Moment of Indiana History

Archive for March 2010

March 1, 2010

 

On the trail of the lost sister…Frances Slocum

Long before the Witness Protection Program, a Pennsylvania native found herself relocated in Indiana, living under an assumed identity.

March 8, 2010

 

A Hoosier in New York…Emily Kimbrough

In her humorous columns in The New Yorker magazine, Muncie native Emily Kimbrough frequently referred to her Hoosier roots and world-view.

March 15, 2010

 

Teaching around Jim Crow…Merze Tate

Being the first African-American to graduate from Western Michigan Teachers College wasn't enough to land Merze Tate a teaching job in her home state.

March 22, 2010

 

The Daredevil Debutante…Josie Orr

The daughter of an East-Coast department store magnate, Indiana's future First Lady ferried war planes around North America before marrying Bob Orr.

March 29, 2010

 

Marble Hill: Nuclear Power In Madison, Indiana

In Indiana, construction of a massive nuclear plant near Madison was well underway by March 1979 at the time of the Three Mile Island accident.

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