The
Green River Country from Bowling Green to Evansville, Its Traffic, Its
Resources, Its Towns and Its People, Embracing a History of the
Improvements of the Green and Barren Rivers. And a Description of the
Minerals and Coal Measures of the Counties Bordering on these Streams,
Illustrated, Edited and Compiled by W. P. Greene, published by J. S.
Reilly, Evansville, Indiana, 1898 — A Reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc.,
1976 made possible through the sponsorship of the Kentucky State
Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky — 164 pages — illustrated — brief biographies throughout.
Contents:
- Preface
- poem: Thou Bounteous River Green, by W. P. Greene
- Green River
- History of the Improvement of the Rivers, by Hon. C. U. McElroy
- Green River Coal Measures, by Charles J. Norwood
- Mining Coal by Electricity, by John T. Jackson
- Natural Resources of Upper Green River, by Prof. M. F. Crump
- Bowling Green
- Warren County
- Smith's Grove
- Green Castle
- Edmonson County
- Brownsville
- Glenmore
- Butler County
- Morgantown
- Aberdeen
- Rochester
- Woodbury
- Huntsville
- Muhlenburgh County
- Greenville
- Paradise
- Earles
- Ohio County
- Hartford
- Beaver Dam
- Rockport
- Cromwell
- Centertown
- Ceralvo
- Calhoun
- Some of the People of Calhoun
- McLean County
- Livermore
- Sacramento
- Rumsey
- Webster County
- Sebree City
- Daviess County
- Henderson County
- Spottsville
- poem: Longing for the Old Southland
- W. J. Harris & Bro.
- Prof. Charles J. Norwood
- A Land of Promise for Home Seekers and Investors
- The City of Evansville
- Evansville, Ohio & Green River Transportation Co.
- Captain Lee Howell
- B. F. Givens
- The Green River Route
- Capt. Richard T. Williams
- Local ads
- Addenda: Consolidation of the Green River Packet Lines
- Mr. V. J. Blow
- Capt. John Gilbert