This Week in Shelby County History: June 26 - 30
1917 Shelby County Clerk Cecil B. Collins was warned by Marion County to stop registering women to vote. By the time Collins agreed to...
This Weekend in Shelby County History: June 23-25
1917 Clell Debaun “has been eating matches and drinking headache medicine for the past few days,” the Republican reported. Although Dr....
Legend of Shelbyville to be discussed at library program
Although billed as a “legend of Shelbyville” for next week’s program at the Shelby County Public Library, James H. Pierce’s influences go...
This Day in Shelby County History: June 22
1917 Thirty-five Shelbyville boys of Battery E. of the First Regiment of Indiana Artillery met at the Boy Scout’s Hall on W. Hendricks...
This Day in Shelby County History: June 21
1917 The eastbound freight, No. 80, which passed through the city at 5:30 p.m., ran into a “junk wagon” at the crossing on E. Jackson...
This Day in Shelby County History: June 20
1917 “Girl clerks” from the Five Cent Store decorated the courthouse lawn in patriotic colors and sold strawberries, ice cream, cake,...
This Day in Shelby County History: June 19
1917 The Castelman show, with eight wagons and 25 actors, set up shop in Flat Rock for a series of shows. 1942 Three offices of the...
This Weekend in Shelby County History: June 16-18
1917 Local man Cal Lightfoot was perplexed when one egg bought as part of a dozen at the grocery store wouldn’t fry, boil, scramble,...
What I Keep
What’s in a name? A name provides a sense of belonging, identity, and purpose. It is the past, the present, and the future of a family....
This Day in Shelby County History: June 15
1917 Citizens and two city bands were on hand to cheer Larue Taylor and Frank Wolfe as they passed through Shelbyville on the...