Transportation in Indiana
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Wreck of the Carl D.
Michael Schumacher
On November 18, 1958, a 623-foot limestone carrier—caught in one of the most violent storms in Lake Michigan history—broke in two and sank in less than five minutes. Four of the 35-person crew escaped to a small raft, to which they clung in total darkness, braving 30-foot waves and frigid temperatures. As the storm raged on, a search-and-rescue mission hunted for survivors, while the frantic citizens of nearby Rogers City, Michigan, the hardscrabble town that was home to 26 members of the Carl D. Bradley's crew, anxiously awaited word of their loved ones' fates. In Wreck of the Carl D., Michael Schumacher reconstructs the terrible accident, perilous search, and chilling aftermath for the small Michigan town so intimately affected by the tragedy.Order No. 2910
The Indiana Railroad Company - expanded and revised edition
The Indiana Rail Road Company is a story of extraordinary success among the scores of independent short line and regional railroads spawned in the wake of railroad deregulation. Christopher Rund chronicles the development of the company from its origins as part of America’s first land grant railroad, the Illinois Central, through the political and financial juggling required by entrepreneur Tom Hoback to purchase the line when it fell into disrepair. Reborn as a robust, profitable carrier, the INRD has become a model for the new American regional railroad. This revised edition, with a new foreword by acclaimed author Fred Frailey and four new chapters, brings readers up to date on Tom Hoback's amazing railroad adventure.Order No. 2904
Full Steam Ahead: Reflections on the Impact of the First Steamboat on the Ohio River
Rita Kohn, ed.
Celebrates the epic voyage of the steamboat New Orleans, which departed Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in October 1811. Onboard were Captain Nicholas Roosevelt, his crew, and his pregnant wife, their toddler, and a young maid. The New Orleans steamed to Louisville, Kentucky, and then back up to Cincinnati, Ohio, astounding the passengers it had taken onboard for it was the first steamboat capable of traveling upriver as well as down.
paper 240 pp / 2011 / 9780871952936 / $19.95
Order No. 2882
Now That Time Has Had Its Say
J. Darrell Bakken
The author is the retired vice-president of engineering for the Indianapolis Water Company. He focuses on primary sources to tell the history of the Indianapolis Central Canal, 1835-2002. Learn how the Canal has been used for transportation, water power, public water supply, and economic redevelopment.
paper 141 pp. 2003/ISBN1-4033-3912-0/$15.50
Order No. 2476
Journey's End: Relics and Ruins of Indiana’s Transportation Legacy
John Bower
Journey's End is a book filled with emotional portraits of once gleaming, but now rusted, vehicles abandoned along fence rows, lonely depots adjacent to trackless railroad grades, and defunct service stations whose retired pumps offer gas at 31¢ a gallon. These are images that will spark transportation memories in everyone who sees them—of those Sunday drives to Grandma's, interminable waits at railroad crossings hoping for the arrival of a caboose, a first airplane flight, a first car, or the long bus rides to school. These stunning images are iconic reminders of where we have come from—and the means of transport we took along the way.
paper 144 pp. 2009/ISBN 0-9745186-5-7/$22.00
Order No. 2751
Indiana Covered Bridge Location Guide
Arthur Gatewood, Jr
This guide contains detailed maps showing all covered bridges in Indiana, drawings of all truss types used in Indiana's covered bridges, and a listing of covered bridges located on private property.
paper 39 pp. 1998/$7.00
Order No. 2276
Public Ports for Indiana, A History of the Indiana Port Commission
Ralph D. Gray
Examines early efforts to achieve an Indiana port on Lake Michigan, establishment of the Indiana Port Commission in 1961, and construction and operation of three public ports.
paper 167 pp. 1998/ISBN 1-885323-54-9/$14.95
Order No. 4031
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The Monon Railroad in Southern Indiana
David E. Longest
In the spring of 1847, James Brooks met with six associates in Providence to forever change the face of transportation in Indiana. The New Albany and Salem Rail Road Company was born as a result of this historic meeting. Today this railroad, most often called the Monon, is only a memory of a time when trains streaked across the hills and farmland of southern Indiana. The Monon Railroad in Southern Indiana examines the real purpose of railroads as movers of people and the products they devoted their lives to producing and focuses on areas from New Albany to Bloomington. It identifies the only two counties in Indiana that were a part of the Salem limestone district and gives a glimpse of how the stone was removed from the earth and eventually formed into some of the nation’s most beloved buildings and structures. It also takes a look at the history of several lumber-based industries and the famed products that they manufactured. New Albany was once known across America as a key producer of hardwood plywood, used in custom cabinetry, and the Showers Brothers Furniture Company of Bloomington was once the largest manufacturer of furniture in America. This book talks about the industries that created the cities and towns that many Hoosiers called home.
paper 129 pp. 2008 / ISBN 9780738552378 / $19.99
Order No. 2716
Indiana Railroad Lines
Graydon M. Meints
Railroads have played a major role in transportation, logistics and development in the state of Indiana. A perfect resource for railroad enthusiasts or students of Indiana history, Indiana Railroad Lines provides a comprehensive and detailed account of the railroad companies that operated in the state between 1838 and 1999 and the counties and towns they served. This volume provides the dates of the contraction, purchase, sale, lease and abandonment of the various railroad lines and is complete with charts and maps that provide information on the development and decline of railroads in the state.
Paper 414 pp / 2011 / 978-0-253-22359-3 / $35.00
Order No. 2881
Indiana's Covered Bridges
Robert Reed
Once there were hundreds of 19th century and very early 20th century covered bridges in Indiana—so many in fact, that the state ranked third in the nation in the number of structures still standing. By the early 1930s and 1940s a movement was afoot to preserve those magnificent spans which had not already disappeared due to desertion and deterioration. Some were saved, but many were not. Captured in the volume are nearly 200 of those illustrations from the mid-20th century and before, representing more than 36 Indiana counties from Adams County to Wells County.
Images of America series from Arcadia Press.
paper 128 pp. 2004/ISBN 0-7385-3335-1/$19.99
Order No. 2490
Broadsides: Transportation and Communication
Dani B. Pfaff
Reproductions of primary source materials from Indiana history for use across the curriculum; activities, maps, timelines, reference materials, finding aids.
paper $0.75/Order No. 6008
Covered Bridges of Indiana
Truss types, images, extant bridges and location, and list of bridges by county.
paper 8 pp. 1998/$.50
Order No. 6072
Indiana Barns
Study of barns in Indiana.
paper 8 pp. 2001/$.50
Order No. 6088
Iron Bridges of Indiana
Iron Bridges of Indiana
History, images, truss types of Indiana iron bridges.
paper 8 pp. 1999/$.50
Order No. 6074
Related Issues of The Indiana Historian
paper/ISSN 1071-3301/$1.00 (1-19 copies); $.30 (20 or more copies)
Marking Indiana's History
Marking Indiana's History as a pdf file
Transportation in Indiana history and the importance of historical markers in commemorating that history.
16 pp. 1994/Order No. 7025
Canal Mania in Indiana
The development and impact of the Whitewater Canal on southeastern Indiana.
16 pp. 1997/Order No. 7040
Canal Construction in Indiana
How canal building progressed and affected individuals.
16 pp. 1997/Order No. 7041
Aviation in Indiana
Many "firsts" of aviation in Indiana, people and communities involved over the years - from the first airmail in 1859 through Hoosier astronaut David Wolf's stay on the Russian space.
16 pp. 1998/Order No. 7044
"a marvel of ingenuity"
The phenomenon of the bicycle when it was a short-lived "craze" in the 1890s, and its economic and social impact.
16 pp. 1996/Order No. 7038
Vroom! Speedway in May
Vroom! Speedway in May as a pdf file
The Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, including history and a 1910 map of Speedway, Indiana.
12 pp. 1992/Order No. 7009
". . . Every Hoosier is Justly Proud"
". . . Every Hoosier is Justly Proud" as a pdf file
Indiana's rich and interesting automobile heritage.
12 pp. 1993/Order No. 7017
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