Dubois County Museum hosting Jim Hedinger for brown bag lunch talk on Pioneer Andrew Evans and early Jasper history

Jasper resident Jim Hedinger will speak on Thursday, July 30, at noon, for a Brown Bag Lunch Talk on Jasper history at the Dubois County Museum.

Kick off your Jasper Strassenfest 2026 with this informative talk. Bring your lunch and enjoy hearing about the early family that settled Jasper.

He is excited to share his knowledge of early Jasper history, including one of Jasper’s first pioneer families, the Andrew Evans Family.

According to Hedinger and historian Ron Flick, Colonel Andrew Evans came to Dubois County and constructed a wooden dam and grist mill, with a waterwheel, on the Patoka River. Flick called the spot “an ancient Indian ford and buffalo crossing”. The mill was believed to date back to 1813. The mill changed hands several times before Francis Xavier Eckert and his cousin, Alois Eckert, immigrants from Pfaffenweiler, Baden, purchased the mill.

Mr. Hedinger will include this in his history.