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The Local History Index provides only a citation to the article or item. Please visit the Elkhart Public Library’s downtown location at 300 S. Second St. to access the Elkhart Truth newspapers and other collections referenced in this index.

Showing of 113 results for Pioneers.

ID	78057
Title of Article	Black Expo celebrates city's pioneers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Rod Roberson
Date	Mar 01, 2022
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart Black Expo, Roberson, Rod (mayor), Matterhorn Conference Center

ID	40409
Title of Article	Surveyors seek to define state line
Notes	Indiana-Michigan state border
Source	The Paper
Location	Indiana History File
Picture Caption	Chris Marbach; C
Date	December 30, 2008
History #	88a
Subjects	Territory Survey, Marbach & Brady, Pioneers

ID	24850
Title of Article	Land zoning changes to manufacturing OK'd
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 9, 2007
Page	A5
Subjects	Elkhart County Pioneers, Zoning, Government, Elkhart County, Development, Industrial

ID	13177
Title of Article	Change of zoning OK'd
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 13, 2005
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart County Pioneers, State Road 19, Wakarusa, IN, Zoning

ID	11901
Title of Article	Empty-nesters get new place to flock
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 11, 2005
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart County Pioneers, Timberstone, County Road 6

ID	10511
Title of Article	Polio pioneers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of Golightly and of iron lung
Date	October 16, 2004
Page	A1
Subjects	Political Campaigns

ID	3918
Title of Article	Area pioneers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 22, 2000
Page	A10
Subjects	African-Americans, Black History Month, Barnes, Ben E.

ID	22101
Title of Article	Area pioneers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photos
Date	February 22, 2000
Page	A1
Subjects	Ivy League Garden Club, Grimes, Daniel, Johnson, Tony

ID	28722
Title of Article	Area pioneers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	February 22, 2000
Page	A1
Subjects	Phillips, William O., Elkhart City Council, Vinson, Ray Allen

ID	9506
Title of Article	Onan pioneers service concept
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo of Berkey
Date	September 9, 1999
Page	C1
Subjects	One Hundred Center

ID	13027
Title of Article	Onan pioneers service concept
Notes	5125 Beck Drive
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo of Steven Berkey
Date	September 9, 1999
Page	C1
Subjects	One Hundred Center, Recreational Vehicle Industry

ID	4654
Title of Article	RV, mobile home pioneers feted
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	October 26, 1997
Page	A3
Subjects	Andre, Marlyn, Thunander, Robert C., Recreational Vehicle Industry, Rizzo, Frank

ID	28430
Title of Article	RV, mobile home pioneers feted
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	October 26, 1997
Page	A3
Subjects	Platt, Harold Devillo, Platt Trailer Co., Ottavi, Neil A., Mobile Homes

ID	36403
Title of Article	RV, mobile home pioneers feted
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	October 26, 1997
Page	A3
Subjects	Shrum, Edward

ID	28429
Title of Article	Industry pioneers gather for birthday party
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	September 25, 1996
Page	B1
Subjects	Bock, August M., Platt, Harold Devillo, Platt Trailer Co.

ID	33306
Title of Article	Industry pioneers gather for birthday party.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	September 25, 1996
Page	B1
Subjects	RV/MH Hall of Fame, Recreational Vehicle Industry

ID	29618
Title of Article	Elkhart native, consulting pioneer dies
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 4, 1992
Page	A5
Subjects	Olson, Mary, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	36906
Title of Article	Honoring a pioneer
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	November 25, 1991
Page	B4
Subjects	Schools, Elkhart Community Schools, Mallory, Drusilla

ID	10937
Title of Article	Black pioneers, their story will also be told at the Festival of the Wild Rose Moon
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	June 1, 1989
Page	B2
Subjects	Freight Street, African-Americans

ID	18373
Title of Article	Pioneers remembered.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Photo
Date	June 8, 1987
Page	B1
Subjects	DeBoni, Marie A.

ID	17971
Title of Article	Concord Township
Source	The Paper
Location	Elkhart County History File
Picture Caption	Map circa 1874, Misc facts
Date	March 11, 1986
History #	161a
Subjects	Concord Township, Elkhart County, History of, 19th Century, Elkhart County Pioneers, Noffsinger, Joseph

ID	36664
Title of Article	W. J. Schult mobile home pioneer
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	August 9, 1979
Page	1
Subjects	Schult, Wilber J.

ID	33744
Title of Article	Sesquicentennial in Constantine
Notes	multiple articles
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	June 24, 1978
Page	AM Edition
Subjects	Constant Spring, Pioneers

ID	33698
Title of Article	When is Baldwin not an apple or a lake?
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of home
Date	December 3, 1977
Page	9
Subjects	Baldwin, John, Elkhart County Pioneers, Union, MI, Cass County

ID	33743
Title of Article	Constantine story to cover 150 years
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	November 18, 1977
Subjects	Constant Spring, Pioneers

ID	33846
Title of Article	This old house once knew many Joys
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of home
Date	August 6, 1977
Subjects	Joyful Givers, Inc., Cass County, MI, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	31876
Title of Article	Pioneering life story
Notes	published in Crystal Valley Express, Middlebury
Source	Local History File
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	November 1976
History #	1581
Subjects	Grieb, Tim, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	43883
Title of Article	Elkhart, 1876 - a better place than many in that era
Notes	South Bend Tribune
Source	Other
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	maps & drawings
Date	July 4, 1976
History #	1511
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad (MS & NI), Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (LS & MS), Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	33864
Title of Article	Furs were Michigan's first commodity
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 27, 1975
Subjects	Mick, Doug, Pioneers

ID	99078
Title of Article	Gross Was Among Seattle's Most Respected Pioneers
Notes	William Gross
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Drawing of Gross
Date	Mar 06, 1972
Subjects	African-Americans, They Had A Dream Series, Elkhart Truth

ID	27060
Title of Article	Mrs. Landon, first woman driver, dies at age 93
Notes	obituary
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of Mary E. Landon
Date	October 21, 1971
History #	1081a
Page	9
Subjects	Lands, Fred, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	98966
Title of Article	Latimer, One Of Edison Pioneers
Notes	Lewis Howard Latimer
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Drawing of Latimer
Date	Jul 07, 1969
Subjects	African-Americans, They Had A Dream Series, Elkhart Truth

ID	34737
Title of Article	Pioneers lay foundation for industrial complex
Notes	South Bend Tribune
Source	Other
Location	St Joseph County History File
Date	May 5, 1968
History #	7
Subjects	Copy Shop, Taylor, Lathrop M., St. Joseph County, IN

ID	34738
Title of Article	Pioneers lay foundation for industrial complex
Notes	South Bend Tribune
Source	Other
Location	St Joseph County History File
Date	May 5, 1968
History #	7
Subjects	Olson, James C., Oliver Corp., Birdsell, John Comly, Birdsell Manufacturing Co.

ID	34739
Title of Article	Pioneers lay foundation for industrial complex
Notes	South Bend Tribune
Source	Other
Location	St Joseph County History File
Date	May 5, 1968
History #	7
Subjects	South Bend Telephone Exchange, Elkhart County, Marshall County, Starke County

ID	34740
Title of Article	Pioneers lay foundation for industrial complex
Notes	South Bend Tribune
Source	Other
Location	St Joseph County History File
Date	May 5, 1968
History #	7
Subjects	South Bend Telephone Exchange, St. Joseph County Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Mishawaka Woolen Co., Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen Manufacturing Co.

ID	34741
Title of Article	Pioneers lay foundation for industrial complex
Notes	South Bend Tribune
Source	Other
Location	St Joseph County History File
Date	May 5, 1968
History #	7
Subjects	United States Rubber Co., Uniroyal, Inc., Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Co., Coquillard & Wall

ID	32559
Title of Article	Corridors to Freedom, the Main Line of the Underground Railway
Notes	IND Pam 923.9 I3; Year Book of the Society of Indiana Pioneers
Source	Other
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 1, 1968
Page	5-15
Subjects	Underground Railroad

ID	38004
Title of Article	Ancestors of Elkhart Couple Early Bonneyville Settlers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart County History File
Picture Caption	Bonneyville Mill house
Date	March 17, 1967
History #	127d
Subjects	Bonneyville Mill, Bonneyville Mill County Park, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	26358
Title of Article	Historical markers tell of Elkhart's past
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photos of markers
Date	March 15, 1967
Subjects	Historical Markers, Prospect Park Neighborhood, Beardsley, Havilah, Statue of, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	27059
Title of Article	(no title)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	March 7, 1966
History #	1081a
Subjects	Landon, Mary E., Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	34016
Title of Article	A soldier of another era
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	June 23, 1965
History #	1091
Subjects	Mow, Mark, Civil War, Veterans, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	27058
Title of Article	Mrs. Landon nation's first woman driver
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of Mrs. Mary E. Landon
Date	May 29, 1965
History #	1081
Subjects	Landon, Mary E., Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	25266
Title of Article	Origin of Washington Twp.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart County History File
Date	February 25, 1965
History #	162
Subjects	Washington Township, Elkhart County, History of, 19th Century, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	37978
Title of Article	Early days in Osolo Township
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart County History File
Date	February 23, 1965
History #	123a
Subjects	Osolo Township, Elkhart County, Simonton, Samuel, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	37711
Title of Article	How Olive Township Was Started
Notes	"Twelfth of a series concerning early development of townships of Elkhart County"
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 22, 1965
Subjects	Olive Township, Elkhart County Pioneers, Terwilliger, Cornelius

ID	19601
Title of Article	Woodbridges To Middlebury Twp.
Notes	"Eleventh of a series concerning early development of townships of Elkhart County"
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 19, 1965
Subjects	Middlebury Township, Elkhart County Pioneers, Middlebury, IN

ID	37709
Title of Article	Pioneers Of Jefferson Township
Notes	"Ninth of a series concerning early development of townships of Elkhart County"
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 17, 1965
Subjects	Jefferson Township, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	37914
Title of Article	Colonel Eyed Jackson Township
Notes	Eighth in a series concerning early development of townships of Elkhart County.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 16, 1965
Subjects	Jackson Township, Jackson, John, Col., War of 1812, Elkhart County Pioneers

ID	21089
Title of Article	Harrison Township
Notes	see also Winey Book 1, p. 58
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart County History File
Date	February 15, 1965
History #	11
Subjects	Harrison, Christopher L., Elkhart County Pioneers, Harrison, William Henry, Gen.