Evansville, Indiana

For other places named Evansville see Evansville (disambiguation).

History

The first cabin built in Evansville was built in 1809 that was the home of George Miller(Kentucky). Evansville was laid out in 1817, and was named in honor of Robert Morgan Evans (1783-1844), one of its founders, who was an officer under then General William Henry Harrison in the War of 1812. It soon became a thriving commercial town, with an extensive river trade, was incorporated in 1819, and received a city charter in 1847. The completion of the Wabash and Erie Canal, in 1843, from Evansville to Toledo, Ohio, a distance of 400 miles, greatly accelerated the city's growth. Evansville's first railroad company,Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad, was built in 1850. Evansville's main street was paved in 1889. In 1932 the first bridge from Evansville crossing the Ohio River was built.

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George Miller(Kentucky) - 1817 - Robert Morgan Evans - 1783 - 1844 - William Henry Harrison - War of 1812 - 1819 - 1847 - Wabash and Erie Canal - 1843 - Toledo, Ohio - Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad - 1889 - 1932

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The Evansville Crimson Giants were a National Football League team from 1921-2.

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Evansville Crimson Giants - National Football League

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The first Sears department store was opened on October 5, 1925 in Evansville.

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Sears - October 5 - 1925

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Evansville's Bosse Field (opened 1915) is the third oldest baseball stadium still hosting professional games (#2 and #1 being Chicago's Wrigley Field (1914) and Boston's Fenway Park (1912), respectively). Game scenes in A League Of Their Own were filmed there.

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Bosse Field - 1915 - Chicago - Wrigley Field - 1914 - Boston - Fenway Park - 1912 - A League Of Their Own

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Evansville's Mesker Park Zoo opened in 1928. Mesker Park is currently Indiana's oldest and largest zoo.

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