Moment of Indiana History

Archive for November 2011

November 7, 2011

 

Methodist Circuit Rider

A Methodist Circuit Rider On The Indiana Frontier

On the frontier of the young state of Indiana, formal church buildings and trained pastors were few and far between. That's where circuit riders came in.

November 14, 2011

 

Morgan's Raid

A Young Girl’s Brush With The Civil War

In the summer of 1863, a young woman wrote her cousin about the "visit paid to the citizens of Corydon and vicinity by Morgan and his herd of horse thieves.”

November 21, 2011

 

The French Connection That Has Historians Licked

There is no solid evidence to back up any theory of a “French Connection” to Southern Indiana's great buffalo salt lick.

November 28, 2011

 

English Hotel Lobby

Murder At The English Hotel

The trial that followed a 1917 murder at an elegant downtown Indianapolis hotel revealed contemporary prejudices based on ethnicity, race, and gender.

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