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December 7, 2009

Holiday Time Travel

In Indiana, especially during the holidays, opportunities abound for complete historical immersion.

November 30, 2009

Undermined

Although the environmental hazards of strip mining are well publicized, the nefarious legacy of underground mining lingers in Greene County and beyond.

November 23, 2009

Carve the Turkey, Strike Up the Band

Somewhere beneath the jumbo balloons and shy of the Rockettes’ high kicks, an Indiana institution will find its place in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

November 16, 2009

Beyond Boom and Bust…Coal’s Human Toll

With the emergence of the United Mine Workers of America in the 1890s, coal towns such as Linton, Indiana became crucibles of labor struggle.

November 9, 2009

The Golden Age of Coal in Greene County

Greene County’s first coal mine was built in 1859; there were about 200 mines in the area by century’s end.

November 2, 2009

Tulip Trestle

When construction of the Tulip Trestle was completed in December 1906, the Greene County railroad bridge was the country’s longest.

October 26, 2009

Retreat from the Scaffold

In Indiana, as in other states that still sanction capital punishment, the ultimate sentence is being applied less frequently.

October 19, 2009

Crime and the Ultimate Punishment

When Allen County man Richard Kiefer was put to death in 1961, his was the last life terminated by the state for 20 years.

October 12, 2009

Poster Boy of the Orphan Train

Eleven-year-old John Brady of New York City declared himself to be an orphan and, on August 2nd, 1859, boarded a train bound for Indiana.

October 5, 2009

First Stop, Indiana

Between 1854 and 1929, more than 120,000 New York street kids migrated to 45 states across the country, Indiana foremost among them.

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