A Trip down The Wabash in Old Postcards - Vincennes (1)

Vincennes, Indiana is approximately 370 miles from the source of the Wabash in Grand Lake, Ohio.

Lincoln Memorial Bridge over theWabash River, Vincennes, Indiana

This unused postcard has the printed text...

The beautiful Lincoln Memorial Bridge over the historic Wabash River, Vincennes, Indiana
The bridge is on the site of ferry Lincoln used in crossing Wabash in 1830

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A. A. Arnold, Vincennes, Ind.
Genuine Curteich Chicago "C. T. Art Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)

Lincoln Memeorial Bridge - Erected by
the two states connecting Indiana and Illinois,
and aided by the federal government, this
beautiful structure is appropriately named
"The Lincoln Memeorial Bridge". Here he
crossed the Wabash from his Indiana home
into Illinois. Lincoln, with his parents,
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, and
his sister Sarah, came to Indiana in the fall
of 1816, when he was seven years of age. He
spent fourteen years of his life and grew to
young manhood in the Hoosier state. This
young man, in his early years, was destined
to become one of the most unique characters
in American history.

Vincennes, Indiana

This unused postcard has the printed text...

View which Greets Visitor to Vincennes, Ind., taken from West Bank of Wabash River
Clark Memorial, Old French Cemetery and Famous Old Cathedral Featured in this Picture

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A. A. Arnold, Vincennes, Ind.
Genuine Curteich Chicago "C. T. Art Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)

The postcard has a blurb on the back. Unfortunately the card has been pasted into an album at some time and some of the writing is no longer legible...

Vincennes Ind., the Old Northwest's most
historic grounds. in the year 1702, Francois
Morgan de Vincenne, an officer in the service
of the King of France, built a fort here on the
very spot where the Clark Memorial and the
historic old cathedral stand. This Old North-
west was under French rule until the the treaty
of Paris in 1763, which ended the French and
Indian War and gave control to the British
until 1779, when it was captured by Clark
and his little army. Vincennes offers many of
the historic showpieces of the nation.

George Rogers Clark Memorial, Wabash River, Vincennes, Indiana

This unused postcard has the printed text...

The beautiful Lincoln Memorial Bridge over the historic Wabash River, Vincennes, Indiana
The bridge is on the site of ferry Lincoln used in crossing Wabash in 1830

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A. A. Arnold, Vincennes, Ind.
Genuine Curteich Chicago "C. T. Art Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)

This extraordinary view features the George
Rogers Clark Memorial which commemorates
the capture of Vincennes, (Ind.) and the North-
west from the British during the darkest days
of the American Revolution. Capture occured
February 25, 1779. The Lincoln Bridge shown
is one of the most beautiful in the United
States. It crosses the famed Wabash River.

Nationally Famed George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes, Indiana
Erected on Site of Fort Sackville. Cost with Surroundings $2,500,000

This unused linen postcard has the printed text...

The George Rogers Clark Memorial
in Vincennes commemorates the winning of
the old Northwest by Col. Clark and his
frontiersmen in the war of the American
Revolution. Clark and his little heroic army
composed of about 170 men captured old Ft.
Sackville here and caused the British to
surrender on the morning of February 25, 1779,
more than two and a half years prior to the
surrender of Cornwallis to George Washington
at Yorktown. The memorial was erected by
the federal government and with the land
surrounding involves an expenditure of over
$2,500,000. Clark's achievement opened the
way west to the Pacific.

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A. A. Arnold, Vincennes, Ind.
Genuine Curteich Chicago "C. T. Art Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)

Lincoln Memorial Bridge, Vincennes, Indiana

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Lincoln Memorial Bridge
The Wabash River, dividing the states of Indiana
and illinois, was spanned after the Civil War by a
bridge of timbers. In 1931 the two states erected
this graceful structure near the old buffalo crossing
used by early settlers. Here Lincoln crossed into
Illinois in 1830. The George Rogers Clark National
Memorial is seen in the background.

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Color Photo by Walter H. Miller
Pub. by Walter H. Miller & Co., Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia

Lincoln Memorial Bridge, Vincennes, Indiana

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Lincoln Memorial Bridge
Vinvennes, Indiana
Built in 1931 across the Wabash, connecting
Indiana and Illinois, this structure commemorates
the opening of the West and marks the spot
where Abraham Lincoln crossed the river in 1830.

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Color Photo by Brock
Distributed by Vincennes News Agency, Vincennes, Ind.
Curteichcolor 3-D Natural Color Reproduction (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)

Old Fort Knox on theWabash River, Vincennes, Indiana

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Souvenir Post Card Mfg. Co., Rockford, Ill.
Hossier Series

I have another copy of this postcard thatwas posted in Vincennes on April 26th, 1911

Old Fort Knox on theWabash River, Vincennes, Indiana

This postcard, posted in Vincennes on March 13th, 1917, has no other printed text.

This page created 22nd August 2009, last modified 4th March 2010