Harry J. Sonneborn
Harry J. Sonneborn (June 12, 1916 – September 21, 1992) was an Evansville-born American businessman and financial executive best known as the first president and chief executive of McDonald’s Corporation. Sonneborn played a crucial role in transforming McDonald’s from a growing restaurant franchise into a financially powerful corporation. He developed the company’s famous real-estate strategy, […]
19nine
19nine is a basketball apparel and lifestyle brand with deep roots in Evansville, Indiana, best known for recreating classic college basketball uniforms and producing retro-inspired shorts, shirts, jerseys, hats and other apparel based on memorable teams and eras in basketball history. Founded in 2012, 19nine grew from a small T-shirt operation started by four friends […]
The Monkey Ship at Mesker Park Zoo
For decades, one of Evansville’s strangest attractions looked like something out of a fever dream: A replica of Christopher Columbus’s Santa Maria. Filled with monkeys. Surrounded by a moat. With alligators in the water below. It sounds like an Evansville urban legend. It wasn’t. The Monkey Ship at Mesker Park Zoo was a one-third-scale concrete […]
Greyhound Bus Terminal (Bru Burger)
The Greyhound Bus Terminal, also known as the Evansville Greyhound Station or Greyhound Bus Depot, is a historic former intercity bus station in Downtown Evansville, Indiana. Located at the corner of Third and Sycamore streets, the distinctive Streamline Moderne building served generations of travelers before being restored and converted into a restaurant. Today, the former […]
Underground Evansville: The Tunnels Beneath the City
Beneath the streets, churches, courthouses and historic buildings of Evansville, Indiana, another side of the city’s history survives underground. For generations, stories have circulated about tunnels beneath Downtown Evansville. Some supposedly carried prisoners between the courthouse and jail. Others have been associated with bootleggers and illegal drinking establishments during Prohibition. Still others have been described […]
Brian Claybourn
Brian Claybourn (born October 21, 1981) is an American former professional football punter and placekicker from Evansville, Indiana. Claybourn played for the Canadian Football league after playing college at Western Kentucky University. Claybourn went to Reitz High School. Early Life and High School Claybourn was a standout punter and kicker at FJ Reitz High School […]
Dru Smith
Dru Smith (born December 30, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Evansville, Indiana, Smith played high school basketball at F.J. Reitz High School and began his college career in his hometown at the University of Evansville before transferring to the University […]
Branson Combs
Branson Combs Branson Combs (born July 14, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). A native of Evansville, Indiana, Combs attended Reitz Memorial High School before playing college football at Southern Illinois and Wake Forest. He signed with Jacksonville as an undrafted free agent following […]
Matt Williams
Matt Williams (born Matthew D. Williams November 2, 1964 in Evansville, Indiana) is an American television producer and television writer. He was the producer of the TV series Roseanne and Home Improvement and films such as What Women Want, and has written for The Cosby Show and A Different World as well as writing the […]