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A History of the City of Warsaw

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Aviation
Two Dead in Aero Plane Accident-Jack Rodeheaver & Lieut. Lynn D. Merrill
Marvel Crosson Pays Visit & Brother Joe Crosson Salutes -3 articles
Warsaw Aviatrix is Killed-Marvel Crosson
Sky Writing by William "Bill" Mollenhour
Airport Valuable to Local Businesses - 1955

Civil War
The Story of Chicamauga by Col. J. B. Dodge -Part 1
The Story of Chicamauga by Col. J. B. Dodge -Part 2
What I Saw At Stone River by Col. J. B. Dodge -Part 1
What I Saw At Stone River by Col. J. B. Dodge -Part 2
What I Saw At Stone River by Col. J. B. Dodge -Part 3
What I Saw At Stone River by Col. J. B. Dodge -Part 4
Three Times a Prisoner by General Reub Williams -Part 1
Three Times a Prisoner by General Reub Williams -Part 2
Three Times a Prisoner by General Reub Williams -Part 3
Richmond Prison by Reub Williams
Company C, Fourth Indiana Cavalry Brief History
Reminiscences of the Rebellion by Gen. Reub Williams Part 1
Reminiscences of the Rebellion by Gen. Reub Williams Part 2
Reminiscences of the Rebellion by Gen. Reub Williams Part 3
Reminiscences of the Rebellion by Gen. Reub Williams Part 4
Reminiscences of the Rebellion by Gen. Reub Williams Part 5
The Republic of Jones by Col. J. B. Dodge
In Front of Atlanta by Tom Hubler
History of GAR & Women's Relief Corps by Edwin C. Aborn
1908 Reunion of the Twelfth Indiana Volunteers in Warsaw
Memories of War Times by Reub Williams

Civil War-William S. Hemphill Journal            
Introduction
Chapter 1 Organization
Chapter 2 Off to Indianapolis
Chapter 3 Evansville
Chapter 4 Going East to the War
Chapter 5 Williams Captured
Chapter 6 Christmas 1861
Chapter 7 1862
Chapter 8 Capt. Williams Returns
Chapter 9 Washington D.C. & Home
Chapter 10 Writing This Journal
Chapter 11 Stories
Chapter 12 Individual Records

Civil War-History of 12th Indiana Volunteers
From Vicksburg to Raleigh
Regimental Roster - 12th Regiment Indiana Volunteers Infantry

County History
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 1
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 2
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 3
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 4
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 5
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 6
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 7
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 8
Early Settlement of Kosciusko County by "Greybeard" Chapter 9
Warsaw Nearly Loses County Seat
Warsaw in 1862 - 1863 by Geo. Nye
Early Days in Kosciusko - by Reub Williams
Our Railroad Anniversary by George Nye
Indians - Part 1 of 3-part article by Jo Ann Vrabel
Indians - Part 2 of 3-part article by Jo Ann Vrabel
Indians - Part 3 of 3-part article by Jo Ann Vrabel
An Old Newspaper of 1846 by George Nye
Kosciusko Republican -first issue displayed
Early Times by Reub Williams
Kosciusko County Part 1 by John B. Chapman
Kosciusko County Part 2 by John B. Chapman
Kosciusko County Part 3 by John B. Chapman
Early Times In Kosciusko by Reub Williams
Our County History by Marion W. Coplen
Sketch of Government Survey of the Prairie

Events
Ice Storm 1-30-1947 Emergency Edition Daily Times
Fire at Rochelle Furniture Manufacturing 5-30-1948
Pennsylvania Flyer Derailed in Warsaw 4-28-1947
Twelfth Indiana Regiment Reunion 1908
WPA Graveyard Search 1941
Company H Ind Nat Guard Leaves Town 1917
James Whitcomb Riley Sign donated to Library
Moose Lodge/Opera House Fire 1967
Blizzard of January 1977 Part 1
Blizzard of January 1977 Part 2
Blizzard of January 1977 Part 3
Blizzard of January 1978
Berkey Tree Blown Down
A Fish Story -Really!
Warsaw Class Reunions 1956
Etna Green Fire-1909
Mrs. Thames Mauzy & Lanny in Cuba
Wright House Fire in 1883 in Warsaw
Train Crash - January 1957
Wright House Fire Recalled by Aborn
1st Old Settler's Meeting 1869
Last Run for the Winona Interurban
Snow Cruiser in Warsaw 1939
Decker Murder Case revisited
Warsaw Quits County Cage Tournament
Clarence Darrow Defends Bank Robbers
Plan to Number County Roads - Nye
Search for Air Force T-33 plane -1956-57
Glory Barn Burns-1980

Items of Interest
Timber
Old School Days
OUR TOWN 'way back when Part 1
OUR TOWN and Others Part 2
OUR TOWN and Others Part 3
OUR TOWN and Others Part 4
OUR TOWN and Others Part 5
City Ordinances Probably Forgotten
Today's Supermarket Compared
Forty Years -The Northern Indianian
Memories of an Indiana Pioneer by G. Smith
Early Indiana
Reminiscences of early Syracuse by Brown
Modes of Travel Then & Now by Judge L. W. Royse
Old Houses of Warsaw by Geo. Nye
A History of Mentone
Winona Railroad - Interurban History by Wm Darr
Basketball in Kosciusko County by Phil Smith Part 1
Basketball in Kosciusko County by Phil Smith Part 2
Basketball in Kosciusko County by Phil Smith Part 3
Basketball in Kosciusko County by Phil Smith Part 4
National News of the 1970's
Monoquet: Influencial Indian Chief


Organizations
Our First Fire Company by I. J. Morris
Warsaw's First Fire Company by Wm S. Hemphill
The Suffering Papas Club of Warsaw
Kosciusko County Fairs
Kosciusko County Bar
The Medical Fraternity
Sheriffs of Kos. Co. - 1836-1959
The Faith Assembly by John Davis - Part 1
The Faith Assembly by John Davis - Part 2
The Faith Assembly by John Davis - Part 3
The Faith Assembly by John Davis - Part 4


People
Mrs. J. D. (Cora) Richer by Marguerite Sand
A Warsaw Boy in London by Reub Williams
Dillinger Pals Force Doctor's Help; Slug Him
Our First Sheriff: Ike Kirkendall
How to Be Rich by Metcalfe Beck
Tribute to General Reub Williams by Rev. D. R. Lucas
Billy Sunday Dies in Chicago
Reub Williams Dies 1-15-1905
Remarkable Story of Dr. 'Bud' Pattison
Fine Trotting Horses, Hobby of J. M. Bash
Elmer Funk Civic Leader Celebrates 82nd Birthday
Hero's Fame Led to Name by Eric Shackle
Dora Carlin -Important Role in Building local Airport
Memories of 'Ma' & Billy Sunday Recalled by Oregon Reporter
Jack Vampner - Entertainer
Virginia Scott Miner -Poet
Allee Gerard - Artist
Inez Bolinger -Artist
Marguerite White - Artist
Marion Boyd - Artist
Fred Olds - Artist
Ralph & Gladys Boice -"Togetherness"
Fraze Bungard - Olympian Swimmer
Stan Arnolt -Race Car Driver
Ma Sunday Dies - Feb 20, 1957
Miss Rozella Ford - First Lady of Land
Reuben & Avis Ferns - Entertainers
Immortal "J.N." -quite a character!
Ray McArthur -Blacksmith
Theodore Good - Artist
Widaman & Bowser Law Partnership
Gladys Nye -Court Reporter
Lucy Upson - Attorney
DeVere Brant - Teacher
Miss Maude Willis -Chautauqua Star
Korean Children -Abbott & Bryant
Edith Cook Tru-Pal Pet Store Owner
Roger Smith, blind system analyst
Willard & Emily Snapp -courageous
Betty DuBois - Doctor's wife
Virginia Green - Court Reporter
Frank Tucker -Murder or Disappearance?
Charlotte Butler - Journalist, Graphic Artist
Creighton & Eherenman -Women postmasters
Warsaw H.S. Speech Champions -1957
Akron Jonah Club Fries Fish
Mrs. George Fisher -Coach's wife
Arch Baumgartner -Milford Newspaper Publisher
Mrs. Jordan -Nurse & Anesthiologist
The Tucker Family by Mirabel Tucker
The Wertenbergers - Ike & Thelma
Herschel Johnston, Mail Carrier
John D. & Marjorie Widaman - Plane Crash
Glen E. Wiltrout, 1st WWWII casualty
Chris Schenkel - Broadcaster
Nappanee Six - Cartoonists
Marilynn Brower - Artist
William Kintzel - Singer
Joe Ettinger - Inventor, Cabinet-maker
Garold Horrick - Wayne Twp Assessor & Businessman
Al Heierman - Banker
Earl Money - Conservation Officer
Brock & Karen Blosser - Wood Carver
Mamie Braddock - Teacher, Poet & Author
Clark Mumaw in Business 50 years
Ruth Shoemaker - Crafts Christmas gifts
Rev. L. E. Shoemaker - A Christmas Message
Dr. Jacob C. Hay - Silver Lake Dentist Retires
Hiram S. Biggs - Mayor -by Geo Nye
William Cosgrove - Mayor - by Geo Nye
Edward J. Green - Mayor - by Geo Nye
Lemuel W. Royse - Mayor -by Geo Nye
John F. Brubaker - Mayor -by Geo Nye
George Moon - Mayor -by Geo Nye
James M. Cisney - Mayor - by Geo Nye
B. F. Richardson - Mayor -by Geo Nye
Thurlow "Sandy" Shoemaker - Pharmacist
Three Rarick Brothers - Railroad men
Creighton Brothers Egg Production
Mrs. Amrette Hoopes - DePuy leader
Homer A. Rodeheaver - Sacred Musician
Frank M. MacConnell - Lawyer
Jack N. Powell - Patent Holder
Max Truex - High School Champion Runner
Max Truex - Olympic Runner 1956
Speck Ettinger Celebrates 93rd Birthday
Interview with Mike Burns - POW
Clark Gable & Carole Lombard Here ?
Don Cox - Educator for 27 Years

Places
The Pierce House by George Nye
The Bash Mansion by George Nye
Warsaw Methodist Church Dedication-1916
The Story of Winona "Mystery House"
History of Old Opera House
Boggs Farm & Family
Knights of Pythias Property
Reminiscences of Pound Store by Hunter
History of Warsaw High School -1956 -Nye
History of Murphy Medical Center
Palestine Church History
Old Freshman School Building -Warsaw
Razing the Old Frazer Home

Special Editions
(Please be patient -these are big files)
Sesquicentennial Edition --Times Union
150 Years - TIMELINE of News Part 1
150 Years - TIMELINE of News Part 2
150 Years - TIMELINE of News Part 3
150 Years - TIMELINE of News Part 4
TIMELINE of Sports

Town History
The Village of Leesburg by "B"
An Earlier Winona: Reminiscences of Al Cuffel by Virginia Zuck Ch. 1 & 2
An Earlier Winona: Reminiscences of Al Cuffel by Virginia Zuck Ch. 3 & 4
An Earlier Winona: Reminiscences of Al Cuffel by Virginia Zuck Ch. 4 & 5
Monoquet Village by Metcalfe Beck
Warsaw in 1889 by George Nye Part 1
Warsaw in 1889 by George Nye Part 2
Warsaw's Early Hotel History by George Nye
Our Town of Yesteryear by E. C. Aborn
How Warsaw Streets Got Their Names -And Why
Wolf Swamp of Kosciusko Transformed
Guide to Kosciusko Co. Lakes
History of Winona Chautauqua -Revisited
Warsaw Fifty Years Ago -1882 by Nye
Miami Indians & Milford by Charlotte Siegfried
Brief Sketch of Sevastapol by George Nye
Palestine -100 yr. old village -1938 by Nye
History of Clunette by George Nye 1929
North Webster Centennial & History
Warsaw in 1862-1863 - Nye
Warsaw in 1879 Part 1 - Nye
Warsaw in 1879 Part 2 - Nye
Warsaw in 1880-81 - Nye
Warsaw in 1883-84 - Nye

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Other Newspaper & Local Links

Check out the KOSCIUSKO County Indiana GenWeb Page

 
WCHS Alumni Home Page Web site - Yahoo Group created and maintained by Chad Curtis (1974). Over 400 members and growing steadly. Great place to reminisce!

 
Newspapers Online. Many newspapers are now online. Search by State, by city, or newspaper name. Many of them are currently being indexed.

 
Newspaper Abstracts is a searchable website and mail list for submission of newspaper abstracts or links to other sites with newspaper abstracts or articles. This covers ALL states and all counties. Will grow by leaps and bounds as researchers add abstracts or links for their own areas.

 
Indiana Newspaper Search Over 4.2 million vital statistics have been indexed from many Indiana newspapers. This is an important resource for checking births, deaths, marriages, estates and other life events that are reported in Indiana newspapers.

 
History Channel's This Day in History.You can choose from categories such as Wall Street, Automotive, Civil War, Technology and WWII History. Great site to visit daily.

 
Virginia Civil War Newspapers.This is a very impressive attempt to portray 2 neighboring communties in the Shenandoah Valley; one Northern, one Southern- in the years before, during and after the war.

 
Warsaw Times Union Website of our local newspaper. Searchable for words and phrases. Visit daily for local news.

 
IHS Preservation Imaging Dept. On the Indiana Historical Society home page, search for the Preservation Imaging Department. Originally a part of the U.S. Newpaper Project, IHS have preserved thousands of priceless old newspapers. Film can be obtained and prices are very reasonable.

 
History Buff Home Page produced by Rick Brown. This extensive site is devoted to press coverage of events in American History, but includes several other interesting features, even an online auction. Be sure to visit the Library and look at the Hoaxes page.

 
City of Warsaw. The home page of the City of Warsaw, county seat of Kosciusko County. Page created and maintained by the Mayor's administrative assistant Michelle Bormet. Lots of information here.

 
Warsaw Speedway Web site created and maintained by Kimberly Baney that has a tremendous amount of historical information about this historic family recreational area, "now gone but not forgotten!"


 
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