Brian Spangle

Over the course of the 20th century, the name Carl Schaller became synonymous with banking in Vincennes. Schaller was employed at what became the American National Bank for more than

In 1906, Victor C. Knauth moved to Vincennes, and just a few years later, established a successful plumbing and heating business. Over the years, Knauth would get the contract for

For more than four decades, the Paradise Roller Rink in Vincennes, operated by Louis Johnson, offered countless hours of entertainment for both children and adults. During the 1930s and 1940s,

The May 27, 1900 edition of the Vincennes Commercial, contains a small notice reporting that Frederick Marone was preparing to build a brick structure on the corner of Second and

In June 1956, Gilbert Boberg and his son Ralph, founded the automobile dealership Boberg Motor Co. in Vincennes, having been appointed local Hudson dealers. Although the Boberg’s business was successful,

Today’s column on the branch library established by the Vincennes Public Library (now Knox County Public Library) in 1926, first ran in the Sun-Commercial back in 2012 and appears in

The former North Side Branch Library at Second and Sycamore Streets. This photo was taken in 2013, shortly before the building was razed.

Knox County had many lumber businesses over the years. One of these was the Reel-Blue Lumber Company, founded in early 1921. Reel-Blue was owned by Ellis Clinton Reel, who served

Reel-Blue Lumber ad from the 1937 edition of the Vincennes City Directory.

There have been many restaurant chains in the United States that once enjoyed great popularity but have since gone out of business. One of those restaurants was Lum’s (Lum’s restaurant