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June 6, 2011

 

Refreshing The Memory Of A Parks Pioneer

A weary landmark in Riverside Park is a far cry from the vision Thomas Taggart had for Indianapolis as its mayor from 1895-1901.

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May 30, 2011

 

Fort Wayne’s Lincoln Mystery

A statue of the young Abraham Lincoln in Fort Wayne represents the president-to-be as more of a “dreamer and poet… than…rail-splitter.”

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May 23, 2011

 

Beyond Reform: Indiana’s Eugenics Crusader

At the core of Hurty’s public health philosophy lay eugenics—he viewed the sick and disabled as financial burdens upon the state.

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May 16, 2011

 

Through A Glass Negative, Darkly

Taylor’s soft-focus, sepia-colored photographs of tranquil domestic interiors were featured in an eight-page spread in Gustav Stickley’s Craftsman magazine.

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May 9, 2011

 

Holding Down The Fort, Literally

Arriving in Fort Wayne at the start of the War of 1812, an Ohio militiaman found the besieged garrison in a “deplorable situation.”

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May 2, 2011

 

Uncle Sam Was Called Walt

Hoosier-born Walter Botts was chosen to model for the famous recruitment poster “because he had the longest arms, the longest nose, and the bushiest eyebrows.”

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April 25, 2011

 

Tomboy Of The Air

Before taking to the skies, Blanche Stuart Scott was renowned as the first woman to drive an automobile from coast to coast.

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April 18, 2011

 

Putting South Bend On The Opera Stage

A pioneering opera company earned South Bend, Indiana a place in the annals of both opera and African American cultural history.

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April 11, 2011

 

Raggedy Ann’s Hoosier Pedigree

A forlorn rag doll found in an Indianapolis attic was rechristened with the names of two of James Whitcomb Riley's characters to become Raggedy Ann.

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April 4, 2011

 

Moving the State Capital to Indianapolis

These days, traveling from Corydon to Indianapolis is a two hour affair, but two centuries ago it took a band of pioneers the better part of two weeks.

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