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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 129 results for Elkhart, History of, 19th Century.

ID	73810
Title of Article	History takes a hike
Notes	History Hike walking tour
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Ruthmere Museum Executive Director Bill Firstenberger stands by one of the History Hike locations
Date	Aug 14, 2021
Page	A1, A5
Subjects	Ruthmere Museum, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	63572
Title of Article	Historic Elkhart: Bucklen Opera House
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Bucklen Opera House
Date	March 25, 2018
Page	C3
Subjects	Bucklen Opera House, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	61767
Title of Article	Elkhart schools strategic plan under scrutiny
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Elkhart Schools Superintendent Rob Haworth and Deputy Superintendent Dawn McGrath during Strategic Plan public forum
Date	April 29, 2017
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Elkhart Community Schools, Elkhart Memorial High School, Elkhart Central High School

ID	39059
Title of Article	150 years - Elkhart Indiana Sesquicentennial - 1858-2008
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	numerous photos
Date	August 31, 2008
History #	1653
Page	special magazine
Subjects	Elkhart City Historical Researchers, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	37894
Title of Article	When we came
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of historic Elkhart
Date	June 28, 2008
Page	A1
Subjects	Elkhart City Historical Researchers, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	28356
Title of Article	On the map
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	historic photos
Date	July 3, 2007
Page	D1
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Names, Geographical, Streets, Elkhart City, Beardsley, Havilah

ID	18481
Title of Article	City's website plans to revamp
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 28, 2006
Page	A3
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Government, Elkhart City, Internet

ID	15062
Title of Article	A Promise unfolds
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 15, 1999
Page	A3, A6
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	18473
Title of Article	Johnson's Riverside Addition
Source	Non-fiction Collection
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	map
Date	January 1, 1895
Page	53-56
Subjects	Joiner, Aaliyah, Johnson, R.M., Col., Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	45783
Title of Article	Elk in a heart
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.3
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 2
Date	June 14, 1984
Page	1
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Indiana, Symbols, McNaughton Park

ID	45782
Title of Article	'Welcome to Elkhart' sign
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.3
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 1
Date	April 24, 1984
Page	1
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Pinewood Elementary School, Bristol Street

ID	45005
Title of Article	Looking east on W. Lexington from 300 block
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62 v.1
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 5
Date	February 25, 1983
Page	63
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, St. Johnâ€™s Episcopal Church, General Telephone Co. of Indiana, Inc.

ID	44522
Title of Article	Main St., looking north from Tyler St.
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.1
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 3
Date	November 7, 1982
Page	8
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Main Street, Elkhart, Tyler Street

ID	23834
Title of Article	Sesquicentennial year for twin counties
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	numerous
Date	March 22, 1980
Page	A.M. section, p. 1, 3-7
Subjects	Elkhart County Women's Shelter, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Goshen, History of, 19th Century, Historic Buildings

ID	21199
Title of Article	'Old Elkhart' research woos national grant
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	m
Picture Caption	photo of George Riebs
Date	March 23, 1977
Subjects	Elkhart Historic and Cultural Preservation Commission, Elkhart Community Schools, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Elkhart History

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	28957
Title of Article	Company C took part in Spanish-American War
Source	Local History File
Location	Elkhart County History File
Picture Caption	photo of company
Date	July 1, 1976
History #	57b
Page	30-31
Subjects	Spanish-American War, C Company, 157th Indiana Volunteer Regiment, Military Units, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	35302
Title of Article	(no title)
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of Catherine Boyer & Tierry deVilloutreys
Date	November 2, 1971
Subjects	Student Exchange, Elkhart Community Schools, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

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	19891
Title of Article	More Than 100 Century Farms Found By Agricultural Society
Notes	Elkhart County Agricultural Society envelope
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Herman Hess
Date	February 6, 1969
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Subjects	Farm Family of the Year, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Farming, Elkhart County Agricultural Society

ID	45607
Title of Article	Aerial view of Elkhart
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.2
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 5
Date	January 1, 1969
Page	71
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Aerial Photos

ID	45726
Title of Article	Aerial view of Elkhart city
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62 v.2
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo
Date	January 1, 1969
Page	90
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Aerial Photos

ID	38443
Title of Article	1833 Farm Is Oldest In County
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Stutsman
Date	October 11, 1968
Subjects	Stutsman, Ralph, Farm of, Harrison Township, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Elkhart County

ID	72312
Title of Article	Tombstones, Millstone Reminders Of DeCamp Family
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Tombstones, Cemetery; Tombstones in Rowe Cemetery
History #	177
Date	May 28, 1966
Subjects	Rowe Cemetery, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, DeCamp, Silas, DeCamp, Rheuhameya

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	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	21008
Title of Article	Memories of an Elkhart grocery
Notes	Johnson Street & Baldwin Street
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	November 19, 1964
History #	1052
Subjects	Grocery Stores, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	36261
Title of Article	Early Elkhart had characters
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	April 7, 1964
History #	979
Subjects	Smith, Henry, Culp, â€œPeanutsâ€, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	7855
Title of Article	Elkhart's first church is bricked in building on South Main
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of site
Date	July 20, 1963
Page	4
Subjects	Augustana Lutheran Church, First Presbyterian Church, Elkhart, Tammany Hall, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	31361
Title of Article	Modern symbols cover landmarks
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	May 21, 1963
Subjects	Indiana Landmarks, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	40572
Title of Article	City once known as Pulaski Village
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 27, 1963
Subjects	Pulaski, IN, Elkhart, Origin of the Name, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	31389
Title of Article	Name's origin in legend, records
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	March 18, 1963
Subjects	Elkhart History, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	38148
Title of Article	Vestige Of Early Water Power Days
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart County History File
Picture Caption	drawing
Date	February 11, 1961
History #	150
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Water Power, Gott, Amos, Local Artists

ID	40582
Title of Article	First paths through wilderness were streams that crisscrossed our land
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	drawing of a map of factories using hydralics
Date	September 13, 1958
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Transportation, Pioneer, Transportation, River

ID	40003
Title of Article	Century ago on the St. Joe
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	February 20, 1957
Subjects	St. Joseph River, Railroads, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	44521
Title of Article	Main St., looking north from Main & Tyler Sts.
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.1
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 2
Date	January 1, 1957
Page	8
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Main Street, Elkhart, Tyler Street

ID	40004
Title of Article	No more Old Road passengers
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	November 21, 1956
Subjects	Railroads, ’Old Road’, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, New York Central Railroad

ID	21730
Title of Article	Old Home Census in Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 25, 1956
Subjects	Historic Buildings, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Census, Elkhart County

ID	45603
Title of Article	Aerial view of Elkhart
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.2
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 1
Date	January 1, 1955
Page	71
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Bridge, Jackson Boulevard, Railroads, Aerial Photos

ID	39643
Title of Article	New facts about old Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 22, 1954
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Fluorescent Lights, Conn, Charles Gerard, Col., Fieldhouse, John W.

ID	35301
Title of Article	Student exchange started here
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 29, 1953
Subjects	Student Exchange, Elkhart Community Schools, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	39850
Title of Article	Letter from Elkhart, 1854
Notes	copy of letter written by Robert Every
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	January 1, 1948
History #	553
Subjects	Every House, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	39600
Title of Article	Vehicle Permit No. 14
Notes	Home Town Slants
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	September 27, 1946
Subjects	Automobiles, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Ordinances, Traffic

ID	39394
Title of Article	More about Elkhart a hundred years ago
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	October 26, 1941
History #	87, pages 1 & 2
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Hotel Bucklen, Bucklen Drughouse, Taverns

ID	20204
Title of Article	Goldberg's open new streamlined store
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 1, 1941
Subjects	Goldberg's Clothing Store, Clothing Stores, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	37462
Title of Article	Jottings from the sedate eighties and gay nineties
Source	Winey Books
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	April 18, 1940
Page	17; Book 4
Subjects	Wolf, Abraham F., Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	27563
Title of Article	Forerunner of present Presbyterian ediface
Notes	see also Winey Book 4; page 12
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of church
Date	April 13, 1940
History #	78, 561
Page	7
Subjects	Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church, Elkhart, Churches, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	37532
Title of Article	Main and East Marion Streets, in 1888
Notes	see also Winey Book 4, p. 73
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of street
Date	January 1, 1939
History #	92
Subjects	Elkhart, History of, 19th Century, Main Street, Elkhart, Marion Street, Elkhart

ID	37401
Title of Article	A Main Street corner, 76 years ago
Notes	see also Winey Book 3; page 107
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 11, 1937
Subjects	Main Street, Elkhart, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century

ID	3633
Title of Article	Elkhart's Fire and Police Department of 50 Years Ago
Notes	see also Winey Book 3, page 102
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of firefighters
Date	October 17, 1934
Page	6
Subjects	Fire Department, Elkhart, Elkhart Police Department, Elkhart, History of, 19th Century