Posts tagged history
August 4, 2016
The Railway Garden & Depot
Taltree Arboretum's Railway Garden is an outdoor model train display featuring over 3,000 feet of hand-laid track, 30 handcrafted bridges, and 7 train loops!
June 30, 2016
The Haan Mansion Museum
The Haan Mansion Museum is home to the most extensive Indiana art collection in the US, including paintings from the Hoosier Group and Brown County Art Colony.
June 30, 2016
Wea Creek Orchard
Wea Creek Orchard is a seventh-generation farm, owned and operated by descendants of the pioneers who purchased the Tippecanoe County homestead in 1855.
June 30, 2016
Columbian Park Zoo
The second oldest zoo in Indiana, the Columbian Park Zoo has contributed to the Lafayette community for over 100 years. Today, it remains free to the public.
May 31, 2016
Studebaker National Museum
For 114 years, the Studebaker Corporation produced vehicles in the heart of South Bend; today, the museum displays its one-of-a-kind historical car collection.
April 28, 2016
The Grand Kankakee Marsh
Once one of the largest freshwater wetlands in the U.S., the Grand Kankakee Marsh was nearly destroyed; today, conservationists are working to save the region.
April 18, 2016
Ewing Family Farm
Travel to Vincennes to explore one of Indiana's oldest family farms, Mont Clair. Designated an Indiana Landmark, the Ewing farm was built in 1804.
March 31, 2016
Cannelton
Established along the Ohio River in 1837, the town of Cannelton was once home to the tallest industrial building west of the Allegheny Mountains.
March 24, 2016
Voyage to Vincennes
Established by French fur traders as a strategic post, Vincennes was Indiana's first European settlement, and eventual capital of the Northwest Territory.
February 18, 2016
Leora Brown School
Built in 1891 as segregation became Indiana law, Corydon's Leora Brown School is Indiana's oldest and longest standing school for African American children.
