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August 20, 2012

 

Competing For County Seat

Town boosters competed fiercely for the designation of county seat during the nineteenth century.

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February 20, 2012

 

Taking The State From Below

In 1840, Indiana's population was so concentrated in the south that one-half of the settlers lived within seventy-five miles of the Ohio River.

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April 12, 2010

 

Make shirts, not war…the Jeffersonville Quadrangle

After a massive fire and two stints on Historic Landmarks’ Ten Most Endangered list, an aging brick behemoth in Jeffersonville has been saved and re-purposed.

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May 8, 2006

 

Eugenics in Indiana

An ignominious chapters in Indiana history ended in 1974, when legislation permitting compulsory sterilization was repealed by the Indiana General Assembly.

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