News From Terre Haute, Indiana History 2012-02-14T13:19:25-05:00 urn:uuid:5b06c35a-8b76-4878-829a-a67696ac68b3 LOOKING BACK: 1962: Terre Haute Works of Allis-Chalmers closes Dorothy Jerse urn:uuid:27290fdc-b879-4dde-b941-91f453f9f06b 2012-02-12T05:00:00-05:00 <p> Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star.</p> GENEALOGY: BMD website great for tracing England, Wales Tamie Dehler urn:uuid:c61d71c3-dd29-40c8-99a4-1f72ebd72d6b 2012-02-12T05:00:00-05:00 <p> If you have ancestors who trace back to England or Wales within the past 175 years, then the Free BMD website at RootsWeb, at freebmd.rootsweb.com/, is the place to visit.</p> HISTORICAL TREASURE: WBOW introduced some fine Valley talent Judy Francis urn:uuid:33fd3dd1-f09e-41ea-9166-3f01e21fccbf 2012-02-12T05:00:00-05:00 <p> When it first began broadcasting in 1927, station WRPI (Rose Polytechnic Institute) focused on educational programing.</p> HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Inventor John B. Deeds and highwayman William G. Murray Mike McCormick urn:uuid:293a0b9f-b617-435e-9e00-3ff41f143191 2012-02-12T05:00:00-05:00 <p> Among the many unsolved local history mysteries is the fate of master machinist and inventor John B. Deeds.</p> BRUCE'S HISTORY LESSON: This little-known compromise may have saved the union urn:uuid:eaf58579-d33c-4754-b07b-5b521bf8e23b 2012-02-09T05:01:00-05:00 <p> When the Constitution was signed in September of 1787 and sent to the Congress that then existed under the Articles of Confederation, Congress was instructed to send that Constitution to the states to be ratified &#8230; or not.&#160; The message to the states was clear: Accept the Constitution or reject it, but don&#8217;t try to change it.<br /> &#160;</p> Traveling Civil War exhibit makes history personal Special to the Tribune-Star urn:uuid:675f1c64-72ab-4a45-9a6a-cd813bbb4461 2012-02-09T05:00:00-05:00 <p> Civil War history will come alive for visitors to the Sullivan County Public Library who experience &#8220;Faces of the Civil War,&#8221; a traveling exhibition created and managed by the Indiana Historical Society.</p> GENEALOGY: Virginia Historical Society takes on ambitious project Tamie Dehler urn:uuid:16c237ff-8e6a-4f05-b824-b10734e7c9d8 2012-02-05T05:00:00-05:00 <p> Over the past few months, the Virginia Historical Society has launched an ambitious project to scrutinize more than 8 million 17th, 18th, and 19th century documents in order to identify the enslaved population of those times.</p> HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: The Legacy of ‘The Old Silkworm House’ Mike McCormick urn:uuid:e707126e-04ab-46d6-992d-4015e6ff0238 2012-02-05T05:00:00-05:00 <p> In 1837, and for several years thereafter, a gray sandstone obelisk was installed next to a one-story frame residence at the northwest corner of Sixth and Eagle streets.</p> HISTORICAL TREASURE: A blast from valentines past Kimberly Smith urn:uuid:91ee6745-c249-4a3f-9156-89283f962b34 2012-02-05T05:00:00-05:00 <p> Valentine&#8217;s Day &#8212; it brings to mind simple paper valentines and the elaborate, fancy store-bought cards with multiple verses and glittery covers.</p> LOOKING BACK: 1962: Flu outbreak forces Schulte closed Dorothy Jerse urn:uuid:c79d0113-7a2f-4994-8a46-5cdcb015da61 2012-02-05T05:00:00-05:00 <p> Dorothy Jerse looks back at local history from 10, 25 and 50 years ago as reported in the Tribune and Tribune-Star.</p>