Roanoke’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Roanoke. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Once the hunting and fishing grounds of the Miami Indians, Roanoke became a prosperous commercial center in the mid-19th century. Kiilhsoohkwa (meaning "sun-woman"), the granddaughter of Chief Little Turtle, lived in Roanoke and was known by locals as “the last of the Miami tribe.”
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Roanoke’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Roanoke’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSheep on farm near Roanoke, India…, 1936: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Roanoke, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Roanoke is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Roanoke has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Vermilyea Inn Historic District in Aboite, 4.6 miles away.
Roanoke 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 Sheep on farm near Roanoke, Indiana (1936) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.