Moment of Indiana History
podcasts Archive
July 11, 2005
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Gene Stratton-Porter
Gene Stratton-Porter’s novel, A Girl of the Limberlost, was published in 1909. Although best know for her fiction, she wrote her novels as a way of supporting her non-fiction books about nature.
July 4, 2005
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Ernie Pyle
Ernest Taylor Pyle was born just southwest of Dana, Indiana, on August 3, 1900. After graduating from high school, he served in the Naval Reserve, and then studied journalism at Indiana University.
July 4, 2005
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Fort Knox II
By 1809, Vincennes, Indiana was the center of military activity for the Indiana Territory. As tensions developed between settlers and the Indian population, more soldiers were brought to “Fort Knox II.”
June 27, 2005
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Cole Porter
Cole Albert Porter composed hundreds of songs for Broadway, movies and television. He was born in Peru, Indiana, on June 9, 1891.
June 20, 2005
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Belle Gunness
A Scandinavian immigrant to Indiana is remembered as one of the most monstrous figures in American criminal history. The woman who came to be known as Belle Gunness arrived in in 1881.
June 13, 2005
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Whitewater Canal
As settlers occupied the Northwest Territory, the need for transportation in Indiana was high. The Indiana Internal Improvements Act of 1836 helped, by constructing the Whitewater Canal.
June 6, 2005
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Camp Chesterfield
Camp Chesterfield in Madison County, Indiana is the home of the Indiana Association of Spiritualists where communication with the spirit world is embraced.
May 23, 2005
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Eli Lilly
Colonel Eli Lilly was a pharmaceutical chemist who had served as a Union officer in the Civil War. Dismayed by the ineffectiveness of the drugs in his day, he started Eli Lilly and Co.
May 16, 2005
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Culbertson Mansion
William S. Culbertson was once considered the wealthiest man in Indiana. He settled in New Albany, Indiana and amassed a fortune that in today’s today’s economy would equal about $61 million.
May 9, 2005
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Windell Willkie
Born in Elwood, Indiana in 1892, Wendell Willkie, attended Indiana University, became an attorney, a businessman and an unexpected presidential candidate.
