Springs Valley Community School Corporation
Springs Valley Community School Corporation is a school district headquartered in French Lick, Indiana. It operates two schools: Springs Valley Elementary School and Springs Valley Junior-Senior High School. It covers French Lick Township, and includes French Lick and West Baden Springs, Indiana, West Baden Springs. History Circa 1938-1958 there had been discussions and proposals in the French Lick and West Baden Springs communities about forming a unified school district. In the summer of 1957 a special election put in place officials that were in favor of consolidating schools. Prior to that election, there was a group of people in French Lick who did not want consolidation and who had taken legal action to try to stop it. The district was formed in 1957, and so the schools of French Lick and West Baden Springs consolidated. The anticipated number of high school students for the first school year was 375. Initially the district had properties in both cities, with elementary ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Springs Valley Junior Senior High School
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French Lick, Indiana
French Lick is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,722 at the time of the 2020 census. History French Lick was originally a French trading post built near a spring and salt lick. A fortified ranger post was established near the springs in 1811. On Johnson's 1837 map of Indiana, the community was known as Salt Spring. The town was founded in 1857. French Lick's post office has been in operation since 1847. The sulfur springs were commercially exploited for medical benefits starting in 1840. By the latter half of the 19th century, French Lick was famous in the United States as a spa town. In the early 20th century it also featured casinos attracting celebrities such as boxer Joe Louis, composer Irving Berlin and gangster Al Capone. Because of wartime travel restrictions, the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox held spring training in French Lick from 1943 to 1944; in 1945 the Cubs stayed in town while the White Sox moved ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Springs Valley Junior-Senior High School
Springs Valley Junior-Senior High School is a public high school located in French Lick, Indiana. The school is part of the Springs Valley Community School Corporation. About The school opened in 1957 after the consolidation of French Lick and West Baden High Schools. Athletics and extracurriculars Springs Valley Junior-Senior High School's athletic teams are nicknamed the "Blackhawks". In the Blackhawks' first season of 1957-58 in basketball, they advanced to the final four of the Indiana state tournament losing to the eventual state champion, Fort Wayne South Side, 55-42. Blackhawk Brigade The Junior High/High School band the "Blackhawk Brigade" was directed by Gilbert Aylsworth. His son John Aylsworth took over as director upon the Senior Aylsworth's retirement. After the 1994 season, John retired and during the next seven years, the band had three different directors. In 2001, Luke Aylsworth, John's son, took over as director for the band. The Blackhawk Brigade won the Cl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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French Lick Township
French Lick Township is one of ten townships in Orange County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,576 and it contained 2,227 housing units. History French Lick Township was named after French Lick Creek. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.59%) is land and (or 0.41%) is water. Cities, towns, villages * French Lick * West Baden Springs Unincorporated towns * Abydel at * Prospect at * Roland at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains these three cemeteries: Mount Lebanon, Pythian and Sulphur Creek. Major highways * U.S. Route 150 * Indiana State Road 56 * Indiana State Road 145 Airports and landing strips * French Lick Municipal Airport School districts The entire township is in the Springs Valley Community School Corporation. Text list/ref> Political districts * Indiana's 9th congressional district Indiana's 9 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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West Baden Springs, Indiana
West Baden Springs is a town in French Lick Township, Orange County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 541 at the 2020 census. History West Baden Springs is located in the vicinity of several mineral springs. The town was founded in the 1850s, and named after the spa towns of Wiesbaden or Baden-Baden Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ..., in Germany. A post office has been in operation at West Baden Springs since 1861. Dixie Garage, First Baptist Church (West Baden Springs, Indiana), First Baptist Church, Homestead Hotel (West Baden Springs, Indiana), Homestead Hotel, Oxford Hotel (West Baden Springs, Indiana), Oxford Hotel, West Baden National Bank, and West Baden Springs Hotel are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography Accor ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Logansport Press
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Logansport, Indiana
Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,366 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash River, Wabash and Eel River (Wabash River), Eel rivers, northwest of Kokomo, Indiana, Kokomo. History Logansport was settled and named after a Shawnee warrior named James Logan, better known as "Captain Logan," who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812. Logansport is home to a refurbished Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel, Dentzel Carousel. Of many carousels built by the Dentzel Carousel Company, the refurbished Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel, Dentzel Carousel is "one of the three earliest Dentzel menagerie carousels that are virtually intact". The carousel resides in Riverside Park on the banks of the Eel River. Riders may attempt to grab a brass ring while riding, this carousel game serves as the current basis for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Newspapers
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The Herald (Jasper, Indiana)
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Jasper, Indiana
Jasper is a city in and the county seat of Dubois County, Indiana, United States, located along the Patoka River. The population was 16,703 at the 2020 census making it the 48th largest city in Indiana. On November 4, 2007, Dubois County returned to the Eastern Time Zone, after having moved to the Central Time Zone the previous year. Land use in the area is primarily agricultural. The Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame, which honors players and others associated with the national pastime who were born or lived in Indiana, is located in Jasper. History Jasper was founded in 1818. The Enlow family were the first settlers of the town. Jasper was originally going to be named "Eleanor" after the wife of early settler Joseph Enlow, but she opted to suggest a name herself, and named the city after a passage in the Bible (Revelation 21:19). Jasper was not officially platted until 1830. That year, the community became the new county seat of Dubois County, succeeding Portersville, Indiana, Port ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tell City News
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Tell City, Indiana
Tell City is a city in and the county seat of Troy Township, Perry County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is located along the Ohio River. The population was 7,506 at the 2020 census. History Tell City traces its 150+ year old roots to a meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio in November 1856. A group of Swiss-German immigrants met in Cincinnati to organize a society known as the "Swiss Colonization Society." The society's purpose was to obtain affordable homesteads for mechanics, shopkeepers, factory workers, and small farmers in a location where all could live in harmony. The Society decided to purchase a tract of land three miles (5 km) square to be surveyed as a city plot. The group was sent out to purchase the land and told to keep in mind they should find a healthful climate, fertile soil, good water, ample timber, as well as a location near a navigable river and a railroad, if possible. Purchase of a suitable site was made in July 1857. The tract, containing , was laid o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |