Members of the Lyles Station Wayman Chapel AME Church, Lyles Station, Indiana, 1951
| Description: |
Lyles Station was one of three small African-American communities that was settled in Gibson County during the 1840s. At its peak, 1880-1913, Lyles station consisted of 55 homes, 800 residents, post office, railroad station, elementary school, two churches, two general stores, and a lumber mill.Photo collected by Greg Wright for his book, More of Prince Town: A Pictorial History of Princeton, Indiana. The information for the photo taken from the captions in the book. Photo courtesy of Stanley and Mary Madison, Lyles Station Consolidated School. |
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| Origin: | 1951 |
| Source: |
http://indianaalbum.pastperfectonline.com/photo/77AC8170-98AE-4F53-8E6A-194856121850 |
| Collection: |
Indiana Album |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ |
| Geography: |
Lyles Station, Gibson County, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Greg Wright Collection Churches Methodist Episcopal churches African Americans Group portraits Princeton (Ind.) Gibson County (Ind.) |
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