Search Images of America – Madison

Hundreds of historic photographs with commentaries and explanations on each one. This is a great book for getting a feel for a very historic town on the Ohio River. It's one you will thumb through time and again. Compiled and edited by Ron Grimes and Jane Ammeson. Soft cover, 127 pages, published 2006. Price includes shipping.

In 1958 Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy and director Vincent Minnelli came to Madison to film “Some Came Running”, a movie featuring a “typical” small town in the middle west. Many local Madison area people participated as extras. Author David L. Taylor has captured the story of the making of the film in words and pictures. Soft cover, 157 pages, published 2018. Price includes shipping.

This is a photographic journal of the Madison, Indiana, Bicentennial Celebration 1809 – 2009. The soft cover, 104 page book, was produced by “RoundAbout Madison”. The book and photo editor was Donald L. Ward. 104 pages. Price includes shipping.

A new book about the Jefferson Proving Ground. An oral history of the dramatic contrast between Hoosiers and the War Department in Southern Indiana. This is the story of the families from Jefferson, Ripley and Jennings Counties and the establishment of the Jefferson Proving Ground. Price includes shipping.

A great way for kids to learn about the history of Jefferson County with hands-on activities. A cardboard suitcase full of fun and learning is available at the History Center.

Invaluable for early railroad history compiled by Phil Anderson in 2005. 80 pages. Hard copy price includes shipping.  

This is a history of the Indian-Kentuck valley which borders Jefferson and Switzerland Counties. Written by Robert W. Scott, the book covers the early settlement of the valley. Topics include family histories, geography, migration patterns, etc. This is a soft-cover, comb-bound book of 93 pages. Hard copy price includes shipping.

Compilation of the writing of local historian and Hanover College Professor Frank Baker. Comb-bound, 192 pages. Hard copy price includes shipping.

From the introduction to the book: "For Jefferson County and Madison, history often means the town's Golden Era of the late 1840's and early 1850's. Stories, such as the Swedish singer Jenny Lind's concert at a pork-packing house, have been repeated endlessly. But there are other stories. And there were important men in Madison other than James F. D. Lanier, who became an admittedly great businessman, although his most prosperous years were after he moved to New York. Average residents did not meet men like Lanier. They were concerned with earning a living, attending church and providing an education to their children. I have covered these trends, balancing them out with the accomplishments (and failures) of the leaders." Indexed. 262 pages. Hard copy cost includes shipping; also available for download PDF.

A springtime adventure in local history for Jefferson County fourth-graders.

Exploring the role of agriculture in Jefferson County's history.

Programs for home-school groups.