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Posts tagged Terre Haute
October 21, 2013
The Staid Beginnings Of A Hoosier Radical
In his young working days, the man who would found the American Socialist Party took a somewhat more conservative approach to the needs of the working class.
October 11, 2010
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Neighborhood Church, Living Monument
While children learned their letters in the basement, Terre Haute's Allen Chapel was home to another sort of underground activity.
May 31, 2010
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When Life Throws You a Curve Ball
The unique grip that Nyesville native Mordecai Brown devised using the three fingers of his right hand created a spin that disarmed the pitcher's opponents.
August 4, 2008
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100 Year Flood
When purchasing home insurance one anticipates every contingency, including such events as a “100 Year Flood.” In June 2008, Hoosiers in south-central Indiana learned exactly how formidable that event could be. The state’s hydrologist officially termed the 2008 deluge a “100 Year Flood” when water levels broke records set during the Great Flood of 1913. […]
May 26, 2008
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Mother Theodore Guerin
Within the cultural mythology of Indiana, Hoosiers are traditionally considered good, wholesome folks…but not exactly saints ? The Hoosier demographic was broadened considerably, however, with the canonization of a French native who came to Indiana as a missionary.
November 26, 2007
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Tommy John Surgery
From Little Leaguers to professional baseball players, there’s hope after injuring an elbow. Increasingly and at a younger age, ball players are turning to a surgical procedure first performed in 1974. What physicians refer to as ulnar collateral ligament—or UCL—reconstruction is better known as Tommy John surgery.
September 3, 2007
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Coal Mining
In August 2007, amidst hourly updates on the fate of six coal miners trapped by a Utah mine collapse, word of another mine accident emerged—this time from the Hoosier State. Three workers in the Gibson Mine descending into an air shaft they were building fell more than 500 feet to their death when the bucket lowering them was somehow upset.
August 6, 2007
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Brazil Concert Bands
Formed just before the Civil War, the Brazil Concert Band is the oldest continuously performing concert band in Indiana. The collection of amateur and professional musicians that brings the Forest Park Bandshell to life Sunday evenings each summer got its start in 1858.
