Brian Spangle

On July 4, the United States marked its 250th birthday (the semiquincentennial) and Americans celebrated with parades, fireworks, and cookouts. Even though the official holiday is over, this summer remains the perfect time to visit the Knox County Public Library and check out a book on the American Revolution. Everyone should take the time to learn more about our country’s early history.

The Tasty Flake Pastry Shop was a fixture in Vincennes for more than three decades, offering Vincennes residents all kinds of delicious baked goods. The business was started by Clinton

Many area people have fond memories of patronizing the drive-in theater that was located on U.S. Highway 50, in Illinois, a mile west of Vincennes over the Lincoln Memorial Bridge.

Some Vincennes restaurants have been in business for decades, while others operated for only a few years. An example of the latter is The Stop Light Restaurant & Lounge, which

At the turn of the 20th century, a Vincennes teenager named Albert Dawson was actively pursuing a career in photography. As an adult, he became a huge success in his

Last week’s column covered the early photographic career of Vincennes native Albert Dawson, up to the time he got the contract to take publicity photographs of German ocean liners on

Anyone who has visited Kimmell Park on the banks of the Wabash River has seen the shelter house and the elaborate outdoor grills. One feature of the park that might

In the first decades of the 20th century, the name Jack Dillon was known to every fan of professional boxing. Dillon was born in Frankfort, Ind. in 1891as Ernest Cutler

Beginning in 1883, streetcars (also known as trolleys) began traversing the streets of Vincennes. The first streetcars were pulled by mules. They were later operated using electric wires.

One of the most unique tombstones that stands in any Vincennes cemetery is that of Charles King in Greenlawn Cemetery. It is one of several treestones in that cemetery, but