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The Country Contributor: How Juliet Strauss Worked to Save Turkey Run State Park
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (700+ words) Juliet always was very self-reliant. She was blazing new trails in journalism, very outspoken in what she believed in," says Ray Boomhower, author and editor for the Indiana Historical Society Press. Rockville was a small town on the western frontier…...
Building on a Mission: Indy's Athenaeum is a 19th Century Multi-Use Marvel
1+ week, 1+ day ago (407+ words) Today, this building is home to more than a dozen businesses and organizations. It's a vibrant, multi-use place where folks can enjoy a drink, see a show, and even break a sweat. And it's pretty much been that way from…...
Limberlost State Historic Site: Inspiration for Writer and Naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter
3+ week, 4+ day ago (481+ words) Way out in the very northeastern corner of Indiana, near the tiny town of Geneva, lies the Limberlost State Historic Site, a 1,800-acre wetland preserve also known as the Limberlost-Loblolly Watershed. More than a century ago, these lands captured the…...
On Veterans Day, statue of Ernie Pyle dedicated in Dana, Ind.
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (149+ words) Ernie Pyle, namesake of the IU building that used to house the School of Journalism, was honored on Veterans Day with a statue in his hometown of Dana, Ind. Pyle became famous during World War II by writing about the…...
Trump orders release of remaining documents on Amelia Earhart as Purdue University expedition takes flight
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (404+ words) President Donald Trump took a sudden interest Friday in the decades-old mystery surrounding pilot Amelia Earhart's disappearance, ordering the release of any classified documents. Trump's interest comes as another effort by Purdue University to learn more takes off. It is…...
Inside Indiana’s ‘best-kept secret,’ historical markers
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1490+ words) When Angela Mapes Turner's daughter was in fourth grade, she was assigned a class project on a notable Hoosier. She hoped to spotlight her great-grandfather, Arthur Mapes " a poet known for writing Indiana state poems and designated as the state's…...