Vital Records Index to the Indiana Reveille (1857-1864)

The Indiana Reveille was a weekly newspaper published in Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana. Its lineage traces back through several related titles that had served the local community since the early 1840s, including The Indiana Palladium, The Campaign Palladium, The Ohio Valley Gazette, and The Weekly Reveille. The Reveille title itself spanned multiple incarnations: the first Indiana Reveille appeared in Jan 1857 and lasted until Dec 1860; it was succeeded by The Reveille and News (1861 and ); and then The Vevay Reveille, and Switzerland County News; before reappearing in Jan 1863. It would soon take on the name The Vevay Reveille and run from 1865-1922.

Initially edited and published by Frederick J. Waldo, the paper later came under the direction of Helen and Merrian Protsman, who oversaw its later decades. The early Vevay Reveille maintained a general political character, while its later versions identified as Independent and eventually Republican, reflecting evolving political currents in post–Civil War Indiana.

Across its nearly sixty-year run, The Vevay Reveille served as the principal voice of Switzerland County, chronicling local news, politics, and social life along the Ohio River valley. It was succeeded in 1922 by The Vevay Enterprise and subsequently by The Vevay Reveille-Enterprise, continuing the long tradition of community journalism established in Vevay nearly eighty years earlier.

These records consist of marriage, divorce, death, estate, and property sale announcements which were extracted from the available issues of this newspaper. They start with the first run of the Indiana Reveille in 1857 through 1860 and then start up again in 1863 and run through the end of 1864.

Visit the Vevay Newspaper Index page to learn more about the index and how to access this newspaper.

Vital Records Index