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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 8, 2006 0:10:06 GMT -5
I know I've posted info regarding Tamara's postcard book, and others in different folders. I think it's time to set up a folder just for books regarding the history of Columbus. Here is a new one for you. Have You Seen My Town, by Pamela Dinsmore. Sue Breeding, Art In The Heartland, right next to Cummins Bookstore, was the publisher of this book. It's a hardcover book, with many pictures of what Columbus looks like today. Welcome To Columbus! "Have You Seen My Town? Columbus, Indiana Through The Lens" By Pamela Dinsmore Click & See Through The Lens, Take A Tour Through Columbus See historic downtown Columbus: The Courthouse, Veterans Memorial, Historic Buildings, City Hall, The Columbus Inn, The Commons Centre, The Bartholomew County Library, Bartholomew County Schools, Cummins Engine Company Plants, Columbus Regional Hospital, The New Learning Center, Bartholomew County Firestations, Architectural Designs of Churches, Unique Designs of Local Bridges, The Henry Breeding Farm, Columbus Youth Camp, The Fairgrounds Pagoda, The Irwin Gardens, Devening's Block, Favorite Longtime Hotspots, Local Golf Courses, The Hamilton Ice Skating Rink, and many others Price of this book is $49.95. If you would like to order this book, please follow this link: www.haveyouseenmytowncolumbusindiana.comTell Sue the Historic Columbus Indiana Message Board sent you!
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 8, 2006 0:15:14 GMT -5
Author(s): Patricia M. Mote ISBN: 0738533637 Price: $19.99 # of Pages: 128 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Publication Date: 06/15/2005 Book Description: Chosen as the Bartholomew County seat in 1821, Columbus’s location at the confluence of the Driftwood and Flat Rock Rivers served the area’s economy well. As industry prospered, the town grew, and a unique and inspiring architectural history began. During the late 1800s, construction began on many of the city’s finest architectural gems, including the Bartholomew County Courthouse, City Hall, and McKinley and Garfield Schools. Residents have protected these treasures and maintained the city’s architectural integrity. Today, Columbus is recognized world-wide for its dynamic architecture and is home to over 50 public and private buildings, each exemplifying the creativity of the architect and ingenuity of the citizens who made it possible. Author Bio: Author Patricia M. Mote is a member of the Bartholomew County Historical Society and former high school teacher for the Bartholomew County Consolidated Schools. She is the author of a number of books including Upon the Rock (2004), Dorothy Fuldheim: The FIRST First Lady of Television News (1997), and Berea, published by Arcadia Publishing in 2004. Pat's book may be purchased locally, or by following this link: www.arcadiapublishing.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=arcadia&Product_Code=0738533637&Product_Count=&Category_Code=
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Post by DD on Mar 8, 2006 10:25:23 GMT -5
I have this book and I think it really shows off Columbus! The fact that it is full color is something that I love about it. Dave it"s great that you gave it a space on your Historic Columbus Indiana site! I read it every morning keep up the good work
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 8, 2006 14:20:17 GMT -5
DD, thanks and welcome!
Rumor has it that Fred Armstrong is going to buy 20 copies of it and take the books with him when he travels to other countries!
I've skimmed through it, and it really does a great job of covering all aspects of what Columbus looks like today. I'm glad that both Pam and Sue Breeding went ahead and decided to do the pics in color. It really makes a big difference.
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Post by DD on Mar 9, 2006 12:54:38 GMT -5
Dave that's great that the mayor has taken interest in "Have you Seen My Town Columbus Indiana through the lens" I"m glad a book like this was finally done It is really like taking a tour through Columbus! I thought the town paper would have given it a look by now but I guess that's the way it goes. Wouldn't it be a good one for tourists who come here? Just a thought
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 14, 2006 0:03:28 GMT -5
Some other books regarding Columbus history: "Fear & Chilling Secrets, Death Valley, Columbus Indiana" Written by Sylvia Wells Worton Published 2005 by Art in the Heartland Publishing "Fear & Chilling Secrets Death Valley Columbus Indiana" is about Sylvia Wells Worton growing up in a place called for years "Death Valley" in Columbus Indiana. This books goes through Sylvia's life showing the effects of child abuse, poverty and the lack of self esteem created that stayed with her throughout her life time. Her hope is through this book little children or other people who are living in an abusive life will not be afraid to go get help and tell someone so they will not have to have the chilling secrets to carry with them throughout their lifetime. "Sylvia's World & The Spirit of the Tree" Written by Sylvia Wells Worton Published 2004 by Art in the Heartland Publishing "Sylvia's World & The Spirit of the Tree" is a written documentary about Sylvia Wells Worton and part of her growing up in a place called for years "Death Valley." Today Death Valley is now called "Mill Race Park" in Columbus Indiana. An account of her childhood growing up in this "Death Valley" area along the banks of the White River in Indiana. "Growing Up in Tellman's Camp" written by Kenneth Landreth Published 2004 by Art in the Heartland Publishing "Growing Up In Tellman's Camp" is a real life story about Kenneth Landreth's life growing up in an area called Tellman's Camp in Columbus Indiana. The ordeals and struggles but yet a full family life leading him later into a career in the Airforce By the way, both Sylvia Worton and Ken Landreth will be at the Get-Together in July. For more info, here you go... www.artintheheartlandbooks.com/fiction.htm
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 14, 2006 0:21:41 GMT -5
And yet, some others: Author(s): Tamara Stone Iorio ISBN: 0738534498 Price: $19.99 # of Pages: 128 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Publication Date: 08/03/2005 Book Description: Founded in 1821, Columbus, Indiana, had grown into a thriving manufacturing region by the end of the 19th century. Columbus might have remained a community like most other small towns, but a group of citizens with an extraordinary vision developed a program to bring world-renowned architects to the city. Beginning in the mid-20th century, Columbus was transformed into a center of modern architecture—ranked sixth in the United States in architectural innovation by the American Institute of Architects (after Chicago, New York, Washington, San Francisco, and Boston). This collection of more than 200 vintage postcards features some of Columbus’s earliest important buildings and its later architectural gems. Author Bio: Tamara Stone Iorio is a Columbus native and practicing pediatrician. Her lifelong interest in writing and history combined with a recent passion for postcard collecting to inspire the creation of this book. For those of you who still do not have this book, you can order it from the Art In The Heartland link above, or pick up a copy at Viewpoint Books and Cummins Bookstore. Here is Volume II of the History of Bartholomew County, offered by the Historical Society ( www.barthist.com). If you have an extra $100 lying around somewhere, head out to Cummins Bookstore and pick up I Discover Columbus, by William Marsh (one copy is available, and in much better condition than the picture of mine above!). A highly sought after book, it covers the late 1800's/early 1900's life in Columbus Indiana from Mr. Marsh's perspective. As I might have stated somewhere else on this board, when this book was published and offered for sale in 1956, one of the chapters upset a very prominent family so much that they bought up all the copies they could get their hands on and burned them. Bob Schwartzkopf is the owner of Cummins Bookstore. Bob's phone number is 812-376-6055, or you might try www.cumminsbookstore.com"...farenheit 451..."
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 14, 2006 0:38:55 GMT -5
And, I guess I'm not quite finished... Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins Clessie Cummins was the father of the American truck diesel. His inventive genius generated 33 US patents over 56 years. He founded and was president for nineteen years of the diesel engine company bearing his name. Salesman and entrepreneur, he set world speed and endurance records in race cars and trucks. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Society of Automotive Engineers posthumously honored him for pioneering achievements. He was an educated man, although his formal education ended at the eighth grade. A tireless individual, he paid a price in declining jealth for years of grueling effort yet, in his retirement, he created a new product which began a second industry. Azt almost eighty he designed, built, and ran in his basement shop a new concept engine. The Diesel Odyssey is more than a recitation of a unique individual’s exploits and accomplishments. It also tells of successes and adversities through historical research and personal knowledge. The author adds rememberances of his father while growing up, and later, as a practicing engineer who saw other sides of the man now his employer, mentor and colleague during seven of those productive sunset years. Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins, by Lyle Cummins. Sewn Cloth, Hard Cover, Dustjacket, 400 text pages and drawings, 110 B&W glossy photos, 9 1/4” x 6 1/8” The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins chronicles the story of an Indiana automotive pioneer. Most notably, Cummins has been recognized as the person who introduced the automotive diesel to the United States. He founded and was president for 19 years of the diesel engine company bearing his name. He showed his skills as a salesman, entrepreneur, and promoter par-excellence and set world speed and endurance records in cars and trucks. Author Lyle Cummins has a unique perspective as Clessie Cummins' youngest child. In his late teens, Lyle worked with Clessie on his boats and foreign cars. A decade later, Clessie employed Lyle as a design and development engineer in his new engineering company. Lyle's research as an engine historian uncovered significant information which sheds new light on Clessie's odyssey. Lyle had the use of letters, patent applications, family scrapbooks, photo albums, and memories. The Diesel Odyssey is heavily noted and draws on hundreds of sources to light the shadows of an engineering genius. The author delights in small but telling insights into the events that shaped Clessie's years with the Cummins Engine Company. Plus, Lyle shares some of the highlights of his father's personal life. Clessie's adventures started in 1904 when he quit school in the eighth grade and stated, "I want to be a machinist and make things". He worked for a short time around central Indiana in four early automotive related industries before settling at Nordyke and Marmon which produced the Marmon car. He was also on the pit crew of the first winner of the Indianapolis 500 mile race, Ray Harroun, who drove a Marmon Wasp to victory lane on May 30, 1911. Cummins worked in an assortment of jobs, participated in motoring and "started making things" during his early adulthood. Then on February 3, 1919, the Cummins Engine Company was incorporated with Clessie and W.G. Irwin, who once employed Cummins as his chauffeur, being the principle shareholders. Clessie's first two diesel patents were applied for in 1921. They were both for improvements in fuel injection on engines built under license. Production of the Cummins model F engine began in 1925 with injection components of Clessie's design for use in marine and lighthouse applications. In a Society of Automotive Engineers meeting talk in April 1929, Clessie predicted "the common use of diesel engines for motorcars is not near. Eventually it will come, but there is no economic need for it now." Little did he know that the Depression would start six months later and provide the economic need for energy-efficient transportation choices. The genesis of his promotional efforts started with the installation of a model U engine in a 1925 Packard seven-passenger limousine for a long distance road test and publicity tour. This was the first application of a diesel engine in an American automobile. In 1931, he set a new diesel powered record of 100.362 mph at Daytona Beach. These and other achievements helped prove that diesels could conquer the road. Cummins continued setting records and manufacturing diesel innovations until his death on August 17, 1968. He had worked on his mechanical dreams until the end--an inventive genius spanning 56 years with numerous honors for his pioneering achievements. The Diesel Odyssey sometime gets bogged down with trivial details, like technical descriptions from patent applications and long passages from business letters. Overall, however, the author creates a lively recounting of the father of the American truck diesel. Clessie Cummins would be pleased with what son Lyle has done. So will any enthusiast of autos and history. The Diesel Odyssey of Clessie Cummins, by C. Lyle Cummins, Jr., Carnot Press, P.O. Box 1544, Lake Oswego, OR, 97035, phone: 503-694-5353, © 1998. ISBN: 0-917308-04-2 You can order this book through Amazon dot com, or follow this link... www.steamlaunch.com/books/dieselodessy.html"[THE ENGINE THAT COULD] does the job well enough of charting the company's ups and downs...But the real usefulness of the narrative is the way Cruikshank and Sicilia use the Cummins story as a framework for two broader themes...One is the inventor/patron relationship which can be discerned behind many business start-ups...The second theme which the book illustrates is the "staying power" that companies require to remain focused on basically the same products throughout their development." Book Description The rise of Cummins Engine Company from a tiny Indiana machine shop to one of the world's leading producers of diesel engines is a story rich with lessons for today's managers. By responding to challenges familiar to all American manufacturers with a tough competitive stance and a uniquely people-centered philosophy, Cummins has carved out a distinctive position in the international industrial landscape. From its early days with charismatic founder Clessie Cummins to its continued proud independence in an age of hostile takeovers, Cummins has done business with confidence and creativity. This vivid book depicts the tough choices--often with enormous consequences--that must be made by successful managers. This book has been reprinted. Original copies might be found on EBAY or in some used bookstores. I don't think Bob Schwartzkopf has a copy at the moment, but it never hurts to check with him! Interested? Here you go... www.amazon.com/gp/product/0875846130/103-4542338-9602250?v=glance&n=283155"six days on the road and i'm a gonna make it home tonight"
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 14, 2006 1:15:24 GMT -5
This is the book that started it all (meaning the Historic Columbus Indiana website). If my mom and dad hadn't given me this book for Christmas back in 1997, I probably never would have gotten interested in the history of Columbus. History was a subject that never really interested me very much. Until I received this book. I worked on building the Historic Columbus Indiana website for 9 months before I posted anything to the internet. Back then, everything was on the Angelfire host, as it was a free web hoster, and offered 50 megabytes of storage! Well, that didn't last very long. Angelfire announced they were cutting their free offering from 50 to 20 megabytes. I had to purchase extra space for what I'd already posted. It wasn't too long after they decreased their free offering that I talked to Bob Anderson and Sue Breeding at Art In The Heartland about buying my own domain and having them host my site. Bob and Sue supported my efforts, and I owe both of them dearly. They realize the importance of a site like this, and have done more to keep things going than anyone here will ever know. Getting back to the book: It's now out of print. I don't think The Republic has any intent of offering a second printing. If you want a copy, keep your eye on EBAY, and if you're local, check out the antique malls in the area. I saw one at the Edinburgh Antique Mall a couple of years ago. The dealer had a price of $25 on it. It is my most favorite book regarding Columbus history. The pictures are priceless. As the title states, the pictures cover a time period of 125 years, and are some of the finest I've seen. Wonderful scenes of downtown Columbus in the 1940's and 50's, Zaharako's, the building of the Donner Park Shelter in 1924, the Rio, the Drive In, Sap's Donuts, and many others will bring forth a flood of memories for anyone who lived in Columbus at one time or another. If you can find a copy, I know you'll be very pleased with it! I hope The Republic does another at some point. "...memories...pressed between the pages of my mind...memories...sweetened through the ages just like wine..."
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 14, 2006 1:24:37 GMT -5
Dave that's great that the mayor has taken interest in "Have you Seen My Town Columbus Indiana through the lens" I"m glad a book like this was finally done It is really like taking a tour through Columbus! I thought the town paper would have given it a look by now but I guess that's the way it goes. Wouldn't it be a good one for tourists who come here? Just a thought
I thought Harry McCawley wrote an article about the book, but I could be wrong. Sue said something about it. Maybe he just hasn't gotten around to it yet. The Visitors Center also has copies of this book. And...you're right. It would make a great book for tourists!
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 14, 2006 1:32:00 GMT -5
Hey Richard. If you could scan a pic of the first Bartholomew County History Book and post it here, I would really appreciate it. If I remember correctly, didn't it include a history that was originally published in 1888? Anyway, once it is posted here, that should give those who read this folder a pretty good idea of all the books regarding Columbus history. Anyone out there: have I missed any? And, if so, could you post pics and descriptions here?
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Post by David Sechrest on Mar 14, 2006 12:17:19 GMT -5
It was late last night when I started adding books here. This morning, I thought of another: The Korab(?) book about architecture? Anyone have a copy that they could scan?
Also, I just came from City Hall. Jim Clouse loaned me a copy of a book/pamphlet entitled "Early Columbus." I've never seen it before. It is in very fine condition, and I almost hate trying to scan it because I know I'm going to damage the spine in the scanning process. Jim said he didn't care, so...
I'll be adding the front here when time and health allows...
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Post by richard on Mar 14, 2006 12:25:04 GMT -5
School Days - Depression Years (Growing Up In Columbus, Indiana in The 1930's by C. Robert Wolfe Author: C. Robert Wolfe ISBN: 1-4208-3557-2 (sc) ISBN:1-4208-3556-4 (dj) Price: around $20.00 # of Pages: 140 Publisher: AutherHouse www.AutherHouse.com Publication Date: 5/16/2005
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Post by richard on Mar 14, 2006 12:29:27 GMT -5
My days with the Diesel by Clessie L. Cummins Author: Clessie L. Cummins ISBN: Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-11846 Price: ? # of Pages: 190 Publisher: Chilton Company Publication Date: 1967
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Post by DD on Mar 14, 2006 16:54:02 GMT -5
I can't believe there are so many books on Columbus !! but what is so great about all of them is that each one has the same subject matter but are all very different and original I'm going to have to get busy and start my "Columbus Library" I looked at some of these books today in the bookstore and some I'm on "THE HUNT" to find the others!! Anyway I have a very good start with "Have you seen my town Columbus Indiana through the lens" Dave , I don't think the paper has done a story on the book yet as I get it everyday and don"t remember one maybe soon!!
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Post by richard on Mar 14, 2006 18:46:21 GMT -5
The Faces Among Us - A visit with Bartholomew County personalities of the 20th century. Author: Harry McCawley, Associate Editor, The Republic ISBN: ? Price: ? # of Pages: 127 Publisher: The Republic Publication Date:1999
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Post by richard on Mar 14, 2006 18:48:42 GMT -5
Columbus Indiana Author: Balthazar Korab ISBN: 0.932076.20.3 cloth (Hard Cover) ISBN: 0.932076.21.1 paper (Soft Cover) Price: $39.95 (Hard Cover) # of Pages: 168 Publisher: Documan Press Publication Date: 1989
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Post by Rhonda on Mar 14, 2006 21:21:18 GMT -5
A copy of "I Discover Columbus" just sold on eBay a couple weeks ago for about $38.00. I got MY copy through an out-of-print book service for $15.00. =)
There was also a book written about the Donnor family. I'll find out the title and post it here.
The Balthazar Korab book is available at the Columbus Visitor's Center, as well as lots of other books about Columbus.
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Post by richard on Mar 17, 2006 18:52:36 GMT -5
A Look at Architecture Columbus Indiana. The story of architecture in Columbus. 182 Pages Price: $14.95 (Soft Cover) Copyright 1974, 1980, 1984, 1991, 1998 Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Published by Visitors Center of Columbus Seventh Edition Available at Columbus Area Visitors Center, 506 Fifth Street, Columbus, IN. 47201, 812-378-2622 or 800-468-6564, www.columbus.in.us
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Post by richard on Mar 17, 2006 19:08:00 GMT -5
This is information about the Columbus Area Visitors Center.
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