Now and then/1950s. This is Main Street, New Albany, Indiana. On the left, the tracks and buildings are still standing, but the right has had a do over. Near the Ohio River, across from Louisville.
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Time machine
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana on March 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Oh so long ago
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana on March 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
!907 Railroad Depot, Sellersburg, Indiana. 12 years later, my great-grandfather, William Suddeth, died in a house a few blocks away where I-65 passes by. I believe this was on Utica Street—does anyone know for sure? (man is holding a bicycle wheel?)
Old train station given a new life
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana, trains on March 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
When I was a wee lad (Mid 1950s), my mother (Mary Katherine Pait Suddeth) and I took the train from Detroit to Jeffersonville, Indiana. My grandparents met us at the station. I am thrilled the train station is still with us though the tracks are long gone. Near the corner of 10th and Spring, across the street from where my parents met.
Site of Fort Finney
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana on March 2, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Site of wooden-walled Fort Finney, built in 1786 by the military to deter Indian raids, it is directly across the Ohio River from downtown Louisville. Renamed Fort Steuben in 1791, it closed in 1793. The village that grew around the fort became Jeffersonville, Indiana. To the right are 2 bridges, Lincoln Bridge & Kennedy Bridge, the actual site of the fort. I was born a few blocks away at the Clark County Memorial Hospital.
OOPS
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana on February 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
My father, Charles G Suddeth, grew up in Sellersburg Indiana, about 15 miles north of Louisville. Around 1940, a car caught fire in front of the Sellersburg Volunteer Fire Station. It burned to a crisp. Lucky it wasn’t down the street. [Not sure if this is the original station]
Tornado stunner
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana on December 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
My grandmother, Mary Gillenwater Pait, stands before Kehoe Grocery, 7th & Ohio, Jeffersonville, Indiana. Next door is her mother’s home—Louisa Ann Gillenwaters. Mary was living in a house a couple doors to the left, not pictured. A tornado took the roof off. Grandma was stunned but not hurt. (Kehoe’s still standing) 1922
Once mighty warriors
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana on December 5, 2021| Leave a Comment »
The Wea Tribe of Indiana is located along the Wabash River in Clinton, Indiana with a former reservation on Racoon Creek. Part of the Miami and Illinois confederacies, they once had villages in Lafayette and Terre Haute.
Come for the circus, stay for the powwow
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged circus, Indiana on December 3, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Unlikely companions: Peru, Indiana is home to the Miami Tribe of Indiana. On property in Peru once owned by the Miami Tribe is the International Circus Hall of Fame. Fun fact: Locals pronounce it PEE-roo.
Hoosier Sundown
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana on October 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Sundown at Bob Warder Park in Jeffersonville Indiana. This park is for handicapped children. Eric Suddeth photo 101921
Birth, life, death of a small town
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Indiana on August 1, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Life and death of a town. Marysville, Indiana is a small town about 25 miles northeast of Louisville. My grandfather grew up on a farm near here (young Colonel Sanders was his neighbor). Back then, Marysville was a prosperous place. Then the railroad died. Next I-65 was built a few miles west, allowing traffic to bypass Marysville. Finally, a 2015 tornado almost leveled the town. Now it reminds me of a tree stump trying to regenerate, not dead, but no longer a tree.
C. T. Suddeth 