There is also another book on the history of Evansville-- The Evansville
Story by James E. Morlock. Copywrite 1956. Dr. Morlock was a prof at
Evansville College (now UE). I don't know if Willard has the book or now,
or even if you can buy it. Dr. Morlock's book is an easy read, very
comprehensive, minimum pictures, a nice refence at the back, and index, and
chronology at the end of each chapter. I have not read the other books as
I own this on (hubby got it while we were in college). You might try
calling Willard to see if they have it and checking it out. Dr. Morlock
has quite a bit o material in his book (220 pages--14 chapters). Helen
Zuber Keusch
forever searching the EAKINS, FORD/FOARD, MELTON, WALCUP, SANDEFUR, EZELL,
HANDLEY, THOMASSON, BIGGERSTAFF, ZUBER, GUTEKUNST/GOODART, ANTHIS, BANGERT,
LAND, CRABTREE, BENNETT, EDWARDS, REEVES, WOFFORD families--my lines; and on
hubby's side the families of MEHRINGER, SCHITTER/SCHUETTER, HOCHGESANG,
SCHMITT, HURST, BECHER, KEUSCH, ZIMMERMAN, ACKERMAN, BURGER, and HOPF (and
some side-lines).
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Yes, it has lots of photos but somewhat limited amount of history. He had
another one "An Evansville Album" it also has lots of photos with a
smidgen more history.
The Tri-State Genealogy Society reprinted "History of Evansville and
Vanderburg County, Indiana" by Frank M. Gilbert, 1910. They sell it for
$55 though. Its a nice book with quite a bit of early history.
What I didn't like about the first edition of "The Bend in the River" was
the later chapters from 1920 on seemed more like a recitation of the
newspaper headlines. It was rather bland., no drama :-) didn't expand too
much on why events happened.
I haven't looked through the updated edition.
I don't know if you've seen the Postcards and Photos that Willard has put
online recently.
http://www.willard.lib.in.us/search.html
The Evansville Library has a few books online about Evansville
http://ebooks.evpl.org/
I still have a few odds and ends online
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/in/county/vanderburgh/index.html
And this guy is really good
http://members.evansville.net/user/boneyard/
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