Karl Kae Knecht Cartoon

Description:	Twine or wrapping string, an huge old anchor at Columbus, Kentucky used during Civil War, and a strange tombstone in the shape of a traveling mans handbag. Image Access WideTEK 25 See-Know Our TriState At Columbus KY. is a huge anchor uncovered after the flood of 1927. It head a chain placed across the river during the civil war to prevent the approach of gun boats. From Miss Florence Johns Sturgis, KY. Strange tombstones - above Indianapolis Ind. is the one below, shaped like a traveling mans grip. It is about 18 inches x 10 in. x 12 in. It is of sand or limestone and the only marker on the grave. Wrapping twine is called - cording string in southeastern Indiana. From Ora Nave Patriot Ind. Posey County has a town called Rapture. Now sometimes referred to as Bug Town. From H. Genung Fort Branch Ind. What do you know
Origin:	2013
Created By:	Karl Kae Knecht
Source:	http://digital.evpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/karlknecht/id/20
Collection:	Karl K. Knecht Collection
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Subjects:	Civil War Oddities Evansville (Ind.) -- History -- Caricatures and cartoons United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Caricatures and cartoons Caricatures and cartoons -- United States

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