The Seedling Patch Newsletter Index
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2010, Vol. III, No. 26
Robert Carlton 1834-1885
The Bedford Star newspaper articles 1877
Board of Dangerous Diseases
Early Musical Instruments Tell Tale of Romance for Bedfordites
The Rosenbaum Piano
Bedford High School “The Pioneer” Part VII [From first BHS graduating class to 1874]
19thCentury Bills and Receipts [extracted from Lawrence County Probate Files]
Austin Norman Wilder 1825-1900
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch–Summer 2010, Vol. III, No. 27
Bedford Bicycle Club 1901
Jim Flick America’s Master Golf Teacher
Census 1890 Fayetteville
The Mayor’s Daughter’s marriage, 1889 {Minnie Williams]
Obituary Col. Vinson Vandova Williams 1922
Mitchell’s pioneer Citizens, part 4
1898 The Daily Mail, The Dewey family [Rollin C. Dewey, Admiral Dewey, etc]
Lawrence County Chattel Mortgage Record No. 1
Genealogy Query
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Fall 2010, Vol. III, No. 28
The Seedling Patch—Winter 2010, Vol. III, No. 29
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2011, Vol. III, No. 30
The Seedling Patch—Summer 2011, Vol. III, No. 31
1890s Summertime Fun, Melon Ball at Campbell & Brown’s Store, 16th& I
Campbell & Brown
Ellen Christiana Oliphant “Nellie” Inglis Beddoe
1924 Soldier’s Exemptions
Barbeque at Speed Springs [near Springville], The Daily Mail1904
John Bishop visits city [son of first resident, Samuel Bishop]
Charles H. Otis
Memories from 70 years Ago [Holland family descendant]
The Mitchel Commercial, 1881
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Fall 2011, Vol. III, No. 32
Halloween Party, Zuliene Johnson, 20thSt. in 1912
Tom Holland’s Lawrence County Memories
Tornado Struck Bedford 1911 [Struble limestone mill damage]
Tunnelton History published 1931
Books and Items for Sale
Add on: Through the eyes of a teenager [Mary Lemon]
The Seedling Patch—Winter 2011-12, Vol. III, No. 33
The Pythian Sisters of Tunnelton Methodist Church
Old Foote Home on North Side of Square Damaged by Fire Tuesday Night, Suspicious Circumstances —Bedford Daily Mail, 1917
Fragments of Leesville History
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2012, Vol. III, No. 34
The Seedling Patch—Summer 2012, Vol. III, No. 35
The Seedling Patch—Fall 2012, Vol. III, No. 36
The Seedling Patch—Winter 2012-13, Vol. III, No. 37
James Douglas McAfee, early LC postmaster
1. George W. Hardwick charged with Desertion; Washington Takes Notice [Civil War, story on the UNFAIR desertion of George Hardwick—civil war]
Bedford First Presbyterian Church building history
Billie and Buster, The Kern Kids [Billie Simpson and her brother]
Excerpts from 1895 Lawrence County Directory
The Bedford Mail,Nov. 9, 1910, Flinn Township Goes Off Map, Territory Divided
Obituary of Catherine Wilder Acoam
Looking Northwest from 17thand J Streets
1892 Downtown Bedford Fire—Tragedy or Blessing?
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2013, Vol. III, No. 38
The Seedling Patch—Summer 2013, Vol. III, No. 39
The Seedling Patch—Fall 2013, Vol. III, No. 40
Zora Isis Johnson Askew
Bedford Public Library History
A Letter to Betsy Jordon, 1812 letter from W.K. Jordon
Letter to Betsy 1812 –about indian attack MIGHT BE GOOD FOR PATRIOTS W.K. JORDON (BURIED IN JACKSON CO) Is the great grandfather of Catherine Keach.
Lawrence County History written circa 1870 [Leesville, Settlers Daniel Guthrie and Jacob and William Flinn, etc.]
1871 Business Directory
Letter from Santa Claus 1905
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Winter 2013, Vol. III, No. 41
Cover: Dr. Joseph Gardner’s Chemical Fire Extinguished, patent 1871 (pg. 1-2
President’s letter (pg. 3)
Larry King “volunteer extraordinaire”(pg.4 )
St. John’s episcopal Church by Peggy Julian and Robert Easton(pg. 5-9)
The Red Cross Farm (pg. 10-15)
October election 1876, Flinn Township, transcribed by Joyce Shepherd (pg. 16-17)
Jefferson Hotel “Where Southern Hospitality Reigns Supreme” (pg. 18-19)
19th Century bills & Receipts extracted from Lawrence County Probate files. (pg. 20)
Publications for sale (pg. 21-23)
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2014, Vol. III, No. 42
Cover Mitchell High School class of 1891 (pg. 1)
Emerson School 1opened in 1880 (pg. 2 )
President’s letter (pg. 3)
Former Indiana Limestone Company Building Headquarters, built in 1926 by Peggy Julian (pg. 4-9)
Excerpts from 1895 Directory of Lawrence County , Perry Township (pg. 10-12)
Death of Lawrence County Pioneer, Levi Fry, Bedford Daily Mail, Feb. 11, 1901 (pg. 13)
Uncle Ben Campbell by Joyce Shepherd (pg. 14-17)
Mitchell Pioneers, Part I by Judge H. H. Moore: Mr. Eldridge, Wash Robinson, Charles Gilbers, George Bartlett, Dr. J. S. Mitchell, Judge William H. Edwards, Squire Harlon Pope, Eli Baldwin, Jim Beasley, Carry Graves Mary Mantonya, Simpson burton, Dr. Burns, Thomas Dayson, Gabriel Hall, Henry Moore, Jim Page, “Dog” Palmer, Dave Dobbins, Robert Todd, Aunt Kate Katherine Dobson, Sabitha Moore, Nancy Dodson, Charley Reid (pg. 18-20)
Publications for sale, (pg. 21-23)
The Seedling Patch—Summer 2014, Vol. III, No .43
The Seedling Patch—Fall 2014, Vol. III, No. 44
1892 The Largest Block of Stone
Four Vanderbilt Mansions Built with Indiana Limestone—Part I
Little Big Horn [Faris and Sallee]
Indian Rights Association/Elks Club [chester Faris—1951 letter about old times and the Indians he knew out west]
1895 Excerpts, Directory of Lawrence County—Spice Valley Township
Genealogy research fee
Endowment match opportunity
The Great Meteoric Shower of 1833
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Winter 2014-15, Vol. III, No. 45
Bedford’s New Auto Fire Truck 1914
Four More Vanderbilt Mansions Built with Indiana Limestone—Part II
Endowment Match Opportunity
Genealogy Queries
Shawswick Teams Victorious, Shawswick/Tunnelton
George Donaldson, The Eccentric Scotchman, near Mitchell, Indiana
Early Bedford County Newspaper bills/ receipts extracted from probate files
1912 Bedford MailOffice [newspaper]
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2015, Vol. III, No. 46
The Seedling Patch—Summer 2015, Vol. III, No.47
Andrew Gelwick 1802 to 1872 – a forgotten man
Elam Y. “Dick Guernsey 1883 to 1975 [politician, businessman, historian, geologist, archaeologist, property owner, author, mapmaker, conservationist, one of the founders and restorer of Spring Mill Village]
Elam Y. Guernsey story and picture—also pix of Grany white move and Spring Mill before restoration
Bedford on the Move {The Foote & Parker Store]
Keithley Brothers’ Indentures [Lawrence County Records of Indentures No. 1]
Stephen Fountain Home/ Ambrose Keithley
Endowment Match Opportunity for the Museum
Leesville massacre in 1815 and Pottawatomie Indians
Annual Pinhook Parade
Mitchell High School Graduates 1876-1905
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Fall 2015, Vol. III, No. 48
John “Jack” Richard Hughes 1863-1920, Limestone Pioneer
Welsch Choir in Bedford 1913
Edward Rector, 1863 to 1925 “Lawrence county’s Greatest Philanthropist”
Edward Rector story—wealthy son of Isaac and Juliet Rector pictures and story.. historic marker Edward was Lawrence County’s greatest philanthropist part of story: So who was Edward Rector? He was an attorney born and raised in Bedford, a philanthropist to higher education, who became wealthy through his stock holdings, primarily Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Why did he use his money to benefit DePauw? Probably because he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, his father, Isaac, was on the Board of Trustees of Indiana Asbury University, later DePauw,from 1866-1868, and Rector was passionate about helping earnest young men and women earn a college education that he felt was denied to him for a lack of funds.
Bedford on the Move, The Fell Corner [16thand J]
Fell corner with pictures of Moses Fell house (house moved) and the limestone and brick business building that replaced it
Excerpts from 1895 Directory of Lawrence county—Pleasant Run Township
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Winter 2015-16, Vol. III, No. 49
James Hiram Madden 1841-1935
Three “Old Churches” in Lawrence County {Spice Valley Baptist, Old Union, Leatherwoood Christian]
Andrew Gelwick—the backstory
The Seventh Census 1850 [John McCrea the census taker]
Western Sun & General Advertiser 1818 [new settlement of Palestine—land for sale]
The Lawrence Democrat1858 excerpts from newspaper
More about James H Madden, Bedford Daily Mail 1897
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2016, Vol. III, No. 50
George P. Parks “The Magnet Healer”
Lille, Mary and Georg Parks picture and story—The Magnetic Healer and his healing institute in Bedford.
Capt. James Lawrence Lawrence county’s Namesake
Lawrence county’s “Man of Mystery” [John Doe and the Insane Record Books]
Dangerous Diseases
Johnson “Jonce” A. Coleman “Getting the Job Done” [moving a downtown business 1897]
Contractor did much more than move buildings in Bedford. Usually known as “Jonce,” his skills were in great demand. We tend to take for granted older buildings were constructed on their current sites or on the locations where they appear in photographs. Jonce Coleman's story may make us question that belief.
The Tunnelton Booster by Betty Ooley
Historical Humor The Bedford Democrat1898
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Summer 2016, Vol. III, No. 51
Samuel F. Irwin 1799-1867
James Gregory: Indiana Pioneer [lived about one mile east of current Bedford North Lawrence High School]
Information on the maker says that on March 11, 1818, commissioners, Ambrose Carlton,Thomas Beagley and James Stotts organized Lawrence County and its first five townships, appointed officers, fixed Palestine as the county seat and ordered the first elections. The marker also states that the first court convened at the James Gregory house on June 4, 1818.
Poor Farm inmate records, Part 1 [Lawrence County]
Mary Caroline Parks “ A Freshman’s Diary [in High School 1908]
Mary Caroline Parks high school diary 1908.With her pix. She was an actress at the Grand opera House in Cincinnati 1912.
Books and Items for Sales
The Seedling Patch—Fall 2016, Vol. III, No. 52
The Seedling Patch—Winter 2016-17, Vol. III, No. 53
Jacob Diehl
The Hotel Man [Diehl House, I St. Bedford]
Oolitic or a Town Named Limestone
1843 Murder Mystery! [Polly Ann Wymore]
Poor Farm inmate records, Part 3 [Lawrence County]
In the News —[Bedford Lawrence Mail 1887 and later regarding Will Rogers, Roy Rogers]
Books and Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2017, Vol. III, No. 54 (Special Edition)
Garvey Lane Transformed
Limestone Mills
Five Generations of Family [maps and Taylor family]
Poor Farm inmate records, Part 4 [Lawrence County]
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2018, Vol. III, No. 58
Captain William Day, A Life of Service
Historic Limestone “Castle” in Bedford [Norton Mansion 1415 15thSt.]
A Personal Letter from Palestine [written by Rollin C. Dewey in 1821]
Indiana Rangers in Sourthern Indiana Territory [circa 1810]
Distric Ranger’s Daughter Visits Museum [Forestry] Exhibit
Genealogy Querries [Morren and O’Bryan]
Poor Farm inmate records, Part 8 [Lawrence County]
The Seedling Patch—Summer 2018, Vol. III, No. 59
McClelland picture 1913
James McClelland
Carpenter Body Works
Harriet “Hattie” Gregory Coulter [Hospitals for the Insane]
Bigger’s Trading Post
Leatherwood Creek
Early Lawrence county Settlers
Poor Farm inmate records, Part 9 [Lawrence County]
The Seedling Patch—Fall 2018, Vol. III, No. 60
Cornerstone Ceremony (Lawrence County Courthouse] 1930
Laying the Cornerstone
Bicentennial Time Capsule
Lawrence County’s First Settlers and Its First Town [Leesville/Bono]
Gas Stations and the Model A
From the Lawrence County Poor Farm to Hollywood [Ida Blackwell/Hoot Gibson]
Old Kentucky and Indiana Road map [Indian Creek/ Boone Holler]
Did Rockport Road follow the route of the old Indian trail called the Yellow Bank Trail?
Poor Farm inmate records, Part 10 [Lawrence County]
The Seedling Patch—Winter 2018-19, Vol. III, No. 61
Included in this issue:
Michael and Elizabeth Mooney Malott
Larry and Janet King receive museum’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Limestone bust of Abraham Lincoln and Carver Jesse D. Corbin
Winters Long Ago
A Nineteenth Century Scam
The Death of Palestine
Alhorn’s Grocery
Lawrence County Poor Farm records
Mapping Lawrence County: An Annotated Bibliography 1818-1941
Books for Sale
The Seedling Patch—Spring 2019, Vol. III, No. 62
Included in this issue:
Special Edition on Bedford Foundry and Machine Co. written by Elliott family ( regarding Edward A. Sohn, Johanna Sohn, Joseph S. Eliott and Thomas S. Elliott. Also Leo B. Sohn, Joseph T. Sohn)
Susan Norman is Volunteer of the Year for 2018
Museum Collecting Historic Site Data by Becky Buher
Books and Items for sale
The Seedling Patch—Summer 2019, Vol. III, No. 63
Included in this issue:
President’s letter.
Glenn Jesse Chastain, born in Mitchell in 1913, died 1944 during WWII, in Normandy, France. He is buried at the American Cemetery in Normandy.
Spotlight on volunteer, Judy Hillenberg.
Two significant Bedford organization anniversaries. Bedford Rotary Club turns 100. First Presbyterian Church of Bedford celebrates 200 years locally.
Little Lost Dogby James Lee Hutchinson.
Mystery photo from the James M. Guthrie Collection.
Patrick Callan (Palestine and Bono, Bridget Mary Dougherty, Anna Eliza Callan) by Judy Ratcliff.
Frederick F. Stipp by Mary Margaret Stipp. Mentioned: Farmer in Erie, William D. Stipp, Johnson’s Empire Drug Store neighborhood, rs. William (Mary) Ikerd, Mrs. Marshall (Sallie) Smith, Mrs. Arthur (Joanna) Sherrill, and Mrs. Louella Bauhard, and Mrs. Maud Sasher, both of Bristol, Tennessee.
1824 Tax rates & charges by Ron Bell.
Lawrence County (Poor Farm) Asylum Inmates 1898, 1896-1954 by Susan Norman. Mentioned:
Ruth Routh, John Samuels, Anna Sare, Sarah Savage, Ben Scoggan, John Sheetz, Sara Shrout, Thomas Smeadley, Oliver Spaulding, Ulysses Speer, Sraah Stotts, Mary Jane Stotts, George Stotts, Mary Stotts, Wm. H. Stotts, James Stotts, Chas, Stotts, Anna Stotts, Silas Stotts, Lizze Strout, Delitha Sulivan, Lon Sumner, Joseph Tannehil, Laura Taylor, George Thomas, I.H. Thomas, Frank Tincher, Thomas Tindell, Walter Tronicker, Annie Trueblood, George Tyre, Wm. T. Underwood, Homer Vandivier, Florence Wagner, Rose Wagner, Frank Warden, Rebecca Watterson, Harold Wedgewood, Cecil White, Sam Wilson, Lizzie Wilson, Frank Wilson, Mansford Wilson, Cora Winegar, Alva Way, Charles Wesley Young, Minnie Young, Newton Collins, Charles Keedy, Agnes Wedgewood, Nancy Wilson, Frank Harp.
Museum booth at fair.
Books & Items for sale.
The Seedling PatchFall 2019, Vol. III, No. 64
Included in this issue:
President’s letter
John Tilford and Will Wallheiser 1896 fair.
Let’s go to the fair.
Pix of horse race.
History of Bedford Rotary Club.
Spotlight on Annette Seib.
Old Time Basketball Sectionals.
Milton Corwin Pritchett, Architectural Treasures:
Clinton S. Norton House, Hiram P. Radley house, Mitchell Opera House, Bedford Fire Department, Robert Reed House, Bedford First Methodist Church and parsonage, Ease Side School, Bedford High School Building, New Christian Church in Mitchell, Voris House (13th & K), Stone City Opera House, moving of Bedford Furniture & Carpet Co., FRANK TECH HOUSE ON L STREET NEAR 12TH, more.Lawrence County Asylum Inmates (Poor Farm) 1898 and 1896 to 1954.
Books for Sale.
The Seedling PatchWinter 2019-2020, Vol. III, No. 65
Included in this issue:
President’s letter.
Miss Clara Friedley, Best History Teacher.
Friedley Family of Lawrence County. Pix of their house 1126 Lincoln Ave. Bedford.
2019 winner of the Larry & Janet King Lifetime Achievement Award, Kenneth (Kenny) White.
2019 Winner of the Zora I. Askew Volunteer of the Year Award, Judy Hillenburg
Rivervale Park and Bishop Robert Richford Roberts.
Lawrence County’s One-Room Schools and history. List district schools.
The Spring Mill Store of Helemsly Wood, circa 1850s.
History of Dixonville, Guthrie Township, Thomas Dixon and Dixon families.
Books for sale.
The Seedling PatchSpring 2020, Vol. III, No. 66
Included in this issue:
Cover Pix: The Mitchell Cadet Band (story on pages 3-7) by Joyce Shepherd
President’s Letter (pg. 2)
What’s New in the First Quarter of 1920 by Peggy Julian (pg.8)
18th Amendment to constitution (Prohibition)
19th Amendment to the constitution (women’s suffrage)
Misc. bits of 1920 information
Wild Flower Safaris by James Lee Hutchinson (pgs. 12-13)
John T. Glover was a driving mechanic in the 1911 500 mile race
by Ron Bell (pgs. 14-15) Includes Indi wreck photo
Lawrence Bounty Asylum Inmates (Poor Farm) 1890-1898 and 1896-1954
Part 14 by Susan Norman (pgs 16-20)
Microfilm digitization project by Carol Sanders (pg 20)
Books & items for sale (pg 21)
The Seedling PatchSummer 2020, Vol. III, No. 67
Included in this issue:
Cover Pix: Charles H. Allen, Mayor of Bedford 1918-1922 (story begins on page 3)
President’s Letter (pg. 2)
Charles H. Allen, The Mayor, The Great War, and the Influenza Pandemic by Joyce Shepherd (pg. 3-7)
A Different Century; Similar Problems, Major Flue Pandemics of the 20th Century by Peggy Julian (pg. 8-10)
Uncle Sam’s Scholarship from “B-17 Memories” by James Lee Hutchinson (pg. 11)
Our Ancestors Moved to Indiana by Ron Bell, Lawrence County Historian (pgs. 12-13)
Lawrence County Asylum Inmates extracted from record books dated 1890-1898 and 1896-1954 by Susan Norman, Part 15 (pgs.14-17)
Lawrence County Probate Bills and Receipts (pg. 18-20)
Books & Items for Sale (pgs. 21-23)
The Seedling Patch
Fall 2020, Vol. III, No. 68
Included in this issue:
Cover: Elmwood home of the George Abram Thornton, Sr. family (family story begins on pg. 3 (3-7)
President’s Letter (pg. 2)
Got Vaccine? Two Polio Vaccines by Peggy Julian (8-11)
Granny White Cabin and a Hutchinson family connection to an Indian massacre by James Lee Hutchinson (12-13)
Pierre’s Last Hunt by Ron Bell
History starting in 1680 in White River valley and locally what became Bono community (14-15)
French traders, Charles bono, Jean Baptist Bonneau, Pierre Bonneau,
Indians and others
Lawrence County Asylum Inmates, Part 16, by Susan Norman (16-20)
George Rakitnison, Elizabeth Ray, N. W. Ralston, Margared Redman, Ellen Reid, Thomas Reynolds, Elwood Richardson, Andrew Rider, Chris Ridmire, John Rily, Everet Robbertson, Newton Robbins, Jasper Robertson, George Roby,Andrew Ryding,
Dilbert Sanders, Henry Sanders, Thomas Scroggan, William Seamore, Louis Sears, M. J. Sears, Geroge Siberts, Jacob Siberts and Elizabeth Muray, Elzira Sipes, Maggie Sipes, Susan Sipes, Hugh Skillen, David Skillen, Sarah Murphy, Catherine Ball, Walter Smith, Jessie Smith, Elizabeth Deckard, Simon Spears, Robert Spencer,
Sarah Sipes, Thomas Sphere, William Stalbert, Louisa Southern, Dath and Ralph Steele, Ruth Stigler, John Henry Stigler, Ollie Strange, James Sulivan, Thos. Sulivan, Mary Shafer, Patrick Sulivan, Mary Sulivan, Lucinda Sullivan, Tom Stillion, Mary Chambert, Mable Carter, Clarence Sumner, Ethel Sumner, Lissie Sumner, Thos. Maden, J. A. and E. Van Arkens, Lizzie Sumner, Hanny Wright, nan Wofford, Lon Sumner, D. Freen, Lissie Sumner, Geo. Sumner, P.P. Sumner, Lon Sumner, Sarah Sevan, Mable F. Sumner, Olie Sumner, Elias Day, Cicero Sutton, Geo. M. Sutton, Mandy Table, Peter Sweney, John Sweney, Joe Synder, Konrad Synder, Mary Bresig,
Mary, Tayor, Charles Thacker, Horace Thomas, Wm. Thompson, Wm. Tow, Frank Towe, Thomas and John Towe, Eliza Towe, Mary Towe,
Thomas Vohn, Michael Vohn and Ann McCann, John Vohn Kate Vohn,
Jane Wagenar, Jackson Walden, Franky dill, rily Walden, John Wallace, Charles White, James White, Jefferson White, A.C. Whitfield, Grant Whitfield, Sarah Miller, Michael Willfong, Cora Williams, S.W. Williams, Mary Hughes, M.E. , L. and O.P. Williams, Frank Williams, Mary E. Williams, Oma Williams, Helton Williams, Joseph Wommer,Samuel Woods, Carrie Woody, Wm. A. Wright, Thomas Wyman, Jacob young, Sofrona Zell, Jacob Zimmerman,
Books and items for sale (21-23)
The Seedling Patch
Winter 2020-21, Vol. III, No. 69
Included in this issue:
President’s letter (pg. 2)
Mysteries Solved? Airman First Class William Fryar and his Portrait of Harley Pope by Len Fryar. Part 1—How Bedford got the painting. (pgs 3-7)
Henry S. “Dot” Murray and Bedford City Parks by Peggy Julian (8-9)
Ghosts of Christmas Past by Lee Hutchinson (10-11)
The Fur Trade and Traders on the Wabash and White river Valley by Ron Bell, Lawrence County Historian (12-16)
Lawrence County History in Unexpected Places (16-17)
Underground Railroad Activity in Lawrence County, Indiana by Mike Hicks (17-21)
Books & Items for Sale (21-23)
The Seedling Patch
Spring 2021, Vol. III, No. 70
Included in this issue:
President’s letter (pg. 2)
Gold Star Mothers Dedicate Plaque honoring 125 men who died in WWII (photo and identifications)
Women of the Greatest Generation by James Lee Hutchinson (photo of plaque with names)
Merle Edington: The Pharoah of Bedford by Peggy Julian (photo of pyramid at Giza, ground-breaking cornerstone ceremony, Limestone Tourist Park, 1979, park museum building, small pyramid at park entrance)
British Control of Indiana Fur Trade by Ron Bell
Dr. Toliver’s Return to Lawrence County by Bob Moody, subject Dr. M. P. Tolliver (photo: Bob Moody at Milton P. Tolliver, M.D. grave, Old Elnora Cemetery)
Lawrence County History in Unexpected Placed by Joyce Shepherd (photo: newspaper clipping August Pfaeffin, train image)
Lawrence County Poor Farm Asylum Inmates Part 17 by Susan Norman
Books & Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch
Summer 2021 Vol. III, No.71
Included in this issue:
President’s letter (pg. 2)
The River Vale Community by Judy Ratcliff (photo: Ratcliff family and home, letter, Rivervale Post Office, Rivervale and Turly newspaper advertisements, flood, Rivervale depot, map, city directory 1922)
Naming Shawswick Township by Ron Bell
The Great Skinny-Dip Caper of 1934 by James Lee Hutchinson
Inmates of the Poor Farm by Susan Norman
Books & Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch
Fall 2021 Vol. III, No.72
Included in this issue:
President’s letter (pg. 2)
School Days, Good Old Golden Rule Days by Becky Buher
1874 Bedford High School’s First Graduating Class (photo: Josie Francis Malott, 1874 BHS class banner and trophy, Story of a Nickel)
Bluespring Caverns by Peggy Julian (photo: George Harvey Colglazier, caverns park sin, entrance to cave, award image, Bluespring Caverns salamander, trail guide, wooden bridge on Bolton trail)
The Americans Take Control of Southern Indiana by Ron Bell
Old Ned by James Lee Hutchison (Photo: Bedford Dairy horse drawn delivery vehicle)
Lawrence County’s 1834 Courthouse by Joyce Shepherd (photo: Washington County Courthouse 1828, Lawrence County Courthouse 1834)
Bedford Weekly Mail newspaper story, subject—Arie Armstrong
Books & Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch
Winter 2021-22, Vol. III, No.73
Included in this issue:
President’s letter (pg. 2)
George Washington Cook (photos: Georgie Cook, John G. Cook, Drum Corps, Lydia Deisher, Lydia Deisher Burton home in Mitchell, Ind.), by Joyce Shepherd
Dr. Roland Edward Wynne, A Bedford Everyday Hero (photos: Dr. Wynne, May Brooks Wynne), by Peggy Julian
The Fur Trade Slowly Died in Southern Indiana by Ron Bell
Keeping Warm in 1936 by James Lee Hutchinson
Lawrence County’s Fourth Courthouse by Joyce Shepherd, (photo: Lawrence County Ind. Courthouse 1872-1930)
Books & Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch
Spring 2022, Vol. III, No. 74
Included in this issue:
President’s letter (pg. 2)
The Circus Comes to Mitchell, Ind. 1910 (photo: Mitchell street scene)
Memories of Will Ewing, Mitchell, Ind. 1871-1940 included musings on numerous people and business locations in Mitchell (photo: W.D. Ewing)
American Food Conservation Helped Win WWI by Peggy Julian (photo: four poster images)
WWII Act of Human Kindness by James Lee Hutchinson (photo: plane)
French Influence in Southern Indiana by Ron Bell
Newspaper report about a 1879 circus performance at Leesville, Ind. and the brawl that ensued. Shots fired.
Books & Items for Sale
The Seedling Patch
Summer 2022, Vol. III, No. 75
Included in this issue:
Cover pg. 1: Avoca Dam on Goose Creek (formerly Avoca State Fish Hatchery.
President’s letter (pg. 2)
The Bridwells of Avoca and Bloomington, The American Flour-Milling Revolutionin One Family by Dave Nord, Pgs. 3-Pg. 4, Image of Marshall Township, 1879, detail of area around Avoca.
Pg. 5, Bridwell’s Buhr-ground flour , Bridwell Milling Co. advertisement 1897
Pg. 6, Model Roller Mills, Bloomington advertisement 1913.
Pg. 7, Images of Avoca dam and wooden flume about 1900, Hayden Bridwell family in front of H. Bridwell & Sons store,1896.
Pgs. 8-9 Ice skating, Anyone by Peggy Julian. Images: ice skating at Thornton Park.
Pgs. 10-11 William Carroll Winstandley by Ron Bell.Image: Windstandley house built for Jesse A. Mitchell in the 1860s for his daughter Alice who was married to William Carroll Winstandley. Imge of William Winstandley on pg.11.
Pgs. 12-14 The Village Blacksmith by James Lee Hutchinson with drawing of the village blacksmith at his forge. Also information on Abel’s Blacksmith Shop in Dutchtown—Tom Abel, Marshal Abel and Dutch Abel.
Pgs. 15-16 The Saga of the Shawswick Glockenspiel by Brian Turpen. Images of Shawswick Band , Rone Music Co. receip, Jane Thomas, Orville Zell, Ralph W. Thomas.
Pgs. 17-20 Mitchel(l)—The Man and the Town by Jef Routh. Images: Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Gen. Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel c 1862, O. M. Mitchell building of the Cincinnati Observatory.
Pgs. 21-23 Books and items for sale.
Pg 24—back cover with address and membership form.
The Seedling Patch
Fall 2022, Vol. III, No. 76
Included in this issue:
Cover page: 1930’s Lawrence county Chautauqua— Lawrence County residents, Vannie (Medlock) King and Manford King. Mrs. King is standing in the second row, fifth from the right. She is near the center, to the right of the woman in the light-colored jacket. Manford King, standing in the back row, fifth from the right, is the tall man wearing a cap.President’s letter (pg. 2)
Pgs. 3-6: Chautauquas in Lawrence County, Indiana by Peggy Julian
Image: Chautauqua advertisement , Redpath Chautauqua Special train, Chautauqua tent in early 20th century
Pgs. 7-9: Settlement of Marion township by Jeff Routh
Spring Mill Village, other communities, schools, ferries. Image of George Sheeks house in Spring mill Park village.
Pgs 10 -11: Gardens and Canning in 1935 by James Lee Hutchinson. Image of canned goods on shelf.
Pgs. 12-16: Ingalls Stone company 1922 compiled by Ron Bell
Pg. 16: Fort Wayne Weekly Democrat, May 1870, Discovery of a murder and Robbery Committed Fifty Years Ago. Skeleton in rocks at junction of Salt Creek and White river in 1849.
Pgs. 17-20: The Bedford Tractor by Ron Bell. Includes several interesting tractor images, diagrams and advertisements.
Pgs. 18-23: Books and items for sale.
Pg 24, Back cover with address section and museum membership form.
The Seedling Patch
Winter2022-2023, Vol. III, No. 77
Included in this issue:
Cover page: The John Wesley Gray Estate in Mitchell and image of the Spice Valley Country Club
President’s letter (pg. 2)
Chicago Socialites Enjoy Life of Leisure on Spice Valley Rand by Jeff Routh, page 3-8. Image s: Historic Romance of Diamonds, John Wesley Gray image, page 5, Grace Thomas Gray, page 6, Gray’s Spice Valley Hilltop, page 8
Thin Ice on Leatherwood Creek by James Lee Hutchinson, pages 9-10. Leatherwood Creek drawing page 10.
Joe-Dog by Ron Bell, Pages 11-12. Image: Jo-Dog advertisement, page 11.
Fort Ritner’s Crazy House by Marla Jones pages 13-14. House image on page 13, people inside house page 14.
Lawrence County Celebrates the End of World War II by Peggy Julian. Pages 15-16. Images: Mourners, page 15, soldier image Dreams now can come true, page 16
Sarah’s (Schafer) Landlady by Joyce Shepherd pages 17-20. Images: Smith house, page 17, Stone City Opera House, page 18, Stone City Manufacturing Co. advertisement, page 19.
Books and items for sale, pages 21-23
Back cover with address section and museum membership form. Pg 24
The Seedling Patch
Spring 2023, Vol. III, No. 78
Included in this issue:
Cover page: Ed Hirsch and Ed’s Ghost Town
President’s letter (pg. 2)
Remembering Ed’s Ghost Town by Jeff Routh with photos—pgs. 3-7
They Rode Off in all Directions And they Went That-a-way! by James Lee Hutchinson, with image—pgs. 8-9
The Glory Road Gang of 1938 with photos of the 1937-38 Bedford High School Cutter Boys Basketball team and schedule—pgs. 10-13
Copy Trolley full-page advertisement—pg. 14
Limestone Sidewalks by Ron Bell and photo—pg. 15
Thomas Jeffferson Abel—A Bedford Blacksmith and Musician by Gene Abel with photo of Marshall Abel and Tom Abel—pg. 16-17
The Harry O. Lee Scrapbook by Joyce Shepherd.—pg. 18
News from the pages of the Lawrence County News, Vol. VII, No. 1, July2, 1891, include R. Bruce Hamer, Yocky, Heltonville, Ft. Ritner Coal dump, and other news bits——pgs. 18-20
Books & Items for Sale—pgs. 21-23
Membership form—pg. 24
The Seedling Patch
Summer 2023, Vol. III, No. 79
Included in this issue:
Cover page: Master Carver Enrico “Harry” Liva by Marla Jones. Images of Liva and carvings by Liva at the Bedford Free Methodist Church—pgs. 1-2
President’s letter (pg. 3)
Rudy Deering and His Orchestra by Jeff Routh with images—pgs. 4-7
Williams Area Architect, Builder and Millwright, Jacob Bossert by Dr. Deborah Craton. Includes images of houses, churches, mill and Jacob Bossert—pgs.8-9
The Great Depression by James Lee Hutchinson with drawings and photos of Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)images and workers—pgs. 10-13
Sons of Ireland in Indiana and Irish Immigrants to America by Ron Bell includes populations maps and graphs—pgs. 14-16
Spien Kopj or Spion Kop or Spioen Kop or East Oolitic by Peggy Julian includes yound Winston Churchill and East Oolitic lots for sale, news account of bridge built—pgs. 17-19
1983 Girls Basketball State Champions 40-Year Anniversary Dinner full page advertisement—pg. 20
Books and Items for sale—pgs. 21-23
Membership form—pg. 24