December 5, 2011

Rolling–And Journalling–On The River

Faced with limited local and regional markets for their grain and livestock, enterprising Indiana farmers shipped their products by flatboat to New Orleans.

November 28, 2011

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.

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 14, 2011

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 7, 2011

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.

October 31, 2011

A Woman’s Bid For The Highest Post

In 1984, Virginia Dill McCarty became the first Hoosier woman to run for governor.But it was not Virginia Dill McCarty’s first “first.”

October 24, 2011

Drawing A Line In The Riverbed

Where does Indiana end and Kentucky begin? The answer seems simple enough: the Ohio River. But it’s not that simple.

October 17, 2011

Hoosier Justice At Nuremberg

Two Indiana Supreme Court Justices were recruited into the grim business of holding Nazis accountable for their crimes against humanity during World War II.

October 10, 2011

The Great Cornfield Conference

At a moment when pundits wondered whether the GOP was on its deathbed, Hoosier entrepreneur Homer E. Capehart hosted a "cornfield rally" for 20,000 on his farm.

October 3, 2011

Black Women Clubbing for Healthcare Reform

In Indianapolis, the Woman’s Improvement Club worked to manage tuberculosis among the city’s black population, independent of any public funding or assistance.

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December 5, 2011

Rolling–And Journalling–On The River

November 28, 2011

Murder At The English Hotel

November 21, 2011

The French Connection That Has Historians Licked

November 14, 2011

A Young Girl’s Brush With The Civil War

November 7, 2011

A Methodist Circuit Rider On The Indiana Frontier

October 31, 2011

A Woman’s Bid For The Highest Post

October 24, 2011

Drawing A Line In The Riverbed

October 17, 2011

Hoosier Justice At Nuremberg

October 10, 2011

The Great Cornfield Conference

October 3, 2011

Black Women Clubbing for Healthcare Reform

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