Pictures of South Bend Area
      Most From the Late 1800's & First Half of 1900's



              Covered Bridge, Iron Bridge and Two-Lane Concrete Bridge

              High Water in 1898 at Covered Bridge Area

              Best Picture of Mill Area and Dam

              Pictures of the South Bend Dam

              Two Mill Scenes

              Townsends Harvesting in South Bend ~ 1909

              Two Pictures of Front of Mill

              Two Old Pictures of the Mill Area

              Townsend Farm Operation Along Crooked Creek - 1908

              Two Pictures of Mill Area

              A Wintry View of Mill Area Buildings

              Townsend Barn and Present Day Restoration

              Early Picture of Zion Valley Church

              Barrell Valley School - 50th Anniversary

              Early View of Olivet Church - Around 1900

              Panoramic Pictures of South Bend

              Between Barrell Valley & Girty Roads - Circa 1915-20

              Houses Along Crooked Creek

              Great Flood of 1936

              Best Old Picture of Store and Four Houses

              Three Pictures of Field Crews

              "Aunt Vinnie's House" Over the Last Hundred Years

              Picture Marked: "Arthur - from Aunt Venia"

              Early Pictures from the Dorothy Townsend Lias Collection

              More Early Scenes fom the Dorothy Townsend Lias Collection

              Old Farm Scenes from Pearl Altman's Collection

              Old Davis Farm House ~ Built in 1864

              Peter George's Old Home Near Girty

              Old Girty Bridge - Old Girty School - Old Girty Pump Station

              - Many Early 1900s Pictures of the Old Girty Pump Station

              Four Old Scenes From the Girty Area

              Wherry School Picture in 1909

              1902 Scene in Elderton - Ed Williams Selling from House to House

              First Undertaker in Elderton

              Early Picture of Idaho Mill

              Horse and Buggy and Mule Sleigh Pictures

              Log Cabins ~ Date and Residents Unknown

              Ealry 1900s Picture of Cochran Mills

              Early Beginning of Elders Ridge Academy

              Church and Adjacent Houses Over the Years

              Pictures from Collection of Ruth (Bowser) Silvis

              Abraham Frantz Civil War Picture (1825 - 1900)