Perhaps you can hear the throaty moan of a steamboat whistle from around the bend… and hear the muffled “chunk……chunk” of the mighty paddlewheels that churned on those long past days when the rowdy river-queen city of Madison was the beautiful belle of the Ohio.Īnd today, in many she is still a river-queen … swishing her skirts of historic brilliance about her… she is still the beautiful belle of the majestic Ohio. The Button Factory Custom made buttons since 1979 2653 Ferndale Avenue, Hamburg, New York 14075 Email: Phone (716) 627-5925 Special same day rush service for the WNY area. Many other points of interest are located throughout downtown Madison.īut now… close your eyes… and listen very hard. It’s 50-foot portico, with 30-foot pillars, commands the same panoramic view of the great river and the Kentucky hills beyond that you see from the Key West Shrimp House. Lanier, it is an elaborate structure of great dignity and elegance. The brightest star of all in the galaxy of Madison’s romantic history, is the famed Lanier Mansion.īuilt in 1844 by James F. His home was known along the rivers from Pittsburgh to New Orleans and was the scene of many of the most brilliant social gatherings of its day. He built his house in 1846 at First and Poplar Streets. Old Captain Shrewsbury came to Madison from Virginia and made a fortune operating a fleet of Ohio River boats. While in Madison you may want to step back into history by visiting two old homes that reflect the grace and beauty of pat glories. Within a few years, however, it was stripped of this honor when new, direct routes to Eastern markets were developed from Louisville and Cincinnati. It’s growth was steady and by 1850 it’s population exceeded 5,000 …. And Madison was strategically located as the nearest port for the interior of Indiana. In those days the great rivers were the lifelines of transportation commerce and trade…. He platted the town and named it for President James Madison, and generously of his means for public use in the development of the new town. It all started back in 1809 when the Revolutionary War veteran, Colonel John Paul, purchased the entire peninsular tract at a public land sale in Jeffersonville. Few people nowadays realize that the bustling teeming rivertown was once the largest city

Have long sinceįaded away into the colorful history of Madison. Continue using body parts like right foot, left foot, head, tounge, right elbow, left. make pushing motion with right AND left hand. He said to push this button with your left hand. The old button factory �� the old trolley that ran from one end of I have a husband, three kids, and a family. Small boys made pin-money by delivering the buttonsĪnd cards back and forth from factory and homes. Those days because it was largely done by women of the town in their spare The hand-sewing onto cards was an important “cottage” industry in Beveled and polished, the finished buttons were hand sewn upon cards and were ready for the market. Here the button “blanks” were sawed out of the mussel shells, the holes drilled in the “blanks “ and countersunk.

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