*A Founder of The Working Girls
Association in 1907, which became The
YWCA of Evansville in 1911*
*Early twentieth century advocate of
housing and social reforms on local, state
and national levels*
*Crusader for welfare of women and
. . . — — Map (db m116887) HM
Charles Edwin Wiggins, born in Evansville on July 15, 1897, would become America’s most acclaimed African American racing driver. Charlie grew up poor. His father was a coal mi er, and after his mother died when he was nine, Charlie shined shoes . . . — — Map (db m175997) HM
During the time of the Civil War local home guard mobilized in Sunset Park to protect the city from impending rebel raids and attacks from hostile gunboats operating on the Ohio River. — — Map (db m88982) HM
In Honor of Colonel Hugh McGary, Jr. On March 27, 1812 McGary purchased a fractional section of land at Vincennes Federal Land Office, becoming Evansville's first landowner. In 1817 he took on partners, Robert Evans and James W. Jones and . . . — — Map (db m186931) HM
"The reason I asked EHA for the deed to a building in Lincoln Gardens was the fond memories I had of Lincoln Gardens and Lincoln Avenue. In the Spring of 1997 I took a missionary trip to Africa were I visited an area where a community of Black . . . — — Map (db m176026) HM
In loving remembrance of our
Confederate
dead
1861 -1865
[Plaque] This tablet was placed on this monument by the United States to mark the burial place of twenty-four Confederate soldiers who, while prisoners of war, died at . . . — — Map (db m226788) WM
Holy Trinity Parish was established in 1849 to serve a German-American population.
One hundred years later in 1949 its status was changed from a German “national” church to a territorial parish.
It is the oldest . . . — — Map (db m116889) HM
Side A- African Americans settled in Evansville in the early 1800s and established a vibrant community here in Baptisttown by 1890. Segregation and discrimination led to a section of overcrowded, dilapidated buildings. With citizen support, city . . . — — Map (db m176003) HM
Built in 1920 for financier and philanthropist William H. McCurdy (1853-1930), president of Old National Bank. Constructed of reinforced concrete with poured concrete floors, employing architectural developments newly pioneered for industrial . . . — — Map (db m47820) HM
Oak Hill Cemetery is a 110-acre designed landscape that has served the community since 1853. The cemetery and its components demonstrate many architectural styles in its buildings and monuments, cultural movements in its physical organization, and . . . — — Map (db m226496) HM
Side 1
U.S. Congress passed flood control acts 1936-1938 after disastrous floods, including one on Ohio River when water crested at 53.7 feet in Evansville January 31, 1937. This project authorized August 1937; U.S. Army Corps of . . . — — Map (db m88987) HM
During the Civil War refugees who had fled from their homes were cared for here at a camp known as Blackford’s Grove, consisting of 16 acres; bounded by Washington, Powell, Parrett and Garvin Streets. — — Map (db m176048) HM
Side ‘One’
Vanderburgh County formed, Evansville named county seat 1818. This castle-like structure was completed 1890 for county’s fourth jail and second sheriff’s residence. Stone exterior has step-gables, projecting turrets, crenellated . . . — — Map (db m65225) HM
On March 2, 1827, Congress provided a land grant to encourage Indiana to build the Wabash & Erie Canal. The original plan was to link the navigable water of the Maumee with the Wabash through the seven mile portage at Fort Wayne. Work began five . . . — — Map (db m48241) HM
This is a site of an Underground Railway Station during the Civil War period. Runaway slaves were secretly hidden until they could be relayed to similar stations further north. — — Map (db m176049) HM
Service Star Legion War Mothers
Gresham Chapter
Erected this marker in 1926
in memory of Vanderburgh Co.
Boys who gave their lives
in the service of the
• • 1917 • • • World War • • • 1918 • •
( Row One ) . . . — — Map (db m48103) WM
Dedicated to the Heroes of Vanderburgh
County of World War II
( Panel - - One )
( Row One )
Hans Aabel • Pascal Abney • James Ambler • Leroy R. Angel • Jesse Leo Appel • John L. Bailey • Newell R. Bailey • James R. Bain • . . . — — Map (db m48289) WM
The original survey provided that the Canal should divide at this point, one arm
continuing to Second Street (never completed), the other following Fifth Street to the small basin located where the old court house now stands. — — Map (db m176034) HM
Completed from Lake Erie to Evansville, 1853. Used till 1865. Passing from 5th St. to 1st Ave., canal widened into basin for docks covering part of this square. — — Map (db m47817) HM
Neo-Classical Revival Mansion 1912. Architect Clifford Shopbell.
Boehne (1856-1946) was Evansville Councilman, Mayor and US Congressman. Under his administration the Water Works and Filtration Plant were built. Boehne Camp Hospital was named . . . — — Map (db m227006) HM
J.D. Cox (1873-1952) was a teacher and
principal at Third Avenue School for
40 years. In 1925, his son, Elbert Frank
Cox, became the first graduate of an
Evansville high school to receive a
PhD degree and the first African
American to earn a . . . — — Map (db m226994) HM
Evansville Equal Suffrage Society founded 1886 at home on this site. Later, leader for national women's suffrage in Washington D.C. — — Map (db m226987) HM
The “German Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Lamasco and vicinity”
was organized January 1841. Because of a dissension 35 members and the
pastor, the Rev. Heinrich Toelke, withdrew to form Zion Evangelical
Church in 1847. In 1847 the . . . — — Map (db m226940) HM
Site of a palisaded Middle Mississippi Indian village occupied circa 1500 A. D. This 450-acre site includes eleven man-made mounds, town plaza and village area for a population of about 1,000. Excavated by the Indiana Historical Society, 1939-1965. — — Map (db m227024) HM
Angel Site was a large prehistoric town that flourished between 1000-1450 C.E.
With towering earthworks, a broad plaza and well-built homes, Angel was an important regional center for people living along the Lower Ohio.
At its peak, around . . . — — Map (db m227028) HM
Archaeologist Glenn Black was born in
Indianapolis and spent much of his
career at Angel Mounds, a Native
American village and ceremonial
center (c. 1050-1400). Known for studies
there and at other sites, his work
redefined archaeological . . . — — Map (db m227008) HM
Isaac Knight was a prominent early settler
and Indian fighter in Vanderburgh County.
He was born in Washington Co. Pa. shortly
after his parents left New Jersey enroute to
Henderson, Kentucky. In 1793 he was captured
by the Indians in the . . . — — Map (db m227007) HM
Indiana University students trained with Glenn Black.
From 1945-1964. Glenn Black trained students from Indiana University. Men and women enrolled in summer field schools to learn how to excavate, document and care for artifacts. If they . . . — — Map (db m227034) HM
WPA workers were the first to help with excavations.
In April, 1939, 20 WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers reported to the Angel Site. They were part of a Depression-era job corps funded by the government.
For the next three . . . — — Map (db m227030) HM
Evansville proved herself as an all-American town in World War II. The labor force grew from 17,000 to 76,000 men and women who gave their best to the war effort. Evansville was the site of the Evansville Shipyard, operated by the Missouri Valley . . . — — Map (db m227001) HM
John W. Foster, son of Matthew,
U.S. Secretary of State - 1892-1893
Ambassador to Mexico, Russia, Spain
———
Mary Parke (McFerson) Foster, wife of John
served as third President General
National Society
Daughters of the American . . . — — Map (db m226982) HM
Evansville was developed on 200 acres of land purchased in 1812 from the government by Hugh McGary. Platted in 1817, it was named for General Robert M. Evans, an attorney and territorial legislator who helped incorporate the town in 1819. It was not . . . — — Map (db m227004) HM
Located on an oxbow of the Ohio River, the Riverside Historic District includes some of Evansville's most significant examples of high-style residential design from the period 1850-1920. There are over 20 different architectural styles represented . . . — — Map (db m227005) HM
The first demographic waves of German immigrants occurred in the 1680s when they settled in Pennsylvania. In the nineteenth century, Germans continued to come to America in waves. Quite a few settled in this area between 1836 and 1840. The most . . . — — Map (db m226796) HM
Several buildings (1874) remain of
Evansville Cotton Manufacturing Co.,
1867-circa 1900. It was a major
employer on lower Ohio River. Most
workers were women. Accessibility
of raw cotton via river, coal from
local mines, and railroad . . . — — Map (db m226881) HM
In February 1942, responding to the United States' involvement in WWII, Evansville was selected as a site for an inland ship yard. Within the first four months the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company laid the keel on the first L.S.T. The . . . — — Map (db m226912) HM
Just down river from this bridge was the location of the Evansville Shipyard, which constructed L.S.T.s (Landing Ship Tanks) and 35 other vessels during World War II. Looking up river, you can see the L.S.T. 325, the last navigable LST in existence . . . — — Map (db m226907) HM
In the 1860's, William Momberger painted this view of Evansville and the Ohio River, from the bottom of Coal Mine Hill. The original covered bridge spanning Pigeon Creek is inclluded in the painting. Momberger documents the Civil War era by painting . . . — — Map (db m226911) HM
The landscape of the City of Evansville's has changed dramatically since the founding in 1819. The earliest records are hand-drawn plat maps, but they show remarkable details of the major industries along Pigeon Creek. The plat map below is from . . . — — Map (db m226894) HM
Mrs. Joan Marchard dedicated her career and life to Evansville's architectural heritage. From 1978 until 1996, Joan worked at the city's Historic Preservation Office, eventually becoming the city's Historic Preservation Officer in 1986. She was the . . . — — Map (db m226906) HM
From the late 1800's to the 1950's, small homemade houseboats dotted Pigeon Creek. In the 1950's, a group of businessmen from the Westside Nut Club worked with the Vanderburgh County Health Department and relocated the residents from Pigeon . . . — — Map (db m226909) HM
