Local History
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Anderson History
- Anderson Auto History
- Anderson Auto Industry Newsletters
- Anderson High School
- Anderson High School X-Ray Newspapers
- Anderson History
- Anderson Public Library
- Madison County Cemetery Commission
- Picturing Madison County - A collection of 489 images of Madison County from as early as 1903
Lapel History
Notable Residents and Individuals
- James Whitcomb Riley
- Indiana Inventors -- a list of local people who invented or re-invented
- Chief Anderson -- a brief history of the person Anderson City was named after
- Delaware Indians Map -- a map of Delaware Indian villages along the White River
- Max Terhune -- was born February 12, 1891, in Amity, Indiana
- Fred Mustard Stewart -- local bestselling author
Madison County Histories on the Internet
- Emerson’s Anderson Directory, 1891-92
- Forkner, John L. Diary of the events of the year 1916.
- Forkner, John L. Diary of the events of the year 1920.
- Forkner, John L. History of Madison County, Indiana (1914), V. 1
- Forkner, John L. History of Madison County, Indiana (1914), V. 2
- Forkner, John L. and Byron Dyson. Historical sketches and reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana.
- Harden, Samuel. History of Madison County, Indiana from 1820 to 1874.
- Harden, Samuel. The pioneer. 1895
- Harden, Samuel. Those I have met ; or, Boys In blue. 1895
- Knight & Co.’s Anderson, Ind. and Madison County Biennial Directory, 1893-94.
- The Moravian Indian mission on the White River: diaries and letters, May 5, 1799 to November 12, 1806
- Portrait and biographical record of Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana. (1893)