A history of Ashley,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Ashley from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Ashley was platted and incorporated on July 18, 1892, when the Wabash Railroad was extended to that point. That year, a post office was established, and it is still currently in operation.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Ashley’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewThe Lenox, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Ashley, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Ashley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ashley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pleasant Lake Depot in Steuben, 4.3 miles away.
Ashley and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The Lenox (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (2) and the Library of Congress (8). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.