Moment of Indiana History
podcasts Archive
February 6, 2006
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Thomas Hart Benton – Indiana Murals
Thomas Hart Benton’s Indiana Murals provide a primer in Indiana History. They’re in three separate locations on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington.
January 30, 2006
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Juliet Strauss
Turkey Run State Park in Parke County displays a statue of Juliet Virginia Strauss. She was a major force in saving the land once called Bloomingdale Glens.
January 23, 2006
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George Ade
George Ade, born in 1866 to pioneer parents, was recalled his youth in Newton County, a place that would serve as a touchstone in the writer’s career.
January 16, 2006
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Showers Brothers Furniture
The Showers Brothers Furniture Company of Bloomington, IN, “The World’s Largest Furniture Factory,” once produced 60% of the furniture made in the US.
January 9, 2006
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May Wright Sewall
May Wright Sewall was a champion of women’s suffrage in Indiana and abroad.
January 2, 2006
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California Colony of Indiana
Pasadena, California has a Hoosier connection. This Southern California city was started by a group of winter-weary Hoosiers seeking a more temperate clime.
December 26, 2005
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The Slavery Question
Indiana’s acceptance of African-American citizens, despite the 1787 Northwest ordinance outlawing slavery, was slow in coming.
December 19, 2005
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Century of Steel
In 1901, U.S. Steel settled in Lake County Indiana, to build what would become the world’s largest integrated steel mill.
December 12, 2005
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Indiana Dunes
A "place for the millions of pent-up city folk to seek refuge, quiet and renewal"; the Indiana Dunes State Park was an early environmentalist victory.
December 5, 2005
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Crispus Attucks High School
The team from Crispus Attucks High School won the state basketball championship in 1955, the first time a team from an all-black school took a state title.
