Eaton’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Eaton. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Eaton was laid out and platted in 1854. The town was incorporated September 10, 1873, soon after the railroad had been built through the neighborhood.
The first discovery of natural gas in Indiana occurred in the town of Eaton in 1876. The discovery set off the Indiana Gas Boom, leading to two decades of rapid regional growth.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Eaton’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo2 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewEaton-indiana-from-above: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Eaton, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Eaton-indiana-from-above and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.