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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 20 results for Water Power.

ID	61902
Title of Article	Funding for water system improvements
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Date	May 19, 2017
Page	A1, A8
Subjects	Water Power, Goshen, Indiana Toll Road

ID	28882
Title of Article	What old raceway? Hydraulic systems launched ELkhart as industrial denter, by Steve Bibler.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	illustration
Date	April 19, 1980
Page	4-5 AM section
Subjects	Water Power

ID	28881
Title of Article	Old mill race is blamed for Elkhart Ave. cave-in.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	illustration
Date	March 27, 1980
Page	9
Subjects	Water Power

ID	40333
Title of Article	Once hub of Elkhart industry in days of water power
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	drawing by Amos Gott
Date	April 8, 1961
Subjects	Hydro Life Inc., Conn, C.G., Factory, Monteith Improvement Corp., Easy Shopping Place

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	28877
Title of Article	Early Life Depended Upon River
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm-Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos of markers and dams
Date	September 13, 1958
Page	26
Subjects	Water Power, Dams, Elkhart River, Elkhart History

ID	28876
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	June 26, 1958
History #	788a
Subjects	Water Power

ID	37403
Title of Article	Sale of water rights ends an era in Elkhart
Source	Winey Books
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	map
Date	February 23, 1955
Page	109; Book 3
Subjects	Water Power, Elkhart River, Elkhart River Raceway

ID	96163
Title of Article	Sale Of Rights E Era In El: Valuable Industrial Site To Be Filled
Notes	Rights, Water Power envelope. Incomplete article title
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Feb 23, 1955
Subjects	Elkhart River, Water Power, Hydraulic Power, Politics and Government

ID	70243
Title of Article	City Requests Rehearing of Water Decision
Notes	Christiana Hydraulics Inc.; water rights
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 19, 1945
Subjects	Christiana Creek, Courts, Water Power

ID	70242
Title of Article	Supreme Court of Indiana Rules on Hydraulics Appeal
Notes	Christiana Hydraulics Inc.; water rights
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Mar 02, 1945
Subjects	Courts, Christiana Creek, City of Elkhart, Water Power

ID	70253
Title of Article	Bucklens Sustained in Water Suit
Notes	Christiana Hydraulics Inc.; water rights
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Oct 26, 1943
Subjects	Christiana Creek, Lawsuits, Courts, Water Power

ID	70261
Title of Article	Christiana Hydraulics Co. Article
Notes	Herbert E. Bucklen Jr.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jan 08, 1941
Page	1, 3
Subjects	Christiana Creek, Durakool, Inc., Water Power

ID	70250
Title of Article	ARGUMENTS ON OLD CASE HEARD
Notes	Christiana Hydraulics Inc.; water rights
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 18, 1936
Subjects	Christiana Creek, Water Power, Lawsuits, Courts

ID	37370
Title of Article	First St. Joseph River dam here being built 58 years ago
Notes	see also Winey Book 3; page 89
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	June 27, 1925
History #	131
Subjects	St. Joseph River Dam, Elkhart Hydraulic Co., Johnson Street Dam, Water Power

ID	37104
Title of Article	St. Joseph River hydraulics
Notes	see also Winey Book 1; page 50; St. Joseph River, Hydraulic Power, Water Power, Elkhart Hydraulic Co.
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 8, 1921
Subjects	Dams, Indiana Michigan Power (I & M), St. Joseph Hydraulic Co., Home Electric Light & Power Co.

ID	37101
Title of Article	Elkhart River Hydraulics
Notes	see also Winey Book 1, page 49
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	December 1, 1921
Subjects	Elkhart River, Hydraulic Power, Dams, Water Power

ID	40061
Title of Article	Elkhart in the century
Source	Elkhart Daily Review
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	December 31, 1900
History #	667
Subjects	Mills, Jason, Railroads, Water Power

ID	44465
Title of Article	Beardsley Flour Mill
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v.1
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 3
Date	January 1, 1900
Page	1-2
Subjects	Beardsley Flour Mill, Christiana Creek, Water Power, Mills

ID	28880
Source	Elkhart Review
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	December 8, 1870
History #	35a
Subjects	Water Power