1403 50 77384 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Terry Middle Name Wayne Last Name Wadholm Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 12/18/1958 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 12/13/1998 Source Date 12/15/1998 Age 40 Source Page 2 Source Column 1 City of Birth Elwood State of Birth Indiana City of Death Elwood State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Elwood City Cemetery City of Cemetery Elwood State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Patricia Last Name of Mother VanNess Wadholm First Name of Father Raleigh Last Name of Father Wadholm Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 12/15/1998, p. 2, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 15045 Title A name given to the resource Terry Wayne Wadholm Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Terry Last Name Wilkinson Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 02/08/2023 Source Date 02/14/2023 Age 65 City of Birth Tipton State of Birth IN City of Death Tipton State of Death IN First Name of Mother Lucille Last Name of Mother King First Name of Father Robert Last Name of Father Wilkinson Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 02/14/2023 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 81072 Title A name given to the resource Terry Wilkinson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Terryl Middle Name Lee Last Name Hiatt Source Date 08/17/1974 Age 27 Source Page 6 Source Column 2 City of Death Chicago State of Death Illinois Cemetery or Place of Internment KP IOOF Cemetery City of Cemetery Frankton State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Father Trevor Last Name of Father Hiatt Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 08/17/1974, p. 6, col. 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 58314 Title A name given to the resource Terryl Lee Hiatt Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Terryll Middle Name M. Last Name Fuller Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 08/27/1949 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 05/26/1970 Source Date 05/27/1970 Age 20 Source Page 12 Source Column 1 City of Birth Anderson State of Birth Indiana City of Death Alexandria State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Park View Cemetery City of Cemetery Alexandria State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Donnalee Last Name of Mother Johns Fuller First Name of Father Roland K. Last Name of Father Fuller Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 05/27/1970, p. 12, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 56858 Title A name given to the resource Terryll M. Fuller Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Terwilliger Maiden Name Mrs. William Source Date 10/24/1938 Source Citation , 10/24/1938 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 4042 Title A name given to the resource Terwilliger Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessa Middle Name M. Last Name Alexander Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 09/14/1978 Source Date 09/15/1978 Age 75 Source Page 10 Source Column 1 City of Birth Alexandria State of Birth Indiana City of Death Alexandria State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Park View Cemetery City of Cemetery Alexandria State of Cemetery Indiana Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 09/15/1978, p. 10, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 37750 Title A name given to the resource Tessa M. Alexander Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessa Middle Name Marie Last Name Likens Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 01/11/1985 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 06/09/2003 Source Date 06/13/2003 Age 18 years Source Page 2 Source Column 1 City of Birth Kokomo State of Birth Indiana City of Death Fort Wayne State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Elwood City Cemetery City of Cemetery Elwood State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Cynthia Last Name of Mother (Likens) Rojas First Name of Father Misael Sr. Last Name of Father Rojas Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 06/13/2003, p. 2, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 8961 Title A name given to the resource Tessa Marie Likens Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessa Middle Name Marlyn Last Name Jones Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 01/26/1994 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 01/12/1999 Source Date 01/18/1999 Age 4 Source Page 2 Source Column 1 City of Birth Anderson State of Birth Indiana City of Death Frankton State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Pleasant Walk Cemetery City of Cemetery Anderson State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Jennifer Donnella Last Name of Mother Jones First Name of Father Terry Last Name of Father Jones Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 01/18/1999, p. 2, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 54067 Title A name given to the resource Tessa Marlyn Jones Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Last Name Bol Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 05/30/1967 Source Date 06/01/1967 Age 65 Source Page 4 Source Column 1 City of Death Lafayette State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Not Listed Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 06/01/1967, p. 4, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 66550 Title A name given to the resource Tessie Bol Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Last Name Brown Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 03/04/1894 Source Date 03/05/1894 Age 4 Source Citation The Elwood Daily Press, 03/05/1894 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 50634 Title A name given to the resource Tessie Brown Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Elwood Daily Press Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Middle Name C. Last Name Decker Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 07/08/1884 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 12/27/1962 Source Date 12/28/1962 Age 78 Source Page 8 Source Column 1 City of Birth Tipton County State of Birth Indiana City of Death Alexandria State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Elwood City Cemetery City of Cemetery Elwood State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Rodema Last Name of Mother Hayworth Hobbs First Name of Father Absolom C. Last Name of Father Hobbs Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 12/28/1962, p. 8, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 69785 Title A name given to the resource Tessie C. Decker Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Middle Name E. Last Name Austin Maiden Name King Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 02/02/1981 Source Date 02/04/1981 Age 89 Source Page 12 Source Column 4 City of Birth Lexington State of Birth Missouri City of Death Alexandria State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Vinson Cemetery City of Cemetery Summitville State of Cemetery Indiana Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 02/04/1981, p. 12, col. 4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 76843 Title A name given to the resource Tessie E. Austin Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Last Name Jones Source Date 03/21/1955 Source Citation , 03/21/1955 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 52891 Title A name given to the resource Tessie Jones Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Middle Name L. Last Name Coty Maiden Name Rominger Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 06/06/1901 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 11/27/1996 Source Date 11/30/1996 Age 95 Source Page 2 Source Column 1 City of Birth Windfall State of Birth Indiana City of Death Anderson State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Elwood City Cemetery City of Cemetery Elwood State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Josephine Last Name of Mother Moorman Rominger First Name of Father Frank Last Name of Father Rominger Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 11/30/1996, p. 2, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 543 Title A name given to the resource Tessie L. Coty Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Middle Name M. Last Name Cole Source Date 11/25/1910 Age Source Citation , 11/25/1910 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 33721 Title A name given to the resource Tessie M. Cole Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Middle Name M. Last Name Welch Maiden Name Davis Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 04/16/1990 Source Date 04/17/1990 Age 82 Source Page 2 Source Column 2 City of Birth Alexandria State of Birth Indiana City of Death Elwood State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Forest Hill Cemetery City of Cemetery Greencastle State of Cemetery Indiana Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 04/17/1990, p. 2, col. 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 28329 Title A name given to the resource Tessie M. Welch Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Tessie Last Name Smitson Maiden Name Jackson Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 12/19/1878 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 11/01/1967 Source Date 11/02/1967 Age 88 Source Page 4 Source Column 1 City of Birth Tipton County State of Birth Indiana City of Death Tipton State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Fairview Cemetery City of Cemetery Elwood State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Mary Last Name of Mother George Jackson First Name of Father Adam Last Name of Father Jackson Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 11/02/1967, p. 4, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 20021 Title A name given to the resource Tessie Smitson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Test Middle Name R Last Name Testing Maiden Name Last Title Dr. Seniority SR Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 11/11/1899 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 11/12/1956 Source Date 02/05/1956 Age 57 Nickname Testy Source Page 3 Source Column Left City of Birth Elwood State of Birth Indiana City of Death Manchester State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Elwood City City of Cemetery Elwood State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Theory Last Name of Mother Hypothesis First Name of Father Trial Last Name of Father Analysis Notes This is a test obituary file Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 02/05/1956, p. 3, col. Left Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 70259 Title A name given to the resource Test R Testing Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Tetrick Source Date 01/18/1907 Age 78 Nickname Grandma Source Citation , 01/18/1907 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 58616 Title A name given to the resource Tetrick Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Tetrick Maiden Name Mrs. Ed Source Date 09/10/1895 Source Citation , 09/10/1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 4288 Title A name given to the resource Tetrick Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Tetrick Maiden Name Mrs. Ed Source Date 09/13/1895 Source Citation , 09/13/1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 20256 Title A name given to the resource Tetrick Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Tetrick Maiden Name baby Source Date 09/26/1895 Source Citation , 09/26/1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 20259 Title A name given to the resource Tetrick Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Tetrick Maiden Name baby Source Date 09/27/1895 Source Citation , 09/27/1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 12323 Title A name given to the resource Tetrick Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Tetrick Maiden Name Mrs. Edward Source Date 08/11/1898 Source Citation , 08/11/1898 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 14204 Title A name given to the resource Tetrick Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Thad Middle Name Leslie Last Name Jameson Date of Birth Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 01/14/1904. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 08/18/1967 Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 05/25/1968 Source Date 05/27/1968 Age Source Page 14 Source Column 1 City of Birth Elwood State of Birth Indiana City of Death Indianapolis State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment Sunset Memorial Park City of Cemetery Elwood State of Cemetery Indiana First Name of Mother Susan Last Name of Mother Brown Jameson First Name of Father Jerry Last Name of Father Jameson Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 05/27/1968, p. 14, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 56211 Title A name given to the resource Thad Leslie Jameson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Thaddeus Middle Name B. Last Name Freeman Title Rev. Source Date 10/04/1898 Source Citation , 10/04/1898 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 22197 Title A name given to the resource Thaddeus B. Freeman Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Thaddius Last Name Hoover Source Date 10/03/1950 Source Citation , 10/03/1950 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 26441 Title A name given to the resource Thaddius Hoover Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Thadeus Last Name Pugh Source Date 06/16/1945 Age 78 Source Citation , 06/16/1945 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 11800 Title A name given to the resource Thadeus Pugh Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Thamar Last Name Vermillion Date of Death Enter dates as MM/DD/YYYY, for example 10/02/1975. If the date is unknown, leave this field blank. 12/02/1984 Source Date 12/04/1984 Age 59 Nickname Doc Source Page 5 Source Column 1 City of Death Anderson State of Death Indiana Cemetery or Place of Internment East Maplewood Cemetery City of Cemetery Anderson State of Cemetery Indinaa Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 12/04/1984, p. 5, col. 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 47172 Title A name given to the resource Thamar Vermillion Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Thamer Last Name Wicker Source Date 08/19/1894 Source Citation , 08/19/1894 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 66564 Title A name given to the resource Thamer Wicker Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Tharp Maiden Name Mr. Source Date 09/06/1895 Source Citation , 09/06/1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 4283 Title A name given to the resource Tharp Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Thatcher Maiden Name Mrs. Harry Source Date 08/22/1927 Age Source Citation , 08/22/1927 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 56112 Title A name given to the resource Thatcher Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index Last Name Thatcher Maiden Name baby Source Date 11/19/1895 Source Citation , 11/19/1895 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 12358 Title A name given to the resource Thatcher Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Obituary Index Obituary Index First Name Thayer Last Name Shell Source Date 02/17/1968 Age Not listed Source Page 8 Source Column 2 City of Birth Windfall State of Birth Indiana City of Death Harlingen State of Death Texas Cemetery or Place of Internment Not Listed First Name of Mother Cora Last Name of Mother Shell First Name of Father Elmer Last Name of Father Shell Source Citation Elwood Call-Leader, 02/17/1968, p. 8, col. 2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 38569 Title A name given to the resource Thayer Shell Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Call-Leader https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/09065abdd5d2094c47591f5dc5498cf2.jpg 103395cfc92667f12539c015c866a640 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 356 Title A name given to the resource The Frankton Press 1942 Description An account of the resource Located North Washington Street in the Odd Fellow/Legion building. Lester (Pete) Meredith, Owner and Manager took this photo. Roy Felix is Linotype, Nelma Meredith is shown working on type form. Business was purchased in 1962 by Paul Lennon, who built a new structure in the late 1960s at the corner of South Washington and Plum Streets and operated it there until about 2002. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 386 Title A name given to the resource the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Wagon Description An account of the resource The owner and operator posed by his wagon is unknown. He would periodically come to Frankton to offer his product to the towns people. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Frankton, IN Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frankton History Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/1b01bcdd96bb9ecf7e89dac3e76c49b2.jpg c2d5dc87d0a1bd65270dce203042e546 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 193 Title A name given to the resource The Invincibles Description An account of the resource The Invincibles, 1970s high school band. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Elwood, Indiana Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/b35e282547a7c831d696ba8efcc1c154.jpg 42c174cbc77cf60dc2e487eddaa25f25 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photos Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 227 Title A name given to the resource The Invincibles Description An account of the resource The Invincibles, 1970s high school band. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Elwood, Indiana Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/690bf710ae60acea5f99d6197d0161aa.pdf 327254448b07535c7f08cc98a201d830 PDF Text Text Page 2 The Megaphone December 2000 Government Prunes Do you remember that the federal government supplied the school lunch program with "surplus" food that it gleaned from its price support programs? To keep the price of products up, the government bought, creating an artificial demand, and then sent the products -- butter, milk, meat, etc. -- to school lunch. I remember that the school received a shipment of canned prunes (big cans.) Initially, Mrs. Carter served the prunes four or five on a plate. At my age, eating prunes can be a very moving experience -- but not so delectable to high school, junior high school and elementary students eating in the cafeteria in the Panther Den. The prunes all came back in the garbage. Knowing she had to get rid of the prunes (or face federal imprisonment?) Mrs. Carter then tried stewed prunes (listed on the menu board) to use them up and meet the requirement of fruit servings. The stewed prunes all came back in the garbage. She then tried Prune Whip (so said the menu board) which was a delectable, sweet concoction of whipped cream (surplus milk) and minced bits of prunes. It all came back in the garbage. Mrs. Carter then developed Prune Cake. This was pretty good -- sweet, moist, with the consistency of brownies, very chewy. Listed on the menu board was, merely, cake (smart woman.) The kids ate it and loved it, until someone (perhaps the Devil made me do it) told someone that it was PRUNE cake -- and it all came back in the garbage when the high school students ate. I never did know what happened to all of those prunes until years later when I was first elected to the Legislature and ran into a number of politicians who must have eaten them! Confession is good for the soul, particularly if it is long-winded. Dick Dellinger '54 �Hold the presses! I've always wanted to say that! ;) Be Happy Panthers It is a goal worthy of every human. Happiness is an important part of our Den. The pleasure of recalling shared memories, the joy of reuniting with old classmates along with the thrill of discovering new friends. Across all boundaries of age, skill, and social class, we have the same cherished home! ELWOOD! Following are a few valid points for your consideration. In "Light Your Fire" tapes by Ellen Kreidman, Ph. D., excerpts taken from, "Fifty-one Ways To Make Yourself Happy" . . . #1. Think about the things you are grateful for. [Meg #1] #2. Music is very important and can help you change the mood you're in immediately. [Meg #2] #3. Next time you have guests, pay attention to how you treat them. Would you insult them or put them down? NO, you'd tell them how wonderful they are and how much you valued them. So, for the next minute, tell yourself how wonderful you are. Have this conversation out loud. Give yourself a reminder about how valuable you are and what a terrific person you are. No weaknesses allowed here, only your strengths. See if you can come up with at least five. If you put yourself down today, slap your mouth and replace the negative message with a positive one. [Me #3] #4. Look around at the friends you have. [Me #1] So, let's continue the fun! Lois O. Lane to Page 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3665 Title A name given to the resource The Megaphone - Government Prunes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dick Dellinger Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/01/2000 Description An account of the resource When the federal government school lunch program supplied the school cafeteria with large cans of prunes, Mrs. Carter did her best to get the children to eat them. Four excerpts from Fifty-one Ways to Make Yourself Happy. Notes: Dick Dellinger, Megaphone, Class of 1954, prunes, Mrs. Carter, Be Happy Panthers, Lois O. Lane https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/bb502a18184c65186726f70f3696cfc0.pdf e18b8e49a22524f5a0090df1a54372bc PDF Text Text The Megaphone Volume 7, No. 2 Published Wednesday, February 1, 2006 We Are The Vital Element by Craig Toensing I’m told that The Megaphone has readers that didn’t go to high school in Elwood, Indiana, so I write this in part for them. A few years ago, one Marvin Crim had a dream. At times some have said a nightmare. He may have had collaborators but I’m not privy to that information. Marv graduated from Wendell L. Willkie High School back when the world was young. It was even younger when I did the same. The school is now mundanely called Elwood Community High School. I see some democrat hands in there somewhere. Marv’s dream was to use his computer/inter-net facileness to set up a website where individuals with an interest in Elwood could communicate with each other and share all sorts of things. Thus was born the PANTHER DEN. Messages are transmitted daily either individually or in digest or batched format. There are picture albums, event calendars and a database of members among other goodies. In its lifetime, the site has gone through a few metamorphoses. Thankfully jokes no longer appear for instance. The DEN needed to have a host organization for a web based club, and that is currently an UK outfit named Wanadoo. We currently have about 350 people who have been accepted as members. There are nine or ten on average new messages posted every day. Marv has incorporated two features on the site that existed when we were in school. One is “The Megaphone,” which was the student’s literary publication. That hits the Den site monthly. The other is a bit of whimsy that appeared in the school paper as a gossip column entitled “The Hall Clock” and it appears on the site weekly. There are often entries in “The Hall Clock” that only its author understands. There have also been entries that have offended folks that take themselves way too seriously. For me, going to the site had become a ritual, like checking in on an old friend or reading the news, albeit of a familiar tone. My routine was broken a couple weeks ago when the messages stopped coming. For two or three days I missed my Elwood fix. After that it was just gone �and the other things in my life occupied my consciousness. This might be because I had e-mailed Marv and he told me Wanadoo had a problem and they were working on it. It could have been something else, however, and that is the amorphous nature of the site. It exists only because of the energy we give it by posting and by reading and the husbandry of Marv and his Monitors. Sounds like a 60’s vocal group. The Den site is fragile. We members belong to a rather exclusive club and it is incumbent as a result of that membership that we keep the site going. Even if one is only a reader, that is a part of the keeping it going. I would be among the first to admit that there are some things posted that I don’t care one whit about. That calls to mind one of my Dad’s aphorisms about the old Indian chief who said “I’m glad all men don’t think alike because if they did, everyone would want my squaw.” There is room on the site for most all of our musings. The recent down time emphasizes the key roll each of us plays in the life of the site, and the important roll it plays in our lives. We are the vital element -- be it ever thus. Keep readin’ and keep writin’. I paraphrase a classmate now living in Arizona by saying, “When it’s gone, it isn’t there anymore.” Craig Toensing '55 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jamie Scott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3668 Title A name given to the resource The Megaphone - We Are the Vital Element Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Craig Toensing Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 02/01/2006 Description An account of the resource Mr. Toensing discusses the creation of the Panther Den, the addition of the Megaphone, and the importance of it's members. Notes: Panther Den, Craig Toensing, Megaphone, Elwood, Indiana, https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/e73d5d9550f23ca235910f67c27a94e8.pdf 55048f7ab7237b51e49de3e0d55bd5db PDF Text Text The Panther Den How It Started by Marvin Crim, WLWHS 1957 "It was a dark and stormy night." I've always admired Snoopy's creative genius. I feel that same spark (I'm tryin' to think but nothin's happening) as I try to put this to words. Many have asked and few know how the Panther Den Online started . . . sooooo, here we go. A home page? Why not? So many Internet providers allow free space for each subscriber to post their personal web page(s) online as part of their membership privileges. But a home page? Consisting of what? And putting a page online couldn't be easy . . . !!? During the fall of 1998, I thought about the possibility of a "Panther Den" or something like it . . . already existing on the Internet. I felt I was experiencing the Internet as a latecomer . . . and that among other things . . . someone . . . somewhere . . . somehow . . . had developed a web site similar to a "Classmates" web site . . . just for Elwood, Indiana. I spent quite some time searching for such a web site and could find nothing. The choice was obvious for me. Why not use the "Panther Den" as a theme . . . and build an interest in letting other Internet users who grew up in and around Elwood . . . and anyone with an interest in Elwood . . . in using the "Panther Den" as a common channel for staying in touch and letting others know about what we were doing. We . . . ??? I hadn't put a single page online yet. I had grown fond of Netscape Communicator and soon discovered Netscape Composer. It allows you to simply input your own text . . . insert images, sound files . . . and set the page attributes . . . without having to learn to write "html" tags. In the early months of 1999, I set about putting some ideas together along with a few files I'd found online. It wasn't long until I �had my "Panther Den" web page . . . ready to publish to the worldwide web? How on earth does anyone do that? This was looking to be more trouble than it must be worth. But a little searching found that AT&T, my Internet provider, offered a shortcut to publish their member's home pages to the Internet . . . and after a few miscues . . . I found I could access . . . from the Internet . . . my very own . . . one page . . . home page, the "Panther Den." The home page of today's "Panther Den" . . . http://www.elwood.org/pantherden (no longer valid) . . . closely resembles that very first page I posted online in April of 1999. I knew Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd '56 worked at the Elwood Public Library and stopped her one day to mention my idea and what I had posted to the web. I gave her the address for my home page, mentioning that I used the Panther Den as a theme and maybe she'd find it interesting. I wanted her to take a look at it and let me know what she thought. On my next visit to the library, she had yet to take a look at it and I sensed a reluctance to give it serious consideration. Oh, well . . . maybe I could tinker with it over the next few weeks or so . . . and find someone . . . anyone . . . who might at least give it a look. Well, something happened. I don't remember the exact details . . . but Loretta let me know . . . she had finally taken a look at that home page of mine . . . and you won't believe what she admitted to doing . . . I think she was in the Indiana Room at the library . . . and when she saw the suggestion to "Please stand . . . click here . . . and join in!" . . . well, she did exactly that. I think she'll tell you today that once she heard Elwood's Fight Song, she was hooked. We soon added several who were in touch with Loretta along with some that I contacted inviting them to take a look at our "Panther Den." I found a couple of html tags I could use to enhance the web pages, added another couple of pages now and then . . . and opened a mail list that started with about with about 16 people. It wasn't long until I heard from Teresa (Dickey) Hollowell '78 who had secured the domain for the Elwood web site. We discussed the possibility of the Panther Den placing its home page on the www.elwood.org web site to give it worldwide web access. It's worked extremely well for both of us and we're in the process of eventually moving the entire Panther Den to the Elwood site. Teresa's involvement helped us turn the corner. The Panther Den is a work in progress. Each of the pages was an idea simply published to the Internet and thus shared so easily with anyone who has access to a computer. There will soon be the need for new names and faces to step up and assist with the upkeep of this web site. The Hall Clock is a weekly column. The Megaphone is a monthly newsletter published online. And the mail list needs constant attention. �But now . . . anyone wanting a means of contacting and staying in touch with old classmates and friends, teachers, new acquaintances . . . and their old home town of Elwood, Indiana . . . can do that . . . the same way most of us always did . . . by gathering at the Panther Den. It has indeed . . . been my pleasure . . . !!! Transport me . . . in the twinkling of an eye . . . to the Lynx page. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jamie Scott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-428 Title A name given to the resource The Panther Den - How it Started Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 12/06/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Panther Den - Marvin Crim Description An account of the resource Panther Den, Marvin Crim, Loretta (Jarvis) Dodd, Teresa (Dickey) Hollowell https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/dabb672b014a3ef4fa3a44361e5daddc.pdf 058313c886e679a3fd860a8213410fd6 PDF Text Text The Panther Den On-Line by Genie Forst Boyer July 3, 2001 Elwood, Indiana: A small town in the center of Indiana known as the birthplace of Wendell L. Willkie, Presidential Candidate in 1940 and author of One World. Also known as the home of Red Gold Tomato Products, the fastest growing tomato products in the United States. Home of Dunn Rite Pool products, J Lewis Small class rings, St. Clair Glass, and the Elwood Glass Festival. But perhaps Elwood’s most well-known citizen is one who is not famous. One who will never be noticed in the annals of History. And one who will go to his grave unmarked by the majority of people. Yet, he has probably had more effect on graduates of Elwood High School than any of the above mentioned items. This man, Marvin Crim, Wendell L. Willkie High School graduate of 1957 is remarkable beyond the bounds of the ordinary. He has done something no one else has done anywhere. He has created a web site which links its members together in a remarkable group. This group is called The Panther Den. It is named for the gathering place of high school students in old Wendell L. Willkie High School. In the old Panther Den students would gather each noon after lunch, on Wednesday evenings, after ball games, and on other special occasions to dance, listen to music, play pool, gossip and just in general hang out. On the modern day Panther Dan, almost 500 people with links to Elwood High School are joined by their computers. Through the homepages created by Crim and through email, these persons correspond on a daily basis trading stories of their home town, their childhood, school days, memories of friends and also share their modern lives. While most members are graduates of Wendell L. Willkie High School (Elwood Community High School since the 1970’s), some are spouses, children, or parents of graduates. There are also members who attended school in Elwood, but did not graduate for one reason or another. Ages of the group run from its oldest member Robert Benedict, 92, to students currently in high school. Members can be found in almost all the 50 states and it boasts one member from China. As stated on it’s web site The Panther Den’s purpose is “To provide a communication link for everyone interested in Elwood High School, Wendell L. Willkie High School, and �Elwood Community High School along with all the grand people, buildings, and events associated with them.” The Panther Den Web site includes along with its opening pages a photo gallery of many members which have been submitted over the years. There is a Notes Page where members can listen to music that Crim has put there for enjoyment. There is a “Without Them” section which is dedicated to people that have been important to members of the Den. It includes teachers, graduates, and citizens of Elwood who have made a difference in this world. Another feature of the Den site is “The Megaphone”, an on-line newspaper which is named for the high school newspaper. Members of the group submit stories on a monthly basis to Crim who organizes and “publishes” their efforts. A final feature of the Web site is “The Hall Clock”. The Megaphone that members remember had regular gossip column called the Hall Clock. This updated version written by Crim is full of comments and roastings of various members that Crim has gleaned from email and conversations of the past week. Crim who is affectionately called “Doc” (Dr. Frankenstein) by the members of the group is assisted in his efforts by his “Mod Squad” a group of 12 moderators who help in running the group’s day-to-day activities. He has his loyal assistant “Igor”, Loretta Jarvis Dodd for a sounding board, and “Sys” Teresa Dickey Hollowell to help him with the technical side of the site. Our very special moderator Sharon Benedict Hurst, aka Angel # 2, keeps us aware of Breast Cancer research and runs the local Breast Cancer Awareness Group. The “Birthday Goirls”, Lynn Davies Funk and Genie Forst Boyer, who keep track of members’ birthdays and anniversaries and send e-cards to commemorate these events. “Mama Duck” Vicki Hull Wardwell is responsible for the Prayer Panthers which accepts prayer requests from members in need of help and also who recently coordinated a Silent Auction at the group’s Annual meeting Denstock II with proceeds going to a high school scholarship. At the group’s email site, pantherden@yahoogroups.com, one finds the email letters that have been sent by members through the years. There are also files which contain photos, recipes, and various other informational tidbits that members have contributed. Membership is limited to those with links to the school city of Elwood and must be approved. The group meets several times a year for parties and get-togethers. They celebrated Christmas and New Years as well as having a Birthday party on April 1 to commemorate �the group’s 2nd anniversary. A skating party was held at the local skating rink which is about to be closed and torn down. Many members remember skating there while growing up and wanted one last chance to skate before it was gone. The group participated in both the Elwood Glass Festival and Homecoming Parades last year and is planning to do so again this year. But the big celebration held each year is Denstock. This year was Denstock II. It is a huge celebration held in Callaway Park in Elwood on June 23. Both years there have been well over 200 members and guests in attendance. Denstock includes many activities. There is music from the ‘50’s and 60’s being played over speakers; a program in which gifts---both gag and serious---are given to members. This year’s gifts included one for Bob Benedict the oldest in attendance and Jack Gootee who traveled the farthest having come from China. Members held a pitch-in lunch. There was a silent auction managed by Vicki Wardwell with assistance from members Catherine “Toots” Pethoud. Members donated all sorts of items for auction. Some were homemade. Others were high school or Elwood souvenirs. The proceeds from the auction were donated to the high school to be given to a graduating senior as a scholarship in memory of a “passing Panther” i.e. a member who has died within the last year. The auction raised $1000 for this cause. There was also a quilt made by Wardwell which was given as a door prize to Rick Rogers, Class of ’67. Denstock III will be held in Callaway Park again on June 15, 2002. In addition to the Denstock II held in Elwood, there was also a Southwest Den Meet held in February in Phoenix, AZ, and a meet held in Knoxville, TN this spring. Plans are in place to repeat these meets and to perhaps have meets in other locals such as central Florida next year. Members of the Panther Den think Marvin Crim has created a site that is unique among web sites. They have not heard of anyplace else that has such a site. Crim will be remembered by many for his creation of this remarkable web site and for the many lives he has brought together in such a unique and unusual way. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jamie Scott Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-429 Title A name given to the resource The Panther Den On-Line Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Genie Frost Boyer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 07/03/2001 Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Genie Frost Boyer, Elwood Indiana, Wendell L. Willkie High School, Elwood Community High School, The Hall Clock, Denstock https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/9d09dbc6b1403dba9ff62527f66fce43.pdf d405c1dd808f62bc4962d62a76306f88 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Quincy's First Rail Line The Corporate Genealogy and Timeline for the First Rail Line into Quincy Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Co. (No. 2) Updated: October 17, 2013 Revised: August 20, 2021 The Pan Handle Freight House (left); and the Passenger Station (center) built in 1894 �The Corporate Genealogy and Timeline 1857 -- Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Co. (No. 2) 1860 -- Cincinnati & Chicago Air Line Railroad Co. 1865 -- Chicago & Great Eastern Railway Co. (No. 4) 1868 -- Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central Railway Co. 1869 -- Pennsylvania RR, lease Columbus, Chicago & Indiana Central 1884 -- Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad Co. (of Indiana) 1884 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Company 1890 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. 1917 -- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Co. 1921 -- Pennsylvania Railroad, lease PCC&StL (for 999 years) 1957 -- PCC&StL ownership transfer to: *Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad 1968 -- Penn Central – February 1, 1968 1976 -- CONRAIL abandoned the line on April 1, 1976 – END OF THE LINE *Well, almost. The date seemed appropriate . . . the Penn Central crew the day before inadvertently left cars on the siding across from the depot. CONRAIL had to come to ELWOOD for one (1) day to retrieve those cars. I know. There was an eyewitness. Verification It was a dark and stormy night. The very next day, March 6, 1857, The Democratic Standard (an Anderson newspaper), started a series of reports about the first rail line that was to pass through Quincy. The town wouldn't change its name to Elwood for another dozen years or so. Statements and recollections regarding dates and names surrounding the building of the first rail line through Quincy that are contrary to accounts on record have been repeated endlessly to this day. Newspapers, books and current websites perpetuate accounts in conflict with available records. The first leg of this journey consists of transcribed articles from The Democratic Standard describing the events as they unfolded. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana March 6, 1857 Railroads in Anderson There is now every prospect for an early completion of the Cincinnati & Chicago Rail Road, under the management of J. W. Wright & Co., every thing seems to prosper. Men are busy at all points between here and Kokomo grading and laying track. There is now on hand a large amount of iron, ties, etc., which will be immediately put down. There is no doubt but that this road will be in good running order by the 1st of May to Logansport. The I. P. & C. R. R1 is also doing a fine business. Why is it that Anderson having these advantages cannot go ahead and be one of the best towns in this part of Indiana? It depends upon the citizens to say it shall and it will. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana March 20, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous We understand that the track laying of the Cincinnati & Chicago R. R., will be completed to Frankton this week. We are informed, however, that there will be no regular passenger train run further than Anderson, until the road is completed to Kokomo, which will be sometime in June next. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana April 3, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous On last week the C. & C. R. R. track was finished to Frankton to which point goods are now conveyed by Mr. Frank Olmstead’s train, and a more obliging conductor and engineer is hard to find. Mr. Wilson, the gentleman having charge of the track laying of this road is entitled to much credit for the workmanlike manner in which he has performed his duties. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana April 10, 1857 Cincinnati & Chicago Rail Road This road is now finished some 12 miles beyond Anderson North West. The grading is all done to Kokomo, which is 36 miles from this place, and but 24 miles of iron yet to lay. We may hope it will soon be completed, which will be a direct route from Logansport and the Wabash Valley, to Cincinnati, via., Anderson. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana June 12, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous We enjoyed very much a ride out to Quincy on last Saturday, on Mr. Frank Olmstead’s gravel train. Frank is indeed a clever and industrious young gentleman and is filling his post to great advantage to the company. May his run through life be as pleasant as it has been on the road from here to Quincy. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana June 26, 1857 Opening of the Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad to Logansport The 4th of July will be celebrated at Logansport, where a dinner will be prepared and a speech will be delivered by Hon. D. D. Pratt, of Logansport. As the Cin. & Chicago R. R. will be completed, its opening will be celebrated at that time by an Excursion Train from Cincinnati to Logansport on the 3rd of July, leaving Cincinnati at 5:30 A. M. Leaving Richmond 8:30 A. M. and return on the evening of the 4th. Fare on this train half the usual rates. The citizens of Logansport have invited the State officers and the municipal authorities of Cincinnati, Hamilton, Dayton, Richmond, Newcastle, and Andersontown, and the lessees have invited their railroad friends to be with them at that time. Free passes over the road, and entertainment will be furnished to all such invited quests at Logansport. Ample provisions are being made by the citizens of Logansport to accommodate all persons visiting their town on that occasion. Half fare tickets to Logansport and return will be sold at all regular stations where tickets are now sold, good from date until the 10th of July. �The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana July 3, 1857 Local and Miscellaneous The excursion train from Cincinnati to Logansport will arrive at Anderson at 11 o’clock today and the passengers will be treated to a free dinner in Stillwell’s Warehouse. The Democratic Standard Anderson, Indiana July 10, 1857 The C. & C. Rail Road The iron is laid on this road north as far as Logansport. The opening of the road was celebrated at Logansport on the fourth of July. Quite a large number of persons were present at Logansport, from Cincinnati, Hamilton, Eaton and other places. Everything passed off harmoniously, and as far as we are advised, to the satisfaction of all present. It being the Anniversary of American Independence, that memorable day of American Independence was celebrated in connection with the opening of the road. Hon. G. N. Fitch, U. S. Senator for Indiana, was the orator of the day. He delivered a patriotic discourse. The exercises consisted of reading the Declaration of Independence, vocal and instrumental music, toasts, speeches, etc. No accident happened to the trains or passengers worthy of notice. Passengers can now leave Logansport in the morning and arrive at Cincinnati in the evening. Summary Work on this stretch of railroad started well before 1857. But several corporate decisions prevented it from being completed to Logansport until 1857. The rails were not in place until after the first of the year in 1857. The July 4 trip by train to Quincy in celebration of the opening of this line was in 1857. Any speculation that the line might have been in service any time prior to 1857 is inconsistent with corporate records and accounts of the day. The name of the corporate entity responsible for the building of the first line through Quincy was the Cincinnati & Chicago Railroad Company (No. 2). The railroad so often credited with building the line, the Cincinnati & Chicago Air Line Railroad Company, did not become a corporate entity until the year 1860. It could not have been the railroad involved in 1856 and 1857. �1 The IP&C RR was the Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroad that ran from through Tipton, Indiana. It later became part of the LE&W (Lake Erie & Western) and eventually the Nickel Plate Road. But the devil is in the details . . . and here they are . . . starting in 1848. The New Castle and Richmond Railroad was chartered February 16, 1848, in Indiana to build a line from New Castle east via Hagerstown and Washington to Richmond. The company was authorized on January 24, 1851, to extend northwest beyond New Castle to Lafayette. On February 26, 1853, it was renamed the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway to better reflect its expanded role. The original line opened between New Castle and Richmond in December 1853, and it was operated jointly with the Richmond and Miami Railroad and Eaton and Hamilton Railroad, which continued the line southwest to Hamilton, Ohio. The Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, connecting Hamilton to Cincinnati, joined the operations on February 1, 1854. The Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway was incorporated in Indiana on January 25, 1853, to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line; the Cincinnati, New Castle and Michigan Railroad was incorporated April 11 of the same year to build northwest from New Castle towards St. Joseph, Michigan. The two companies merged May 1, 1854, to form the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 1). Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 2) – August/October 1854 On October 10, 1854 the Cincinnati, Logansport and Chicago Railway was merged into the Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad (No. 2). The unfinished line between Richmond and Logansport was leased to John W. Wright and Company on October 16, 1856. That company began operating it on December 1, and the joint operation towards Cincinnati ended. The full line between Richmond and Logansport opened on July 4, 1857. That line was sold at foreclosure on April 28, 1860 and reorganized July 10 as the Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad. Grading had been done from Wabash southeast to the Ohio state line; portions were later sold to the Fort Wayne and Southern Railroad and Connersville and New Castle Junction Railroad. On September 25, 1857 the Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad was chartered in Indiana to build a line from Logansport northwest to Valparaiso. That line opened in 1861, connecting at Valparaiso with the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway to Chicago. The Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line opened a bridge over the Wabash River at Logansport on September 25, 1861, connecting it to the Chicago and Cincinnati. Joint operation between Richmond and Chicago began July 1, 1862 and ended January 29, 1865. �The Galena and Illinois River Railroad was chartered in Illinois on February 18, 1857 to build from Galena through Chicago to the Indiana state line towards Lansing, Michigan. The Chicago and Great Eastern Railway was incorporated in Indiana on June 19, 1863 to build from Logansport northwest to the Illinois state line towards Chicago. The charter of the G&IR was assigned to the C&GE on September 11, 1863, and the C&GE absorbed the G&IR on October 30. The line from Chicago (12th Street) south and southeast to the Chicago and Cincinnati at La Crosse, Indiana opened March 6, 1865, and the old line northwest from La Crosse to Valparaiso was abandoned. On May 15, 1865 the Chicago & Great Eastern Railway absorbed the Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad and Chicago and Cincinnati Railroad. The Marion and Mississinewa Valley Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on May 11, 1852 to build from Union City northwest to Marion. On May 14, 1853 the Marion and Logansport Railroad was incorporated to continue northwest from Marion to Logansport. The M&L conveyed its property to the M&MV on November 28, 1854. The Union and Logansport Railroad was incorporated January 5, 1863, and bought the unfinished M&MW on January 9. In the meantime, the Logansport and Pacific Railroad was incorporated in 1853 to build from Logansport west to the Illinois state line. After several reorganizations, the Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railroad opened to the Illinois state line near Effner in 1859. The Logansport, Peoria and Burlington Railroad continued as part of a line to the U.S. West, bypassing Chicago. On September 11, 1867 the Columbus and Indianapolis Central Railway, Union and Logansport Railroad and Toledo, Logansport and Burlington Railway merged to form the Columbus and Indiana Central Railway. The main line, formerly being built by the Union and Logansport, opened from Union City to Marion in October 1867. On February 12, 1868 the Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway was formed as a merger of the Columbus and Indiana Central Railway and Chicago and Great Eastern Railway. The rest of the new main line, from Marion northwest to Anoka, on the old main line east of Logansport, was completed March 15, 1868, making the old route via New Castle and Richmond into a branch. The CC&IC now had main lines from Columbus, Ohio to Chicago and Indianapolis, Indiana, with branches from near Logansport, Indiana southeast to Richmond, Indiana (on the Indianapolis line) and west to Effner, Indiana. The Erie Railway offered in late 1868 to lease the CC&IC, but the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway made a better offer on January 22, 1869, leasing it on February 1. On December 1, 1869 (retroactive from February 23, 1870) the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway leased the Little Miami Railroad. This included the Columbus and Xenia Railroad, Dayton and Western Railroad and Dayton, Xenia and Belpre Railroad, as well as the Richmond and Miami Railway's branch west to Richmond, Indiana. With that lease, the Pennsylvania Railroad acquired access to Cincinnati. �With the 1870 completion of the St. Louis, Vandalia and Terre Haute Railroad and Terre Haute and Indianapolis Rail Road, the PRR now had a route to East St. Louis via the PC&StL to Indianapolis. The Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway went bankrupt and was sold at foreclosure on January 10, 1883. The Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad was incorporated in Indiana on March 14 and Illinois on March 15, and the former CC&IC was conveyed to the two companies on March 17. Operation by the PC&StL continued until April 1, 1883. On April 1, 1884, the two companies merged to form one Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad. That company was merged with the PC&StL, Cincinnati and Richmond Railroad and Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad on September 30, 1890 to form the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway. In 1891 the PCC&StL acquired stock ownership of the Little Miami Railroad. On December 21, 1916 (taking effect January 1, 1917), the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway merged with the Vandalia Railroad, Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad, Anderson Belt Railway and Chicago, Indiana and Eastern Railway, forming the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. The PCC&StL was leased by the PRR on January 1, 1921, and merged into the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad on April 2, 1956. Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Railroad Chicago & Great Eastern Railway Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central Railway Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad PRR Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad Penn Central CONRAIL (line abandoned in 1976) References: The Democratic Standard – Anderson, Indiana 1857 Anderson Public Library – Indiana Room Corporate Genealogy Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway - The Panhandle http://www.div11-mcr-nmra.info/PRRhist/pcc_stl.htm Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 I_Quincy’s_First_Rail_Line.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-424 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Quincy's First Rail Line Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/958ff5a7f0db9cd2eeec3efc81c362c3.pdf 5d37afc260a95fa48eb72825b5871fae PDF Text Text The Elwood Chronicles The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood Passenger Trains TRACK 3 Richmond – Logansport (PRR/PC) Added: October 24, 2013 CINCINNATI NIGHT EXPRESS/CHICAGO NIGHT EXPRESS Est. 3/22/1914 from CHICAGO MIDNIGHT SPECIAL and MIDNIGHT EXPRESS; #9-12; overnight train Cincinnati-Logansport-Chicago; renumbered #236-237 5/28/1916; #236 renamed THE SOUTHLAND 7/1/1917; restored as #236 11/25/1917; renumbered #202 (12/1918-2/10/24); renumbered #200 and renamed CINCINNATI MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (2/10/24-4/24/27) (#236 assigned to SOUTHLAND 5/22/19-2/10/24); old name and number #236-237 restored 12/2/1928; name dropped 4/27/1951; last trip 6/28/1952; reduced to RichmondLogansport local. (NOTE: SOUTHLAND runs as separate train, winter-only in 191819) THE SOUTHLAND Est. 11/21/1915 by renaming THE SOUTH ATLANTIC LIMITED and extending it to Chicago; PRR #16-17; through train Chicago-Fort Wayne-Ridgeville-RichmondCincinnati-Atlanta-Jacksonville via L&N-CofG-ACL; renumbered PRR #206-207/L&N #32-33 5/28/1916; renumbered #236-207 7/1/1917; renumbered #206-207 11/25/1917 - prob. separate train only in winter; renumbered #307-336 (7/1/17-7/ /18); (last trip for war 6/22/1918; revived ___); renumbered #201-236 12/14/1922; revived as year-round train, Cincinnati-Atlanta 4/30/1922 (?); through cars to St. Petersburg added 12/16/1922; through cars to Miami added 12/1/1923; through sleepers to Tampa via Ft. Wayne and Detroit-Ft. Wayne-St. Petersburg added 12/2/1928; renumbered #200-201 11/1/1928; called THE NEW SOUTHLAND 12/11/1935-11/6/1938; west coast section combined with DIXIE FLYER south of Albany, Ga., 12/12/1946; shifted from route via Fort Wayne to via Logansport and Ridgeville 9/26/1948; shifted to direct route between Logansport and Richmond 4/30/1950; east coast cars combined with DIXIE FLYER south of Atlanta 7/15/1952; renumbered #74-75 4/29/1956; discontinued 11/29/1957 including last ChicagoFlorida sleepers; PRR portion of train renamed THE BUCKEYE 12/1/1957. �INDIANA ARROW Est. 9/27/1936 by naming #319-320; Chicago-Louisville and #219-220 Logansport-Richmond; last trip 4/24/1937; replaced by unnamed local #319-320. THE UNION Est. 4/2/1933; #207-208; day train Chicago-Cincinnati via Fort Wayne and Ridgeville; rerouted to direct line via Logansport and Richmond 4/27/1937; renumbered #71-72 4/29/1956; last trip Logansport-Columbus connection #80-81 10/27/1956; name dropped eff. 10/25/1959; Chicago-Dayton coach discontinued 7/29/1959; #72 discontinued Chicago-Crown Point and Richmond-Cincinnati 10/25/1959; #72 discontinued Crown Point-Richmond 7/6/1960; #71 renumbered #65 4/28/1968; last trip #65 4/30/1971. The UNION on the left THE RED BIRD Est. 12/12/1952 by renaming CHICAGO/CINCINNATI DAYLIGHT EXPRESS; #215-216; Chicago-Cincinnati via Logansport; renumbered #70-73 4/29/1956; name dropped and #73 discontinued Chicago-Crown Point and RichmondCincinnati, last trip 10/24/1959; #73 discontinued Crown Point-Richmond 7/6/1960; #70 retained as unnamed local; renumbered #66 4/28/1968; discontinued 4/30/1971. THE BUCKEYE Est. 12/1/1957 by renaming PRR section of the former SOUTHLAND; #74-75; Cincinnati-Chicago via Richmond and Logansport; renumbered #67-68 and name dropped 4/28/1968; last trip 2/19/1969; connecting train #86-87 between Richmond and Columbus last trip 2/4/1969. �The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood Passenger Trains TRACK 4 Muncie – Frankfort (LE&W/NKP) Updated: October 24, 2013 What's in a Name? Probably the least heralded Nickel Plate long-distance trains were the Cleveland - St. Louis Nos. 9/10. Inaugurated February 19, 1928, the trains went unnamed until October 28, 1956, when they became the Blue Arrow (westbound) and the Blue Dart (eastbound). The only Nickel Plate passenger trains to operate over all three predecessor railroads, Nos. 9/10 ran on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis, the Lake Erie & Western, and the Clover Leaf. Consequently, Nos. 9/10 were the last scheduled Nickel Plate passenger trains to operate on the Clover Leaf and the Lake Erie & Western. NKP #9 "Blue Arrow" last arrival in STL and #10 "Blue Dart" last departure STL on 3-14-59. *Over on the St. Louis - Cleveland route, the unnamed trains 9/10 received names beginning October 28, 1956; westbound was named the BLUE ARROW and its eastbound counterpart was named the BLUE DART. The westbound BLUE ARROW made its final run March 13, 1959, and the following day, the eastbound BLUE DART made its final run. 3/21/1959 Trains 9/10 discontinued in Indiana 10/17/1959. Last runs in Ohio for Trains 9/10 known as the Blue Arrow and Blue Dart. *Blue Arrow: (Cleveland - St. Louis) – Blue Dart: (St. Louis - Cleveland) VII_Elwood_Passenger_Trains.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-2426 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood Passenger Trains Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 10/24/2013 Description An account of the resource Elwood Passenger Trains Track 4 Muncie - Frankfort (LE&W/NKP) Notes: Elwood, Passenger, Trains, Marvin Crim, Muncie, Frankfort, LE&W/NKP, Nickel Plate https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/39018d375581e83fc3bf1e081a7d1d40.pdf 6f1399d247dcb23ca00e9abf3d94adcd PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood's Electric Rail Lines Streetcars, Trolleys and Interurbans Updated – 31 August 2021 Nov 6, 1893 -- Oct. 15, 1931 Elwood Electric Street Railway . . . 1893 – 1899 (sold to Union Traction Co. of Indiana #1) Union Traction Company #1 . . . 1897 - 1899 Union Traction Co. of Indiana #2 . . . 6/28/1899 to 5/13/1912 (consolidated) 1897 June 27, 1899 Elwood & Alexandria Electric Railway Company . . . 1898 - 1901 Indiana Union Traction Company . . . 6/9/1903 to 5/13/1912 . . . merged into . . . Union Traction Co. of Indiana #3 . . . 5/13/1912 to 7/2/1930 (sold to the Indiana Railroad) Indiana Railroad . . . 1930 – 1941 Elwood passenger service discontinued Monday, June 15, 1931 Elwood freight service discontinued on Thursday, October 15, 1931 �Elwood Electric Street Railway November 6, 1893 Elwood & Alexandria Electric Rail Co formed May 4, 1898 Elwood & Alexandria Railway opened to Elwood June 26, 1899 UTC Alexandria-Elwood line starts construction to Tipton April 1902 UTC Elwood to Tipton line test run December 31, 1902 UTC Elwood-Tipton line opened between the two cities January 1, 1903 UTC Alexandria-Tipton line begins service February 10, 1903 Elwood Electric Street Railway (1893-1899) The use of electricity to power public transportation was not new to Madison County citizens in 1897, but it took on a whole new meaning that year — one that would last for over four decades. The Elwood Electric Street Railway was chartered on October 19, 1892, at a cost of $100,000. Rails were laid on Main Street, South Anderson Street, North 9th and North 16th Streets and as far as North J Street. The brick car barns were located on what is now known as South 31st Street near the railroad right-of-way. The first local streetcars, however, didn't appear in Elwood until service began on November 6, 1893. By 1897, the company was operating five passenger cars on six miles of tracks in the city. The railway became part of the larger Union Traction Co. of Indiana on June 27, 1899. Elwood & Alexandria Electric Rail Company (1899 – 1901) The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Co. was formed May 4, 1898, as an independent company with a bankroll of $225,000. Members of the Board of Directors were: Dee Allen, Battle Creek, Michigan; Loren N. Downs, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Sherman B. Harting Rensselaer, Indiana; and Cassius M. Greenen of Elwood, Indiana. Two interurbans were employed between Elwood and Alexandria on nine miles of mostly straight tracks. Service began on June 26, 1899, with two passenger cars running over nine miles of tracks between Alexandria and Elwood. The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Co. was acquired by the Union Traction Company of Indiana on September 21, 1901. �On the afternoon of Sept. 3, 1897, five men met and organized the Union Traction Co. of Indiana. From that simple beginning on the second floor of the Durbin-McCullough Block building in Anderson, Indiana, came a transportation system network that would change the face of intercity travel for years. The UTC was growing, and soon consolidations took place. On June 27, 1899, the Union Traction Co. of Indiana, the successor to the Union Traction Co. was formed. It included the former UTC and the Citizens Street Railway Co. of Muncie, the Elwood Electric Street Railway, and the Muncie, Anderson and Indianapolis Street Railroad Co. The Union Traction Company had constructed an interurban line which first run to Alexandria January 18, 1898, and began to connect many sizeable cities and towns throughout Central Indiana. The independent Elwood & Alexandria Railway started operation June 26, 1899, and brought a convenient method of delivering vegetables to local markets. Union Traction (UTC) was the largest interurban system in Indiana with 410 miles (660 km) of interurban trackage and 44 miles (71 km) of streetcar lines in Anderson, Elwood, Marion and Muncie. UTC was created in 1897 to operate an initial line between Anderson and Alexandria. UTC purchased or leased several neighboring interurban lines in short order: the Elwood and Alexandria was bought in 1903. Construction on the extension to Tipton started April 2, 1902. The service was ready to be extended but an unexpected quandary occurred. A few hundred yards into Tipton County the new extension gradually elevated some 35 to 40 feet and crossed the Lake Erie & Western Railroad on a trestle constructed with dirt and concrete. Although the Panhandle Railroad offered no resistance to the crossing in downtown Elwood, the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company demanded that the Union Traction Company provide a watchman even though the trains never physically connected. Their defense was an Indiana Statute stating that: if it becomes necessary for the track of one railroad company to cross the track of another railroad company, the company owning the road last constructed at such crossing shall unless otherwise agreed to between such companies, be at the exclusive expense of constructing such crossing in a manner to be convenient and safe for both companies. �This set off events in December 1902 that necessitated intense proceedings combined with a franchising dispute with the Union Traction Company, the city of Elwood and the railway. The Elwood & Alexandria Railway Company sold out to the Union Traction Company. One car made a test run December 31, 1902 and service between Elwood and Tipton was opened the next day. Service between Alexandria and Tipton was then opened on February 10, 1903. The company had another comparable experience later that year. Another new section was to be completed from Anderson to Frankton and then proceed to Elwood. A bit of grading was done but the line was never a major priority and the line was never completed. "Red" Maley, motorman, and Clarence Powell, conductor, were two regulars who helped the Elwood line operate almost 24 hours a day. The Indiana Railroad (1930 - 1941) The Indiana Railroad (IR) was the last of the typical Midwestern United States interurban lines. It was formed in 1930-31 by combining the operations of the five major interurban systems in central Indiana into one entity. Although the IR faced bankruptcy in 1933, the system was virtually held intact for four years. The IR operated about 600 miles (970 km) of interurban lines throughout Indiana during this period. During the late 1930s, the routes were abandoned one by one until a 1941 wreck with fatalities south of Indianapolis put an abrupt end to the last operation of interurbans in Indiana. Elwood 1893 -1899 - Elwood Electric Street Railway 1899 -1930 - Union Traction Co. of Indiana 1924 – City streetcars discontinued August 1 1930 - 1941- Indiana Railroad Private bus co. in 1952 - Elwood Transit �The End The Elwood Call Leader Elwood, Indiana, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1931 TRACTION TO END SERVICE Freight Transportation to End Thursday (Oct. 15, 1931) CITY RECEIVES PROPERTY Freight service on the Tipton-Elwood-Alexandria division of the Indiana Railroad System will be discontinued Thursday and will mark the passing of traction service in this city. The Indiana Railroad System, which purchased the Indiana Railroad Company a months ago filed a petition with the Public Service Commission to discontinue service on the local division Revenue Not Sufficient The company alleged in its petition that neither the freight nor passenger service brought sufficient revenue for the operation of cars on the local division. The Commission granted the company permission to discontinue its passenger service of June 15, last, but instructed that freight service be maintained until October 15 because of the work on State Road No. 28. Paving of the state highway has been completed and the Indiana Railroad System is said to be ready for the discontinuing of the service. Bus Service Inaugurated Since the passenger service was discontinued, a bus service has been opened between Indianapolis and Elwood by the B. and B Transit Lines, of Elwood. With the Indiana Railroad System discontinuing its freight service on Thursday, the rails will become the property of the city as will the station and its site at Main and Sixteenth Streets. * City to Repair Street The city will probably use an asphalt preparation in making repairs to Main Street. No definite announcement has been made relative to the disposal of the station and its site, but rumors have it that the property may be purchased by the school city, which is in urgent need of a gymnasium. *Elwood’s Public Library now occupies the same address at Main and 16th Street. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 V_Elwood’s_Electric_Rail_Lines.docx � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Elwood's Electric Railways Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-426 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood's Electric Rail Lines Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 09/05/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/7be09260bc7a54716e463c9709120586.pdf f152343e90d5ce7b894c910beaa47011 PDF Text Text The ELWOOD Chronicles The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana NKP 587 in 1947 Elwood’s Rail History & NKP 587 June 23, 2022 Revised: August 30, 2022 These older women always play hard to get. The one in mind sat in Broad Ripple Park in Indianapolis from 1955 to 1983 and now resides in Kentucky. I knew about the steam engine in Broad Ripple Park. It was NKP #587 and it had been there since 1955. But then . . . the city of Indianapolis wanted to build a new public library and needed the land. The engine was leased to the Indiana Transportation Museum in Noblesville and that’s when I discovered I knew very little about that locomotive or Elwood’s rail history. The steam engine had been built in 1918 for the LE&W (Lake Erie & Western) and was numbered 5541. Over its lifetime, it undoubtedly ran through Elwood as LE&W #5541 and as NKP #587. The LE&W had been acquired around 1900 by the LS&MS (Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway), later, a component of the giant New York Central System. It’s not common knowledge, but Elwood’s rail history includes 14 years of the LS&MS Ry and some 8 years of the New York Central. When the Indiana Transportation Museum acquired the locomotive in the mid ‘80s, repairs were needed and volunteers performed much of that work. The locomotive was placed inside a vacant plant on the east side of Indianapolis and the following photo was taken while I worked inside the firebox. �In addition to excursions over much of Indiana, #587 was often used on the Fair Train from Fishers to the Indiana State Fairgrounds and back on round trips to Indiana state fairs. In 1991, NKP #587 ran excursions from Frankfort to Muncie and then returned each day on June 29 and June 30. Video from 29 June 1991 is posted on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Rxt5OUQEk – as well as video of #587 on the turntable at Frankfort’s roundhouse. Unfortunately, issues surfaced between the Noblesville Museum and the city of Noblesville. Rather than chance the demise of NKP #587, a museum in Kentucky agreed to hold the locomotive until such time as the Indiana Transportation Museum, now located in Logansport, can manage the time and expenses of an aging, but graceful older lady. It’s not likely in my lifetime, these older ladies play hard to get. But once upon a time, we knew each other quite well. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 IX_Elwood_Rail_History_and_Nickel_Plate_587 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-3670 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood's Rail History & NKP 587 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/30/2022 Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/b95257c712174895ff44f69651bae27d.pdf c4fc292f7c4455a92c4c37b58a626cd5 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood’s Second Rail Line La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR Updated: 01 August 2010 Revised: 01 May 2022 1876 – La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR Muncie & State Line Ry La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie RR Lake Erie & Western* *LE&W – The New York Central years – 1900-1922 NYC&StL RR (Nickel Plate Road) Norfolk & Western Norfolk Southern The La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington (Illinois) Rail Road was organized on July 13, 1869. Its initial charter was to build the final 37 miles of a rail line from Illinois to Lafayette, Indiana. Less than two years later, it was chartered to build an 84.6-mile extension from Lafayette to Muncie. �Work started in June of 1871 and by late 1872, the entire grade had been completed, bridges were in place and ties were on the ground. But the arrival of rails was delayed by cash shortages and legal complications. It was May 28, 1874, before the railroad authorized completion of the line. By mid-October of 1875, 35 miles of track had been completed between Tipton and Muncie and a month later another 25 miles of track was added from Tipton to Frankfort. The railroad ran a sixcar stockholders' special from Muncie to Lafayette on February 1, 1876, and on February 10, 1876, daily trains were scheduled between Muncie and Tipton and between Tipton and Alexandria (see timetable No. 1 below). �On February 24, 1876, the schedules were extended to Frankfort. The entire 201 mile mainline from Muncie to Bloomington, Illinois, was opened on July 1, 1876. Eventually, the LM&B put on a through daily express train in each direction and the 201 miles were often covered in 7 1/2 hours. On April 3, 1879, the La Fayette, Muncie & Bloomington RR was sold under foreclosure. It emerged as the Muncie & State Line Railroad. On April 30, 1879, the property was consolidated into a new company known as the La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie Railway. Finally, on December 11, 1879, the Lake Erie & Western, established August 4, 1879, formally absorbed the La Fayette, Bloomington & Muncie Ry. The LE&W extended 718 miles from Sandusky, Ohio to Peoria, Illinois. LE&W – THE NEW YORK CENTRAL YEARS The last line to become part of the Lake Erie & Western was the Lafayette, Muncie & Bloomington. This line built from Lafayette, with the line toward Bloomington, Illinois, completed in 1872, and the line to Muncie completed in 1876. This company would change its name to Lake Erie & Western Railway, the first of three companies with the exact same name. It was this company that completed the line from Muncie to Celina, Ohio, in 1879. Around 1877, Cornelius Vanderbilt and his New York Central and Hudson River Railroad gained a majority of stock of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern quickly realized the value of the LE&W as a competitor and purchased the road in 1900. The LS&MS held controlling interest in the LE&W until On December 22, 1914, when the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad merged with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to form a new New York Central Railroad. The NYC operated the LE&W as part of their Big Four Lines although it did not merge it into the NYC System. After operating it as a separate entity for two decades, the New York Central sold the Lake Erie and Western to the Nickel Plate Road in 1922. The LE&W was merged into the Nickel Plate Road and became the Lake Erie and Western District. It then became part of the Norfolk & Western in 1964 and Norfolk Southern in 1982. NS currently operates the line through Elwood. Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 II_Elwood’s_Second_Rail_Line.docx Revised: 01 May 2022 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-421 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood’s Second Rail Line Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/e8f3b4d44fa9562afd7937443626d312.pdf a7294d50ac041c82f3a8f6d7a6d3608d PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana Elwood’s Third Rail Line EA&L RR Revised: 17 March 2013 Elwood, Anderson & Lapelle Railroad ELWOOD, ANDERSON & LAPEL RAILROAD 1898 -- 1929 Elwood actually had a third railroad. The American Sheet and Tin Plate Company opened in Elwood in 1892 and was said to have been the country's largest tin plate producer. It also owned and operated the Elwood, Anderson & Lapel Railroad, the EA&L RR, although some maps of the day indicated the rail line as the EA&L Ry. The railroad of The Elwood, Anderson and Lapelle Railroad Company, hereinafter called the carrier, is a single-track standard-gauge steam railroad operating as a switching road in the town of Elwood, Ind. The carrier owns 1.412 miles of main line. The carrier also owns yard and side tracks totaling 3.434 miles. Its road thus embraces 4.846 miles of all tracks owned. In Appendix 1 will be found a general description of the property of the carrier. Corporate history — The carrier was incorporated under the general laws of the State of Indiana, with principal office at Pittsburgh, Pa. Its organization was perfected September 29, 1897. Control of the carrier is vested in the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company through ownership of its entire outstanding capital stock. APPENDIX 2 �DEVELOPMENT OF FIXED PHYSICAL PROPERTY On May 17, 1898, the carrier acquired by purchase from the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company approximately 1.296 miles of track connected with the railroad of that company. These tracks were located on land owned by the American Sheet & Tin Plate Company at Elwood, which land was, on May 17, 1898, leased to the carrier. During the period from November, 1898, to November, 1904, the carrier constructed 0.258 mile of track to effect a connection with The Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, and during the same period constructed 3.292 miles of yard tracks and sidings to serve industries located on its line of railroad. The switching line was chartered on January 12, 1898, to connect the tin plate mill located on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (The Pan Handle, a Pennsylvania Railroad component) with the Lake Erie & Western (subsequently the Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk & Western and Norfolk Southern) in Elwood. Although the actual line was extremely short, it extended north from So. L Street between 25th and 27th Streets and operated over several miles of track in Elwood. The Elwood, Anderson & Lapel RR was to have eventually run from Elwood to Anderson and then west to Lapel. Maps from 1901 do show it as proposed though track was never extended beyond Elwood. Rather than travel through Frankton, however, the EA&L Ry was to veer almost due east and around a settlement known as Quick City and then turn south again to parallel the PCC&StL tracks to Florida (Station) and Anderson. The proposed tracks were never intended to go through Frankton but around it. From 1901: Elwood, Anderson & Lapelle R. R. ELWOOD ANDERSON & LAPEL. -- This company proposes to complete its road from Elwood to Lapel, Ind., about 26 miles, this coming summer. Three miles of the track are already laid and in use by the American Tin Plate Company as sidings for freight cars. The line has been surveyed to Anderson, 15 miles from Lapel. D. B. Edwards, general agent, Elwood, Ind. �The following maps are from 1901 . . . EA&L Map 1 – Elwood �EA&L Map 2 – Elwood to Frankton EA&L Map 3 – Frankton to Anderson �As an aside, Quick City was established for residents who worked for a glass factory. This factory was owned by a man named Quick, thus the name of the city. These factories came to the area to take advantage of the natural gas boom and cities erupted. Once the gas ran out, companies left, as did the Quick company, taking with them the workers and the houses in Quick City. Nothing remains of Quick City and the site is nothing more than farm land these days. So, the EA&L RR was to remain an industrial track located primarily in Elwood to service the tin mill, glass plants, canning factories and for exchanging cars between the PRR and NKP. --------The plant of the American Sheet & Tin Plate Co. at Elwood, Ind., is all enclosed by a fence, all of the tracks within which were formerly owned and operated by the P. C. C. & St. L. R. R., by which all the plant switching was performed. In 1897 the industry purchased the tracks for $50,000, incorporated the E. A. & L. R. R., with a capital stock of $50,000, and transferred the tracks to the railroad company in exchange for its capital stock. There are 4.51 miles of track, all within the plant enclosure, except the track extending about 7,000 feet from the north end to connection with the N. Y. C. lines, through the actual track connection is only 300 feet from the plant. All of the right of way within the enclosure, and most of that without, is leased to the industry, the lease providing that the E. A. & L. R. R. shall have the exclusive railroad right of entrance into and upon the grounds of the plant. The tracks of the P. R. R. extend along the property line of plant. The equipment of the E. A. & L. Ry. Consists of 2 locomotives, 1 flat car and 2 coal cars. The principal service performed is interchange switching; it does only a small part of the intermill switching. Inbound shipments of raw material must be placed promptly when actually required to meet the needs of the industrial service, and the E. A. & L. Ry. adjusts its switching service to meet the demands of the plant. It charges $2 per car on inbound and $4 on outbound business, which are absorbed by the trunk lines. The charge for intermill switching is $2. On interchange the trunk lines charge demurrage against the industry. In 1911 the road handled 14,785 cars, from which it derived $20,201; $5,530 from the industry and $14,671 from the trunk lines. �The following entry provides a little information about one of the EA&L Railroad's employees: William Bateman Leeds (September 19, 1861 – June 23, 1908) was born in Richmond, Indiana in 1861. 1904: After hearing Wall Street rumors of dissension among the Directors, Mr. Leeds resigned from his position as President of the Rock Island & Pacific Railroad in 1903, his resignation becoming effective January 1, 1904. While President, his reported annual salary was $32,000. After his resignation, he continued to play an active role in business and was made a Director in several other companies, including the American Tin Plate Company, the American Audit Company, the Ellwood, Anderson and Lapelle Railroad, the Nassau Gas, Heat and Power Company, the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, and the Windsor Trust Company. The E. A. & L was highlighted in an August 2, 1905, article in the Elwood Daily Press: SHORTEST RAILROADS TROUBLES COMPLAINT MADE THE TIN PLATE ROADS CHARGES ARE EXCESSIVE Commissioners Will Hear Complaint at the City Building August 8. For several days it has been known to the railroads and others interested that the state railroad commission would meet in the auditorium in the city building in the city of Elwood on August 8, to inquire into certain complaints that had been made in regard to switching charges, and excessive coal rates. Who made the complaint could not be learned, everyone seemingly interested, denying all knowledge of the affair. It became known today, however, that the complaint is made against the Elwood, Anderson & Lapel railway, but who preferred the charge is a mystery. None of the coal dealers seem to know anything about the matter and as there is no others who could be interested the facts will not come out until the commission meets. �The Elwood, Anderson & Lapel line is one of the shortest railroads in the state, if not in the country, being less than one mile in length, yet it has its network of side tracks and its equipment, consisting of the necessary rolling stock, being one engine, flat cars, gondolas, and box cars sufficient to carry on the business. The only railroad stock that usually belongs to railway equipment that it does not carry is coaches. As it runs no passenger trains this part of the usual railway equipment is unnecessary. The road has its own officers, telegraph lines, telephone service, the same as roads of a hundred miles in length and does more business according to its length and equipment, than any road in the state. Its work consists largely in switching cars between the tin plate works and the Panhandle and the L.E. & W. railroads, and it makes it especial rates for this work. It is presumed that some shippers have concluded that these charges were excessive, hence the complaint. It remains to be seen the complaint. Whatever there is in an interchange between two roads there is always an extra charge for switching, the cars from one road to the other, otherwise the railroads would find themselves swamped and from one to three crews kept transferring cars from one line to the other for which the various companies would receive no compensation whatever, and in order to cover the cost of handling this excess business an interchange rate has been adopted. This rate runs from 50 cents to $2, according to the work required to place the cars, etc. In the case of the E. A. & L., the cars have to be hauled at least three-fourths of a mile before the necessary switching is done and it is quite probable that the commissioners will find that the rate charged by this short line is not excessive under existing conditions. In 1918, there was an office listed for the EA&L in the Tin Plate Yards (phone *Main 87*) and another at S. J. and 25th Street (phone *Main 276*). Shortly before being abandoned, it was known to have 2 locomotives and 6 freight cars of its own. The freight cars were not employed in commercial service. �The *Lapel* in the corporate name was spelled *Lapelle* and *La Pelle* in some early records and was apparently a misspelling of the town of *Lapel.* Some records are hard to find because in some instances, Elwood is also misspelled as *Ellwood.* The Nickel Plate Road eventually purchased the EA&L but abandoned it in 1929. It is known that portions of the rails from the connecting tracks to the tin mills lasted into 2002. *But here's a stunning exclusive -- this Nevada Consolidated Copper Company locomotive #600 was a 1902 Schenectady 0-6-0 steam locomotive originally built new as U. S. Steel's Indiana subsidiary Elwood, Anderson and Lapel Railroad's No. 3!!! In a sense, Elwood had its own steam locomotive! c1930-1931 12 July 1936 �11 July 1939 The locomotive as delivered to the EA&L Ry was believed to have included a wooden cab. The EA&L RR sold No. 3 to the N. C. C. Co. in October of 1916! A rebuild around 1930 included a new steel cab and the only photos available are after the rebuild and the new steel cab. *The EA&L RR was wholly in the city of Elwood, had no depots, no train dispatcher, ran no excursions, issued no passes, sold no tickets or mileage, owned but three engines and one car – that a work car, and handled nothing less than car lots. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ARTL-422 Title A name given to the resource The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana - Elwood’s Third Rail Line EA&L RR Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 08/18/2021 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elwood Public Library's Indiana Room Description An account of the resource Marvin Crim, Elwood, Rail History, Railroad https://historical2.elwood.lib.in.us/files/original/656b65ef93bb47b307653c911d61dc47.pdf 0bdb799372a805f2f38487947173e186 PDF Text Text The Rail History of Elwood, Indiana The ELWOOD Car The Interurban car of the Union Traction Company and the Indiana Railroad named for the city of Elwood, Indiana Updated: October 17, 2013 The Interurban Car Named “ELWOOD” �Notes Relative to the “ELWOOD” Car I. Source: CERA Bulletin 62 – November 1945 A. Page 14, 1st paragraph: Originally all Union Traction interurban cars were painted a dark green but a deep red was chosen as the new color in 1921 and repainting began with 403 and 405 which were promptly assigned, for a while, 403 to the Muncie Meteor and the 405 to the Hoosierland. B. Page 4, first column, first paragraph under: CITY STREET CAR LINES: Union Traction operated local systems in Muncie, Anderson, Marion and Elwood. In 1921, Birney type single truck safety cars replaced the old equipment in the three larger cities. The Elwood system was abandoned in 1924. C. Page 16, last paragraph, last three sentences: With affairs in this state the property was sold to Midland United on July 2, 1930, and became Indiana Railroad, to be beset with a whole new chain of circumstances leading to gradual demise. So passed Union Traction into history. The super-interurban, as far as Central Indiana was concerned, didn’t quite make the grade. II. Source: CERA Bulletin 63 – December 1945; Roster of Cars A. Page 5, Car Number 443 – Remarks: NAME “ELWOOD.” PURCH. 1927 FROM Gr. Rap., HOL & CHGO Ry. - $860, BECAME IR TOOL CAR. B. Page 7, Car Number 1150 – Remarks: WRECK TRAILER -- ANDERSON III. Source: CERA Bulletin 17 – INDIANA RAILROAD SYSTEM A. Page 14, Roster of Equipment – (1) NUMBERS 1150 - Wreck Motor - Built 1934 – By Jewett – Was U-443 – Note PP, N *See B. B. Page 15 (inside back cover): 1. Note N – Equipment thus marked with control at each end of car 2. Note PP – Altho not used in revenue service this car retains name “ELWOOD.” See also Note H. 3. Note H – Cars 442, 445, also 443 (1150) and 444 (710) acquired from Michigan R. R., Grand Rapids Holland & Chicago division, where they were 112, 115, 113, and 114, respectively. *Note M – Car 710 built from salvage of car 444 UTCo. See note H. IV. Source: The Indiana Railroad – by Herron Rail Services; The Singing Wire – Vol 2 V. Source: CERA Bulletin 91 – September 1950; Revised Third Printing, August 1975 INDIANA RAILROAD SYSTEM A. Page 22 – NOTES TO INTERURBAN PASSENGER CARS: See note page 23 regarding cars 442-445 . . . �Elwood had an interurban car named for the city. It was built by Jewett in 1913 for the Grand Rapids Holland & Chicago Ry. as car 21. In 1916 it was leased to Michigan Ry. and renumbered to car 113. When that company broke up in 1924, it reverted to the GRH&C as 113. In 1927 it was sold to Union Traction and became car 443 and given the name "ELWOOD." When taken into the Indiana RR in 1930, it retained its name and number until 1934 when it was converted to Indiana Railroad's tool car 1150. One note indicates it retained the name "ELWOOD." B. Page 23 – Note: 443 was converted 1934 to wreck motor #1150 C. Page 23A – NOTES TO FREIGHT AND WORK CARS: (See note page 23B) 1150 was originally passenger car; see note to cars #442-445 for further data. Converted 1934 to wreck motor, retaining name ELWOOD. Source: Electric Railroads of Indiana by Jerry Marlette, Second Edition 1980 Page 101 – Indiana Railroad System A. July 2, 1930 D. August 1, 1930 E. Tipton – Alexandria, 20 miles G. Abandonments: Alexandria-Tipton, Muncie, October 31, 1931 (Alexandria-Tipton passenger service discontinued June 30, 1931); H. At the peak of its short but active life, the Indiana Railroad System was the largest interurban railroad system in the world. Orange becomes standard paint scheme about 1936. The Interurban Car Named “ELWOOD” by Marvin Crim History often becomes sparse and fragmented. It’s especially true regarding the interurban car once named for Elwood, Indiana. Although the storyline is not total and complete, most of it can be pieced back together. The city of Elwood was served by six different electric transportation systems over the course of the streetcar and interurban era. Those years ran from the street cars in 1893 until early in 1932 when all freight interurbans ceased operations along what had been an Alexandria to Tipton route. In 1927, the Union Traction of Indiana Company purchased four cars from the Grand Rapids, Holland & Chicago Ry. for $860 each. The cars had been built in 1913 as cars #20-23. In 1916 they were leased to the Michigan Ry. where they became cars #112-115. When that company broke up in 1924, the cars were returned to the GRH&C Ry retaining the new numbers. The cars were later sold to the Union Traction Company of Indiana in 1927 where they took on the numbers 442-445. It would follow that the ELWOOD car would have been car 21, then car 113, UTC and IR car 443, and later IR 1150. But published notes from 1940 differ from a revised third printing in 1975 regarding the numbering from the 112-115 series to the 442-445 series. The sequence in which the cars were numbered from one series to the other is unclear without additional evidence. �These cars were added to the several already carrying names in addition to numbers until the mid-1930’s. Car 443 was given the name “ELWOOD.” Car 442 was named EATON; car 445 was named DALEVILLE; and car 444 was salvaged for some reason in 1932 with no record of a name ever being assigned to it. The original paint scheme for the Union Traction Company of Indiana featured a dark green body and a red roof. Letters and numerals were gold-leaf. In 1921 the scheme was changed to deep red bodies and green roofs. Since the ELWOOD car was not purchased by the UTC of I until 1927, it likely carried only the deep red scheme. As a matter of fact, all photos of the ELWOOD car in Indiana Railroad livery would indicate it may have retained the deep red UTC of I colors until it was withdrawn from service in 1941. *Photos exist showing ELWOOD still on the side of IR 1150. And only as luck would have it, video of the ELWOOD car exists. See Herron Rail Services – The Indiana Railroad – The Singing Wire – Vol 2 Marvin Crim WLWHS 1957 VI_The_ELWOOD_Car.doc � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Union Traction of Indiana / Indiana Railroad Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marvin Crim Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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