1901 Death of President McKinley (14 Sep)
1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt President
1901-1909 Theodore Roosevelt served as the 26th president
1902 Express and Freight Service to Indianapolis
1902 Express and freight service inaugurated by Union Traction line Muncie to Indianapolis.
1904 Delaware County Children’s Home is Built
1904 Delaware County Children’s Home builds a new home for orphans. The new facility can house between 75-100 children who attend Yorktown Schools.
1904 Daleville Mill Burned
1904 Daniels and Overman Flour Mill at Daleville, built by Peter A. Helview burns. (6 Jan)
1904 Disastrous Flooding
1904 Disastrous flooding of the White River. Yorktown bridge washed away. Severe damage across the county (26 Mar)
1904 Buck Creek Bridge Replaced
1904 First large concrete bridge in the county is built over Buck Creek at Yorktown, replacing the iron bridge carried away by the flood in March. (Aug)
1909-1913 William H. Taft President
1909-1913 William H. Taft served as the 27th president
1913-1921 Woodrow Wilson President
1913-1921 Woodrow Wilson served as the 28th president of the United States
1913 Great Downtown Fire in Yorktown
1913 January 26 Yorktown suffered a terrible fire. The block on the north side of Smith Street was lost and later rebuilt. The fire started in the back of LH Greer Drugs on the northeast corner of Walnut and Smith. (The site was later Bonnet Drug Store and The Stork’s Nest.)
The fire also burned the post office, Signal Handcock Grocery, E & F Prillman Hardware, Dr. C.H. Wright’s office, and the apartment of William Hanson. The I.O.O.F. had just taken possession of their new meeting place just days before the fire. All was lost. It was a terrible day in the history of our town. Fortunately, there were only minor injuries.