Lost Evansville - Paperback

by James Lachlan MacLeod (Author)

From the Wabash and Erie Canal to the Faultless Caster Factory, Evansville has seen much of its history disappear. /

In the early twentieth century, vestiges of old Evansville like the B'nai Israel temple and Coal Mine Hill gave way to a modern city. Numerous changes in the thirty years following World War II altered the physical appearance of the city, including the removal of the old Central High School, Assumption Cathedral, Gear Town, and more. Less physical but nevertheless vital history like the struggle over Civil Rights in Evansville has been overlooked and, until now, lost.

Weaving together a captivating fast-paced account illustrated with over eighty images, award-winning Evansville historian Dr James MacLeod tells the fascinating story of what was lost, what came in its place, and what was preserved against the odds.

Author Biography

James Lachlan MacLeod was educated at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and is professor of history and department chair at the University of Evansville. He is the author of three books: The Second Disruption, Evansville in World War II and The Cartoons of Evansville's Karl Kae Knecht. He serves on various boards locally, and in 2021, he received the Indiana Historical Society's Hubert Hawkins History Award in recognition of his distinguished service and career in local history.