Transportation History of Evansville to be Subject of Lecture at Evansville Museum
By: Laura Kirtley
Updated: March 11, 2013
Moving through the Past:
Evansville's Transportation History, Part
II
Sunday, April 7, 2 p.m.
Old
Gallery
As a
follow-up to his earlier insightful lecture on transportation in Evansville's early days, Stan Schmitt will continue his discussion
of this interesting topic. His
presentation will include an
overview of the interurbans (electric street
trolleys), automobiles and roads, aviation, and changes on the river and
railroads.
Schmitt has spent nearly 30 years reading historic Evansville newspapers. His reading of
Evansville newspapers includes
publications beginning in the 1820s. He has also done research in places ranging from local libraries and courthouses to the
Indiana State Archives, the
Library of Congress and the National Archives. His local research has focused on the Wabash and Erie Canal,
transportation, coal mining, the
Civil War and other military history.
Schmitt serves on the Board of the Vanderburgh County Historical Society; the History
Committee of the Pigeon Creek
Greenway Passage; and the Critical Review Team of the Feel the
History project. He
is a past board member of the Canal Society of Indiana and served as editor of the Society's newsletter.
