A history of Mitchell,
since 1864
Postcards, papers and photographs of Mitchell from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Mitchell was built as a railroad town in the mid-19th century. At this location in Lawrence County, the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railroad, better known by the shorter name of "the Monon", was built as a north–south line from New Albany to Chicago, passing through the area which became Mitchell in 1853. In 1857, the east–west Ohio and Mississippi Railway (later part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) was completed, as part of a link between Cincinnati and St. Louis.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Mitchell’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGarden & old mill, Spring Mill St…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mitchell
See all 8 →
Mitchell, decade by decade
CommonsDETAIL, WEST ELEVATION - Riley School, Seventh and College …1933
CommonsFIRST FLOOR FOYER LOOKING INTO NORTHEAST CLASSROOM - Riley …1933
CommonsFRONT ENTRANCE LOOKING INTO FIRST FLOOR CORRIDOR - Riley Sc…1933
CommonsSTAIR LANDING LOOKING TO FIRST FLOOR FOYER AND ENTRANCE - R…1933
CommonsTHREE QUARTER VIEW OF NORTH (SIDE) AND WEST (FRONT) ELEVATI…1933
CommonsWEST (FRONT) ELEVATION - Riley School, Seventh and College …19331990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Garden & old mill, Spring Mill State Park - Mitchell, Indiana (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (9), the Library of Congress (2) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.