Reitz Home 224 SE First Street
This is from a series of videos produced by the FJ Reitz High School, Feel the History Class. Together, these videos serve as a digital walking tour of the Historic Riverside District of Evansville Indiana.
Celebrate Evansville
Celebrate Evansville takes an unprecedented, hi-def look at the Evansville-area’s most significant landmarks, in an innovative time- and hyper-lapse video.
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1.This photo was taken just a few weeks before the January 1951 Downtown fire blazed through this block of Evansville's Main Street.
2.Willard Library The oldest public library in the state of Indiana, established in 1885 in Evansville Indiana.
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9.During World War II, there were more LSTs built in Evansville, Indiana, than in any other inland location. It’s fitting, then, that Evansville is home to the only operational naval museum in the nation, the LST 325. On a tourRead more
10. Old courthouse
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Evansville, Indiana - History and Facts
Evansville is a city and the county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.[5] The population was 117,429 at the 2010 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in Southern Indiana, and the 232nd-most populous city in the United States
Illinois Adventure #1506 Grant's Farm
Special events held at the site during the year include a Night Walk, a popular summer living history program; Harvest Time, a festival where visitors can participate in activities from 19th century farm life in the fall; Touring Grant's St. Louis, a ranger-guided bus tour of Grant-related sites in October and Holidays at White Haven, a day of holiday traditions and children's crafts from the 19th century held in December. Hardscrabble, the Grants' first home is located across the road from White Haven on the Anheuser-Busch-owned Grant's Farm property. Grant built Hardscrabble on 80 acres of the White Haven plantation given to the couple as a wedding gift after he resigned from the military to spend more time with his wife and their children. The White Haven staff conducts an interpretive program on special days each year when Hardscrabble is open to the public. The Grant's Farm animal preserve is open free-of-charge from April through November.
Illinois Adventure #1401 Fishing trip on Lake Clinton
If just relaxing and watching the animal life is your interest, Clinton Lake has various small mammals and nearly 40 species of birds, including osprey, which dive into the lake for fish. In the spring, it is the place to search for morels. In the fall, it is ablaze with a rainbow of color.