• Copper Spring: The Anderson has been navigable for about three day; boats were run out, but the Watts Brothers were doing staving business between Minor’s Mill & Adyeville. Cannelton Enquirer, Apr. 22, 187.
• John B. Alvey has improved the Middle Fork of Anderson by cutting d trees along 1}2 miles of middle Fork. Cannelton Enquirer, Jun. 17, 1876
• Adyeville: Adye & Robertson are building a hoop pole packet at Cannelton Enquirer, Nov. 2, 1876.
• A.J. Adye is at present building a lumber raft. William S Minor anticipates running two rafts out of Anderson.
• Robertson, Adye, Fuller & Shoemaker have got their boats ready Tice’s February rise. Cannelton Reporter, Feb. 17, 1877.
• Adyeville: The hoop pole merchants of this place are yet anxiously waiting for a rise in Anderson. The boats and rafts are in readiness for the first water. Cannelton Reporter, Feb. 24, 1877.
• Hurricane Fork: Fuller & Shoemaker are patiently waiting for a rise Anderson river to take out their poles. Cannelton Enquirer, Mar. 22,
• Anderson River was alive with the merry songs of boatmen this week, a boats & rafts from Adyeville up, started for the Ohio River, but navigation was impeded near Huffman’s by a large drift. Cannelton Reporter, Mar. 17, 1877.
• Huffman’s Mill: The Adyevillians have two hoop pole boats & three lumber rafts at anchor in the mill pond, awaiting a rise in the creek. Enquirer, Apr. 12, 1877.
• A Young Man Drowned: Huffman Mill, Spencer Co., IN. Apr. 10, 1877. Bennet Lamar, a young man near 17 years of age was drowned at this place yesterday evening about dark. He had been employed during the day some boatmen in unloading a couple of flat boats that had been lying about the dam. Yesterday there being a rise in the creek, but not sufficient to pass the boats over the dam with a full load, the proprietors thought they would unload 30.000 poles & then pass the dam, which they did by 3 PM when they all passed over the dam & checked the boats just below & then a hands were busy until dark carrying the hoop poles around & reloading them.
• Adyeville: From the manner in which the corner caucusing is being carried on we judge the “hoop pole men” & “saw loggers” are to have a grand jubilee on the waters of classic Anderson this coming winter •
• Robertson & Weedman have made a call for 300,000 hoop poles, for which they propose to pay cash, delivered at Adyeville, Huffman’s Mill or Troy. Enquirer & Reporter, Thurs., Aug. 9, 1877.
• Adyevi11e: Mr. A.J. Adye has established a shop for hoop pole shavers. William Reaser Superintends the work.