio River, although no part of it touches\\nthat river. The county is iu the coal field of western Kentucky, and has an area of\\nthree hundred and eighty thousand acres, or nearly six hundred square miles. In common", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0093.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "I 111 OR J kn l:l\\\\t R COUN1 RY\\nwith the entire Green River section, thi county was originally covered with a dense\\ngrowth I forest timber. A great deal of this timber has been out down and rafted to the saw\\nmills ol Evansville or converted into lumber for local use, but there yel remains large\\ntracts i fine timbered land almost untouched.\\nThe coal mined in the count] is mainly from No. 9 vein, celebrated throughout tin-\\ncountry for it- adaptation i steam and domestic use. No. 1 1 vein i- also workable in this\\ncounty. Along the line of the [llinois Central railroad, which runs through the southern\\npari of the county and crosses the river at Rockport, are a number of mines in operation,\\nall working No. 9 vein. The McHenry Coal ami Mining Company and the Central\\nami Iron Company both operate extensive mines on this line, the former the McHenry and\\nthe Echols and the latter the Render mine. The Williams and the Taylor mines in tin- -aim\\nneighbor] I are actively worked. This entire group ol mines is within a short distance\\noi Rockport, on Green River. The Central Coal and Iron Company also operate a mine\\nat Central City, in Muhlenburgh county, in the -aim- vein. There are also productive\\nmini at Fordsville and\\nI anefield, in the eastern\\npari ol the count] The\\nJamestown Coal Com-\\npany operate a mine\\nthree miles above Liver-\\nmore. The product of\\ntin- mine is consumed in\\nthe local market. Six-\\nteen men are emplo] ed.\\nThe vein worked is N\\n9, of a good qualitj The\\nmine is worked by drift.\\nW. s. Trunin II, secre-\\ntary ami tr. asurer ami\\nalso manager, ami F.\\noilman, president.\\nln,. county ranks\\nthird in tin- -tad in the\\nvolume of her coal product. Hopkins ami Whitley, in tin order named, being the only\\ncounties producing a larger quantity. Tin county contains immense beds of iron ore, the\\nconversion of which, in tin early future, is destined to become a vast industry. Proft\\nShalir. director of the Kentuckj geological survey, says There i iron ore enough in\\nthis region to run fifty furnaces for centuries. It oapathe hills and can be worked at verj\\nlittle expense. The surface of the county i- less broken than that ol so t the counties\\nlying above it. Along the water courses there an- considerable tract- ot hilly lands, but a\\nlarge portion of the count] presents a measurabl] level surface well adapt* to forming ami\\ngrazing purposes. The -oil i~ alluvial or sandy loam, according to thi accident ol it-\\nformation ami produces all the cerials, grass and tobacco. The culture of fruit is a grow-\\ning industry\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the census reports giving tin- county third place in tin- production ol apples\\nand peaches among the counties ol the Green River Valley. The county is well supplied\\nwith water by numerous streama, creeks and springs. Rough River, the principaJ stream\\nLOCK AND DAM ON ROUGH RIVER", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0094.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "FROM BO\\\\VI,IN(; GREEN TO EVANSV1 1. I.E.\\n87\\nin tlif county, crosses it from easl to west and is made navigable to Hartford, the county\\n.scat, 1)V means of slack water obtained by lock and dam nine miles from its mouth and\\nabout twenty miles below Hart-\\nford. Panther reck in the\\nnorthern, Caney Creek in the\\neastern, and Mud Creek and\\nBeaver Dam Creek in the south-\\nern portions of the county are\\nall valuable irrigating streams.\\nThe output of coal of the\\ncounty, as given by the United\\nStates census reports tor the ^H\\nyear 1889, was two hundred and\\nforty-six thousand two hundred\\nand fifty-three tons.\\nThe report of Mine In-\\nspector Norwood gives the out-\\nput for the year 1896 at three\\nhundred and sixty-eight thous-\\nand and ninety-four tons, an increase in production of thirty-three percent,\\nproducts for Ohio county census report of 1890:\\nBRIDGE OVER ROUGH RIVER AT HARTFORD\\nTable of\\nOHIO COUNTY PRODUCTS.\\nFarms\\nAcreage\\nLive Stock,\\nFarm Products,\\nNumber\\nVal\\n2,993\\n110\\n817,475\\n734,590\\nCorn.\\nOats,\\nWheat,\\nApples,\\nPeaches,\\nIrish Potatoes,\\nSweet Potatoes\\nBushels 948,889\\n90,000\\n57,000\\n163,118\\n18,288\\n36,566\\n8,502\\nValue Garden Products 1,392\\nTobacco, Pounds 1,760,368\\nBroom Corn, Pounds\\nHoney,\\nBeeswax,\\nWool,\\nHay,\\nCoal,\\nCoal,\\nHorses,\\nMules,\\nSheep,\\nHogs,\\nChickens,\\nEggs,\\nTons\\nfc\\nValue\\nUVE STOCK.\\nNumber\\nDozen\\n3,596\\n26,185\\n504\\n43,785\\n9,364\\n246,253\\n200,497\\n5,897\\n1,719\\n12,497\\n29,546\\n193,133\\n357,296\\nHARTFORD,\\nThe county seat of Ohio county, is situated near the center of the county, at the head\\nof navigation on Rough River, one hundred and twenty miles from the city of Evansville.\\nThe population of the town is about one thousand, and being the seat of justice and principal\\ntown in the county, numbers among its citizens many men of prominence throughout the\\nstate, in the several professions of law, medicine and politics. The city is built on the left\\nbank of Rough River, and has an elevated situation on ground sloping to the river. It is\\nsurrounded by a rich and well-improved farming country, and is within easy reach of the\\nhard-w 1 timber of the river forests, offering superior inducements for the establishment\\nof woodworking industries. The town has no railroad connections, Beaver Dam being the", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0095.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "u\\nl ill OKI EN i:i\\\\ l l: .11 m\\nuearesl railroad point, \\\\\\\\lii\u00c2\u00abli is on the [llinois Central, five milea away. Two stagt lines\\nmaking two iri|i- each daily, connect with train- on the above-mentioned road. The oourt\\nbouse i- Iniili (if brick, surrounded bj a rather ornate iron fence, and the grounds about the\\ncounty buildings are shaded by fine old trees. In appearance the town i\u00c2\u00bb thrifty and\\nimpresses one with a Bense of stability. Many of the business houses are built of brick and\\nare r y ami oon\\\\ eniently arranged. Three sidi of the public square are solidly built up\\nwith business bouses as is also the main Btreel leading t the river binding. The new brick\\nblock Imilt aml owned by Mr. S. K. Cox, of the Ohio county bank, on the northeast corner\\nt Main street and 1 1 public square, i- a very handsome building of modern construction,\\nami adds greatly the appearance of tin- town. The trade of Hartford is largely local, but,\\nbeing surrounded by a populous and productive region of country, the volume i business\\nI by her merchants i- verj large. There an a numbt r of gt neral stores, carrying large\\nBtocks t merchandise,\\nbesides many smalh i\\ntalili-lnmnt- dealing ill\\nspecial lines. AJmost\\nevery line t trade and\\nbusiness is represented.\\nThere arc- two banks, the\\nhio iintv Bank and\\nthe Bank of Hartford\\ntwo hotels, a number I\\nboarding houses and two\\nlivery Btables. Tin- bar\\nof Hartford is of more\\nthan provincial celebrity\\nin the ability I it- mem-\\nbers. im- ut the oldest\\nami ablest lawyers in\\nt h i- Btate are located\\nhere, and the youi\\nmembers of the profession are justly celebrated t r their talents and high legal attain-\\nments. Henrj D. Mil ienry, a former member ol congress from this district, now deceased,\\nwas a native oft )lii county and a member of it- bar. His widow till liv in Hartford, t\\nwhich -In has been a resident r forty-one years. The bistorj l the town dates back to a\\nperiod co-incident with the first settlement of Kentucky. The first recorded plat I the\\ntown i- dated May 6th, 1816, but at least as earl} as 1790, and probably as early as 1786,\\nthere was a settlement and fort near Ibe Bite of the present town. In Collins historical\\nsketches it i- Btated: The immediate vicinity of Hartford was settled at a very early period\\nami was often the scene of bl ly strife and acts of noble daring. Hartford and Barnett s\\n-tat imi- were about two miles apart, and, although never regularh besieged, were frequently\\nharrassed by Btraggling parties f Indian-, ami a number t persons who ventured out t\\nBight of the stations were killed or captured. In April, 1790, the Indians waylaid Bar-\\nm it station and killed t\u00c2\u00ab the ohildreu of John Anderson, foe of the party aaaanlted\\nMi- Anderson w itli a Bword, inflicted several wounds upon her person, and while in thi\\nof taking off her scalp John Miller ran up ithin about t\u00c2\u00ab my Bt and wappt bis rill at\\nRESIDENCE OP H P TAYLOH ESQ", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0096.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING UKKEN TO KV ANSVILEE.\\n89\\nhim. The Indian fled, leaving his sword, but succeeded in carrying off the scalp of Mrs.\\nAnderson. She, however, recovered and lived some ten or twelve years afterwards. The\\nsame party captured and carried off Hannah Barnett, a daughter of Col. Joseph Barnett, then\\na girl of about ten years of age. They retained her as a captive until October of tiie same year,\\nwhen through the instrumentality other brother-in-law, Robert Baird, she was restored to her\\nfriends. The date of these incidents places the first settlement of the town some time anterior\\nto the year 1 790. The following is a brief crtalogue of the business men of Hartford Carson\\nCo., dealers in dry goods, clothing and furniture; J. A. Thomas, general merchant; Pate\\nBros., groceries; Fair Co., general merchants; J. E. Fogle Co., dry goods and clothing-\\nGeorge Klein, hardware and notions; A. D. White, hardware and groceries; Thomas Bros.,\\ngroceries; Z. W. Griffin, drugs; James Williams, drugs; Mrs. Anna Lewis, millinery; J. H.\\nPatten H. Field, livery. There are three hotels, the Commercial Hotel, the Hartford,\\nand the Yeiser Mouse. The leading industries of Hartford are a large flouring mill and\\nwool-carding establishment operated by J. W. Ford Co. This firm also operates a saw\\nmill. A saw mill is operated by Patten iv. Condit, who are also dealers in lumber. There\\nare three blacksmithing and wood-working shops R. H. Gillespie, A. Tweeddle and J. W.\\nFord o. There are two banks, the Ohio County Bank, a cut of whose building is given\\nherein, ami the Hartford Bank. There are three handsome churches, occupied by\\nthe Methodists, the Baptists and the Cumberland Presbyterians. The Christian denomina-\\ntion has a congregation, but no church building. There are two colored churches, Baptist\\nand Methodist. The town has a good system of free schools, supported by local taxation.\\nThe Hartford College, under the man-\\nagement of Profs. Morton and Crowe, is\\nan institution of much prominence in\\nthe section. Its curriculum embraces\\na full collegiate course The educa-\\ntional interests of the county are in the\\nhands of Mr. Z. H. Schultz, superintend-\\nent of schools, who is a young man of\\nexcellent attainments, and zealous in the\\nadvancement of the cause of education.\\nThe schools of the county under his man-\\nagement and oversight are in a most ef-\\nficient and satisfactory condition. Two\\ngood newspapers are published here\\nthe Hartford Courier and the Hartford\\nRepublican. The practicing physicians\\nare Drs. E. W. Ford, J. 8. Morton, F.\\nB. Pendleton and J. T. Miller.\\nThe Ohio County Bank This\\ninstitution was established in February,\\nL896, by apt. Samuel K. Cox under the\\ngeneral banking law of the state of Ken-\\ntucky. It is a private institution,\\nbeing entirely owned and controlled\\nby its founder. The last report of\\n7\\nOHIO COUNTY BANK BUILDING\\nS. K. COX. OWNER.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0097.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "THE GREEN RIVER OOt M RY\\nthe affairs i the bank made to the secretary state under the prot isions i the Ian shows\\nthirty-two il Band i^lii hundred and forty dollars :in\u00c2\u00abl twenty-nine oenta assets, and tin-\\nbank to in a very satisfactory condition. Captain Cox bas a very commodious new\\nbrick building, one-half f which is occupied by lii- bank and the other by Fair Co. aaa\\ngeneral store. Mr. Cox i- :i nativeof Hancock county, Kentucky, but has been an I red\\ncitizen of lii unty for thirty -s v a years. He served three terms as tj court clerk\\nof the county and was cashier I the bank i Hartford ti r thirteen years. Captain Cox is\\ngreatly interested in the affairs of bis town and county and in the development t the Green\\nRiver section. He enjoys the confidenci and estee f his fellow citizens and in all the\\nrelations of life is a -t estimable gentleman.\\nThe social structure in its last analysis rests upon a few individuals, and frequently\\nstrong individuality gives t and coloring ti the social status of an entire community.\\nIn the commercial world, in the professions, in literature n l art and indeed in all the\\npursuits t life there are found persons, who, by reason t superior ability, .-kill i r i i\\nI,,. recognized as leaders in their several callings. Brains and energy are two of the\\nconstituent elements in the make-up of the man who steps to the front. These factors,\\nwhen properly directed and controlled by a sense of moral obligation, arc sure t result in\\nworldly preferment t their possessor and substantial good t the community in which they\\nare exercised. There are many liiiidit examples I tin- type of men in 1 i county, who\\n-land forth prominently as leaders in every walk d life. In the profession t law we find\\nspaoi i present short sketches of the following gentlemen\\nBenjamin l\u00c2\u00bb. Ringo was born at Prestonville, Carroll county, Ky May 25th, 1864,\\nHis father was William I. Ringo, for many years a merchant at Prestonville. Hi- a -tur-\\ncame from North Carolina among the parly settlers of this state. In 1852 William L.\\nKiml was married to Martha Duncan,\\nol Trimble county, Ky., and of the tour\\nchildren of this union, Ben. I is the only\\none living. William I. Ringo was\\nbroken up by the war and died in 1864.\\nIn 1869 Benjamin was taken by lii-\\nmother to Daviess county, Ky., where\\nIn- lived upon a farm. Meantime he had\\nattended for a few months the county\\nschools of hi- neighborhood, receiving,\\nhowever, most of his early education\\nat the bands of hia mother. He after-\\nward attended Hartford College, j-m^\\nili. ii. i i Eastman College at Pough-\\nk espie, Y., irhen be graduated in\\n1882. He taught for time at Ln\\nmore, Ky., and afta r spending t\u00c2\u00ab\\nyears in travel in the west, he returned\\ntn Kentucky and taught one year at\\nnfasonville, after which be was elected\\nbbn d. rinoo. bsq :1 i -i t i \u00c2\u00bbi i in Hartford College where", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0098.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "FltoM BOWLING GREEN To EVAN8VILLE.\\nill\\nlir t i u u 1 1 1 r lour years. Here he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1890\\nand at once began an active practice, soon after forminga partnership with Mr. E. D. Guffy,\\nwhich continued until Mr. GufFy withdrew from the firm to become assistant secretary of\\nstate in 1896, since which time Mr. RingO has continued to enjoy a large practice, as the\\nfirm hadduringits previous existence. In December, 1892, Mr. Ringo was married to Miss\\nEmma M. Ryan, of Logan county, and she, together with his mother and a baby hoy, now\\none year old, make up his family. Mr. Ringo has not been a politician in the sense of\\nseeking office. In 1893 lie was appointed master commissioner of the Ohio circuit t -t,\\nwhich position he now holds. He was for two years member for his district of the State\\nHoard of Equalization, and during 1896 was chairman of that body. He has always been\\na democrat, and is a strong supporter of democratic doctrines. He has lor a number of\\nyears been a member of the Methodist church, Si uth, and is an active worker in the Sunday\\nschool and other institutions of that church. His personal character and professional stand-\\ning you may know about from anybody\\nin this locality. He has a pleasant home\\nin Hartford, where his friends are always\\nwelcome.\\nJames S. GlENN was horn on a\\nfarm in Ohio county, Ky., on the 29th\\nday of November, 1857. He obtained\\nhis education in the common schools of\\nhis native county and at the West Ken-\\ntucky college at South Carrollton, Ky.,\\nfrom which he graduated with honor in\\n1879. In 1880 he married Miss Belle\\nBarnes, of Hartford. His first work\\nafter leaving college was teaching in the\\nHartford college, in which he occupied\\nthe chair of ancient languages and natural\\nscience. Having determined to make the\\nprofession of law his future occupation,\\nhe gave up teaching and entered the law\\noffice of Hon. J. E. Fogle, of Hart-\\nford, where he applied himself to the study id the law for several years. He was admitted\\nto the bar in 1894, and entered at once upon the practice of his profession. He now enjoys\\na lucrative business, attending the courts of Ohio, Muhlenburgh, McLean and Daviess\\ncounties. Asa lawyer Mr. Glenn stands in the front rank of the profession in his section.\\nHe is a member of the order of the Knights of Pythias and is universally esteemed for his\\nhigh social qualities and genial disposition.\\nHon. John S. R, WEDDING, lawyer, orator and politician, was burn in Ohio county,\\nKv., thirty-two years ago. He is the youngest child of Robert G. and Mary (Hale) Wed-\\nding. Being thrown upon his own resources at a very early age, he managed by earnest\\nindustry to obtain a good English education. For a while he taught school and at the age\\nof twenty-two began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar at the November term\\nof the )hio circuit court the same year. Since Ins admission to the liar he has been actively\\nJ S GLENN. ESQ", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0099.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "92\\nl 111 GK1 I RIVER I I n I\\nS R WEDDING ESQ\\n_.il in the practice of law, and has attained distinction in hie profession, both as\\ncogent reasoner and an orator of great brilliancy. He is an tu mpromising republican\\nand baa taken quite :i pr inenl part\\nin politics. Il -lump. the t\u00c2\u00ab iirtli\\nKentucky district in 1892 in the in-\\nterest of lii- party, and it was during\\nthe time he was chairman I the re-\\npublican county committee of Ohio\\ncounty thai the first republicans ever\\nelected t office in the county a\\nelected At the republican state con-\\nvention in 1896 be was member from\\nthe Btate-at-large I 1 1 committee on\\nresolutions, and drafted the resolution in\\nfavor of the single gold Bta/idard, which\\nwas afterward adopted by 1 1 n-\\nvention. He was elector from tin-\\nImirtli Kentucky district on 1 1 Mc-\\nKinley ticket, ancl canvassed the dis-\\ntrict in the interest of the republican\\nparty. He baa the distinguished honor\\nof being a member t the first repub-\\nlican electoral college ever elected in\\nKentucky. Mr. Wedding is a citizen of Hartford, the count] Beat lii- native county,\\nwhere he has resided rinoe the time he began the practice ol law. He was married\\nDecember 20th, 1893, to Mi- Lucj B\\nTownsend, the youngest child t the lab\\nJudge John C. Townsend, a distinguished\\nmember of the Hartford bar. Both Mr.\\nami Mrs. Wedding are members of the\\nHartford Baptist church.\\nKi .i:.s i Prbstom i i.. a mem-\\nber of the Hartford bar and count]\\nattorne] for the count] fhio, is a\\nconspicuous example of the success that\\nattends self-reliance and determination\\nof purpose. His environment in youth\\ntanghl him the virtues nf self-dependence\\nand perseverance. 1 1 i father, although\\na considerable farmi r, was unable t\\nliini the advantages of a collegiate ed-\\nncation, and bis only recourse for mental\\ntraining was in the common schools of\\nthe county, but being endowed by nature\\nwith a vigorous intellect, he acquired\\nfrom tl\u00c2\u00bbi source and by systematic read-", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0100.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n93\\ning and self-culture a solid education in the English branches of knowledge. Mr. Neal was\\nborn in Ohio county, near Prentis, September 27th, 1863. He remained and worked\\nwith his father on the farm, assisting dutifully in the care and comfort of an in-\\nvalid mother until manhood. On attaining his majority, his earnest and sincere\\ndisposition and independence of thought led him away from the political tenets of\\nhis father, and he espoused the political doctrines of the republican party. His energy\\nand the brightness of his intellect soon marked him as a leader, and he was prevailed\\nupon to establish a paper in the interests of the party, at the county seat. The force and\\nvigor manifested by the young editor attracted the attention of prominent men of the party,\\nand gave him a state reputation, and on the meeting of the state convention, in the city of\\nLouisville, in 1888, he was selected as its chairman over the Hon. George Denny, who was\\na candidate for that honor. Having thus become engaged in politics, he determined to\\nadopt the law as a profession, not only because that profession accorded with the natural\\nbent of his mind, but for the reason that it furnished the best basis of opportunity for pre-\\nferment and usefulness. He studied law with the Hou. George W. Jolly, of Owensboro,\\nand received his license to practice from the Daviess county circuit court, and entered at once\\nupon the practice. In 1894 he was the nominee of the republican party for county attorney\\nof Ohio county, and was elected to the office by the largest majority of any candidate on the\\nticket. He now holds the office of county attorney, and is a leading member of the Ohio\\ncounty bar. As an officer he has won the approval of all parties by his fearless, able and\\nimpartial administration. Mr. Neal mar-\\nried, in 1890, Miss Fannie Miller, the\\nestimable daughter of Mr. W. T. Miller, a\\nprominent citizen of Ohio county. Per-\\nsonally and socially Mr. Neal enjoys the\\nuniversal respect and confidence of the\\nentire people of his county, and no doubt\\nwill be called upon to serve them in their\\npublic affairs in the future.\\nGabriel B. Likens is a native of\\nOhio county. He was born February 17th,\\n1867, near Horton, in said county, on a\\nfarm, and spent his early life in the duties\\nand labor that fall to the lot of a farmer\\nHis primary school training was\\ncommon schools of the\\ncounty, where he evinced a love of study\\nand activity of mind that presaged a career\\nof usefulness. After passing through the\\ncommon schools, he attended the West\\nKentucky College at South Carrollton, where he graduated with the degree of B. S. Pie\\nspent some years in teaching in the county schools, at the South Carrollton College, aud at\\nthe Alexandria, Tenn., high school. In 1892 he received the nomination of the democratic\\nparty for the office of circuit court clerk and was elected to the office. Mr. Likens has taken\\nan active part in the counsels of his party from the outset of his official career and has done\\nboy.\\ngained in the\\nG. B. LIKENS, CLERK CIRCUIT COURT.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0101.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "94\\nTHE 0R1 1 N KIN l.K TRY\\nit in a way thai baa gained him friends without increasing his opponents. In the discharge\\nof the duties of the office to which the people called him, he lia~ been impartial, courteous\\nand attentive to all, winning the admiration and esteem of the j in general without\\nregard to party. Mr. Likens takes great interest in the cause t education and in 1 1 1\\nmorals t il ommunity, doing all in bis power t promote and secure these essentials t\\ng I society. He is a member of the Baptist church and assistant superintendent t tin-\\nSunday Bchool. He is also a member oi the Masonic fraternity and junior warden l the\\nlocal lodge. Socially bis standing leaves nothing t I desired.\\nCalvin P. K bowk, sheriff oi )hi ty. Mr. Keown was born in hi,. county\\nFebruary 24th, 1855, on a farm near Fordsville, He obtained a practical English education\\nin tin- common schools of his native\\ncounty\\ntaught\\nMini after reaching manhood\\nin the Bchools. In 1881 he\\nmarried Miss Amanda II. Robey and\\ndevoted himself i the business ol farm-\\ning, which he continued to prosecute\\nwith the zeal and Buccess thai character-\\nised all bis undertakings. In 1894 In-\\n_^- ^r was chosen by the republican party a-\\n^t^^^^^g^ tliiir i-aniliihit t r -licritV t tin- enmity\\nand such was the li iirli estimation in\\nV which he was held that he was elected\\nyr ftiw tn tin- iillii-i-. altliiuiuli n|i| nsiil Iiv a very\\n^Asj^ U |in|inlar ^i-nth-ma tin- i|i|m-ite s nli\\n^^^a^am jM politic. A- -In -rill Mr. Ktuwn 1 i:i-\\nM ^p i-il nil tin- i\\\\|iri-tati. ti lit hi- liirml-\\n^H ^1 U ^r ami [irnvi-n himself a faithful ami i f-\\n^H B IW k^^ ficient officer and well worthy of the oon-\\nt nl. in-. of hi- fellow i-ili/i ii-. Mr.\\nKeown is a member ol tin- Baptist\\nP KBOWN SHERIFF OF OHIO COUNTY i M t 1 t\\nchurch, ol tin Masonic traterniti and t\\nthe Knights of Pythias, and socially possesses the respect and esteem of the entire people\\nn| tin- county.\\nBEAVER DAM\\nI- in Ohio county, about nine miles from Rock port. It is a flourishing and growing town\\nsurrounded bj a fine farming country. The population at present is about sii hundred.\\nWhen the Elizabeth town and Padueah railroad was built in 1869-70 it established a station\\nat this poinl called Beaver Dam Station. A town sprang up around tin station ami soon a\\ni siderable business became centered at this point until its arrival at it- present importanci\\na- a trade center for quite a large section of country. The town took it- name from a\\nbeaver dam, which, in tin- first settlement f tin- country, existed on what was called B\\nDam Creek from that fact In March, 1798, tin- Baptists built a church ami organised\\ncongregation at the place which still exists as a ohurch organisation. Tin- business estab-\\nlishments l tin- town i -i-i of: Tin- Beaver I am Deposit Bank, organised nnder special", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0102.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "FROM HOW UNO GREEN TO EVANSVIU.E.\\n95\\ncharter, its capital being twenty-five thousand dollars and surplus fund nine thousand\\ndollars Mocker Co., Hunt, Stewart Leach and Bir Chinn, general merchants there\\nare two drug stores, three groceries, two confectioners, one steam laundry, two hotels, three\\nphysicians, one dentist and two lawyers. The churches are one Methodist, one Baptist and\\none Christian. The town has an excellent educational establishment. The Beaver Dam\\nSeminary and Commercial Institute is an institution that has been brought to a high state\\nof efficiency under the management of Prof. E. B. Ray, assisted by a corps of competent\\nteachers in the various departments. The school is free, but embraces a department for\\nadvanced pupils in all the branches of higher education, including a business education.\\nSpecial mention is made here of the business establishment of Hocker Co., dealers in\\ngeneral merchandise, fine clothing, fine shoes, fashionable millinery and fine dress goods.\\nThis is the leading business firm in Beaver Dam. The business was first established in\\n1882 by R. P. Hocker, J. W. Hocker and I. H. Baker. This firm was succeeded by\\nHocker Co., consisting of R. I Hocker and John H. Barnes. In 1890 the present firm\\nconsisting of R. P. Hocker and E. P. Barnes, succeeded to the business, retaining the old\\nfirm name of Hocker Co. This house transacts the largest business in Ohio county.\\nMr. R. P. Hocker, the senior member of the firm, is a native of the county, and has the\\nconfidence of the general public.\\nROCKPORT\\nIs one hundred and eleven miles above Evansville. In 1817 Mr. Hugh Carter estab-\\nlished a ferry across Green River at this point; the gradual addition of population increased\\nSO that in 1870 the citizens applied for and were granted a charter by the legislature. Rock-\\nW. M. AND M. L SAUERHEBER S STEAMERS FRANK VON BEHREN AND LITTLE CLYDE. OP SPOTTSVILLE,\\nport now is a thriving village of six hundred inhabitants, and is situated on a high hill in\\nlii county, ou the right bank of Green river, overlooking both river and the eastern main\\nstem of the Illinois Central railway. The town has fourteen business houses, doing a good\\nbusiness, handling a well selected variety of all classes of goods one tobacco factory, one", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0103.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "96\\nI III GREEN I: IV Ell OOUXTBY\\n-aw mill, one *_r r i t null, two blacksmith shops, two livery stables, one barber lm[ one Bhoe\\nshop, one batcher 1 j two g I hotels, two churoh Presbyterian and Baptisl (the\\nMethodists also have an organization, but bave losl their house by lire, two physicians, :i\\nschool building and a first-class school. Rockport i- a temperance ton a, having had no\\nopen sal i~ for over ten years. There has been a steady, substantial growth of popula-\\ni ,and there ie not now a vacant dwelling r business house i*i the town. 1 1 r inhabitants\\nare principally engaged in mercantile business, farming, timber, railroad and coal mining.\\nNo. II coal is opened in the town and No. 9 coal underlies the town. Shipping facilities\\nare excellent, and freight rates reasonable. Tin town government is composed of L. J.\\nHaden, O. T Bines and L. Ried, trustees G. M. Maddox, police judge, and G. N. Tilford,\\ntown marshal. The morale of the town is away above the average river and railroad town.\\nI m M 1 1 1 i:\\\\ Coal Ooiipa tnr, operating the MoHenry and Echols mines, the former\\nabout six and the latter about two miles from Rockport, on In en River and on the line of\\nthe Illinois Central railroad, is the largest producer ol coal in Ohio county. Of the three\\nhundred and sixty-eight thousand tons produced in the county, thiscompany produces nearly\\none hundred and four-\\nteen thousand tons, or\\nabout one-third of the\\nentire product of the\\ncounty. 15otli mines, as\\nstated above, are in N\\nvein. I ll M II ary\\nmine, six miles inland,\\ni- entered by a slope\\nnf two hundred feel t\\nvein, which ie uniform\\nthroughout the entire\\nfield, sixtj i bon-\\ndi-i d feet below the Bur-\\nface. The length of the\\nmain entrj is some tnur\\nthousand feet, \u00c2\u00abiili\\nworking side entries ranging from one hundred to Bix hundred feet, and seventy-\\nfive working places. Pour Jeffrey electric mining machines are operated in this\\nmine. The town of McHenry, a considerable settlement and trading point, is located\\nprincipally mi the lands ol the company, altl u li many persons own their own residence\\nproperty. The population is about four hundred. The Presbyterians have a good church\\nbuilding and a flourishing congregation in the town, and the society of dd Fellows lia\\\\ e\\nlodge with a membership of fifty. The town has a g I school building and free scl I.\\nEchols mine, the propertj t the same company, is on the Illinois Central railroad about\\ntwo miles from the river, in the Bame vein. This mine, when Brat opened, was called the\\nRockport mine. It wasopened in 1872 by the Rockport Coal Company, composed of Smith,\\nKeith ami Daugherty. This company operated the mine several years, then sold oat to the\\nMcHenry Coal Company. The vein rani. in thickness from four feet six inches to fimr\\nfeet ten, and i- reached by a shaft ninety feet deep. Pour link-belt (chain) and one Jeffrey\\nmachine are used in this mine. The field consists of one thousand acres to the rise from\\nSAW MILL ON GREEN RIVER", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0104.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "PROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE. 97\\nshaft. The main entry is about eight hundred yards and the largest cross entries one thous-\\nand to twelve hundred feet, still driving; one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred\\nand fifty working places. The improvements projected in the early future are a new main\\nroad of thirty pound iron and improvements around the bottom of the shaft to increase the\\ncapacity. Mr. Williams, mine foreman at the Echols, is a careful and experienced miner,\\na native of Scotland, and has been engaged in mining since the age of thirteen years in the\\ncoal fields of the Western district of Kentucky.\\nCharles W. Taylor, the efficient superintendent of both the McHenry and Echols\\nmines, lives in the town of McHenry, where he owns a pleasant home and other property.\\nHe, together with his excellent wife and family, take great interest in promoting the social,\\neducational and religious welfare of the little town which contains his home. He is a\\nnative of Ohio county and has been with the company in one capacity or other for a period\\nof fourteen years.\\nCROMWELL,\\nA town, and considerable trading and shipping point, is situated on the left bank\\nof Green River in Ohio county, one hundred and fifty-one miles above Evansville. The\\npopulation is about two hundred and fifty. The business at this point is transacted by W-\\nN. Martin Son, W. T. Tilf ord, operating general stores; A. K. Leach, dealer in groceries,\\nand V. Whalen and J. X. Taylor, dealers in drugs. The town has one church building\\n(Union). It has a free school open five months in the year. Its principal market is Evans-\\nville The chief articles dealt in are: groceries, furniture, flour, hardware and stoves, all of\\nwhich are bought of Evansville dealers and manufacturers. It is surrounded by a good\\nfarming country, and ships by way of the river largely of country produce and live stock.\\nCENTERTOWN,\\nIn Ohio county, five miles from the river, is a very flourishing trade center for a fine\\nsection of farming country adjacent. Its shipping point is Ceralvo, one hundred and nine\\nmiles from Evansville. In common with other points in this section, its principal market\\nis Evansville. The leading merchants are Rowe Martin and Morehead, Jones Co.,\\ndealers in general merchandise L. C. Brown Co., dealers in drugs, and W. A. Rowe,\\nsaddlery. It has a good free school and commodious church.\\nCERALVO,\\nOne hundred and nine miles from Evansville, is in Ohio county. The merchants are\\nV. D. Fulkerson, dealer in general merchandise, and Dr. J. M. Everly, dealer in drugs, both\\nof whom buy their goods mostly in Evansville markets. This point ships by the river a great\\ndeal of produce and live stock, and is the shipping station for the flourishing village of\\nCentertown, five miles inland.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0105.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "I III OR1 K\\\\ RIV1 l: COI M RY\\nCALHOUN.\\nI r 1 1 1\\nof the most 1 1 1 i-i i 1 1 cities and trade centers of the Green River section, is\\nsituated on Green River, eighty miles from Evansville. It i- the it\\\\ Beat and\\nipal shipping and trading point of McLean county and has a population about\\none thousand souls. Nor\\ndoes tlii- bust alone en-\\ntitle ialhoun to a chief\\nplace among the towns\\noi the lower vallej ol\\nrreen River. Ii i- the\\nseat I intellectual and\\nsocial forces, w hich ex-\\nercise a controlling in-\\nfluenoe throughout tin-\\ncountry. Both profi s-\\nsion8, that of law ami\\nmedicine,are represented\\nby men t re than\\ni ii in in u ii talent ami\\nability. The scientific\\nand literary tastes of ii-\\nI ople are of a lii^li\\norder, and many exam-\\nples may l\u00c2\u00bb found\\nboth mill ami women\\npossessed of an unusual\\nill gree of mental cult-\\nure. The situation of\\ntin t U ii i- mainly upon\\nlevel ground, sufficient!)\\ninclined to the river,\\nhowever, to secure por-\\ndrainage. The main\\nstreet, w bich run- back\\n(mm the river and Front\\nstreet along 1 1 river are\\nii|hiii a naturally grav-\\neled Burfaoe, making\\nthem ideal thorough-\\nlares. There are mam\\nj iiii i. sidencee ar-\\nCOURT HOUSB AT CALHOUN", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0106.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVIT.EE.\\n09\\niug testimony to the taste and home-pride of their owners. The town was incorporated\\nin 1852, and received its name from one of its principal founders and leading citizens,\\nJudge John C. Calhoun. Prior to that time the town bore the name of Vienna, but before\\nit was christened Vienna, the settlement pased under different names until its history is\\nlost in the uncertain traditions of pioneer occupancy and Indian warfare.\\nOn the hill west of the present location of the town is the site of the old fort or block\\nhouse, which the early settlers erected for a defense against the attacks of the savages. The\\ntime of its erection is involved in mere tradition, as no records were kept by the adven-\\nturous spirits who first ventured into the domain of the Red man of the forest, but it is\\nconjectured, it was somewhere between the years 1775 and 1785.\\nThe City of Calhoun is surrounded by a splendid region of farming lands, which every\\nyear are becoming more valuable as the country develops and improves. These lands\\nSTREET SCENE IN CALHOUN\\nyield abundantly almost every variety of crop, especially the cereals, grass and tobacco.\\nThe tobacco culture has been in a great measure neglected in the last few years on account\\nof absence of demand for the heavy grade produced, but the growth of wheat, corn, oats\\nanil grass has increased proportionately to the great advantage of the farmer.\\nThe business men and merchants of Calhoun will rank with the best in the whole\\nGreen River section or state, for their enterprise and the reliability of their commercial\\nstanding. There are a number, whose standing and business, as well as social importance,\\nmerit extended notice, hut the limits of this work will only admit of a brief catalogue of\\nthose who constitute the business element. Of these we mention: G. Gilmore, dealer", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0107.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "100\\nIII) OBI EN KIVKK niiNTRY\\nin general merchandise and produo Mr. Gilmore also oondaota a Bton at Ashbysburgb\\n.1. Weil, general merchant J.T. Morehead v Co., general merchant tlii- firm operates\\nbranch stores at 8acramento, McLean county; Pleasant Ridge, Daviess county; Fordsville,\\n)liin county; Carneyville, Grayson\\ncounty, and Grandview, [nd. W.\\nHarrison Son, groceries J. 1 Pruitt,\\ngroceries, hardware am! saddlery; W.\\nII. Wall, groceries and hardware; T. N.\\nLogsden, shoes; II. A. Peiffer, shoes i\\nI 1 S. Loyd, shoes; B. G. Nofsinger,\\nli ii--. paints and il- Howdon\\nETayden, drugs; 1 E. Porter, drugs\\nPrank Sebald, livery; Jarvis Porter,\\nlivery; -I Ambrose, harness and\\nsaddlery. The city has excellent schools\\nunder the management t the city\\nschool board. The moral tone of the\\ncity is of the very best and it- people\\nare a church supporting and church-\\ngoing people. There are four churches,\\nall nt which have resident pa-tor-. The\\nhanking business of the city and country\\nadjacent is done by the Bank of Cal-\\nhoun, whose management is al ly con-\\nserved by that prinoi t gentlemen,\\nJudge William B. Noe, its president, and\\nMr. A. L. Museley, its obliging cashier.\\nAmong tin important industries I\\ntlir city are three large tobacco ware-\\nhouses for curing, Btripping ami prizing\\ntobacco; one large flouring mill ami\\nsaw-mill, under one management; one\\nextensive wagon, repair ami blacksmith\\nshop. There are three l I hotels ami\\nnumber I private boarding houses.\\nme i tin- besl newspapers f tin en\\nRiver country, Uu Calhoun Star\\npublished Inn It- able editor ami\\nproprietor I Swint, assisted bj\\nhi- accomplished daughters, have made\\ntlii- paper the standard authority li r\\nMcLean comity nea\\nB. I N i sikoeb The people t\\nCalhoun have realized the blessings which result from matured social conditions. Thej an\\nopen and frank in their deportment, hospitable in tlnir treatment t strangers and exceed-\\ningly enterprising in business affairs. Tiny are proud t tlnir city which they\\nOROUH OP CALHOUN GIRLS\\nMISS I.BONA TICHRNOR. HISS BIRINICI WEIL.\\nMIS3 OABI HAMILTON. (UKIOirroWRl. HISS ANNBTTA TICR1N0R.\\nMISS Kl l/.AHKTH OILMORB.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0108.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "FROM BO\\\\VI,IN(i OREEN TO EVANSVII,I,E.\\n101\\nclaim is the metropolis of the Green River country. There are many examples of\\nsuccessful business enterprise among them, hut we have space only to make individual\\nmention of a few. All lines of trade are weil represented by pushing, active men. In\\nthe drug trade we mention especially Mr. B. G. Nofsiuger, who by reason o( his energy\\nand strict devotion to business, has not only built up a splendid reputation personally, as\\nan accommodating trades-\\nman, but owns and oper-\\nates a magnificent store\\nthat would do honor to a\\ncity. Mr. Nofsinger owes\\nhis success in business to\\nbis own industry and in-\\ndividual effort, having be-\\ngun life without any capi-\\ntal save his own faith\\nin himself and a determi-\\nnation to succeed. These\\nqualities together with his\\nunswerving personal in-\\ntegrity has won for him\\nthe confidence of the pub-\\nlic, and brought substan-\\ntial returns in the estab-\\nlishment of a flourishing\\nbusiness and the accumu-\\nlation of a handsome prop-\\nerty.\\nBANK OF CALHOUN.\\nThe Bank of Calhoun, an\\nillustration of whose build-\\ning appears herein was or-\\nganized in 1886, and began\\nbusiness January 3rd, 1887.\\nIt was the first bank in\\nMcLean county, and it has\\ndone a prosperous business from the beginning. Its first cashier and principal founder\\nwas John W. Moseley, now deceased. After his death, his son, Mr. A. L. Moseley, was\\nelected to the position of cashier, which place he now holds. Judge William B. Noe is\\nnow and has been the president of the bank since its organization. He has been an active\\nlawyer here for nearly thirty years and his long experience in that line has given him such\\na knowledge of the people of the county as to be of great value to him in the banking\\nbusiness. This is one of the solid institutions of the county and lias supplied a long-felt\\nwant to the business community. The directors of the bank are: I. G. Gilmore, R. C.\\nMoseley, Thomas I. Bell, A. L. Moseley, and William B. Noe.\\nThe handling of the tobacco crop of McLean county gives rise to one of the most im-\\nBANK OP CALHOUN", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0109.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "lO-\\nlll I m:EEN Riven IX*1 S I l:\\\\\\nportant industries of the town. A great deal I tlii staple i- produced in the county, ami\\ni- tin- source of verj important revenues to its people. Mr. W. T. Hobson and C. E. Hob-\\nson are the largest and principal operators in handling the prodnot. \\\\V. T. Hob on rates\\ntwo verj large factories, and C. E. Hobsoi together, handling as much a- cum- million\\npounds iii .1 season. Tin- gentlemen live in tin- town of Calhoun, and add much to its\\nbusiness and social consequence. A further description of the city t Calhoun includes :i\\nI view f tin- town from\\ntin- river front, Bhon ing\\nj^ ili binds which lie in\\nit- Dorthern limit- and\\nbeneath which nm-\\nI ronl street. 1 1\\nblufh), hieing ;iml ov r-\\nlooking tin- river, are\\ncrow in l with residi i\\nwhose ards are adorned\\nwith ahade trees and\\nparterres ol flowers. In\\ngeneral the streets t the\\nton ii present a scene\\nPp activity, evidencing a\\ni i Y, large volume t trade.\\nThe store buildings of\\ntin- leading merchants\\nan spacious and well\\ntitt il for the xigencii\\nof an extensn busim\\nA literan societj is\\nmaintained, and arranf\\nin. nt- are being per-\\nfected for the stabliah-\\nnn iit t a free library\\nand reading r \u00c2\u00bbn\\ntin whole, it may be\\nsaid of alhoun thai all\\nconditions prevail at\\nto society, oulture and\\nililr physical surroundings necessary to make it a most delightful place t residence.\\nIt i- i t the principal river towns and within easj reach t the cities of Evansville and\\nBowling Green bj water, and l Owensboro bj stage, thus giving t it- inhabitants con-\\nvenient communication with these larger centers I activity. It may In- safely pre-\\n1 that as the country develops Calhoun \u00c2\u00abill receive larg accessions t it- population\\nid business.\\nTli inntry on l .tli Bides of the river immediately surrounding the city is remarkably\\nfertile and from an agricultural point of view, is just now undergoing rapid develop-\\nment. This country must at do distant daj becomi the home oi a denat agricultural\\nCHRISTIAN CHI", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0110.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "FROM ROWLING (iRBEN TO EVANS V 1 1. 1. 10.\\n103\\npopulation. It is capable of sustaining an immense number of people and its nearness to\\nthe best of markets and facilities for cheap transportation make it the ideal land of promise\\ntn the agriculturalist. A remarkable phase of the development now sitting in throughout\\nthe whole Green River section is the interest centering in education. This is evidenced by\\nthe number of schools and colleges and other institutions with special objects in view, now 7\\nbeing established all over the country. The city of Calhoun presents a location for an\\nenterprise of this character surpassingly attractive. Its healthfulness and pleasing situation,\\nmake it one of the most eligible places tor a college in the whole Green River country.\\nSOME OF THE PEOPLE OF CALHOUN.\\nMks. Naomi Tichenor, widow of T. C. Tichenor, deceased, a former prominent\\ncitizen and business man of the county, is a lady of high social standing and independent\\nmeans. Her two daughters, Miss Lcona and Miss Annetta, who are shown in the group\\nRESIDENCE OF MRS NAOMI TICHENOR.\\nof Calhoun girls on another page, are students of Potter College, Bowling Green, and are\\nuniversally esteemed for the many graces which adorn their characters. They are fitting\\nrepresentatives of the beauty and attractiveness of the womanhood of Calhoun.\\nI. G. Gii.more, a leading citizen and merchant of Calhoun, has been a conspicuous\\nfigure in the Green River business world for a period of more than thirty years. He\\nbuilt up, by a course of honest and fair dealing with his fellow men, a reputation for integrity\\nthat secures the confidence of all. He is the head of a large and prosperous mercantile\\nbusiness in Calhoun and also at Ashbysburgh, ten miles below. He is one of the directors\\nof the Bank of Calhoun.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0111.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "lo|\\nII I (JKKKN I I V I l: I I KV\\nJ hk members of the learned profession throughout the section of Kentucky covered\\nbj this work will compare favorably with those t any portion our countrj Si ral l\\ni the Green River country have produced nun who have attained eminence\\nin both the legal and\\nmedical professions, in\\nformer j r i 1- and both\\nthe bar and medicine\\n:i r dow represented by\\n:i class of men t lii^ li\\nattai ents in their call-\\ning. McLean county\\nhas its lull |ii\u00c2\u00ab t:i I rc|i-\\nn w ntative men in l\u00c2\u00bb tli\\nprofessions. In medi-\\ncine without dispai\\nIMBM lllt llt t ntln l we\\nt \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2it\\nDa II. W \\\\n-.\\nas oung physician and\\ngfl surgeon, who fitly adorns\\na profession that has\\n9J iiumliiTfil among i i\\niiii iiilii r -(line of the\\natesf benefactors i\\nthe human race. Dr.\\nGates is a native i Calhoun, McLean county, where he was born in I860. He received\\nhis primary school training in the schools t bis native town and graduated in ni\u00c2\u00ab I-\\nicine in the medical department of Vanderbilt University in the class of l sv _. He\\nthen commenced the practii i medicine at Ben-\\nnettsville, Christian county, where he remained a\\nshort time, and then took a post graduate course at\\nBellevue Hospital, New York, in 1884. Alter com-\\npleting the course at Bellevue be practiced for a\\n-liciri period at Morgantown, Butler county, but in\\nthe |iriiiL; of 1886 permanently located in bis native\\ntown of Calhoun, where be has conducted a large and\\nsuccessful practice down to the present lime. In 1885\\nhe married Miss Lama Slum, a m -t worthy young\\nlady of Calhoun, tin- daughter of i t it- oldest\\nand most respected citizens, W. II. Shutt, the founder t\\ntin- Calhoun roller mills. Dr. Gates 1 grandfather on\\ntin mother s Bide was Judge John C. Calhoun, fi r\\nwhom the town was named. Dr. Gates has the dis-\\nti notion ol being the chairman of the McLean County\\nMedical Board and is a member of the McDowell and\\nStab Medical Societies B NO fsinobr\\nRESIDBNCB OF B G NOFSINOBR", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0112.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSV 1 1.1,11.\\n105\\nJudge Wm. li. Noe, of Calhoun, Ky., was born July 24th. 1848, in Washington\\ncounty, Ky. He is the second of three sons and four daughters, all living, born to .lames\\n(i. and Eliza A. (Wilson) Noe, who were born respectively in Boyle and Washington\\ncounties, Ky. The Noe family came to\\nthe United States from Scotland and\\nsettled in Maryland. The mother of\\nWm. B. Noe was a daughter of John\\nH. Wilson, who was a soldier of 1812,\\nand fought in the battle of New Orleans.\\nHe was a son of Josiah Wilson, who\\nwas a soldier of the revolution. Win.\\nB. Noe was reared on a farm and re-\\nceived a good English education, which\\nhe completed at Bethel College. He\\nalso reads and speaks the German lan-\\nguage fluently. As a student in the office\\nof Sweeney Stuart, of Owensboro,\\nKy., he was admitted to the bar in that\\ncity February 14th, 1870, by Judges\\nCofer and Stites. In April of that year\\nhe located in Calhoun Ky., where he\\nhas since practiced his profession with\\nsuccess and has been identified with\\nthe interests of the Green River country.\\nHe has never sought office, but on\\nthe contrary, has studiously avoided it,\\nalthough he was at one time, by appointment, judge of McLean county court to fill an un-\\nexpired term. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Calhoun iu 1886 one of the\\nmost solid institutions of the county, and is\\nnow and has been continuously its president.\\nHe is popular in his county, and commands the\\nrespect of all that know him. Judge Noe was\\nmarried June 2d, 1870, to Mary A. Bender,\\na daughter of John and Ann Bender, natives\\nof Bavaria, Germany, and Kentucky respectively.\\nTo Judge and Mrs. Noe have been born three\\nchildren, but one living, Ora, who is married to\\nMr. A. L. Moseley, cashier of the Bank of Cal-\\nhoun. They have an adopted son, William, a\\nnephew. Judge Noe, wife and daughter are mem-\\nbers of the Christian church.\\nA. L. Moset.ey, whose photograph appears\\non the following page, was born in Spencer\\ncounty, Ohio township, Indiana, November 26th,\\n1868. He received a good English education,\\nwhich he completed at Ogden College, Bowling\\nJUDGE WM B. NOE.\\nPRESIDENT OF THE BANK OP CALHOUN.\\nOUR BABY. JASON WILLIAM MOSELEY\\n8", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0113.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "106\\nI II h i.l;ir\\\\ RIVER NTRY\\nGreen, Ky. After ilii- he took a business course and was graduated at the Evans-\\nville Commercial Col leg 3 M. Curnick, principal. He now resides in Ml. in oounty,\\nKy., and is the cashier of the bank of Calhoun, having been elected to thai position to\\nsucceed lii father, the late John W Most\\nley, who was one of the organizers and first\\ncashier of thai bank. Mr. A. I.. Moseley\\nis also a stockholder ami mir of tin- ili-\\nrectors of the bank. He devotes bis entire\\nlinn- ami attention to bis duti ami by lii-\\ngenial, obliging ami ac amodating man-\\nners, baa won many warm friends to the in-\\nstitution. He 1S a first-class business man.\\ni- accurate, careful, painstaking, ami is\\nregarded as one f tin- beat bank cashiers\\nin the Green River country. He has the\\ninterests of the Green River section and its\\ndevelopment very much at heart ami _\\nbis hearty encouragement t anj nter-\\nprise looking to tlii- end. Mr. Moselej\\nwas married in 1891 to Miss Ora Noe, tin-\\ndaughter and only child of Judge Win. B.\\nNoe, tin- president t the bank. To tlii-\\nunion have been born three children,\\nRuth, decease I Jason W ami Paul.\\nJudgi Hi I Landrum, a prominent citizen of Calhoun, and for main years judgi\\nof il mty court of McLean oounty, \\\\\\\\a~ born in Daviess county, in 1845. When the\\ncounty of McLean was formed in 1854 out oi portions t Daviess and Ohio oounties, his\\nlather s farm fell in tin- mu political division. Ben I grew to manhood on lii- lather s\\nfarm, ami received bis education in the common Bchools t tin state. He began lii- l u i-\\nii. career a- a tar r, taking a lively interest in public affairs, being especially active in\\nthe interests of the dei sratic party. In 1869 he was elected a magistrate of the county,\\nwhich office In- filled for sixteen years. In 1887 he was elected county judge of McLean\\ncounty, filling that office bo acceptably that he was chosen tor a second term, thus serving\\ntin people for ten years in a position requiring tin- exercise of rare talent and ability.\\nOwing to fusion arrangements in 1897 between tin 1 democratic artv ami populists, the\\ncandidacy for i u\\\\ judge on the fusion ticket was given to the populists, and Judge\\nLandrum was lefl out. 1 1 retires t private life carrying with him tin- universal respect\\nami approval ol tin- people of his o ity. A- a public servant In- has at all times justified\\nthe trust reposed in him, ever attentive to dutj ami mindful of lii- official obligations.\\nJudge Landrum s lathi r, Thomas Landrum, was sheriff of |ii unty when it comprised\\nall the territory non occupied by Ohio, Daviess and McLean nties. Winn Daviess was\\norganised he was elected sheriff of that county, and when McLean was formed he was el\\nBheriffofit serving in that capacity altogether twenty-eight years. He died in i\\n.Iri i A. Taylor Mr. Taylor lia.- mu n ii i\\\\i l his title because he has worn tin\\njudicial toga Better than that, his fine judicial mind, his knowledge of th law and digni-\\nA L MOSBLBY.\\nCASBIIR Or TBI BANK OF CALHOUN", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0114.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANKVI I.I.K.\\n107\\nJUDGE W, A TAYLOR\\nBed bearing have served to point him out to his associates of the bar and to his fellow citi-\\nzens generally as the possessor of every qualification that enters into the character oi the\\nable and upright occupant of the judicial bench. Hence his title. Mr. Taylor is a native\\nof McLean county and is distinctively a type of the self-\\nmade man. His opportunities for education and social\\nadvancement were exceedingly limited, but with an\\nearnest and determined purpose to qualify himself for a\\nuseful life, he applied himself to study, and with such\\nsuccess that he acquired a first-rate English education.\\nWhile still a young man, his character and qualifications\\nrecommended him to the school authorities of his\\ncounty, and he accepted the position of a teacher in the\\npublic schools. He continued teaching in the public\\nschools for a period of ten years, applying himself mean-\\nwhile to the study of the law. In furtherance of his\\ndesign to fit himself for the legal profession, he entered\\nthe law office of Judge J. C. Johnson, and after some\\ntime spent under his preceptorship was admitted to\\nthe bar of McLean county in 1883. Judge Taylor has\\nthroughout his career, displayed that capacity for use-\\nfulness among his fellow citizens that has continually\\nkept him in their service. As teacher, as county surveyor, and lastly as a faithful and able\\nlawyer, he merits and receives the universal approbation of the people of his native\\ncounty. In 1 897, without seeking it, he was nominated by the republican party of the\\ncounty for the olfice of county judge, but in the election which followed was defeated by\\nthe fusion of the democrats and populists, who succeeded in electing their candidate. He\\nreceived the full vote of his party, which was a flattering testimonial to his worth and popularity.\\nJohn W. Moseley, now deceased, late of\\nCalhoun, Ky., was born in Daviess county, Ky.\\nHe was the eldest of four sons and five daughters\\nborn to William J. and Elizabeth H. (Atherton)\\nMoseley, both of whom were born in Daviess\\ncounty, Ky. John W. Moseley was reared on a\\nfarm until eleven years of age. His father then\\nlocated at Livermore, on Green River, and en-\\ngaged in wagon-making and in the hotel and\\ngrocery business. He received a fair English\\neducation. The civil war coming on he enlisted\\nin the army of the United States October 21st,\\nlNlil, in Company A, Twenty-sixth Kentucky In-\\nfantry, under Capt. John W. Belt. He was en-\\ngaged in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, Nash-\\nville, the siege of Corinth, and numerous skirm-\\nishes was promoted sergeant-major in the spring\\nof 18(i4; in April, 1865, for meritorious service\\nrendered was commissioned first lieutenant. In", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0115.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "108\\nTHE CKFF.N RfVER OOt XTRY\\nthe beginning I the war be was nnder General Biu-ll. Imt later was in the Twenty-\\nthird Arm\\\\ Corps; was discharged Aogust 1st, 1865. \\\\t the close of the war he returned\\nto his home ai Livermore, where h resided and was I as a salesman until 1875. H\\nthen removed t Evansville, fnd., where be was engaged in the wholesale house of Ragon\\nBros, as bill olerk until 1879. He then returned i\\nLivermore, and with his brother, engaged in the mer-\\ncantile business under the firm name of Moseli j I\\nIn 1881 the firm located with its business in Calhoun.\\nIn 1886, he, with others, organized the Bank I Calhoun\\nami became it- cashier and remained in thai position\\nuntil his death, April lTtli. 1890. ll was genial, ac-\\ncommodating, energetic and regarded as i t the best\\nbusiness men of the Green River country. Mr. Moselej\\nwas married December 18th, 1867, t Mi-- Georgians\\nMoore, ol Bpe r t\\\\. [nd., a daughter of John M.\\n^Mm and Eliza Moore, I Hamilton county, Ohio. To\\nmp m ^V r lN,n liildrrn, Arthur I.r-li..\\n^^^^^^Jf Eddie and Lillian, both deceased, Grace, Mattison 1!..\\n^P^*^^ j .lulin Miltmi an l IciirL ia.\\nI\\nGEO F SW1NT.\\nDITOR AND PROPRIETOR CALHODN 8TAR\\nDr. J. I Hathes, of Calhoun, Ky., was born Feb-\\nruary 5th, 1841, in Irays tountj Ky., and is bou of\\nHenry and Lurana (Dewees) Haynes, who were born\\nin )hiu and Iraj unties respectively. I r. 1 laj nee\\nwas reared on a farm until twelve years of age, when his parents moved to Cloverporl and\\nfive Mar- later to Litchfield, Ky. In 1862 the doctor moved to Whitesville, Ky., wh re be\\ntoiik oharge of a scl I for -i\\\\ yean\\nIn 1867 with Rev. Bernard Sickel, he\\ntook charge ol Hart s seminary, Owens-\\nboro, Ky.: he afterward went t Palls\\nRough, in Grays sounty, and took\\noharge of a school Boon after this be\\nwas appointed school commissioner f\\nthe county. This position he resigned\\nin 1870, and took charge of Cromwell\\nseminary; in 1*7. be removed to Hart-\\nlord, Ky., and was there engaged as\\nprincipal of the college for two years;\\nthence to I i\\\\ n. where be taught until\\nthe tall ol 1876, when li\u00c2\u00ab attended the\\nMedical University of Louisville, and\\nafterwards i ngaged in the practice of\\nmedicine at l ix m, Poole s Mills and\\nMt. Vernon, In. I. In 1884 he located\\nat Calhoun and tm.k oharge of the col-\\nlege. Il baa taken a Real inten\\nDR J B HAYNBS SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0116.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n109\\nin education. His English education was completed at Mt. Alba college. He has con-\\nducted institute- and normals since 1871. He is at present the superintendent of schools\\nfor McLean county, and it is said of him by those who are judges that he is one of the best\\nsuperintendents in the state. Dr. Haynes\\nwas married October 18th, 1860, to Miss\\nLaura B. Robinson, of Grayson enmity, and\\nto them have been born five children, Dr. W. L.\\nHaynes, of Owensboro, Ky.; Dr. Eugene E.\\nHaynes, of Memphis, Tenn., Lelia, Mary and\\nKate D. Dr. Haynes and wife are both\\nmembers of the Christian church.\\nk\\nJ\\nJOE H. MILLER. ESQ.\\nJoe H. Miller, a leading attorney of\\nCalhoun, was born on a farm in Ohio county,\\nApril 12th, 18(30. He began his education in\\nthe common schools of Ohio and Daviess jM\\ncounties and completed his higher studies at\\nWest Kentucky College. After completing\\nhis course at college he began the study of law\\nin the office of Judge Wm. B. Noe, of Cal-\\nhoun, pursuing the same diligently for some\\ntime. He was admitted to the bar in 1887\\nand soon took rank as one of the foremost lawyers of the county. In 1886, he was elected\\nsuperintendent of schools of McLean county, serving as such for the term of four years.\\nIn 1890 he was elected county attorney, which office he filled with credit to himself and\\nsatisfaction to the people. In 1888 Mr. Miller married Miss Lizzie Shutt, daughter of W.\\nH. Shutt, one of the pioneer settlers of\\nthe county. He was succeeded in the\\noffice of county attorney by the present\\nincumbent, Mr. Lee Gibson, and on re-\\ntiring resumed his private practice, in\\nwhich he is now engaged. Mr. Miller s\\ntalent and ability as a lawyer is well known\\nand he is in the enjoyment of a most lu-\\ncrative practice.\\nLee Gibson, or e of McLean county s\\nrepresentative citizens, is a young man\\nwhose character and talent have already\\nwon for him distinguished consideration at\\nthe hands of his fellow-citizens. He is the\\npresent county attorney of McLean county,\\nwhich office he has filled with singular\\nfidelity since his election, in 1894. Such\\nhas been his faithfulness and ability in the\\ndischarge of the duties of the office,\\nlee gibson. county attorney tliat tue people of all parties acquiesced", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0117.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "lln TIIK QBKEB l:ivri: COUNTRY\\nin hi- re-election in 1897. Mr. ;ili-mi i- a native f McLean county. He was born near\\nCalhoun on March 6th, L868. He received lii- primary education in the common schools\\nof the county, afterward attending the colleg Ogden at Bowling Green, in 1886-7, and\\nBethel, in 1888-9. Hi spent some time in teaching, but determined to adopt the law as a\\nproft Bsion, and entered the law office t G. I Sarey, t Jalhoun, where he applied himself\\nto the study of hia choran profession. He was admitted to the bar in 1891, and t k rank\\n:n once as a brilliant and capable lawyer. In 1896 be married Mi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mollie Haynes, au\\nestimable young lady, also u native of McLean county, the daughter of l\u00c2\u00bbr. .1. I Haynes,\\nthe present county superintendent f bcI Is. I Gibson is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity and also ol the Knights of Honor and 8igma Nu society. In every relation of\\nlite In- has fulfilled tin duties of an upright\\nChristian gentleman. Mr. (iilisuii ha- a\\n^k lni_ ht career l eliire him. ami i- an nrna-\\n^^^k mi-lit t thr l!ivi-r country, with\\nJr ML which In i- pri.ml t.i tcel himself itlcntitietl.\\nW I Shutt\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Among tin- many\\nbright young men of McLean county,\\nupon whose shoulders the future of the\\ncountry rests, W. 1 Shntt deserves notice.\\nAlthough, scarcely thirty years of\\n^^H ^\u00e2\u0080\u0094^T In- has proven hiin-clt tin- pos-cs-or of\\n^A\\\\ T^\u00e2\u0080\u0094^f thu-c |iialitiis which attract thr c-ti. in ami\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00944 I j/A ^^_ \u00e2\u0080\u00a2nliili ii t his fellow-men. Pleasant in\\n^^k ^^L i| ii-ivc in |iiir|Mi\u00c2\u00abc ami a\\n\\\\W n tinii, nature ha- well littcil him for useful-\\n^f*^. ness as a citizen. Mr. shntt was born on\\n\u00c2\u00bb^j it MJJ farm in McLean county Nuvcmlier 11th.\\n\\\\jfjf f lsiiT.lnit was liruiiirht up ami reareil in\\nCalhoun, to which place hi- family re-\\nW.D v^ourtclkrk moved :l,,,r hifl Wrth. Hi- fatlur.\\nII. Shutt, was a prominent citizen\\nof the county and carried on the business of farming, besides owning and operating\\ntin- Calhoun roller flouring mill and saw mill. W. D. received his primary\\nschool training in the common schools of Calhoun. He entered Ogden College, Bowl-\\ni, in 1887, where he remained t\u00c2\u00ab years, going thence to Bethel College, at\\nwhich place In completed a scientific c ae in 1890, becoming a member while at the lat-\\nter college of the Ireek letter Sigma Nu fraternity. n the death of his father, which oc-\\ncurred July 26th, 1890, be took charge of the mill- ami superintended their operation until\\nthe tall nt I*! when he was chosen bj the people of McLean nt\\\\ to the office of county\\ncourt clerk, to fill the unexpired term of Geo. 8. Priest, deceased. In November, 1894, he\\nwas again elected to the office and was re-elected in November, l s,, 7 Mr. Shutl\\nis a member of the Baptist church and ol the Masonic fraternity. Be also belongs to the\\nKnights of Pythias and the Knights of II r.\\nLauki m i P. Tanner leading lawyer and citizen I McLean county, was horn\\nmi a farm mar Livia. in said county nil the l \u00c2\u00bbth day t January, 1868. received his", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0118.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVIELE.\\nIll\\nL P. TANNER, ESQ\\nearly school training in the common schools of the county, and completed his education at\\nthe Southern Normal College, of Bowling Green. He studied law and was admitted to the\\nbar in L889. He located in Calhoun and soon rose to prominence in his profession. He\\nmarried Miss Eunice Porter, an accom-\\nplished young lady and member of a\\nprominent McLean county family in 1895.\\nThe following year he was brought out by\\nhis friends as a candidate for nomination\\nby the democratic party for congress in his\\ndistrict, but failed of the nomination. He\\nis still prominently spoken of for nomina-\\ntion at the next succeeding election for\\nthat office. He has takeu an active interest\\nin the polities of the county and has been\\nprominent in the counsels of the demo-\\ncratic party since he came to manhood.\\nIn connection with the law practice he has\\nbeen very zealous in promoting the sale\\nand settlement of a large tract of land\\nnear Calhoun, which, before his manage-\\nment, was considered almost worthless, but\\nwhich now is regarded as the best land in\\nthis section of the state.\\nHenry Baeeentine, Sr., is a prominent figure in the Green River country, by reason\\nof his business activity, and the interest betakes in promoting the good of his section. Mr.\\nBallentine was horn in the county of Tyrone,\\nIreland, in 1837, and came with his parents to\\nAmerica, in May, 1849, settling at Rumsey, on\\nGreen River. Here he engaged with his father\\nin (arming, in which business he has continued\\nsince, engaging, however, in many other enter-\\nprises that gave scope to his activity. He\\nowned the steamer Gayoso at one time, and has\\nbeen instrumental in forwarding many other\\nenterprises that have tended to advance the in-\\nterests of the country. At the close of the civil\\nwar Mr. Ballentine found himself like many\\nothers without means and dependent upon his\\nown labor for a new start in life. But undis-\\ncouraged by the prospect, he went manfully to\\nwork farming, and such has been his success\\nthat he is now the possessor of two thousand\\nacres of farm lands, besides valuable real estate\\nin the towns of Calhoun and Rumsey. Mr.\\nBallentine has been twice married. His first\\nwife was Miss McGrcw, of McLean county, who\\nCAPT HENRY BALLENTINE", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0119.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "TIIK CKKK.N RIVEIt OOUSTBT\\ngave ti i in tour children, three jrirl- and one boy. Hi- second wife was Mi\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jo-ie\\nLandrum, of 1 1 1 same \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0unity, who bore bim one ohild, a son. Mr. Ballentine live* on\\nlii- farm in 1 1 1 environs of the town l Rumsey, which baa been lii- home since he\\nbecame a citizen of the land whicb be loves. Bere he enjoys the fruits of a well-epenl\\nlife, and -urr ded by friend.- ami neighbors of l- ti r acquaintance, i- gliding into the\\ncalmness of a serene old ag\\nMcLEAN COUNTY\\nf. f. )TAS organized in I 85 I out of portions of I taviess, Muhlenburgh ami thio counties, 1 1\\nwas named in honor of Judge Alnej McLean, then judge of the judicial circuit of\\nwhich the new county became a part. The county baa an area of about four hundred aquare\\nmil. -.ami a population of fifteen thousand people. hreen River flows nearl] centrally through\\nthe count] from east to west. ttiio county lies along ii- eastern border and Muhlenburgh\\nit- southern. Daviess adjoins it on tin- north, ami Webster ami Henderson on the west.\\nThis count] contains a greater proportion of level lands than any f tin- counties hitherto\\nconsidered. The bottom lands of Green River Int.- begin toezpand, presenting larger\\nana- of alluvial soil ezceedingly productive. Tin- second bottoms are of almost equal\\nfertility, and the ridges ami higher table-lands possess a i: 1 soil, yielding fair crops.\\nAlthough one of the smallest nties on tin- river, McLean makes a very n spi ctable show-\\ning along-side her Bister counties in regard to her staple products. Among the nine coun-\\nties considered in tlii- work Bhe -t 1 fourth in the production I toba in 1889 Her\\nwheat crop exceeded that l Butler and Ednionson ami nearly equaled that of \u00c2\u00bb|ii,,. Hei\\nproductions of corn, oats, hay and wool compare fiivorably with those of the larger coun-\\nties. Improvements in forming methods, the draining of bottom lands and tl pening of\\nnew farm- ha- greatly increased thi _ t. of agricultural products in the county, and it\\nitimated that for 1896 the percentag f gain is fort] per e.-m over the figures of the\\ncensus year, lie- grain ami grass-producing quality of its soil renders the oounty peculiarly\\nlit for the raising ami breeding of stock, ami tin largest increase in production has been in\\nthe items i beef cattle ami fat bogs. The county rests upon the coal m asures f tie \\\\V. -t-\\nein District, which may be reached from almost any point o| it- surface. Less attention.\\nhowever, ha- been given to the development of thi- interest than in the adjoining counties.\\nThere are onlj two mines reported in operation, both of which are located at [aland on the\\ni a division of thi I. a V railroad. The entire output for 1896 i- given at tw\u00c2\u00bb nty-\\nlour thousand ton-. This does not include the coal taken out in different part- of the\\noounty tor domestic use.\\nI.e.. inr $4\\nValue ol product! I I\\nNuiiiIkt I. i-i Oorn, Buahati\\nMcLEAN COUNTY PRODUCTS.\\n113 Wl,.-:,1. \u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.HI", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0120.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n113\\nOats, Bushels 43,310\\nIrish Potatoes, 15,189\\nSweet Potatoes, 3,462\\nPeaches, 6,031\\nApples, 70,501\\nWool, Pounds 13,288\\nHoney, 18,341\\nTobacco, 2,204,276\\nBees Wax, 485\\nEggs, Dozen, 159,079\\nHay, Tons, 4,996\\nCoal, 35,177\\nCoal, value $41,199\\nLIVE STOCK.\\nHorses, Number 2,836\\nMules, 951\\nHogs, 17,188\\nSheep, 3,523\\nChickens, 81,569\\nLIVERMORE,\\nAn important manufacturing and trading point on Green River, is in McLean county,\\nand is located in a section rich in coal and timber. It is situated on the right bank of\\nGreen River at the mouth of Rough River, eighty-eight miles from Evansville. The\\nOwensboro and Nashville branch of the Louisville and Nashville railroad crosses the river\\nat this point. The population is about six hundred and fifty. The trade of the town de-\\npends on a good farming country on both sides of Green River and extending along Rough\\nRiver. The lumber interests of the place give employment to a large number of people\\nand a number find em-\\nployment in the tobacco\\nstemmeries, of which\\nthere are two of con-\\nsiderable magnitude.\\nThere are three saw\\nmills in constant opera-\\ntion, cutting an immense\\namount of hard wood\\nlumber. The Gieseke\\nShingle Company oper-\\nate a saw mill in con-\\nnection with their shin-\\ngle industry. Their\\nprincipal business is,\\nhowever, the manu-\\nfacture of poplar and\\nchestnut shingles. They have an extensive trade for their product with Evansville,\\nLouisville, Chicago, Buffalo and other large markets north and east. R. E. Hackett is the\\noperator of a saw mill and spoke factory. His saw mill has a capacity of seven thousand\\nfeet of lumber daily. In connection with his saw mill Mr. Hackett operates machinery for\\nthe manufacture of hickory buggy spokes and oak rims in block for wagons. The prox-\\nimity of these works to the hardwood forests of Green and Rough Rivers gives an advantage\\nover similar establishments more remote, which is seen in their exceptional prosperity.\\nA great portion of the product of the Hackett mills is transported by steamboat and barges\\nowned by the proprietor, to Evansville and thence distributed by rail to markets in the north.\\nThere are three general stores, several groceries, two drug stores and several smaller\\nMOSELEY BROS SHINGLE MANUFACTORY", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0121.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "II I\\nI HI OR] EN 1 1 1 l: COUNT M\\nshops, covering all lines I trade. Quigg Bros., dealers in general merchandise, transact :i\\nlarge business. They are an old established h m~.- and carry a l:irj^\u00c2\u00ab- and varied stock\\ngoods suited t.. the wants of the trade. They handle produce I all kind- and make Evans-\\nville tlnir principal market, giving to Evansville merchants and manufacturers the prefer-\\nence when possible. They have a verj comi lious new 1 ri\u00c2\u00ab-k Btore building, fitted with\\nevery convenience necessar) to conduct a large busini Moselej Bros, are extensive\\ndealers in general merchandise and enjoj a large and growing trade. Their doable store\\nbuilding is well adapted to the needs of their business and the two brothers constituting\\nthe firm enjoy an enviable reputation as progressive nun. They are connected with the\\nIce Shingle Co., in the operation of that extensive c ern. E. B. Haokett is also :i\\nlarge dealer in general merchandise, operating an establishment t extensive dimensions.\\nThe following are the principal other establishments of the town W. B. Trunnell, E,\\nLashbrooke and K. O. Gore, groceries G 8 Hicks and J. F. 8mith, drugs. J. W. G I-\\ninan operates 1 1 1 only livery stable, and the\\nMisses \\\\I -i l\u00c2\u00ab-\\\\ and Bell the only millini r\\\\\\nand dress making establishment. The\\npracticing physicians are: A. Hillsman,\\nL. R. Bennett and W. P. Ellis, There is\\nCJoion church, occupied bj Methodists,\\nPresbyterians and others and one Baptist\\nchurch. There are two scl I buildings.\\nA free scl I i~ maintained for five\\nmonths in the year. A private seminar}\\nis conducted by Prof. V ton.\\nII SCHBOEI i i: is known tlin.ii-li-\\nout the Ireen River country as The\\nArtist i the Emerald Wave. He has a\\nBoating studio, with which he \\\\i-it- the\\ntowus and hamlets on the rivers, execut-\\ning work in every branch f the art f\\nphotography. His commodious water craA\\ni~ fitted up with rooms, embracing parlor,\\nsitting room, dining room, bed rooms and\\nkitchen, in addition t a working room\\nand artist s studio. He has everj ap-\\npliance necessary to the business, and bia work will compare favorably with that of the\\nmost distinguished proli re of the art His excellent wife accompanies him on his voy-\\npresiding over and reudering compleb the home department I bis establishment.\\nMany of the views in ilii\u00c2\u00bb work are from the studio t Mr. Schroeter, to whom the publish* rs\\nare under obligations for favors.\\nI -i i Btation, on ih\u00c2\u00ab Owensboro and Nashville branch oi th I a railroad, is\\nthree miles inland from Livermore, on the opposite Bide of the river. There are three coal\\nmines in operation here, viz.: The Field Coal thi MoEinnej Stanley Coal Co. and\\nthe Reuben Karnes. These mines are all working No. 9 vein and give employment to one\\nhundred miners. The product, except for local use, is marketed south.\\nH O SCHROBTBR. PHOTOORAPHBR\\nPROPH1ITOR FLOATING STUDIO", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0122.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n115\\nSACRAMENTO,\\nMcLean county, nine miles south of Calhoun and nine miles north of South Carrollton,\\nwhich is the nearest railroad point, is connected by long-distance telephone with the general\\nsystem. The population is about six hundred. The town was laid off in 1854 by George\\nHelm. It is surrounded by a rich farming country to which it is indebted for its commer-\\ncial importance. The town is incorporated under the state law, and has a municipal\\ngovernment, represented by mayor, common council, police judge, city attorney, city clerk\\nand treasurer. There are five churches the Methodist, Presbyterian and Christian (white),\\nalso one Baptist and one Methodist (colored); all have resident pastors. There are two\\ngood school buildings, one white and one colored, in which free schools are maintained for\\nfive months in the year. In addition to the free schools, the Sacramento Academy is con-\\nducted by able teachers under a system of graded work during the interval between sessions\\nof the free schools. The commercial interests of the town are represented by the following\\nfirms: Coffmau Brazzel Company, Stroud Bros, it Ross, M. H. Gabbart, E. F. Short, dry\\ngoods and general merchandise; Mclntire Quisenberry, drugs and groceries; M. L. Board\\nSon, groceries and drugs; John Medley, groceries; J. T. Morehead, undertaker T. C.\\nEllison, agricultural implements and machinery; J.N. Dossett, livery; Miss Mattie Bennett\\nand Miss Minnie Eads, millinery. The industries of the town consist of one flouring mill,\\nwith a capacity of forty barrels, operated by D. W. Gish and J. G. Igleheart. They also\\noperate a saw and planing mill. A. J. Frazier and E. C. Frazier, blacksmith and repair\\nshop; Ad Parker, blacksmith. The physicians are: Dr. B. H. Morehead, Dr. H. Mooman\\nand Dr. C. Robison. The two tobacco factories are operated by Martin Shanks and\\nW. Martin. There are two hotels, the Bland, conducted by Mrs. Jane Bland, and the\\nEllison, conducted by Mrs. Sue Shacklett, and several private boarding houses. G. F.\\nDossett, live stock dealer. The Sacramento Deposit Bank is operated under a special\\ncharter G. W. Martin, president, and F. P. Stumb, cashier. W. L. Mclntire, jeweler and\\nbarber. Sacramento does\\na large business in river\\nshipment, Evansville\\ngetting the principal\\npart of its trade.\\nRUMSEY,\\nIs situated at Lock\\nNo. 2, on the left bank\\nof Green River, in Mc-\\nLean county, eighty\\nmiles above Evansville.\\nThe population is about\\nfour hundred. It has a\\ngood free school and two\\nchurches. The country\\nadjacent is well adapted to farming, the soil being the rich alluvial deposits of the Green\\nRiver bottoms. The trade of Rumsey is in supplies for the farming population and in the\\nLOCK AND DAM NO- 2. AT RUMSEY.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0123.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "116\\n1111 OR] l\\\\ RIV1 R ..1 NTRY\\nproduce the farms. Cofrman Bros., Hays A Viokers, W. 8. Clark. Wilburn*\u00c2\u00a3 Bam k,\\nami M J, i Iloe are dealers in genera] merchandise and produce. The industries of the\\nplace are a Souring mill, a -aw mill and a woolen mill and carding machine.\\nA-iihy-i-.i bob i- in Hopkins coonty. Gilmon v Lunk, general merchants and Mr-.\\nJames Boagland, millinery and notions. There is a Methodist church, a free school and a\\naaa mill owned bj Coffmao Hancock. V. L. Arnett, farmer, is a leading citizen.\\nWin 1 1 -i:i i;i.n. (Lemon P sin McLean county. This place i- a trading j\u00c2\u00bb i n t\\nand landing sizty-sis miles from Evansville. I. Bay, dealer in general merchandise\\noperates a Btore at this point.\\nWbiohtsbi ia. h. McLean county, is situated sixty-five miles above Evansville. The\\ncountry back of the landing is well settled and in good state of improvement. Two miles\\ninland is the town I Beech Grove, which is quite a trading point. Geo. E. Cline is the\\nproprietor an extensive handle factory at Wrightsburgh. Beech Grove is a Biderable\\nvillage, having a population t some three hum I nil people. The merchants of Beech Grove\\nare: M. i. Aahby, J. T. Smith, W. II. Hardin, Mattingly Cline and 8. K. Waltrip.\\nRays Landing, McLean county, sixty-four miles above Evansville, also a landing\\nfor iongleton, a point in- mile inland ami the locati f 1 1 toleman, dealer in gem ral\\nmerchandise ami country produce.\\nWEBSTER COUNTY.\\nA|i.I )1\\\\^ Henderson on the south and McLean on the east, Green river forming the\\nboundary between it ami the latin- county. The county has bul aboul fifteen miles\\nof water frontage. Hopkin untj has aboul tin- -aim a large trade reaches the river\\nfrom these two couuties, at Aahbysburgh, which is an extensive shipping point for livestock\\nami general produce. Sebree City i- quite a flourishing place in Webster county, Bituated\\nabout three miles inland on the lineoi tin Evansville, Henderson ami Nashville branch of\\nthe Louisville .v Nashville railroad. The coal output of tin- count] for 1 was about\\n51,000 tons, from four mines, two at Providence, Taylors and Sebree mines. The count}\\nis a large producer of tobacco, which i- the leading product. It stands well up in the\\ncereals marketed, showing the yield wheat, corn ami oats t larj\\nWEBSTER COUNTY PRODUCTS.\\nParma Number i\\nr. 108\\ni ora, Buaheli 1,051\\ni\\nWheat, 1\\ntppli\\nr.\\nlri-1. I\\nBw\u00c2\u00ab Potatoes,\\ni\\nWool,\\nI l.iimU\\nI\\nH.. I..\\nOoal,\\n1 [otM,\\nBheep,\\nKill-,\\nPonnda\\nTon-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\\nLIVE STOCK.\\nNumber\\n1 7\\n16,610\\n11-. .U7", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0124.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE. 117\\nSEBREE CITY\\nWas first settled in 1869. Was laid off and began t attract settlers when the Louis-\\nville and Nashville railroad was Ideated through the county. The location of the town was\\ndue to the existence of mineral springs at this point. The name of the location before the\\nadvent of the railroad was Spring-dale. The present population of the town is about two\\nthousand. The town is incorporated under the general law of the state. The municipal\\ngovernment is composed of a mayor, common council, city clerk, police judge and city\\nattorney. The town has a system of graded schools, under the management of a school\\nboard of six trustees. The schools are supported by state revenues, and are free for five\\nmonths. A session of three months in addition is maintained by tuition i vrs paid by the\\npatrons of the school. There are four churches, Baptist, Methodist, Christian and Catholic.\\nThe commercial interests of the town are represented by the following merchants: Sebree\\nDry Goods Co., composed of B. F. Jewell, S. F. Powell and A. B. Sellers; S. E Horner,\\nThomas Keane, Cox Bro. and C. S. Cox, all handling dry goods; J. W. Springfield,\\ngroceries and drugs; W. I. Smith, groceries and drugs; P. Countzler Son, drugs; Cox\\nBros., furniture and groceries; Ramsey Hampton, groceries; Charles Cox, groceries; John\\nA. Turpin, groceries; James Pearce, groceries; J. B. Yonts, saloon; J. Crysell, saloon; U.\\nH. Royster, musical instruments; J. C. Wright and William McMullen, undertaker-; Miss\\nNannie King and Mrs. Fannie Ward, millinery; Frank Edwards, merchant tailor; Vaughn\\nRiddle and W. R. Clark, livery and sale stables; Sebree Deposit Bank, John A. Powell,\\npresident, and G. C. Skudmore, cashier, is operated under special charter. There are two\\nhotels, the Phoenix and the Miller Hotel, the latter operated by an enterprising and most\\nestimable lady, Mrs Helen Miller, is the popular resort of the traveling public. J. C.\\nYonts, local meat market, and dealer in live stock, poultry and hides. The industries of\\nthe town are represented by the following establishments: Five tobacco factories giving\\nemployment to three hundred and seventy-five operatives and handling some three million\\npounds of tobacco annually. These factories are operated by A. M. Riddle, T. J. Simple,\\nJ. B. Ramsey, J. A. Powell Son, and A. J. McMullen, manager for J. D. Burr Reeves;\\none roller mill, operated by J. B Ramsey; one saw and planing mill, operated by S. R.\\nHorner; one planing, scroll and lath mill, operated by Daniel McMullen; one coal mine,\\noperated by Sebree Coal Company; Frank Berry, blacksmith and repair shop; one wagon\\nmanufactory and blacksmith shop, operated by Webb Springfield, makers of the cele-\\nbrated Sebree wagon. The physiciaus are Dr. R. L. Agnew, Dr. C. Edwards, Dr. W.\\nEdwards. Dr. Joel Parker and Dr. George Osborn. The Freemasons, Odd Fellows,\\nKnights of Pythias, K. G. C. and K. of H. all have flourishing organizations. The Sebree\\nHerald, George S. Beard, editor and proprietor, is a live local, weekly newspaper devoted\\nto the interests of the section, and the only newspaper published in Webster county.\\nEASTWOOD, sixty miles above Evansville, is quite au important shipping point and the\\ncenter of a growing trade. The country near it is very productive. Cattle, hogs, sheep,\\npoultry and eggs are the principal articles of commerce. It is the landing for Sebree\\nCity, which is about two miles inland. A gnat deal of freight is landed here by the boats\\nfor Sebree City. J. T. Cox is the principal merchant at Eastwood, dealing in dry goods,\\ngroceries, drugs and general merchandise. He handles all kinds of country produce.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0125.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "lis\\nI III ..LI I s RIVER COUN1 BY\\nDAVIESS COUNTY\\nLll .s ii, \\\\t to McLean on the north. The count) was organized in 1815 and named in\\nhonor I Col. Joseph Hamilton I \u00c2\u00bb;i-v.i\u00c2\u00ab a distinguished lawyer, \\\\\\\\li had Berved as\\nUnited States attorney for the Btate after its admission into the union in 1 7 J Col.\\nDaviess represented the United Stal rnmenl in it- attempt t indicl the celebrated\\nAaron Burr for high treason in 1806. He was killed a1 the battle ol Tippecanoe in 1811.\\nThe county of Daviess has a frontage on Green River about thirty miles. The I\\ninterests f the count) however, li\u00c2\u00ab upon the I i River, w bich flows ii it- northern bord r.\\nThe lands of the count) are generall) level, fertile and well cultivated. Those lying con-\\ntiguous t ireen Rivi r are well adapted t the growth of corn, wheat and tobai era]\\nimportant trading j i r 1 1 on the river transact a large business in the shipment of these\\nproducts, and in supplying the Burrounding country with needed commodities. Almost all\\nthe business ;it these points is done in the markets of Bvansville.\\n1 3.7\\nI\\n118\\nVE STOCK.\\nI\\nL 1 1\\nl\u00c2\u00bbi i \\\\u m:i Davieas oounty, is rituated fift) miles al Bvansville. The population\\nis about two hundred. It hasag I trade, and is an important Bhipping point t r live stock\\nand other products. There are two firms dealing in general merohandbx J I Mackey\\nami Paxton A Montague. W Alben deals in gr xies. There is also a tl \u00c2\u00bbi i t-i 1 1 u\\nmill operated by J. V. young, and a blacksmith Bhop operated by W. II. Johnson.\\nWesi I M i i i.i.i-: i- situated in I 1 ounty about three miles inland, surrounded\\nby a very fruitful region country. Th imunity in and around the town is progress-\\nive and prosperous. It bass population of aboul three hundred, and is supplied with t\\nchurches and bcI I-. It- landing for river traffic is urdsville. The wensboro Banking\\nlompany maintain- a brauch hi re and transacl a g 1 business, with Mr. J. I. B andfbrd a-\\nishier. The merchants of the place are J. I. Thompson, J. II. Elder, II. C. Bartley\\nand A.T.Williams. W I- Bros., millers and dealers in grain. Henry Burch, hotel.\\nNed II ia-. livery and sale stable. Tom Asher, blacksmith. The physicians are: Drs.\\nT. M. Blandfbrd and John Clayton.\\n1 i B.D8VILLE, Daviess county, is forty-two miles from Bvansville. The town has a\\ntrade with Burrounding ntry, and is an important Bhipping point for live stock and\\nDAVIESS COUNTY PRODUCTS.\\nW -iJC, Pound-\\nll:iv, I iii-\\ni bra,\\nBushels\\n1,619,000\\n1\\nOaU,\\nii\\nMl-, Nil Hi i\\nWheat,\\nii\\nAverage in\\n181\\nIV:i,\\nIriuli PoUtl\\n89,088\\nBoimc Number\\n1,096\\nMales,\\nTobai\\nPonndi\\n-.:.-n. 14:;\\n11\\nShi\\nChickens,", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0126.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWl.INii GREEN To KVANSVII.I.E.\\n119\\ngeneral products. A large tobacco stemmery is located here, handling a great ileal of this\\nstaple. Tin merchants are W. T. Tilford, -I. B. Morse, (i. W. Weldon, K II. Layson. H.\\nII. McCain, grain and stuck dealer; Y. I Ervin and V. S. Shockley, liverymen. W. T.\\nGalloway, saw mill. There are two hotels, one blacksmith simp and three churches. The\\nphysicians arc J. E. Payne and J. H. McCain.\\nBirk City, thirty-five miles from Evansville, is in Daviess county. It has a popula-\\ntion of about one hundred. J. M. Wiles Co., general merchants, transact an extensive\\nbusiness, handling the produce of the country and dealing in general supplies.\\nHENDERSON COUNTY\\nIS the last of the counties treated ol in the book of The Green River Country. Green\\nRiver enters the Ohio in the northern portion of the county alter flowing twenty miles\\non its soil. It has about sixty-two miles of frontage on the river. The lands along the river\\nare strictly alluvial and very fruitful in the production of corn, grass and tobacco. Wheat\\nalso grows well on the second bottoms. Horses, cattle and hogs are raised in great num-\\nbers. The principal trading points on and near the river are: Spottsville, Bluff City,\\nMasons Landing, Hehhardsville and Cross Plains. The total output of coal in the county\\nfor 1896 was about one hundred and twenty thousand tons. There are five mines in oper-\\nation, viz.: Corydon, Henderson, Peoples Baskett, Spottsville and Rankin. The Rankin\\nmine at Spottsville, on Green River, is the largest producer in the county. This mine is\\noperated by the Green River Coal and Mining Company, composed of Gwat Rankin,\\nThos. Lowery and Rankin Eastin. The mine produced forty thousand tons in 1896,\\nmarketed along the line of the Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis railroad, and at points\\nbelow reached bv wav of Green River.\\nHENDERSON COUNTY PRODUCTS.\\nFarms,\\nAverage\\nCorn,\\nOats,\\nWheat,\\nApples,\\nPeaches,\\nIrish Potatoes,\\nSunt Potatoes,\\number 2,858\\nAcres 101\\nBushels 2,000,000\\n55,000\\n2i Hi, I\\n110,141\\n3,746\\n81,847\\n5,558\\nTobacco, Pounds 10,918,060\\nWool, 11,390\\nBroom Corn, Pounds\\nHoney,\\nWax\\nHay, Tons\\nHorses,\\nMules,\\nSheep.\\nHogs,\\nChickens,\\nEggs,\\nLIVE STOCK.\\nNumber\\nDozens\\n5,000\\n8,591\\n112\\n6,261\\n4,385\\n3,437\\n3,204\\n32,656\\n132,714\\n415 250\\nSPOTTSVILLE\\nIs iii Henderson county, and lias a population of about three hundred souls. It is the\\nseat of a considerable industry in the coal trade, two mines being located here. It is situated", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0127.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "120\\nTHK GREEN RIVER COI N I l:V\\nal lock and dam No, I. on Green River, twenty miles above Evaosville. A g I farming\\nconntr] Lies adjacent, and the merchants of the place handle a large volume of produce,\\nconsisting of tobacco, grain and live Btock. The trade i Spottsville is principally with\\nEvansville. The merchants are D. A. William- A- Mm.. I!. F. Crenshaw ami W..I. Ilurris\\nI ii-m., all dealerein general merchandise. A saw mill is operated by W. M. Bauerheber\\nand a ^ri-t mill by A. M. Cellar. There are t churches, one a union church occupied\\nlis M thodists ami Presbyterians, ami one new Baptist church. The schools are under the\\ngi neral law of the state, ami arc open about five months in tin- year. The Louisville,\\nHenderson and St. Louis railroad crosses Green River at this point, maintaining\\na station ami telegraph office. Tin- town is also in communication with other points\\nbj means i tin- Cumberland telephone system. A great deal of live Btock i- reshipped\\nImii- from river landings t eastern markets by railroad. The traffic t tin- region around\\nSpottsville is so considerable that a -mall steamer tin. I- profitable employment in carrying\\npassengers and freight t and from Evansville. The steamer I L. Reel, Captain James\\nGilligan, has been in this trade for s e time, and built up a fine business, besides being\\ninstrumental in developing the country by increasing it- transportation facilities. Evans-\\nville derh i a gri at deal t benefit fr this local river trad. being tin nearest and -t\\njsible market for tin products of the region from Spottsville down. In tin- matter of\\nlive Btock, if the business men I Evaosville were fully alive t tin- interests of tin- city,\\ntiny would Bee to it that a live Btock market was provided, which would absorb tin- impor-\\ntant item oi commerce, and prevent it being transferred to the railroads, as is now being\\ndone. What Evansville requires is a fullj equipped Btock yards, managed b) parties qual-\\nified to handle Btock in competition with Louisville.\\nJoke Morris, head lookkeeper at\\nlock No. mi Green River, is a native\\nof thr state oi mio. I n early life he\\nlearned the trade of a butcher, in which\\nbusiness he was engaged at the outbreak\\nof tin- civil war. After tin war dosed\\nIn followed coal mining ami rafting for\\na period of fifteen years on Green River.\\nHe was one of tin- proprietors ami\\nhelped t open tin Sligo mini at Spotts-\\nville. In tin year 1882 he was placed in\\ncharge of lock No. 1, on Green River, on\\naccount of his trustworthy character, by\\nthe Green and Barren River Navigation\\nCompany, whioh position he continued\\nto till to tin mtisfacti fthe company\\nuntil 1888, when the companj -old out\\nto tlir general government. Inn the\\nivernment of the United States took\\npossession of tin- improvement mi Green\\nRiver, he continued as it- trusted\\nemploye in charge of lock No. I, which position he has held ever since, enjoying the\\nconfidence of the government as a -t competent offioer. Hi- is regarded a.- one oi the\\nJOHN MORRIS HEAD LOCK KEEPER", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0128.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "FROM HOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n121\\nmost reliable and trustworthy men in the government service. Me has lived in Spottsville\\nfor a period of thirty years, is well known and highly esteemed by river men, and has the\\nrespect and confidence of the community in which he lives.\\nCapt. M. L. Sauerhereu is a native of Leavenworth, Crawford county, lnd. He\\nwas educated in the common schools ol the county, receiving a practical English education.\\nIn early life he worked with his father in the saw mill business, operating a floating saw\\nmill ou the river. In this business they wore out about six floating saw mills, doing a\\nlarge business. He began piloting about the year 1876, and was engaged in this work fora\\n.lumber of years on the Ohio, Salt and Green rivers. In 1885 he moved to Spottsville on\\nGreen River. He built a floating grist mill, but sold out and devoted himself to the saw\\nmill business, operating a floating saw mill on Green River. The firm of W. M. and M.\\nL. Sauerheber own and operate in connection with their extensive lumber and timber busi-\\nness the steamers Frank VonBehren and Little Clyde. In 1879 Capt. Sauerheber married\\nMi Martha Ellen Goldsmith, a most estimable young lad} oi Pitt s Point, Hardin\\ncounty, Ky.\\nLONGING FOR THE OLD SOUTHLAND.\\n[The following impromptu lines were written by a home-sick southerner who found himself among strangers,\\nbusted and shivering in the frigid air of northern Minnesota. They will be appreciated by readers of the\\nGreen River Country on account of their pathos and reference to life in the south land.]\\nDown where the magnolia blooms\\nAnd the cotton bolls are white,\\nWhere the honeysuckle sheds its sweet perfume\\nAnd the mocking bird sings its evening tune,\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.\\nDown where the flowers bloom\\nFrom April to December,\\nWhere the sleek, fat cattle roam at will\\nAnd of blue grass and clover get their fill,\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.\\nDown where the old black auntie reigns\\nSupreme o er the kitchen range,\\nWith fat young pullet in the pan\\nAnd rich brown gravy near at hand,\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.\\nDown where good fat biscuits come\\nHot and short from auntie s realm,\\nWith great broad slices of country ham\\nAnd tin- deep brown platter of juicy yam,\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.\\nDown where the possom thrives\\nAnd is hunted in his season\\nOn moonlight nights when the berries are ripe.\\nSweet taters and possom s the nigger s delight\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.\\nDown where my sweetheart lived,\\nDown where she became my bride,\\nDown where our children came to us,\\nDown where we lived till I went bust,\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.\\nDown where our baby died,\\nMany changeful years ago,\\nWhen we laid her asleep in her tiny bed,\\nWitli the willows and daisies over her head,\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.\\nDown where the speech is soft,\\nDown where the hearts are true,\\nWhere the latch-string hangs on the outer door\\nAnd hearts and hands open as of yore,\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.\\nDown where I d love to live\\nMong those who know me well,\\nAnd when God calls, your time has cornel\\nMay we lie beside our little one,\\nDown in the Land of Dixie.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0129.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "122\\nI Ml GREEK KIVK.K NTRY\\n^Kif\\nW. J HARRIS\\nJOHN HARRIS\\nW. J. HARRIS BRO.,\\nI.i ms Mi i;i has i- and citizens of Spottsville have contributed very greatly by\\ntheir progressive business methods to place the town of Spottsville in the list of live river\\n(own-. These gentlemen are proprietors of the largest and most dern store in the\\nplace, and handle the largest stock of* ft I- I any establishment in the country around.\\nTheir stock consists I dry goods, groceries, I ts, Bhoes and furnishing g I~. and\\nin fact, a general varietj Btook They are also proprietors of m first-class\\nhotel, where the travel-\\ning public can feel as-\\nsured of satisfactory en-\\ntertainment. In ii-\\niM ction iili tin ir busi-\\nness thej conduct a\\nfirst-class meal market,\\ncatering t the wants of\\nthe community i the\\nmatter tin- 1\u00c2\u00bb -t se-\\nlected in e a t b. T 1i e\\nM SSI rs. 1 1 :irri :irc 1 t li\\nnun of ezoell n t\\n\u00c2\u00abi-ial attainments and\\nezi rcise a marked in-\\nflnenoe in the society in\\nLOCK AND DAM No 1 AT SPOTTSVIIJJt wbiofa tlnvllM.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0130.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "PROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVII.I.K.\\n123\\nHosts Landing, Henderson county, Ky. Several openings into coal vein No. 9\\noccur in this vicinity. The vein here is reached by shaft about forty feet to bed of deposit.\\nJ. T. Hust, an extensive farmer, stock man and laud owner of the neighbor! I, has a\\nshaft thirty-eight feet to coal vein abovehigh water. Mr. Hust owns a large coal area.\\nUtopia mine is one and a half miles below H list s in the same vein and about uniform depth.\\nCummins Landing, thirty-one miles from Evansville. 6. \\\\Y. Cummins, general\\nmerchant and farmer.\\nHebbaepsville, Henderson county, is situated about three miles inland from the\\nriver at Bluff City. It is situated in a well improved and fertile portion of the county, and\\nmaintains a considerable traffic with Evansville by the river. The merchants are R. S.\\nHart Co., S. S. Willingham and C. W. Johnson.\\nBluff City, Henderson county, a village twenty-four miles from Evansville on the\\nleft bank of Green River. Population about one hundred. The industries are one saw\\nand grist mill and one portable saw mill. The Messrs. Henry and T. N. Haynes operate a\\nlarge general store and carry on an extensive farming business. They also own and operate\\nthe ferry at this point. Exports at this landing consist largely of live stock, and it is one of\\nthe best points on the river between Evansville and Calhoun, except Whitesburgh. Mr.\\nHaynes estimates that 75,000 worth of goods and supplies are lauded at the place annually\\nfrom the river.\\n^3-S-S-3-S-5-S)j(\\nPROF. CHARLES J. NORWOOD,\\nProf. Chas. J. Norwood, geologist and mining engineer, is of Virginia and Kentucky\\nparentage. His father was Dr. Joseph G. Norwood, one of the illustrious early American\\ngeologists, who was principal assistant United States geologist in the first survey of the\\nLake Superior region; state geologist of the\\nstate of Illinois; assistant and for a time chief\\ngeologist of the state of Missouri, aud for nearly\\nthirty-five years a professor in the Missouri\\nState University. His mother was a great\\ngrand-daughter of William Grant and Rebecca\\nBoone, sister of Daniel Boone. Charles J-\\nreceived his educational training in part at\\nthe Missouri University, and in part from pri-\\nvate instructors. He was assistant in his\\nfather s laboratory for nearly two years, and\\nwas assistant geologist in the Missouri sur-\\nvey, under R. Pumfilly, and his successor, G.\\nC. Broadhead, publishing several reports,\\namong them being the first systematic cata-\\nlogue of fossils from the Missouri coal meas-\\nures that had been published, (1873.) He was\\nassistant geologist on Kentucky survey for a\\nnumber of years under N. S. Shaler, publish-\\nCHARLES J NORWOOD", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0131.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "1-1 THE QRKKB KIVKR onr.NTKY\\ning several reports. He was the first geologist t.i identify and deosribe the Chester and\\nSt. Louis groups I subcarboniferous rocks in Kentucky. Be was professor of natural\\nBcienct in Bethel college, Russellville, Ky., for about i m r yean, and chief inspector\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i mines for Kentucky for nearly thirteen yean, serving in addition as curator of the\\nlogical department of tin state tur four years He was for Beveral years an as-\\nsistant in the collection of mineral statistics for the Dnited States geological Burvev. Prof\\nNorwood bas done much geological work as an expert, in the western and southern states,\\nhas managed silver, lt 1 I and coal mines, been i ngaged in l ad and copper mining, and is\\nnow mining engineer and manager for two gold mining paniee in Georgia, near\\nI tahlonega. His eminence in his profession may be inferred from his nection, either do\u00c2\u00ab\\nor formerly, with the different important scientific bodies of the country. 11 i- a felloe of\\nthe Geological Societ) of America, member of the Engineering Association of the South,\\nserving a term as cond vice president, and corres] ling member I the St Louis Academy\\n3 nil. He was for years a member of the American Institute of Mining Engin\\nand a fellow ofthe American Association for the Advancement ol Science, and was out\\nthe early members ol the Metrologies! Society of America, which has done bo much to\\nintroduce the decimal Bystera with respect to weights and measures in the United States.\\nProf. Ni iu I began his professional work when nineteen Mar- of age, and has been a bus)\\nman ever since. Ili- reputation is that I a Bincere man, doing his dutj always, never\\nbetraying a trust or forsaking a friend. He married Mi-- Sarah K. Whit., a daughter t\\nthe Hon. Daugherty White, l Clay county, Ky. They have three children, a son and two\\ndaughters. The son, now in lii- twenty-first Mar. is at college, preparing for the profi ssion\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t law; the daughters are at home with their mother, in Frankfort, Ky.\\nA LAND OF PROMISE FOR HOME SEEKERS AND INVESTORS.\\nI mi: I BOB M All I l..\\nIn treating of the resources ol the Green River country, it must not I forgotten that\\nrich as it is in coal, minerals and timber, it- future lies in the development of it- agricul-\\ntural resources. It- varied soils, adapted to i very kind ol grain, grass and fruit indigenous\\nto tin temperate sone, must at an early da) attract the attention of those who desire and\\nare willing to expend their labor in the erection of homes for themselves and children.\\nManufacturing enterprises may. ami no doubt will, create busy cent* rs of industry in\\nand around th Bcene of their operations, but the sturdy mnrmra that produce the wealth\\nami give character and stability to a countr) have their homes upon it- soil. Nor i- much\\nrequired in this favored region, beyond the ability and will to work, in the founding of a\\nhome. Lands can be obtained at almost nominal prices and in man) localities on terms bo\\nfavorable that an industrious man can pay for them with the proceeds of his current labor.\\nAll ditions exirt here to make this an attractive region for new beginners or persons\\nwith -mall capital. Ever) essential as to soil, water, climate and healthfulneea i- assnrred.\\nSol 1- and churches are i venient and social surroundings Bettled and Beoure. Markets\\nan- in a-\\\\ reach and there is demand for every product Transportation facilities by water\\nami rail an good and are constantly being bettered. Persons with large capital may also find\\nscope here t r profitable investment n the upper waters ol thi Gret n and Barren Rivers", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0132.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n125\\nare lands specially adapted to sheep husbandry and cattle grazing. The configuration of\\nthe country and climatic conditions are such that the maintainance of stock is easy and in-\\nexpensive. The hill lands of Warren, Edmonson, Butler, Muhlenburgh and Ohio counties\\nare destined to become the scat of a great sheep culture. Fruit growers need not go to\\nthe Ozark Mountains to find a congenial habitate for the apple and peach. Here at an\\naltitude but six hundred feet above sea level, is found the soil and the atmosphere in\\nwhich, with proper selection and cultivation, these fruits reach a marvelous perfection. It\\nis so with grapes, pears, apricots and all the small fruits. As fine flavored melons as the\\nworld produces are grown i n the clay soils of the Green River country.\\nTo particularize as to location of cheap lands and opportunities tor settlement and in-\\nvestment, it is proper to begin with Edmonson county. This county has hitherto been\\nwithout the means of transportation, in a great measure, and its lands and other resources\\nhave been neglected because iuaccessable. Immense quantities of timber and lumber have\\nbeen floated out of its forests, but its wealth of coal, iron and soil is practically undeveloped.\\nThe new lock and dam on Green River, ten\\nmiles below Brownsville, the county seat, opens\\nup navigation to a point some six or eight miles\\nabove the town and places a large portion of the\\ncounty in communication with the markets of\\nthe country. About Brownsville and on both\\nsides of the river to its junction with Barren\\nRiver, are strong soils, alluvial in the river and\\ncreek bottoms and clayey on the ridges and table-\\nlands. The land is well timbered. On Nolins\\nnek, six miles above Brownsville, and Bee\\nSpring, in the northwest part of the county, are\\nsplendid lands. All these lands possess agri-\\ncultural value and range in price where un-\\nimproved from two and a half to five dollars per\\nacre. Improved lands are worth more, accord-\\ning to location and state of improvement. Lands\\nin Butler county range at similar prices, unim-\\nproved hill lands at three to five dollars per\\nacre and bottom land at from five to ten dollars.\\nButler county has an extensive river frontage\\nand a large percentage ot alluvial soils, and with its varied capabilities as to production,\\ntogether with its rapid advance along all the lines of development presents an attractive\\nfield for the agriculturist.\\nAll the grains and grasses grow well in the soils of Ohio, Muhlenburgh and McLean\\ncounties and lands may be obtained in any of these counties convenient to markets, schools\\nand churches at values and upon terms favorable to persons of small means. The old\\nadai;c, however, that there is no excellence without labor holds good in reference to the\\nimprovement of these lands, as in all other things. The natural forest still encumbers the\\nsoil and must be cleared away. The most fertile lands, which lie in the bottoms, require\\nditching and draining. But it is this very condition that makes the country more desirable\\nto the man whose chief capital is his muscle and who possesses a determination to use that\\nW. P. GREENE.\\nAUTHOR OF THE GREEN RIVER COUNTRY.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0133.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "I Bl ..111 IN KIVK.lt (OIXTRY\\nmnaole in building u| his fortune Poultry farming, bee (arming and fruit farming are all\\nBpeoial branches of husbandry that may I -m-,-,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fully proeeouted on Green River. In fine,\\nit the farmer wishes t, make a specialty of feeding li L r and :i 1 1 1 here is Boil that will\\nproduce fr Beventy-five to one hundred bushels t corn t,. the acre, [f he wish\\nengage in gi oeral farming here is the varied soil of bottom and table lands exactly -uit l\\nto the purpose. It he wishes to engage in the breeding and grazing -t,, k, here are the\\nhills ami valleys thai _ r i\\\\, vigor, health and endurance t animal lit.-. It his fancy inclines\\nto Bpecial lines of farming, location and adaptation await his choice.\\nThe future of the Green River section is assured. It has the climate, the coal, the\\niron, the Btone, 1 1 timber and above all the soil npon which t build it- coming social and\\ncommercial frreatness. Persons desirous of securing homes, engaging in agriculture in any\\nof its branches, acquiring al or timber lands or Becking information on any subject -,,u-\\nneoted with the Green River Valley,are advised to address any ,,t the following named\\ngentlemen, who will cheerfully respond t all inquiries: P. J. Potter, president l Potter s\\nBank; C. G. Smallhouse, president Warren Deposit Bank; Oapt. C. J. Vanmeter, Bowling\\nGreen; Hon. J. 8. Lay, Brownsville Dr. i. II. Milligan, Round Hill. Butler county,\\nH.m. W. A. Helm, John If Carson and Speed Gufiy, Morgantown; Ben. 1 Ringo, 8. K.\\nCox, Col. J. 8. I!. Wedding an, I II. P.Taylor, Hartford; N. T. Belcher, Rochester; Dr.\\n.1. I.. McDowell, Central City Johnson S WieklMfe and I i- Reno, First National Bank,\\nGreenvilli Dr. J. R Barnes, South Carrollton John T. Jackson, Rockport; I F.Gray,\\nBeaver Dam; Win. I Noe, president Hank Calhoun; Oapt Henry Ballentine, Rumsey;\\nJ. T. Hurt, Host s Landing W. .1. Harris, 8pottoville; Oapt Lee Howell an, I W. I\\nti, Bvansville, End. These gentle d are all worthy of entin nfidence ami can be\\nrelied upon for accuracy in respect to any information given bj them. Thej also\\nthorough knowledge of the general resources i the country.\\nANNOUNCEMENT.\\nI ll, author takes ilii- method ,,t expressing lii- obligations t,, the following gentlemen\\nwho have rendered him assistance in the preparation t tlii- rk. The Bubstantial aid t\\nProf. C. J. Noro 1. Prof. M. H. Crump ami Judge I 1 afeElroy, win, contributed\\nvaluable articles t\u00c2\u00ab tin work, is c.*| ciially a| |irociated. Mr. II. Bohroeter, who eon-\\ntributed most t tin 1 river views, ami Mr. I. W allin, f Bowling Green, who furnished\\ntlif views ami street illustration appearing in the article under head of Bowling Green,\\nand Mr. TI Wooten, ,,t Rochester, wh ntributed views Airdrie,are entitted t,, spe-\\ncial mention in this connection. Mr G. Smallhouse, of Bowling Green, ami Oapt I\\nHowell, Evansville, are each entitled t thanks for favors ami great enooot\\nment in the prosecution ol the work. W.l Gbbenk.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0134.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "FROM n()WI,IN(i fiKKKN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n127\\nTHE CITY OF EVANSVILLE.\\nTHE City of EvaDsville, Indiana, is the natural terminus of the Green River system\\nof navigation, and the commercial focus toward which the traffic of the region\\nflows. Its situation, at the mouth of Green River, with its capacious harbor and water and\\nrailway connections with the entire country constitute it the depot of supply and distribu-\\ntion for the Green River country. Its interests are, therefore, in a great measure indentical\\nwith those of the people of this section of Kentucky.\\nThe city is situated on a high plateau on the right bank of the Ohio River, in the\\nState of Indiana, six miles below the mouth of Green River. Its high situation secures it\\nimmunity from floods and river overflow, and tends to establish a character for healthfulness\\npossessed by few other cities in the United States. The city contains a population of\\nseventy thousand souls and is the second city in point of population in the state\\nof Indiana. In the variety and extent of her manufacturing interests she is the\\nfirst in the state. In addition to supplying an immense domestic trade, many of her\\nmanufactured products find a market abroad. She ships furniture to South Africa and\\nAustralia, edge tools to Europe and farm implements to Mexico and the Central aud\\nSouth American States. The product of her saw and flouring mills, her stove founderies\\nand irou aud architectural work are not only distributed throughout the United States,\\nbut are exported to many of the countries of the world. Her relation to the Green\\nRiver country in respect to one of her principal industries is very marked.\\nEvansville occupies a conspicuous position as a hard wood market. Her mills have\\nfor years supplied vast quantities of these woods to all portions of the United States.\\nThese woods have come mainly from the forests of Green River and its tributary\\nstreams. The logging camps of the Green River country and the saw mills of Evansville\\nhave poured a continuous stream of wealth into the city and she owes much of her pros-\\nperity and growth, as a city, to her fortunate situation at the mouth of this splendid river.\\nA late writer, referring to the lumber trade of Evansville, gives proper credit to the\\nGreen River country for this great source of wealth to the city. He says: Evansville has\\nmade Indiana famous the world over. For half a century this city has been the largest\\nmanufacturing point for hardwood lumber in the United States, and consequently the", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0135.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "128\\nTICK GBEEN RIVER COUNTRY\\n-t iii the world. The excellent quality the stock has made I amber from Evansville\\nin demand wherever oak is used. Being in Indiana, the name [ndiana oak was naturally\\napplied to lumber shipped from r 1 i city. The fad i t h\u00c2\u00ab greater part of the lumber supply\\nof Evans ville comes now, as it al way 8 has, from Green River, in Kentucky. Along that\\nstream the :ik seems t thrive as nowhen i Ise. For more than fifty yean logs have been\\nlit on its I ;i uk- and rafti d t Evans ille. In addition, millions of feet of lumber have be n\\nsawed in mills along it- course and Bhipped to all parts I the world. Most of this has been\\n1 1 through Evansville concerns. This drain on the Bonrcee of the supply has been noticed,\\nlnit Kin- of the lii^r mill owners says there is apparently enough left to last for fifty years i\\ncome. The Evans ville mills produce one hundred million feel of lumber annually and 1 1\\nmills M Green River probably balf as much more. Scum- of the land has been cut over\\nthree times. Trees entirely too small for use at cutting, in tin course of fifteen r\\ntwenty years, mature int arketable Bise. Tin- Ban mill- of Bvansville only number five\\nnow, whereas at one time there were thirteen here. The five cut almost a- much lumber\\nwith improved machinery as the thirteen lid. Much of tin- lumber manufactured in Evans-\\nvilli- i- used in the furniture factories t the i i The tart that excellent oak lumber was\\nmanufactured here induced most t tin factories to locate in Evansville. North, east ami\\nwest, tin- demand for [ndiana oak i- Mill largely rapplied from this city. Furniture facto-\\nries and car shops are theheaviesl users. Evansville may be congratulated, in foot, on\\ntin- fortune that has thus placed her in such close relationship with tin- grand country\\nthrough whiofa flows tin Green River. Derided, hereto-\\nfore, a- a land t Baw-logs, I p-poles and uncultured\\nw l-cutters, thisot try i.- entering on a career t de-\\nvelopment and wealth production that will convert\\nit int the garden -put of Kentuoky. It- soil, it- coal.\\nit- building Btone, it- iron, ami it- timber i Btitute a\\ngroup of elements bo essential to the want- of man-\\nkind that capital ami population must necessarily k\\ntheir presence. Already there are mighty evidences\\nadvance along all the lines of progress in the valley\\nof the Green River. This is observable in the opening\\nup ami extension of farms, in tin- opening of new\\ncoal mines, in the establishment of wood-working ami\\nother manufacturing plant-, in the springing up of new\\ntowns ami villages ami the extension of old ones, in die\\nbuilding id churches ami school houses, in the found-\\ning of colleges, an. I through ami above all i- the\\nbouyant disposition of it- people, who have caught the\\n-|iiiit m( progress and who seem to realise that their\\ncountry, like a bride robing herself for tin- altar, is put i i i tr\\nii her wedding garments preparatory to a union with a high\\nand noble destiny. The jobbing and supply trade of the city\\ni- second only in imports t her manufactures. In drj e I-.\\nfancy ami staph groceries, hunt- ami shoes, hat-, clothing, hard-\\nware, drugs, millinery, china, glass and queensware, mill supplies,\\nnotions and confectioneries, ami, in fact, in every line of merohandU\\nTYPICAL I-OGOIH or .IHKKN KIV*R", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0136.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVIIXE.\\n120\\ndesirable for farm anil domestic use, her stocks are ample and her merchants broad-minded\\nand liberal and fully alive to the relation thev bear to the trade of the country.\\nThe general aspect of the city of Evansville is that of a flourishing and progressive\\ncity It covers an area of about five square miles and extends for a distance of four miles\\nalong the Ohio River. The city has fifteen miles of bricked streets, embracing the princi-\\npal business thoroughfares and many of the chief residence streets. Electric lines penetrate\\nall portions of the city. It is the boast of the city that it has the best street car service of\\nany city of its size in the country. It has twenty-six miles of electric street railway. All\\nthe city buildings, provided for its various public needs, are of brick and constructed on\\nmodern principles with a view of serving the purpose of their erection. They are steam\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0SI ill\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ppn\\nCITY BUILDING.\\nheated and lighted bv electricity. The central building, occupied by the several depart-\\nments of the city government, is arranged with a special view of meeting the requirements\\nof the government as instituted by the new charter. The first floor contains the office of\\nthe mayor, comptroller, treasurer, clerk and secretary of the water works. The second\\ncontains the council chamber and rooms for meetings of the various boards constituting the\\nexecutive departments of the city government. Adjoining are spacious buildings devoted\\nto the departments of justice and the tire and police departments. In addition to these\\ncentral buildings, there are ten other commodious buildings for the use of the fire and\\npolice departments, located in different parts of the city. The city owns the water works,\\nwhich are now being improved and capacity enlarged by the erection of a new pumping\\nstation and the addition of larger mains.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0137.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "130\\nI ill. 0REE5 BTVEB OOTOTBY\\nThe pnblio schools of the city are a feature of it- civic progress, f which it- citizens\\nmay well be proud. There are seventeen public acl I building pletely equipped\\nwith every modern appliance neoessarj to secun comfort and impart instruction. Tin- lull\\ncourse of Btudy from the primary grades i and\\nthrough the high school department, embrao\\nperiod I eighf years, and the pupil who re\u00c2\u00a9\\nhis or her diploma at the end of the course has\\naoquired most thorough practical education.\\nThe city isthoronghly lighted by both gas and\\nelectricity in all its part-. The city s present\\ndegree of prosperity, together with it- remarkable\\ndevelopment in the line of public improvements\\nthat contribute t the comfort and convenience of\\nit- people, i- due in a great measure t.i the public\\nBpiritednt and civic pride of it- business nun.\\nThe Business Men Association, organised in\\nbas ci rted a powerful influence in bringing\\nabout reforms in the oity gover nt, in pro-\\nmoting public improvements, in harmonizing\\npublic sentiment with moden tthods and pi\\nr.--. In securing a more faithful observance and\\necution t municipal law and in general conserving\\nthe lii^lu-i good t the municipality. The two\\ncommercial bodies of the city, the Business Men s\\nAssociation and the Manufacturer- Association, arc\\nessential elements in the forces that are constantly adding to the growth of the city. The Busi-\\nn, Men s Lssociation building, a stately structure,\\nembodying all the essentials of architectural art\\nand business convenience, erected in 1889, was one\\nof the achievements f tin- organisation. This\\nbeautiful building i- five stories in beightfa and is\\nconstructed stone and pressed brick. It con-\\ntains the Grand Opera House and Business Men s\\nHall, besides numerous store rooms and off\\nThe Kvan-villc Manufacturers Association\\nwas organised in the spring of 1892, and grew\\nrapidly until it- membership to-day numbers over\\none hundred f the leading manufacturing en-\\nterprises of the citv. It- first president was Mr.\\nCharles Bchulte, under whose administration t 1m-\\nNation _ u rapidly and secured a firm toot-\\ning. He was succeeded by Mr. Walter M. Schmitt,\\nwho served in that capacity for two term-. During\\nMi. Sch mitt s incumbency t the presidency, a stock\\ncompany was organized for the purpose of pur-\\nchasing a building t In- used as the rmanent\\nHON W M AIKIN MAYOR OP EVAN3VILLE\\nJ R OOODWIN. PRIST BUSINESS MENS ASSOCIATION", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0138.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n131\\nP\\n^^litll all fi _?\\nheadquarters of the Association. Mr. Schmitt and other members of the Association were\\nvery active in forming the stock\\ncompany, and in less than a month s\\ntime more than sufficient stock had\\nbeen subscribed to pay for the mag-\\nnificent premises now occupied by\\nthe Association, at the corner of\\nSecond and Division Streets. The\\nAssociation lias no debts, and is in\\ngood financial condition, with the\\nfinest headquarters in the State of\\nIndiana. Mr. Schmitt was suc-\\nceeded in the presidency by Mr. B.\\nF. Von Behren, whose administra-\\ntion was marked for ability and\\ncareful management of the associa-\\ntion s affair s. The present incum-\\nbent of the chair is Mr. Theodore\\nR. McFerson. Mr. McFerson has\\nalways taken a deep interest in the\\nsuccess of the association, and being\\na man of public spirit, the power of\\nthe association for doing good in the\\ncommunity will not be permitted to\\nwane. The financial affairs of the\\nassociation are under the direct\\nmanagement of a board of directors, the present board being as follows: B. F. Von Behren,\\nFred A. Riehl, George\\nT. Schultze, Louis Stoltz,\\nFred Grote, Gust. Wey-\\nand, W. M. Schmitt, 6.\\nF. Jacobi, J. R. Good-\\nwin and Chas. W. Britz.\\nThe majority of the\\nmembers take an active\\ninterest in the affairs of\\nthe association, and its\\nmeetings are conse-\\nquently well attended.\\nSome conception of\\nthe magnitude of the\\ncommerce of Evansville\\nmay be gained by an\\nenumeration of the var-\\niniis lines of transporta-\\ntion that have sought\\nMANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION BUILDING\\nBUSINESS MENS ASSOCIATION BUILDING.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0139.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "III! OR] EN RfVER POUN1 RY\\nher wharves and warehouses. Nine railroads run trains into the city from all points east,\\nnorth and south, [n addition she baa two local roads, the Evansville, Newburgh A\\nBaburban and tin- Belt, aurroundiog the city. These embrao Beveral importanl systems,\\namong which ma) be mentioned the Evansvil\\nTerre Haate, the Louisville Nashville, the [llinois\\nCentra), 1 1 Peoria, Decatur A Evansville and the\\nLouisville, Evansvill a St. Louis, Evansville [ndia-\\nnapolia, Evansville Richm I. and the Louisville,\\nHenderson St. Louis, all t which have\\nu __ _^j connecting lines, placing the city in i munication with\\nall portions of the United States. There are ten\\nsteamboat lines terminating or touching at her wharves.\\nThese place the city in close communication with all\\npoints ii tin- Ohio valley Bystem t waterways V\\nli than seven of these lines have tlnir termini at\\nEvansville, vis.: The Evansville, Ohio \u00c2\u00abv Green River\\nTransportation Co., the Evansville, Paducah .v. Cairo\\nPacket the Louisville Evansville Packet Co., the\\nEvansville Henderson Packet Co., the Evansville\\nOwensboro Packet the Evansville Tenm\\nRiver Packet Co., the Evansville Nashville Packet\\nand the Green River Packet Co. represented by\\nthe steamer J. C. Kerr. All of these river lines con-\\ntribute more or less to the business and growth I\\nthe city, and are ol importance from that fact, but as pertinent to the subjeel matter of this\\nwork, only those lines are Bpecificalh mentioned which are engaged in promoting the into rests\\nof Evansville in its relations to the Green River trade. This trade is of such paramount\\nimportance t the i t v- that 1 1 means by which it i- Berved becomes matter ol most\\ninteresting consideration to every citizen I Evansville as well as t the Green River\\ncountry, therefore, a somewhat detailed notice of them, as also t the nun whose enterprise\\nami public |\u00c2\u00bbi i-it inaugurated, and is now maintaining them, seems peculiarly within the\\n|H inoe i ilii- work.\\nT R McPERSON.\\nPKISID\u00c2\u00abNT MANUPACTURKR S ASSO N\\nEVANSVILLE, OHIO GREEN RIVER TRANSPORTATION CO.\\nThis company was organised in 1889 for the purpose I doing a general t w i 1 1 v r busi-\\nness on the Ohio, Green and Barren rivers and tluir tributaries. Th incorporators ami\\nowners of the oompanj were the late T. J. Moss, of St. Louis; Capt Lee Howell, of Evans-\\nville, liul.. and B. F. Givens, of St. Louis Messrs. Moss and Givens were at that time\\noperating the largest cross-tie and timber business in the west, and in conjunction with the\\nTowboat !ompanj the} opened n a cross-tie and timber business in tin- Ireen River ter-\\nritory, which has since been increased t verj large proportions Within the past two\\nyears two packet steamers have been added t the equipment l tlii^ company with the\\ndesign and determination of furnishing t.. the people ol the Green River country and\\nt the business interests of Evansville, a reliable and permanent packet service,\\nprompt in the discharge it^ engagements and responsible in the discharge of everj", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0140.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVA NSVIT.I.E.\\n133\\nrrrr\\nrr\\nliJSmljIIIIIIIII JLL_ ^ZmT\\nSTEAMER CRESCENT CITY OP THE E. O G R TRANS CO\\nSALON OP THE STEAMER CRESCENT CITY. OF THE E G R TRANS CO", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0141.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "I.; i\\nI II K QBE1 N RTVEB I OUN |;y\\nobligation it assumes as a oommon carrier on these craters. The preeenl equipment\\nI tin- ipany (i r the purpose .it transporting passengers and freight consists f the\\nBteamers Crescent City and Gayoeo. These vessels are well fitted for the trade, baving a\\nlarge carrying capacity, :i n 1 1 1 deck room and excellent passenger accommodations.\\nBoth vessels bave been Bubjeoted t Bach improvements and repairs that they are\\npractically new boats. New boilers and machinery have been pot in and everj pan has\\nl)i. ii thoroughly overhauled with a view to attain the maximum t Becurity and comfort\\nfor the passenger traffic as well as the largest efficiency in the transportation f freight.\\nThese vessels make Bemi-weekly trip-, plying between Evansville and Bowling Green,\\ntouching at all landings en route. It is the design of the oompanj to add t.i it- equipment\\nas the requirements i the service demand. With the expanding trade following u| the\\nrapid development f the country, the time is mar at hand when the company anticipates\\nthe need another vessel. Arrangements are now being made looking t this end. itli\\na third vessel added\\nt tlnir equipment, the\\nupanv ill be enabled\\nto establish a daily line\\nnt -u ilt running park ts,\\nleaving Evansville and\\nI n.u lin^ ill i ii ilail\\\\ for\\nall point- on i iv ii. Bar-\\nren and Rough rivers.\\nWith ili putting in of a\\nthinl boat, it is antici-\\npated that the rapidly\\nincreasing commerce will\\ndemand 1 1 establish\\nmi in of a daily river\\nmail route, which, with\\nthe postal sen ice already\\nexisting, will place the\\nriver towns on an equal-\\nity, as t mail facilities, with the rest the country. When tlii- is at mplished, it\\ni- in lii vida new face will put upon the Green River trade. 8uoh an intimacy of trade\\nrelationship between Evansville and the people f the Green River country will result that\\ntlnir intercourse will consist of the daily exchange t products and commodities. The com-\\npany is also engaged in tin- towing business, in which service it has the towboats Long-\\nfellow and Little Tom Moss, with a large fleet of barges. This branch of the company s\\nbusiness embraces the transportati t cross-ties, lumber, coal, grain and other large ship-\\nments from landings on Green, Barren, Ohio, Cumberland and Tei ee rivers, to Evans-\\nville. The chief owners and promoters of tlii- enterprise are Evansville people and\\nprimarily interested in the business prosperity of this city, also taking a deep interest in\\nthe development and commercial prosperity ol the Green River country. The people f\\nthat section may l\u00c2\u00bb assured that tlnir interests will be Btudied and everj effort used by the\\ncompany t promote these ends.\\nThe Evansville, 1 i a Green River Transportation Company transacts it- bun-\\nSTEAMBR OAYOSO OF THE E AG R TRANS CO", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0142.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVIEEE.\\n135\\nness on the principle of u mutuality of interests between it and its patrons, realizing that\\nconfidence is the basis of permanent business relationship. The company therefore hopes\\nthat this confidence will be extended, pledging itself to the performance of every obligation\\ndevolving upon it, in the spirit of fairness and mutual dependence.\\nCAPTAIN LEE HOWELL.\\nCaptain Howell is a native of the state of Alabama. His early life was that common\\nto farmer boys of our country at that period, and presents a picture of youthful ambition\\nand ardent desire to win a place in the world, so characteristic of our American youth. At\\nthe age of fifteen years he left the farm and became a clerk and bookkeeper in a general\\ncountry store. From this time forward his career was one of progression. From a country\\nboy to the position of assistant general freight agent of one of the greatest railroad corpor-\\nations in America, is the epitome of his life s his-\\ntory. What a study this presents to our young\\nmen, who stand appalled at the seeming difficulties\\nof preferment, forgetting that the future holds a\\nplace of usefulness and honor for everyone who is\\nworthy. The best summary of a man s worthiness\\nand ability may be gathered from his achieve-\\nments. Judged by this aphorism Captain Howell s\\nworth and ability are beyond question. He became\\na citizen of Fvansville in 1880, coming here in the\\ncapacity of general agent of the Louisville Nash-\\nville Railroad Co. In the year 1882 he was ap-\\npointed general freight agent of the Evansville\\nSt. Louis and the Evansville, Henderson Nash-\\nville divisions of that company, with headquarters\\nat Evansville, and adopted this city as his future\\nhome, identifying himself from that time on with\\nall of its interests and concerns. He has held many\\npositions requiring fidelity to the interests involved\\nin all of which no form of eulogy better expresses\\nthe character of his service, than to say, he has\\nalways performed his duty to the best of his\\nknowledge and ability. In his present position as representative of a great corpora-\\ntion, a position involving vast responsibility and immense business interests, his attitude\\nis simply that of devotion to the duties entailed by his relationship to the company\\nhe serves. It is proper to say here in passing, that no breath of public prejudice is\\nwell founded, that associates Capt. Howell with any design or purpose of aggrandizement\\nof himself or the corporation he represents at the expense of the city of Evansville or its\\npeople. On the coutrary, it is his earnest desire, as his actions attest, to contribute in every\\nway possible and to use whatever means his position affords him, towards the upbuilding\\nand material good of the community in which he makes his home.\\nHis life as a citizen is marked by the same attribute of duty that has been a\\nCAPT LEE HOWELL.\\nPRES T. OF THE E O. G. R TRANS. CO", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0143.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "1 36 i in OBBI N imvki: OOUN1 i:v\\nfactor in bis conduct in the many positions of responsibility and tru-t which be ba\u00c2\u00ab bald.\\nHi- everyday condud in the walk- private lift -h..w him to 1 faithful t friends and\\nfamily, kind and neighborly to his acquaintances and exemplary in bis habits and observance\\ni,i social decorum. In public he i- distinguished by lii- readiness t assist in every worthy\\nenterprise for the public ;_ In business affairs he i- methodical, industrious and\\nthorough. m- phase in In- character as a citizen d mphasis, not only tor the i\\nthat it illustrates the activity of hi- disposition, but also exhibits in a very forcible manner\\nlii- interest in the progress and prosperitj of the city of Evansville. It may be called\\npublic-8piritedne8s. It is manifested in the inauguration of public business enterprises,\\nwhich, though private in themselves, have in them bo large an element oi public utility, that\\ntbej are of the nature f public improvements and c lucive to the wel re i the whole\\ncommunity. Thus, he was i e the principal pr h rs of the Evansville, Suburban\\nv wburgh railroad, an enterprise that has been t ii little value to the city I Evans-\\nville. He was one of the principal founders of the town of Howell, which has grown to 1 an\\nimportant adjunct t the city, adding greatly to it- trade and consequence. He was instru-\\nmental in the locati if the railroad -h |p- at that place-, by which hundreds of laboring\\nmen and mechanics o( Evansville have obtained constant and lucrative employment, and\\nthousands of dollars have found their way nthly into the hand- of the tradesm t\\nthe city.\\nHis latest and perhaps most important achievement in the interest of Evansville, was\\nthe formation of the Evansville, Ohio A Green River Transportation Realizing the\\nvast importance. of the Green River trade t Evansville, and that other competing cities\\nwere makiBg Btrenuous efforts t divert it. he determined t.. establish a permanent and\\nreliable packet Bervice on the river, thus affording the manufacturers and merchants oi the\\ncity r* \u00c2\u00abi ii \u00c2\u00bbt and expeditious means of reaching the trade. He raw long ago what others\\nare beginning t realize now the marvi llous development that is taking place in the\\ncountry bordering Green and Barren Rivers and proceeded to lay the foundation for Evans-\\nville to reap the benefits accruing therefrom. In pursuance of this design a packet Bervice\\nwas inaugurated in ti\u00c2\u00ab n with the Evansville, Ohio and Green River Transportation\\nwhich was originally organized as a towboat company, and the Bteamers Evansville and\\nGayosc were purchased, both t which bad been previously operated in the trade but had\\ncontinuously lost monej for their owners. En ntering much opposition at the start be-\\ncause his motives were not understood and surmounting many difficulties, he, as the guiding\\n-jiirit of the enterprise, has moved steadily forward in the accomplishment of his pun\\nIn tin foce of some home prejudice and that of a lew people n the river growing out\\nof the laei of his connection with the Louisville \u00c2\u00abv Nashville Railroad Company, and the\\nmisapprehension that the Railroad Company wa- interested in the steamboat enterprise, he\\nhas calm I) bent himself to the task assumed, conscious that sooner or later his efforts will\\nlie appreciated l.\\\\ those he has undertaken to rarve. It does not detract from the merit of\\nthese works, to -ay, that they were undertaken for personal end-. The merit i- all the\\ngreater when it i- considered that the ri-k of failure is all bis, w bile it successful, the public\\n-hare in the Ken. tit-. The day may be h ni: deterred when the it\\\\ ol Kvan-ville will h\\nhonor to Capt. Howell for his many deeds in her behalf; but time, the great vindicator,\\nwill sooner or later place his name in the category of public spirited men, who, while Beam-\\ningly absorbed in their own pursuits, yet tind time and opportunity i be i use t their fel-\\nl W men.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0144.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVA NSV I I.I.K.\\n137\\nB. F. GIVENS\\nIs one of our most enterprising and progressive young business men. He, with Capt.\\nLee Howell, is the owner of the entire stock of the Evansville, Ohio A: Green River\\nTransportation Company, operating a line of passenger and freight steamers on Green River,\\nand a line of tow boats on the Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland and Green Rivers, handling\\nrailroad ties, lumber and other heavy commodities. He is also the largest stock holder and\\nsuperintendent of the T. J. Moss Tie Company, one of the heaviest dealers in ties in this\\ncountry. The operations of this company cover a field embracing the Ohio, Tennessee,\\nCumberland and Green Rivers and the railroad lines smith, shipping ties to all points in\\nthe country. Evansville and St. Louis are the two main points of delivery by water\\ntransportation. Mr. Givens is also interested in the Tennessee River Tie and Lumber\\nCompany, whose main office is at Paris, Tenn. This company operates extensive saw mills\\nand yards at Coatopa, Ala. Mr. Givens is a native\\nof Howard county. Mo., where he was burn Jan-\\nuary 30th, 1859. He was educated at Central\\nCollege, Fayette, Mo., and on attaining manhood,\\nentered into partnership with his father, who is a\\nlarge lauded proprietor of Howard county, in the\\nbusiness of farming and stock dealing. He prose-\\ncuted this business with success until 1887, when\\nhe sold out his interest and removed to St. Louis,\\nengaging in the railroad tie business with his\\nbrother-in-law, the late T. J. Moss. On the death\\nof Mr. Moss, in 1893, he, with others, organized\\nthe T. J. Moss Tie Company, becoming its largest\\nstock holder and superintendent. As a successful\\nbusiness man Mr. Givens has but few equals.\\nPossessed of rare executive ability and fine business\\njudgment, the enterprises in which he has engaged\\nhave been uniformly successful. He is zealous in\\nhis determination to assist in developing the Green\\nRiver country, and in bringing its vast resources\\nof coal, iron and timber into practical utility. With\\nthis end in view, he and his associate, Capt. Howell,\\nhave established their line of packets on the river, feeling satisfied that ultimately the\\nenterprise will prove a success, and that their reward will come in the increasing\\ncommerce of the country, as its agricultural and mineral wealth is developed. The\\npeople of the Green River country and the business men of Evansville may congratulate\\nthemselves that two such enterprising and public spirited gentlemen as Mr. Givens and\\nCapt. Howell have undertaken to establish a permanent and reliable transportation service\\non the Green River system of water ways.\\nA minute description of the numerous public buildings which adorn the streets and\\nenvirons of the city is beyond the limits of this work. A brief reference to a few of them\\nis all that will be attempted. In the environs of the city is situated the Southern Insane\\n10\\nB. F GIVENS\\nOF E 0. G. R. TRANS. CO.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0145.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "138\\nTHK GREEN RIVER COUNTRY\\nSo8pital, a state institution, built :it a cost to the state four hundred and fifty thousand\\ndollars; the United States Marine Hospital; the building supied by the Little Sisters of the\\nPoor\u00e2\u0080\u0094 a Catholic charitable institution the Poor Clares afonasfc ry; thet Orphans Home and\\nthe Home t the Friendless. Within the city are the splendid buildings t the St. Mary s\\nCOURT HOUSB\\nHospital, the Deaconess Home and the Willard Library. The county court hous oupy-\\ni 1 1 _\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 an entire block in the heart t the city, is one I the finest buildings in the city. This\\nmagnificent structure, l uilt entirely of\\nBtone and finished in the most elaborate\\nmanner in every detail, cost upwards of\\nthree quarters f a million dollars.\\nai-i. Ki n m:i\u00c2\u00ab II. Williams was\\nborn in Pike county, [ndiana,near Peters-\\nburgh, in 1854. Captain Williams re-\\noeived lii- earlj education in the common\\nsol I- t lii~ native county and grad-\\nuated in the Evansville Commercial Col-\\nlege at the a^ of eighteen. His first\\nemployment in steamboating was as -lcrk\\non the steamer Mary Ajnent, in the Can-\\nnellton and Evansville trade. His entire\\nlife Bince has been Bpent in Bteamboat-\\ning ii the waters t the 1 1 i Mi--i~-\\nsippi and Green rivers. He married at\\n\\\\*irk.-! nri;li. Mi- a- -:i j t :t i n f the\\nsteamer Silver Cloud. Engaged in the\\nCAPT RICHARD H WILLIAMS Bhoil tin., in", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0146.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n139\\nCAPT. M. J. KEPLINGER.\\n1 S!Ci 4, and took command of the Steamer Evansville, now Crescent City, on Green\\nRiver in December, 1890, which vessel he still commands. Captain Williams has held a\\ncaptain s license for sixteen years.\\nCapt. M. J. Keplinger was born\\nat Rumsey, Ky., in 1861. He began\\nsteamboating as a pilot on Green River,\\nin 1883. He served as a pilot on the river\\nfor thirteen years, and was made master\\nin December, 1896. In 1887 he married\\nMiss Tillie Seasongood, of Evansville,\\nand is now the father of two bright and\\ninteresting children a boy and a girl.\\nDuring his long service on the river he\\nhas been on the steamers Bowling Green,\\nEvansville, Clarksville, Gayoso and Long-\\nfellow. He is at present master of the\\nsteamer Gayoso.\\nCapt. A. L. Snyder, superintend-\\nent of the Evansville, Ohio Green\\nRiver Transportation Company, was born\\nin the state of Ohio in 1837. His career\\nas a steamboatman has covered a period\\nof forty-two years. He began life on the\\nwater as a deck hand on Ohio River steamers and has filled all positions in the service\\nexcept that of cabin boy or in the cook room. He has served on the Mississippi\\nwhen wood yards were kept by Indians. He\\nhas served on the Upper Missouri River and\\nseen herds of buffalo swimming the river,\\nand eaten buffalo steak from the haunches\\nof the animals lassoed from his boat. Cap-\\ntain Snyder operated the tow boats for\\nthe Evansville Green River Navigation\\nCompany for eighteen years. Upon the\\norganization of the Evansville, Ohio\\nGreen River Transportation Company, he\\nbecame its superintendent. He is well known\\non all the rivers and his reputation for skill\\nand experience in all matters relating to\\nsteamboating is universally recognized among\\nriver men. Captain Snyder is a resident of\\nEvansville and has a pleasant home at No.\\n30 Emmett street, in said city.\\nThe institutions of the city which\\nrepresent her social progress are numerous\\nand are sustained with noble liberality by her\\nCAPT A L. SNYDER", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0147.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "I w\\nTIIK liliKKN lilVKK fl 1 ICV\\npeople. Almost nil deaomi nations of religion known i Christianity are represented by one\\nii more organizations. Thi re are fifty-four churches, and a number of religious or quasi-\\nreligious societies, all I which are well supported. m ol the most active and aggressive\\norganizations t the latter descrip-\\ntion, and one which is perhaps most\\nuniversally supported is the Young\\nMen s Christian A ciation. The\\nassociation has a magnificent l uil l-\\ni n _r with every necessarj equi] nt.\\nbuilt :iinl furnished by the liberality\\nol the people f Evansville, without\\ndistinction of sect or religious pn\\ndi lection. It was organized in\\nby the zealous efforts t :i few indi-\\nviduals and has constant!} extended\\nit- usefulness and influence down\\nto the present time. Other institu-\\ntions, erected and maintained for tin-\\nsocial well-being t the city are its\\nhospitals, public and private. Th 1\\novernment maintains a hospital for\\ntin treatment of i k and disabli l\\nmariners, but the crowning glorj t\\nthe city, in tlii- branch t her social\\nprogn is in ber li ital for\\nthe treatment t all cases I disease\\nami bodily suffering which seek tlnir ministration. The Deac as* II maintained by\\nthe Protestant German churches, and the St Mary s Hospital, maintained by 1 1 Catholic\\nchurch, are two institutions of tlii- character, f which the citizens ol Evansville may\\nwell proud.\\nM i:-n iNTLiU Bakeby, S. 8. Scantlin, Manager -Manufacturers of Fine Crackers,\\nCakes and Bread, s ml and [ngl Streets. This is one ol the largest and most important\\nmanufacturing establishments in the nitj ol Evansville. [ts establishment dates from 1 s l\\nThe present works were erected in 1893, and are equipped with every modern improvement\\nand ivenienoe. The ground area of the building is 100x246 feet, containing basement,\\nfirst and second Boors. The first tl contains the offices, salt and ~lii| |\u00c2\u00abin^r departments.\\nTin packing room and machinery for making crackers, bread and cakes occupies thi second\\ntl\u00c2\u00ab r. The principal ovens are located ii the first floor. The entire plant is heated by\\nsteam and lighted by electricity. The present output t the factory is fifty barrels of\\ncrackers and five thousand loaves t bread daily, with facilities for almost unlimited exten-\\nsion of product. The equi] sot of the establishment embraces ovens and appliances for\\nthe production of fine cakes and fancy styles f baked g Is, t r which there isa large and\\nincreasing demand. This firm enjoys an immense trade in all the country tributary to Evans-\\nville.\\nMCA hi:", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0148.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n141\\nTHE GREEN RIVER ROUTE.\\nThe Transportation Line on Green River, operated by apt. R. T. Williams, is known\\nas t lie Green River route. At present Capt. Williams is running only the steamer J. C. Ren-\\nin this trade. The steamer Kerr is a splendid vessel for the trade, being distinguished for\\nher light draft and remarkable carrying capacity. Capt. Williams entered the trade in 1888,\\nsoon after the government of the United States took possession of the Green River system.\\nHe first operated the steamer Maggie Bell, and then the steamer Blue Wing, but both\\nthese boats proving too small for the fast developing trade of the river, in 1892 he boughf\\nthe steamer J. C. Kerr, with which he has done a large and increasing business ever since.\\n^jl^i^ l Hlilll\u00c2\u00bbl iiilllil5lllilMII ll eU!.ILW^*---Ei:~---\\n\\\\4*T\\nSTEAMER J. C. KERR.\\nThe Kerr makes two trips each week from Evansville and return to all points on Green\\nand Barren rivers. The officers of the steamer Kerr are R. T. Williams, captain; J.\\nEdgar VV ill iams and Jeff H. Williams, clerks, and Thomas A., Wm. N. and Joseph E.\\nWilliams, pilots, whose courteous bearing and honest dealings with the Green River people\\nhave made their line universally popular with shippers and merchants from Evansville to\\nBowling Green.\\nCAPT. RICHARD T. WILLIAMS\\nIs a native of the state of Indiana. He was born in Franklin county April 2(ith,\\n1833. His early life was spent on a farm. His father died while he was yet a boy, and he", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0149.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "l 12\\nTMK GR1 EH RIVER ColNTRY\\nremained with hi- mother, assisting her in the ear.- of the f:irm until her death, which\\noocorred when he was about the age ol rixteen. The death of lii- mother resulted in the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2attiring of the family, and left him dependent on hi- own exertions for a livelihood. He\\ncame to Southern Indiana where he learned the\\ncarpenter s trade and -pent some yean work-\\ning at the busint accumulating some means,\\nwhich he invested in saw and flouring mill\\nnear Alton, Ind. In 1856 be married M be\\nPatience Suddarth, a most estimable young\\nlady, daughter of a prominent family of Perry\\nconnty. In 1880 he disposed of his milling in-\\nterests and began steamboating on the Ohio\\nRiver, running a line of Bmall packets in the\\nlocal trade from Btephensport to \u00e2\u0096\u00baweneboro and\\npoints between. He remained in the trade until\\n1888, when the Green River being opened to\\nfree navigation by the government he entered\\nthat trade in which he lia- continued ever Bince.\\nCaptain William- i- an experienced steamboat\\nman. and ha- obtained a strong bold upon the\\npeople of the Green River section l Id- de.\\nvotion t their interests. He is a man of strong\\npurpose and integrity of character, and has\\nbeen influential in developing the trade of the\\nriver, and promoting and maintaining fair and reasonable rate- on the river, which, prior to\\nhi- entering the trade, were in the hand- of a monopoly. In operating his line of trans-\\nportation in this trade, he i- faithfully as-isted by his live -on-, all id whom till positions on\\nhis boat. Captain Williams is a ^^^__\\nworthy memlier of the Masonic\\nV fraternity, which onhr he joined\\nin 1864, being made a mason in\\nW 0m\u00c2\u00b1 2T f IJ Morri- I.od-e N...\\n^aW W^ Concordia, Ky. He demitted\\nh thi- lodge in 1856, and was\\na charter member of Alton lodge\\nNo. 202, at Alton, Ind., being\\nthe first senior warden of this\\nlodge, under dispensation from\\n1 1 rand I odge of the state t\\nIndiana. He -till hold- his\\nmembership in this lodge. lap-\\ntain William- home is at Evans-\\nilh. where he and Id- family\\nstand high socially, enjoying the\\nCAPT. RIOHARD T WILLIAMS\\nJ BDOAR WILLIAMS\\nflRST CLIRK Of STIAUIR KIRK\\n-p. e| and eolitid. lice o( al\\nwho know him.\\n1SVF H WILLIAMS\\nskoud clirk or STIAUIR kirh", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0150.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVAXSVILI.E.\\n143\\nThe jobbing and manufacturing trade of Evansville maintains upwards of two hundred\\nand fifty traveling salesmen, whose fieldof operations extend all over ihe southern and western\\nstates. The export trade alone of Evansville in general merchandise and manufactured pro-\\nducts will reach forty millions of dollars annually. The limits of this work will not admit of\\na detailed catalogue and description of the numerous establishments engaged in manufacture\\nand in the distribution of supplies to the country tributary to Evansville. Under the head\\nof what may be denominated industries establishments employing labor in the production\\nof manufactured articles there are over four hundred. Some of these, especially those\\nengaged in wood-working and stove making, are of very considerable magnitude, giving\\nemployment to a large number of people. The estimated number of employees maintained\\nby the different industries of the city is over ten thousand. This statement may be easily\\ncredited when it is considered that the cotton mill alone gives employment to nearly seven\\nhundred people, and the three clothing factories to six hundred. The saw mills give em-\\nployment to about the same number; the foundries and machine shops to twelve hundred,\\nand the railroad shops to as many more. These are only a few of the leading employers of\\nskilled labor. When to this number is added the vast number of other laborers, skilled\\nand unskilled, that find employment in the multitude of lesser industries, the estimate does\\nnot seem extravagant. The output of sixty of the principal manufactories as shown by\\nUnited States census reports, was valued at $12,809,324 for the census year. The city has\\nseventy-four establishments engaged in the jobbing trade. These cover every line of goods\\nThe HEILMAN MACHINE WORKS\\nESTABLISHED 1847 INCORPORATED 1884.\\nMANUFACTURERS OF\\nCORLISS AND SLIDE VALVE ENGINES,\\nPORTABLE AND TRACTION ENGINES, BOILERS, Etc.\\nE^^\\ns 3\\nxAlW Mill? u ^fe?^ nni I\\nNEW ERA\\nT\\nSTEAM PLANTS A SPECIALTY.\\nTHE HEILMAN MACHINE WORKS,\\nCorrespondence Solicited.\\nEVANSVILLE, INDIANA.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0151.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "1 II\\nI HI OBI EN RIV I RY\\nTHB BOSTON STORB-FOWLBR. DICK A WALKBR DRY OOOD8 HOU8B ON MAIN STREET\\nTKI HANDSOUBST Bl SINISS Bl ILDISO III BVANSVII.LB BUILT OP OOLITIC LIMBSTOSB PROII TBB ORIIS HIVIK COUNTRY", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0152.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVII.LE.\\n1 i:", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0153.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "i 16\\nTHE GRKI.S RIVER COUNTRY\\nneeded by tin- retail trade, and do retail merchant need fear disappointment in looking t\\nEvansville for supplies for lii- business. A- :i market for farm products Evansville claims\\nequality with anj other within her territory. Including her eleven flouring mills and\\neral other special dealers in grain, the city has thirty establishments ngagi d in handling\\nfarm products. Borne of these buy only for the local market, which absorbs a large share\\nMELZBR SOAP WORKS\\nof this trade, but there are Bevera] who engage extensively in buying and shipping bo east-\\nern markets. The retail establishments of the city are upon a scale to attract buyers from\\npoints for outside I her local bounds. The immense variety and magnitude of the stocks\\ncarried, together with the narrow margin of |m iit with which her merchants are content,\\nare sufficient t acoounl for the verj large trade which reaches the ity from along the\\ntransportation lines by river and rail.\\nTO THE PATRONS OF THIS WORK IN THE GREEN RIVER COUNTRY.\\nJ t ll |s I k has been verj carefully prepared, and has cost it- publishers a great deal f\\nmonej and work. It is quite the most handsome work t it- kind that has ever been\\npublished in this Bection, and the people d the Green River Country ought t be proud I\\nit. as they no doubt will l In fretting u| the w rk the publishers met with many ditli-\\nculties, ami have expended all the money received from subscriptions and advertisements in\\nmaking the work beautiful. They wish to saj particularly THAT IT WOULD HAVE\\nBEEN UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE [X HAVE PRINTED SUCH HANDSOME\\nWORK EX l IT FOR THE PATRONAGE RECEIVED FROM EVAN8VILLE\\nMERCHANTS [n view of this fact, they nrge their Green River friends to do all in their\\npower t reciprocate with their trade and orders t these merchants, who are certainly\\ngreatly interested in The Green River Country.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0154.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWXING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\n147\\nL Puster Co.\\nMANUFACTURERS\\nFOR THE TRADE\\nOF A LARGE LINE OF\\nFrench\\nConopy\\nChamber\\nSuits.\\nSW I LL 1\\nl^ed^tead^\\nWardrobe^.\\nESTABLISHED 1883\\nSCHELOSKY CO.\\nExclusive\\nManufacturers\\nand Jobbers in\\nTABLES.\\nExtension Tables a Specialty.\\n409 to 421 Harriet Street,\\nEVANSVILLE. IND.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0155.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "1 18\\nTHK GREEN RIVER COUNTRY\\ni\\nI\\nI\\nTHE VULCAN PLOW GO.\\nI HEILMAN PLOW CO. J 877-1898.\\nEVAN5VILLE, IND.\\nManufacturers of the Celebrated\\nVULCAN Chilled Pious\\nand RO^E: CLIPPER Slee.1 Plows.\\nALSO\\nVULCAN Hill-Side, New Ground,\\ningl s Shovel, Doubh i\\nShovel Plows.\\nAll goods are STRICTLY HIGH GRADE and are warranted SATISFACTORY.\\nWrite lor CATALOG and prices.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0156.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLINO (JRKEN TO KVANSVILI.E.\\n14 ft\\nCHARLES LEIGH 00.\\nWholesale\\nif\\nDruggists.\\nIf\\n-EVANSVILLE, IND.\\nRemember\\nCeurts\\nSELLS GOOD SHOES\\n313 Main Street.\\nEVANSVILLE, INDIANA.\\nGO THERE.\\nM. CARV.\\nU. W. MARBLE.\\nCARY MARBLE,\\nPROPRIETORS\\nOwensboro Planing MML\\nDOING A GENERAL MILL BUSINESS.\\nX AND DEALERS IN\\nLUMBER. SASH. DOORS. c\\nBuilders Hardware.\\ns Foot Locust Street,\\nI OWENSBORO, KY.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0157.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "150\\nI ll l GREI BIVER CX)UNTRY\\nBoctticbcr, Kellogg Co.\\nDEALERS IN\\nHARDWARE\\nand CUTLERY.\\nTin and Enameled Ware,\\nGuns, Pistols and Ammu-\\nnition, Mechanics Tools.\\nBuilding Hardware.\\n122 om 124 Upper Hist sireei.\\nV Aft.3 VSlLJLi", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0158.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILEE.\\n151\\nt ROYAL PALACE saloon and oyster house f\\n44 HOTEL J0HN H P0 EY Pr \u00c2\u00b0D p\\nBEST Sl.OO PER DAY HOUSE IN THE CITV. 4~\\n204 UPPER WATER STREET, T\\nopen aii Night. -EV/ANSV7ILLE, IND.\\nFine Kentucky Whiskies, Wines, Etc. Jug Orders Promptly Filled.\\nE. G. RAQON.\\nD. S. RAGON.\\nRagon Brothers,\\nWHOLESALE GROCERS\\nWILLIAM HUGHES,\\nLADIES AND MEN S\\nPROPRIETORS OF\\nM\\nDiamond Roasted Coffee\\nand Spice i\u00c2\u00bbiiis\\nRJRNI^\\nj 2= 14=11(6=18-20 First St,\\nEVANSVILLE, IND.\\nORNISH ING\\n^^GOODS\\nMillinery and Notions,\\nWraps, Suits and Furs,\\nLadies and Children s Shoes.\\n304 AND 306 MAIN STREET,\\nEVANSVILLE, IND.\\nGUST. SCHINDLER.\\nOTTO DURRE, JR.\\nOTTO DURRE CO.\\nIMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN\\nFOREIGN AND DOMESTIC\\nWHISKIES AND WINES,\\nNo. 109 MAIN ST.\\nEVANSVILLE, IND.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0159.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "152\\nI UK GREI N RIVER I M RV\\nTHE J. B. GREENE ELECTRICAL CO.,\\nELECTRICIANS\\nAnd dealers in all kinds of\\nElectrical Supplies, embracing\\nSteam and Gas Engines,\\nElectric Dynamos and Motors.\\nFINE CONSTRUCTIVE WORK A SPECIALTY.\\nThe following are a few ol the many Plants of this Company s Construction\\nELKCTRI LIGHT PLANTS FOB THE ClTIES Of JaCKSON MlSS CaRUI ILL EaRLINOTON ANI V i.B.\\nK. \\\\\\\\ao Thk Cook Brrwin n Avbnub Brbwino Co and Thb Evansville Brewing Co\\nTh I,obwenthal 4 Co Harrison 4 Rudd all or the city or Evansvilli\\nKkii.ua:. at Henderson. Ky and the Bauuoartner Block Factory at Rockport\\ni steamers Royal Jkwkl. R6sb Hite. Tarascon. Dick Fowlbb Edgar\\nCherry W F Nisbkt. I N Hook, and many other plants throughout thi\\nCOUNTRY MH J B GbBBNB. THB HEAD Or THE riHll. IS A PRACTICAL BLBCTRICIAH Or\\nUANY YBABS BXPBRIBNCB IN THB BUSINESS.\\nALL WORK QUARANTEED AND\\nPROMPTLY E\\\\FCI II li\\nI haix Cut the Price\\nESTIMATES FURNISHED\\nON APPLICATION.\\nOn all kinds and Sizes of Sash Doors. Blinds. Flooring\\nCeiling, and Weather Boarding. Von \\\\\\\\ill pa\\\\ more\\nmoney for your material if you do not obtain my prices.\\nThe price of this door is from $1.90 to 52.10, according to sire.\\nWrit* me for any information in the building line.\\nTHEODORE E. RECHT1IN,\\nDealer in all kinds Building Material. Cor. 7th and Ingle St*., EVANSVILLE. IND.\\nUTAIUSHIO 1851\\nJ. F. BRUNING SON.\\nIMPOKTIRt AND MANUrACTURCRS O\\nte fe^to 1 Teas. Roasted Coffees, Spices, Baking Powder. Flavoring Ex-\\ntracts, Bluing, Etc.. Etc.\\ni i f\\n1 i r V\\ni i r r\\nn\\nIsr,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n1 r\\nBRUNING S PATENT ROASTED COFFEE,\\nThe Finest Flavored Coffee in the World.\\ntli i lln i n r mill, I\\nin th. Suteol In. Hum \u00c2\u00bbod wc \u00c2\u00bbn Ik\\nTHE EVANSVILLE COFFEE SPICE MILLS.\\nNo 100 Upper First Street and\\nNot. 111. 113 and 115 Vine Street. EVANSVILLE, IND.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0160.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE. 153\\nA. F. KAROES, Sec y and Treas. FRED BOCKSTEOE, Pres. and Supt.\\nTHE KARGES FURNITURE COMPANY,\\nMANUFACTURERS OF\\nCHAMBER SUITS AND WARDROBES.\\nEVANSVILLE. IND.\\nM W. Breges. Prest\\nH.J.Rusche. Sec Taeas.\\na J 206TO218\\nWalker Street.\\nVarisvilleJndiana.\\ni\u00c2\u00ab(\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abMl\u00c2\u00ab\\\\\u00c2\u00abl\u00c2\u00ab(\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ablMI\u00c2\u00abVIMl(M l\u00c2\u00abH\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abW\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abMWM\u00c2\u00bbWmM\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ablW\u00c2\u00abWlWTOWW\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abimWW", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0161.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "154\\ni in 1.1:1.1 N uiv f B m n i i:v\\nJAMES M DAVIDSON HENRI I in M M\\nJAMBS I.. \u00c2\u00bbKk.\\navidson. Blount i (jo..\\nMANUFACTURE MS Or\\nFarm and Lo^\\nWAGONS.\\nCor. Filth and Locust Streets\\nEVANSVILLE COFFIN CO.\\nMANUf-ALTURtR^ OF\\nWood Burial Cases and Caskets,\\nand Dealers in Undertakers Supplies.\\nEVANSVILLE. IND.\\nESTABLISHED 1866 Z\\nLOUIS ICHENHAUSER SONS.\\nChina, Glass and Uuccn uare.\\nM\\nEVANSVILLE. IND.\\nmm\u00c2\u00bbo.m\\nJo Mo A.\\np\\nAGENT\\nAKIN-ERSKINE MILLING CO. S\\n,a GOLDEN\\nW ROD\\nFLOUR\\nI \\\\ccllcnl la Uualil) Reasonable Id Price\\nCincinnati. Memphis and New Orleans Packet Co.\\nliiansiillc and Howling (irccn Packet.\\nHiansiille and Wnodbur) Packet.\\nEvansiillc and Cumh.rland Kiier Packet.\\nD. M. Kern Co.. Detroit, Seedsmen.\\nASHBY WHARFBOAT.\\nol\\nEGCS. POULTRY. HIDES. ETC.\\nII WlmrflH.nl mnl\\nnd lit\\nEVANSVILLE. IND.\\nWalz Seed f Buggy Co\\nJOBBERS IN\\nSeeds\\niUGGIES.\\nTransfer Agents Peabody Buggy Co.,\\nColumbus Buggy Co., and Southern Trans-\\nfer Agents for Champion Machines\\nand Supplies. jl J* J* J*\\nEVANSVILLE, IND.\\nThe Largest Awning and Tent Factory in This\\nSection of the Countr\\nK\\\\ ntir\u00c2\u00bb\\\\ ill*.-.\\nI i i I i i i i i", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0162.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILL.E.\\n155\\nDomestic and Foreign Delicacies. Rates 50c, 75c, $1.00.\\nAlso Ground Floor Sample Rooms.\\nCbe flcme Bote!\\nRestaurant and Oyster House.\\nCHAS. H. KIRBY. Propr.\\n201-209 2nd street.\\nEVANSVILLE, IND.\\nGEO. M. UHL,\\nStoneware. Sewer Pipe. Flower Pots. Red Farm\\nDrain Tile. Lawn Vases. Fire Wall Coping.\\nFire Clay Chimney Pipe. Well Curbing, and all\\nFire Clay Products.\\nEVANSVILLE, IND.\\nCor. Main and\\nIllinois Streets.\\nSINAPP 6t ISAACS,\\n(Formerly The Hatton Gallery.)\\nPortrait StwdlO, Cor. /Main and Fourth Sts.\\nHDTIOTIP nunm? At moderate prices. The best materials and latest mouldings Satisfaction guaranteed. Our success with\\nrlKllollu rHUIUu Rul.ies is the result of skill and patience. We have the most commodious gallery m Southern Indiana\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nsix rooms Including Reception, Toilet and Dressing Rooms.\\nEntrance on Main Street and on Fourth Street, RenclricH Building.\\nPhotographs iu this book taken by Snapp Isaacs, see pages 133, 142, 148 and 155.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0163.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "156\\nI IH OBI r\\\\ RIVER OO0N I KY\\nW H. SMALL CO.,\\nWHOLESALE DtALIRi IN\\nGRAIN, SEEDS, PEANUTS\\nQ RAIN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 We bnjf an l tidj irry m full line of Julg -miti\\nHas,. \u00c2\u00bbr handle the bi v i\\nOrchard .r\\nijke. German and Common Seed kite, Hungarian 81\\nI EAM I- W buj I from ibe van and band pick them at our Wai\\narc White Ron, Su|*rior. Hand Picked, Straight and Da\\nW. H. SMALL CO., General Commission Merchants.\\n7 AND 9 UPPER FIRST STREET,\\nI iiMi lll.-l CI I MlIM 356\\nEVANSVILLE, IND.\\nthe Goodwin Clothing Co.,\\nr Vr~ i!/\\nMANUFACTURERS OF THE\\nCELEBRATED\\nEVAINSVILLE, IIND.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0164.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE. 157\\nADDENDA.\\nCONSOLIDATION OF THE GREEN RIVER PACKET LINES.\\nSINCE the book of the Green River country went to press a consolidation of interest\\nhas been effected between the Evansville, Ohio Green River Transportation Com-\\npany and the Green River Packet Company (representing the steamer J. C. Kerr) by\\nwhich the Crescent City, the Gayoso and the Kerr, will run under one management.\\nThis is a most favorable movement for the Green River section as it will stop the\\nruinous cutting of transportation and passenger rates, which has so long stood in the\\nway of permanent and reliable service on the rivers and has been so damaging to the in-\\nterests of river merchants, as it gave opportunity to retail buyers to patronize the larger\\ncenters of trade. This arrangement will insure to the business public of the Green River\\ncountry a daily packet (as soon as the details are completed) both ways, and consequently\\na more regular and uniform period of arrival at the different landings. Just and equita-\\nble rates will be maintained commensurate with the service performed, the motto of the\\nnew company being, live and let live, which will be strictly adhered to. Sensible peo-\\nple will readily admit that former conditions have not been satisfactory on account of un-\\ncertainty of service and non-uniformity of transportation charges resulting from the dif-\\nferent boats contending for the business. It was a foregone conclusion that no boat could\\nlive under such conditions. This uncertainty, was a source of anxiety to the shipper and\\na positive drawback to the shipping interests. Past experience has demonstrated that the\\nrivalry between opposing lines has resulted in the loss of money on the part of those oper-\\nating them. This is an evil that should not exist, and no fair minded business man desires\\nto see it continue. Fair and just rates to carrier and shipper, and prompt and reliable ser-\\nvice are more to be desired than the uncertainty and irresponsibility which are the\\ncertain fruits of a losing business. The bug-bear of monopoly may be at once discard-\\ned from the public mind. This spectre has stalked throughout the Green River section for\\na number of years and is the legitimate offspring of the policy of the State of Kentucky in\\nleasing the rivers to a corporation. The state saw its mistake after it was too late, and the\\npeople bore for nearly twenty years the exactions of a corporation whose control of the\\nrivers was absolute. Having escaped this incubus upon the trade and development of the\\ncountry, the people along the river are not to be blamed if they are sensitive on the sub-\\nject of monopoly. But no such conditions now exist as can reinstate this state of affairs.\\nThere is always the menace of organized opposition to unfair treatment and unreasonable\\nexactions. With the rivers free, no line of transportation dare invite hostility and oppo-\\nsition by a rate oppression. Besides this, the high character of the men who constitute\\nthe new organization is a sufficient guarantee that a fair and legitimate business is the only\\nend in view. That the business of the river will not support two rival lines, has been\\nabundantly proven. The result has always been heart-burning, failure and financial\\nwreck, to the boats and their owners, and no lasting good to the people. It is therefore\\nhoped that the new arrangement will place the traffic of the river upon a firm and perma-\\nnent footing, that by its character for liberality, promptitude and responsibility will aid in\\nthe development of the Green River country, and in the further enlargement of its com-\\nmerce. The new company is known as The Evansville and Bowling Green Packet Com-\\npany. President and Treasurer, Lee Howell; Secretary, H. P. Cornick; Attorney, J. W.\\nWartman; Directors, B. F. Givens, R. T. Williams and Lee Howell.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0165.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "I III GREEN RIVEH COUNTRY\\nMR. V. J. BLOW,\\nOf the ti mi of Hiram, Blow Co., whose exten-\\nsive work- .it Central City, Muhlenberg county,\\nare illustrated on another page, (se pag 7- ma\\nlii- home at Louisville, but i- sufficiently identi-\\nfied with the Green Raver country, on account ol\\nlii business interests, t merit :i Dotice in 1 1 i\\nwork. Mr. Blow has charge of the sales and\\nfinancial departments of the group f industries\\nop rated by this firm throughout the country.\\nThe management of the vast business t t 1 1 i con-\\ncern, embracing as it does, the manufactui\\nstaves and bard-wood lumber al veral i n t\\nin the South, requires the exercis great\\ncutive acuities and energy. Mi. Blow has tl\\nqualifications in ;i remarkable degree and it i- t\\nlii- business activity and judgment that the tlrm\\nV J BLOW\\nowes much of it- prosperity. The\\nheadquarters of tlnir rutin- system\\nof works in s 1 the Sniitli are at !en-\\ntral Sty.\\nCAPT. JOHN GILBERT.\\ni-i .I ii\\\\ li i 1:1 1:1 president\\nEvansville, Paducah and Cairo Pack-\\net Company, is one f Evansville s\\nmost valued and useful citizens. His\\nintlii hit and efforts can always be\\nrelied upon in matters pertaining t\u00c2\u00ab\\nher commercial r social advai\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-lit His industry and business ac-\\ntivity have been evinced by lii- ti\\nnection with many important enter-\\nprises that have contributed t the\\ncity s growth and prosperity. His\\nbusiness sagacity has been vindicated\\nby his success. Hi is greatly int. r-\\nsted in the progress :m l develop-\\nment of the treen Baver country,\\nforeseeing with his usual sagacity, the\\nvast trade that the city may control\\nfrom that r\u00c2\u00ab -j^i i by vigilant effort\\nCAPT JOHN OILBBRT", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0166.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE. 159\\nJOHN GILBERT, President. J. H. FOWLER, Supt. S. A. FOWLER, Gen l Frt. Agt.\\nTennessee and Ohio River Transportation Company.\\nINCORPORATED\\nEVANSVILLE, PADUCAH AND CAIRO LINE.\\nSTEAMERS:\\nJOE FOWLER, JNO. S. HOPKINS, GUS. FOWLER, DICK FOWLER.\\nDon t do a Thing\\nUntil You Read\\nTHE\\nEVANSVILLE TRIBUNE\\nSEVEN DAYS\\nFOR 10 CENTS.\\niT\\n\u00c2\u00ab-JS^\\nE\\nii/\\ni/\\nhi\\niii\\nif\\n\\\\i\\nEnergy,\\nEnterprise,\\nExcellence.\\n^eeee** cms -mm**\\nYou Never Know the Real\\nValue of Advertising\\nuntil you try\\nTHE\\nEVANSVILLE TRIBUNE\\nIt reaches both your custo-\\nmers and your competitors.\\n=5t*=\\nCfye \u00e2\u0082\u00acixanspille Cribune.\\nEach Evening of the Week and Sunday Morning.\\nDEMOCRATIC ALL THE TIME.\\nA PAPER FOR THE HOME. THE ADVERTISERS MEDIUM.\\nTHE TRIBUNE PUBLISHING CO.,\\nTHE EVANSVILLE TRIBUNE.\\nISIIAM TAYLOR, President. J. G. TIIACKEIi. Editor.\\nJ. G. TH ACKER, Vice-President. \\\\V. W. IRELAND, Man g. Editor.\\nLEWIS TAYLOR, See v and Treas. R. CARRY MAY, Advertising Mgr.\\nLEWIS TAYLOR, Business Manager.\\nM www wwmw Mitutwvmi MWWMWHMWWwwxww\\\\mHn!inwwtinwn w\u00c2\u00ab H i\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbwj\\nPH. NONWEILER, PHIL. C. NONWEILER.\\nPres tATreae. Bec y.\\nEVANSVILLE\\nFURNITURE\\nMANUFACTURBR3 Of\\nBedsteads, Wardrobes, Safes.\\nTables and Dak Chamber\\nSuites,\\nAND J0BBHR3 IN\\nChairs and Mattresses.\\nSalesroom and Factory:\\nPENNSYLVANIA ST.\\nBet. 6th and 7th Avenues.\\nSend for Catalogue.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0167.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "160\\nTHK GBEEN I:IVKI; COUNTRY\\nThe Old\\nNational Bank\\n+..f\\n-i\\nI Mill) STATES DEPOSITORY.\\nSAMUEL BAYARD. Pres l.\\nJOHN GILBERT. VicePresl.\\nHENRY REIS. Cashier.\\nCapital Paid in\\nSurplus Fund.\\nS500.000.\\n250.000.\\ny-\\nEvansville, Ind.\\nE.C.JOHNSON,\\nv\\nDEALER IN\\nPlate, Window and Ornamental Glass,\\nPaints, Varnishes and Brushes, Painters Supplies.\\n10. 12. 14 and 16 MAIN STREET.\\n^^EVANSVILLE. IND.\\nFine pninms.\\nSnappy embossing,\\nColor Olork\\nAll Kinds tnsrauing.\\nEVANSVILLE, IND\\nX .L A\\nW devote a portion l our space to the cards showing :i few of tin- leading manu-\\nfacturing and business establishments of this city, \u00c2\u00abitli a view of vindicating the claim\\nof Evansville, thai she is able to meet all the demands I her tributary trade. An in-\\nspection of these pages will disclose tin- fed thai the manufacturers ami merchants i\\nEvansville make no idle boas! when they assert their ability t aupply all tin- wants I\\nthe vast trade thai is com seeking her markets.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0168.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVILLE.\\nOk mackepDisbet Companp\\n161\\nMAIN BUILDING OFTHE COMPANY.\\n101 to 105 Upper First Street, corner Vine\\nWe Make Our Own\\nPANTS, OVERALLS and\\nSHIRTS.\\nSee them before buying.\\nWHOLESALE\\n^DRY\\nA GOODS\\nand NOTIONS.\\ni i n-\\nPANTS FACTORY,\\n104-106 Upper First Street,\\nOPP. MAIN BUILDING.\\ne^sos^=\u00c2\u00abi", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0169.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "L62\\nl II K QREEH kivki: 001 M l:v\\n3\\nm\\nIf you Olant Cight j\\non Ci \u00c2\u00bbn\\\\.\\\\ I Sh les aiul i hmest\\nv\\\\ orth in Read\\\\ in w ear CMIi\\ning, invo liuale lhe merils of\\nXlhc Renowned ft\\nDigb Hrt Clothing\\nmade and sold at retail b Strousc\\nEVANSVILLE, INDIANA,\\nere can be found also all the besl\\now n makes of I (ats\\nv ip :\\\\\\\\u\\\\ Men I ine\\nI urnishing s a I popu\\nlar prices,\\nVisitors a Ivs a a s e\\\\\\ntended a cordial ^el\\nLnm,\\nWKk", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0170.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "FROM BOWLING GREEN TO EVANSVIT,I,E.\\nDoyouKnou)\\nTHAT IN\\nEVANSVILLE, INDIANA,\\nThere is located the LARGEST AND FINEST ONE- \u00c2\u00abMp\\nFLOOR PRINTING OFFICE IN j^\\nTHE UNITED STATES?\\nWThdtt*^ there is donc pRINTING oi aI1 kinds from the Finest HaIf\\n^1 tone work to the Cheapest Card or Dodger.\\nZTTf^it^fit Blank Books are made to Order, and Binding of Books and\\n^^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6l/w I w Magazines done in the latest style of the art.\\nTfW\\\\AHA F ne Editions of Newspapers and Pamphlets are turned out\\nMM 1 1^ A*f a you can get Engraving, Half-tone and Zinc Etching, Steel\\nPlate work and Embossing done to your entire satisfaction, and\\nALL AT PRICES WHICH ATTRACT\\nThe Merchant, Manufacturer or Professional man anxious to\\nkeep up the appearance of his stationery, and yet to\\nSaw ]Mone in 1898,\\nCALL ON\\nTELEPHONE No. 52\\nOR WRITE TO\\nThe Keller Printing Publishing Co.\\n216-218-220 Locust St. J- EVANSVILLE, IND.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0171.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "Grisp! Bright! Newsy!\\nTHE EVANSVILLE COURIER.\\n#-j^.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe Great Free Silver Daily of Indiana.\\nThe Organ of the Democratic Party of the State.\\nThe Best Paper in the State.\\nTHE WEEKLY COURIER,\\nA Sixteen Page Paper Devoted to the Interests of the People of\\nSouthern Indiana and Western Kentucky.\\nSUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.\\nCOR 6E^OND SINGLE ^TREi\\nSS 2 A\\nw k;\\nUlbite p\\n\u00c2\u00a3autidrp\\nEV/N5VILLE: \u00e2\u0080\u0094I MO\\nCHAS. J. QCHEL BRO.\\nProprietors.\\nCor. Second and\\nInsk Sirccis.\\nLargest and\\nMost Compete\\nLaundry in the city", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0172.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "tU e o LD re ^abi b\\nLouisville Nashville\\n.RAILROAD-\\nTHE\\nPassenger\\nEquipment\\ncomprises\\nLuxurious\\nDay Coaches\\nand\\nPullman\\nBuffet\\nSleepers.\\nTHE\\nFreight\\nEquipment\\nis of\\nModern Pattern,\\nespecially adapted for the\\nSafe Handling\\nof\\nMerchandise.\\nPASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAINS ARE\\nRUN ON FAST SCHEDULES\\nBETWEEN ALL\\nPOINTS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST\\nY. van den BERG, Traffic Manager.\\nC. B. COMPTON, Gen l Freight Agt. C. P. ATMORE, Gen l Pass. Agt\\nLOUISVILLE, KY.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0173.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "SHORT LINE\\nFROM\\nEVANSVILLE\\nTO\\nMEMPHIS, JACKSON, VICKSBURG,\\nNATCHEZ, NEW ORLEANS.\\nDIRECT LINE\\nTO\\nARKANSAS, TEXAS, MEXICO,\\nAND CALIFORNIA.\\nF. R. WHEELER, City Passenger Agent,\\n200 MAIN ST.. EVANSVILLE.\\nA. H. HANSON, Gen l Pass. Agt. W. A KELLOND, Ass t Gen l Pass. Agt.\\nCHICAGO LOUISVILLE.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0174.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "tt tf OLD \u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00a3U ABLi3\\nLouisville Nashville\\n.RAILROAD-\\nTHE\\nPassenger\\nEquipment\\ncomprises\\nLuxurious\\nDay Coaches\\nand\\nPullman\\nBuffet\\nSleepers.\\ny\\nTHE\\nFreight\\nEquipment\\nis of\\nModern Pattern,\\nespecially adapted for the\\nSafe Handling\\nof\\nMerchandise.\\nPASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAINS ARE\\nRUN ON FAST SCHEDULES\\nBETWEEN ALL\\nPOINTS NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST\\nY. van den BERG, Traffic Manager.\\nC. B. COMPTON, Gen I Freight Agt. C P. ATMORE, Gen I Pass. Agt.\\nLOUISVILLE, KY.", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0175.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "t^c^ar^ir^n^c:\\nSHORT LINE\\nFROM\\nEVANSVILLE\\nTO\\nMEMPHIS, JACKSON, VICKSBURG,\\nNATCHEZ, NEW ORLEANS.\\nCENTRAL\\nMISSISSIPPI\\nVALLEY\\nROUTE\\nDIRECT LINE\\nTO\\nARKANSAS, TEXAS, MEXICO,\\nAND CALIFORNIA.\\nF. R. WHEELER, City Passenger Agent,\\n200 MAIN ST.. EVANSVILLE.\\nA. H. HANSON, Gen l Pass. Agt. W. A. KELLOND, Ass t Gen I Pass. Agt.\\nCHICAGO LOUISVILLE.", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0176.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "V\\nmm\\nmrm\\ng| JAMES L. ORR.\\ni\\nBENJ. H. GRIFFITH.\\nEDW. H. MANN.\\n\u00c2\u00a93:\\nOrr, Griffith Co.,\\nIron, Steel, Wagon and Carriage Woodwork\\nm\\ni HORSE SHOES, HORSE NAILS,\\nBLACKSMITH TOOLS, ETC.\\nlO, 12 14, euryd I6 Sycamore- Street,\\nEVANSVILLE, IND.\\nJ I HIS popular Chill Cure is the\\nfavorite prescription of an old\\nand reputable physician.\\nA TRUE TONIC and a sure\\npreventative of Typhoid and\\nand all other dangerous types of\\nmalarial diseases.\\nTT IS Exceedingly pleasant to\\ntake and absolutely safe. Gen-\\ntle and persuasive, but powerful in\\nits effect.\\nW7ARRANTED HARM-\\nLESS EVEN IN THE\\nHANDS OF CHILDREN.\\n^h\u00c2\u00a3^h\u00c2\u00a3^K ^J3 .j)h\u00c2\u00a3\\nW.M.AK1MC0.\\nEVANSVILLE. IND.\\nIf pour \u00e2\u0082\u00acpcs are not in Perfect Condition\\n-CONSULT\\nDR. L. S. GUMBERTS,\\nEye Specialist.\\n304 Second Street\\nEVANSVILLE, IND\\nEXAMINATION AND CONSULTATION FREE.\\nI", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0177.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "SEP\\nrf", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0178.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0179.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3033", "width": "2125", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0180.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2999", "width": "1986", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0181.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3084", "width": "2176", "jp2-path": "greenrivercountr00gree_0182.jp2"}}