Evansville, IN

Headnote
EVANSVILLE, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Vanderburgh co., Ind., 172 ms. s. w. of Indianapolis. Watered by Ohio river. Pop. 3,663. (Fanning's, 1853)
Place Unit Type
City or Town
Containing Unit
Vanderburgh County, IN

Evansville, Indiana (Fanning’s, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
EVANSVILLE, c. h., p. v., seat of justice of Vanderburgh co., Ind., 172 ms. s. w. of Indianapolis. Watered by Ohio river. Pop. 3,663.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 118.
Date Type
In another disaster, the steamboat "Missouri" explodes on the Ohio River and more than a hundred die Crime/Disasters
In Evansville, Indiana, a large fire destroys a tobacco factory and other structures Crime/Disasters
Steamer burns on the Ohio River and five lives are lost Crime/Disasters
Birthplace of
Date Title
Seth Concklin to William Still, February 18, 1851
N. R. Johnston to William Still, March 31, 1851
N. R. Johnston to William Still, April 1, 1851
Levi Coffin to William Still, April 10, 1851
New York Times, "Bloody Riot in Evansville," July 31, 1857
New York Herald, “Interruption of a Political Meeting,” August 26, 1860
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