1893 National economic panic. Anxiety spreads as glass factories close for the summer. Workers unsure if the factories will reopen. West Muncie project loses support of eastern investors.
1893 Electric Street Car System Begins in Muncie
1893 Electric Street Cars in Muncie
1893 Muncie Smallpox Epidemic
1893 Muncie has a small pox epidemic on the south side. No electric street cars run to the south side. Quarantine lasts 8 weeks (11 Sep – 4 Nov)
1894 Lake View Hotel Attached by Sheriff
1894 Lake View Hotel in West Muncie is attached by sheriff for non-payment of taxes (15 Feb)
1895-1896 Yorktown diphtheria epidemic
1895-1896 Yorktown diphtheria epidemic
1895 Epidemic Closes Schools and Churches
1895 Schools, churches close because of the diphtheria epidemic (14 Dec)
1896 Eastern Indiana Normal University is Organized.
1896 Eastern Indiana Normal University is organized. Later, called Ball State Teachers College and Ball State University (23 Jun)
1897-1901 William McKinley President
1897-1901 William McKinley served as the 25th president
1898 The Cammack Sawmill Burns
1898 The Cammack sawmill, the town’s only industry, burns and is not rebuilt.
1898 Yorktown Pike Ceases to be Toll Road
1898 The pole is removed and toll house destroyed on Muncie-Yorktown Pike. After 40 years, Yorktown Pike ceases to be a toll road. The county commissioners purchased the road for $1. All toll roads in the county are now free to use except for Muncie-Granville Pike. (8 Feb)