VINTAGE MHS YEARBOOKS (DIGITAL PHOTOS)
Click the links below to see vintage Mooresville High School (MHS) yearbook digital photos, courtesy of the Mooresville High School Alumni Association Facebook page.
- 1909 Senior Annual
- 1911 'Levenite
- 1914 The Argos
- 1917 The '17 Packet
- 1920 The Cauldron
- 1923 White Lick Review
- 1925 White Lick Review
- 1930 Arch Wisdom
To see digitized MHS yearbooks from 1946-2017, please visit the Mooresville Public Library website.
MEMORIES OF MOORESVILLE (VIDEO)
The Mooresville High School Alumni Association has uploaded the complete video, Memories of Mooresville (2011), to YouTube. Click the player (below) to watch the entire video, or visit Mooresville Public Library to checkout a physical copy on DVD (learn more from this blog post).
Memories of Mooresville (2011)
by Andrew Marine Video Productions
(courtesy of the Mooresville Alumni YouTube channel)
TAKE THE DOWNTOWN TOUR
Take our "virtual" walking tour (click link below) of historic downtown Mooresville, Indiana. Then, using this handout, walk the self-guided route yourself.
- "Virtual" Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Mooresville, Indiana
- "Virtual" Walking Tour (Video)
- Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Mooresville, Indiana
FAMOUS MOORESVILLIANS
Do you recognize these famous folks who hailed from Mooresville, Indiana? Find out here.
A "TREASURE TROVE" OF MOORESVILLE HISTORY
The library's Indiana Room has a variety of free digitized resources summarizing some of Mooresville and Morgan County's local history. Click the links below to see each item.
BOOKS ABOUT MOORESVILLE HISTORY
- Books available in our Indiana Room collection: History of Mooresville & Morgan County, Indiana (brochure)
- A Bicentennial Celebration: 1824-2024, Mooresville, Indiana, by Cauli Le Chat (Mooresville Public Library, 2023) (CHILDREN'S BOOK)
- A Brief History of Mooresville and Vicinity, by Almira Harvey Hadley (1918)
- A Brief History of Mooresville, Indiana, 1824-1974, by Clara S. Richardson (1974)
- A Historical Treasure Trove of Mooresville, Indiana: A Bicentennial Celebration (1824-2024), by William R. Buckley (Mooresville Public Library, 2023)
- Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical (Blanchard, C., ed., 1884). Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co., pp. 99-111; 217-245.
- Pages 99-111; 217-245
- FULL TEXT OF BOOK (814 pages)
- Early Mooresville, Centennial Souvenir, 1824-1924 (published in 1924)
- Includes Early Mooresville (1884), a paper written and read by Margaret W. Fogleman, daughter of Samuel Moore, at the Diamond Jubilee (60th anniversary) of the town of Mooresville, Indiana; and Ye Early Pioneers: Reminiscences of the Settlement of Morgan County (1875), a letter that was written by John Matthews, one of the earliest pioneers in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana.
SPECIFIC LOCAL HISTORICAL TOPICS
- Academy School (Mooresville High School) (1860-1909)
- Baseball in Mooresville (see also Amos Rusie)
- Bass Drugstore (2008 Handout)
- Bridge Database: Historic Bridges of Morgan County, Indiana, by James L. Cooper.
- Bridge, Rooker Road, 1901 Petition for
- CORRECTIONS TO DIGITAL HANDOUT: The “House house” was raised in 1977; it did not burn down ca. 1974. It was located immediately west of the current residence.
- Bucker Monuments
- Calvert, Jarvis P. (J. P.) (1842-1917) (photographer) (many of the library's historical photographs were taken by Mr. Calvert)
- Calvert, J. P. (1886). A Private Soldier's Recollections of the War of the Rebellion. (Mooresville, Indiana : self-published). [This may be the only copy of this book in existence--donated to MPL by the author in 1916.]
- Biographical Sketch (1884)
- Obituary (Mooresville Times, Sept. 21, 1917)
- "Selfie" (ca. 1890) (i.e., photographic self-portrait)
- Chez Jean Restaurant (State Road 67 North of Mooresville)
- Covered Bridge, Waverly Road, Southeast Mooresville (today's East High Street/State Road 144 at State Road 67)
- Covered Bridge, Waverly Road (ca. 1910 photo by J. P. Calvert).
- Covered Bridge, Waverly Road (Calvert photo reproduced by Frank M. Hohenberger, Alco-Gravure Section (Vol. 8, No. 19), The Indianapolis Sunday Star, March 4, 1928)
- John Dillinger's holdup (on September 6, 1924) of Frank Morgan, owner of the West End Grocery on West High Street (in Mooresville), resulting in Dillinger's first criminal conviction (also see our "Famous Mooresvillians" post)
- John Dillinger (selected images)
- John Dillinger's Funeral
- John Dillinger's Mooresville Home
- John Dillinger, Semi-Professional Baseball Player
- John Dillinger Around Town (Self-Guided Tour)
- Did John Dillinger Die in 1934 or Live into the 1960s?
- Downtown Mooresville Self-Guided Walking Tour
- Earthquakes in Morgan County, Indiana
- Fall Creek Furniture Company
- Farmers State Bank
- Fire (Great Fire of Mooresville, November 22, 1842)
- First Christian Church (Mooresville) (Disciples of Christ) History Binder
- Founding Stone (Samuel Moore's downtown business location--historical marker)
- Gravity Hill (video by WFYI-Channel 20)
- Gravity Hill (newspaper clippings & handouts)
- Greencastle Road Bridge Collapse, September, 1956
- Gymnasium (old Mooresville High School, on the Newby campus)
- Hadley, Paul and the Indiana State Flag
- Baker, Marie Siebert. "How Indiana's State Flag Was Developed." Hoosier Farmer (July, 1983).
- Paul Hadley article ("Mooresville Claims Fame as Home of Indiana Flag," Six County Topics: Star Courier Tribune, v. 1, #12, Wednesday, February 5, 1969).
- Paul Hadley bibliography
- Paul Hadley (blog posts)
- Paul Hadley Houses in Mooresville, Indiana (Drive-by Tour)
- Paul Hadley illustrated letter to Fred R. Glidden, with original sketches (postmarked April 30, 1943).
- Paul Hadley paintings on display at MPL
- Paul Hadley photos (1885, 1888, ca. 1905) (donated by Sheila Jones of Yellow Moon Antique Mall)
- Hardin, Becky. The Indiana State Flag: Its Designer (Biography of Paul Hadley with Anthology of his Paintings) (1976).
- Perry, Rachel Berenson. "Paul Hadley: Artist and Designer of the Indiana Flag." Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History 15:1 (Indiana Historical Society, Winter 2003): 20-29; "Paul Hadley, Indiana State Flag Designer." Indiana Magazine (Indiana Dept. of Commerce, Nov. 1977): 24-25; MPL biographical handout.
- Poletika, Nicole. "'A Permanent Emblem of Its Own:' The Indiana State Flag & Its Designer." Indiana Historical Bureau (blog), January 11, 2017.
- Reddick, David B. The Indiana Flag: Who Really Designed It? (Fideli Publishing, 2023), available to buy on Amazon, or checkout from Mooresville Public Library's Evergreen Indiana catalog.
- Representative David W. Evans (Indiana) spoke about Paul Hadley and Becky Hardin's biography in The Congressional Record, April 14, 1976 ("Accomplishments of Citizens and Patriots").
- The Indiana Senate passed a resolution honoring Paul Hadley following his death in 1971 (see copy).
- Harvey Funeral Home
- Hendricks County Interim Report (Indiana Historic Sites & Structures Inventory), published by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana.
- Historic Houses of Mooresville
- Historic Houses of Mooresville #2
- Honolulu Conservatory of Music (Mooresville Studio) (Oahu Publishing Company Franchise)
- Hoosier Sports Heroes of Olden Days (Ogden, Dale. "Thunderbolt, The Ebony Streak, The Blond Terror of Terre Haute ...," Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History 1:1 (Indiana Historical Society, Winter 1989).
- Hospitals in Mooresville
- The House Family From Diersheim, Germany in 1817, With Supplement of Henry House, Morgan County, Indiana, by Mr. & Mrs. Harmon House (1971).
- Huston, Rev. Dr. Frank C.
- I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows) Buildings
- Indiana State Emblems (State Bird, Flag, Flower, Motto, Seal, Tree)
- Indiana State Flag (see also Hadley, Paul, above)
- Interurban Railway
- Judy, Steven
- Kindergarten & Nursery School Classes at Mooresville Public Library (1945-46)
- Library
- Library Dedication (January 27, 1916)
- Library Timeline
- Library's History Web Page
- Likely Literary Club
- Lindley Block
- Methodist Episcopal Church
- Monrovia History
- Moon, Simon (Confusion About Two People with the Same Name)--Book by Richard L. Moon
- Moore, Samuel & Eliza (& Family)
- Samuel Moore's Last Will & Testament
- The Homes of Samuel & Eliza Moore
- "Moore" Facts About Mooresville & Samuel & Eliza Moore
- Miscellaneous Notes on Samuel Moore
- Immediate Family Tree of Samuel & Eliza Moore
- Old Settlers Picnic, Parade, and Festival, Samuel Moore's Role In
- Mooresville Around Downtown
- Mooresville Chamber of Commerce (January 1975). "Welcome to Mooresville" brochure.
- Mooresville Historical Fun Facts
- Mooresville History, by Julie Kyle-Lee
- Mooresville History, by Wanda Potts (1966)
- Mooresville Moments, by Wanda Potts (1999)
- Mooresville: Our Town, Our History (2012), by 3rd Grade Students & Teachers at North Madison Elementary School
- Mooresville School History, by Susan Haynes
- Mooresville Town Views
- Morgan County Interim Report (Indiana Historic Sites & Structures Inventory), published by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana
- Murder: Mooresville's Oldest Murder Mystery
- Nature Club of Mooresville
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School 3rd Graders, Brief History of Mooresville (SLIDESHOW)
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School 3rd Graders, Brief History of Mooresville (VIDEO)
- Newby Elementary School 3rd Grade Q & A
- Newby Elementary School Under Construction (April, 1936)
- Newspapers (Mooresville)
- 1901 Petition for Bridge Across "House's Branch" of White Lick Creek (now Orchard Creek crossing North Rooker Road, in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana)
- CORRECTIONS TO DIGITAL HANDOUT: The “House house” was raised in 1977; it did not burn down ca. 1974. It was located immediately west of the current residence.
- Old Settlers Picnic, Parade, and Festival
- "Old Settlers" (2010) (Folk Song) (a tribute to the pioneers who settled Mooresville and Morgan County, Indiana)
- Pennington homestead, 1819 (articles from the Mooresville Times, 3/1/1969 & 4/8/1987)
- Police Car, Mooresville's First
- President Reagan's Visit (June 19, 1985): A Commemorative Remembrance (1985). Mooresville, IN: Chamber of Commerce, Mooresville, Indiana.
- Sanborn Maps for Mooresville, Indiana
- 1902
- 1910 (1)
- 1910 (2)
- 1910 (3)
- 1920 (1)
- 1920 (2)
- 1920 (3)
- 1920 (4)
- 1920 (5)
- 1920 (6)
- 1920 (7)
- 1920 (8)
- 1920 (9)
- Sanitarium (Mooresville/Comer/Kendrick Hospital)
- Kendrick Hospital Postcard (early 1960s)
- Scruggs Dry Goods Store
- Shoe Repair Shops
- Song ("Mooresville")
- Storm, Ralph H., 100 Facts About Mooresville and Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana (1936)
- Pace Thompson's Stores
- Dr. William L. Thompson, M.D.
- Walnut Grove Elementary School
- West Main Street, North Side of
- Wheeler, Clifton, Painter from Mooresville
- York & Overton
MPL "TREASURE TROVE" VIDEOS
CLICK HERE (or click the logo above) to watch the library's "treasure trove" of local history videos.
FLASH FROM YOUR PAST
Here's a "flash from your past," if you're a long-time Mooresville resident. We present our local history flashcard series, featuring old photographs in and around Mooresville and northern Morgan County, Indiana. Just click the links below to see each flashcard.
- Flashcard #1: Farmers State Bank
- Flashcard #2: Mooresville's First Police Car
- Flashcard #3: Day Grocery
- Flashcard #4: Covered Bridge on the Old Waverly Road
- Flashcard #5: Mooresville Sanatarium (i.e., Sanitarium)
- Flashcard #6: Sam Wade
- Flashcard #7: Dr. William L. Thompson, M.D. (blog post includes the flashcard)
- Flashcard #8: Banner Flour Mill
- Flashcard #9: Bolton Sorghum Factory
- Flashcard #10: Comer & Scearce Lumber Company
- Flashcard #11: Indiana Brass & Iron Bed Factory
- Flashcard #12: McCracken House (Restaurant & Hotel)
- Flashcard #13: Allison Grocery
- Flashcard #14: Northside of West Main Street (1960s)
- Flashcard #15: Pure Oil Gasoline Station
- Flashcard #16: Henry Conduitt House (later Comer Sanitarium & Kendrick Hospital)
- Flashcard #17: Burch Grocery
- Flashcard #18: Scruggs Dry Goods Store
- Flashcard #19: Methodist Episcopal (M.E.) Church
- Flashcard #20: Mooresville Public Library
- Flashcard #21: Samuel Moore & Eliza Moore
- Flashcard #22A: "Old" Town Park
- Flashcard #22: Old Settlers Picnic #1: Origins
- Flashcard #23: Old Settlers Picnic #2 (Rocking Chair Competition)
- Flashcard #24: Old Settlers Picnic #3: Parade
- Flashcard #25: Indiana State Flag (& Paul Hadley)
- Flashcard #26: Amos Rusie, "the Hoosier Thunderbolt" (all-star professional baseball pitcher)
- Flashcard #27: Mooresville Town Banner (Flag)
- Flashcard #28: Mooresville Academy School
- Flashcard #29: Old Mooresville High School
- Flashcard #30: I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows) Building
- Flashcard #31: First Christian Church
- Flashcard #32: Fall Creek Furniture Company
- Flashcard #33: Mooresville Friends Church
- Waverly Flashcard #1: Waverly School #1
- Waverly Flashcard #2: Waverly School #2
LOCAL & REGIONAL ARTISTS' WORKS ON DISPLAY AT MPL
The library has many local and regional Hoosier artists' paintings and other art work on display. Click here for a list.
We also have "promo trailers" showcasing artwork on display throughout the library. Click the links below to start the videos.
WILLIAM GREGORY HARRISON'S CHRONICLES
CLICK (ABOVE) TO READ HARRISON'S JOURNAL
Between October 1880 and May 1881, William Gregory Harrison, who lived in Jefferson Township, Morgan County, Indiana, wrote a daily journal detailing farm life in the area. A digitized version is now available online. It is a fascinating look at Morgan County life in the late 19th century, told in the vernacular of the day. Teaching notes are included for Indiana studies/history teachers.
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