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Re-shared from May 2020 Also known as Owens Cemetery; this cemetery is quite isolated and sits high on a hillside in Scott County, Indiana. The following accounts have been reported by local residents and amateur paranormal investigators. Before you continue, it is important to note, the Scott County Visitors Commission does not endorse nor support…
“Pink Houses” is a song written and performed by John Cougar Mellencamp. It was released on 23 October 1983 album Uh-Huh on Riva Records. It reached No. 8 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1984 and No. 15 in Canada. “Pink Houses” was ranked No. 447 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Recorded in a farmhouse in Brownstown,…
Here in Scott County we are home to one of the most unique sites in Indiana BUT it is closed to the general public… The Dwight R. Chamberlain Raptor Center at Hardy Lake State Park, rehabs injured raptors and maintains permanently injured non-releasable birds for public education. The Center is NOT open for visitation. All…
As summer begins to set for another year, the thoughts begin to turn to crisp fall nights, and good friends gathered around a campfire for a fun filled night together filled with stories and laughter. We have a special fun night’s activity for you and your friends of old and new to enjoy. The following…
Give Yourself a Point for Each Thing You Have Done in Scott County! (30 possible points) Hike the Knobstone Trail – IN’s longest footpath. Drive the route taken by Morgan’s Raider’s – largest military campaign in Indiana during the Civil War. Tweet a Friend about the Great Raptors – at the Dwight R. Chamberlain…
Excerpt taken from “History of Indiana from Its Exploration to 1922,” Volume 4 The cross currents of life very often carry a man far from his life’s work as he had planned it. No better illustration of this fact could be chosen than the career of the late Asa M. Fitch of Indianapolis. He began…
Morgan’s Raid of Confederate Soldiers through Southern Indiana During the Civil War, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan led a raid through southern Indiana July 8-13, 1863. He and his troops crossed the Ohio River at Brandenburg, Kentucky on two commandeered steamboats with over 2,000 cavalrymen and entered Indiana near Mauckport. Following the battle at Corydon,…
Three (3) Area Casinos for Fun, Entertainment and Overall Enjoyment! Scott County is 40 miles or less from three (3) Indiana Casinos… Belterra Casino & Resort in Vevay, Caesar’s Southern Indiana Casino in Elizabeth and the French Lick Casino in obviously French Lick, Indiana. Gambling can be a lot of fun when done for entertainment…
But what is this unique eclipse? WHAT IS The “RING OF FIRE” SOLAR ECLIPSE? It is when the moon passes between the earth and sun, but the image of the moon will not completely cover the sun during this annul solar eclipse the way it does during a total solar eclipse, according to our friends…
(2 of 2) A new railroad station for the growing community of Scottsburg was deemed necessary. Railroad records indicate that the station was erected in 1872 at a cost of $1,492. This depot would become Scottsburg’s link to the railroad and to the outside world serving as a point of entry for newcomers to the…
(1 of 2) The rail line intersects Scott County, running north and south, can trace its beginning to the Ohio & Indianapolis Railroad that was incorporated by an act of the Indiana Legislature on February 3, 1836. The company was empowered to construct a railroad from Jeffersonville to Indianapolis on a right of way sixty…
Churchill Downs & the Kentucky Derby This coming Saturday, the first Saturday of May marks the 147th running of the “Fastest Two Minutes in Sports” the annual Kentucky Derby. The 20 horse field will take their posts at approximately 6:57 PM (EDT) and can be viewed on NBC. The Kentucky Derby, presented by Woodford Reserve,…
The 48 mile Knobstone Trail is Indiana’s longest natural surface foot path. It’s a very popular backcountry trail that runs along high ridges of southern Indiana’s Clark and Jackson State Forests, offering great views of the wooded foothills of southern Indiana with various glimpses, from time to time, of the Ohio River and even Louisville…
From an article by Dr. Carl Bogardus, Sr. printed in the Scott County Journal and Chronicle, July 23, 1970. On December 31, 1821, the Bethlehem-Rockford State Road was established. It was surveyed and built in 1822. This was the road which was in 1825 declared a Post Road by the Government, and in 1836 this…
From an article by Dr. Carl Bogardus, Sr. printed in the Scott County Journal and Chronicle, July 23, 1970. The very first thoroughfares of Indiana, while somewhat remote from interstates of the present day, have yet some relation to the later history of the state, as well as possessing a certain historic value of their…
(Part Two of Two in this Story) In 1912 the Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Company went into receivership and was reorganized as the Indianapolis and Louisville Traction Railway Company with it’s general offices in Scottsburg. Six Dixie Flyers traveled south to Louisville and six Hoosier Flyers made the trip to Indianapolis daily, each 117-mile trip…
(Part One of Two in this Story) The first significant rival of the steam railroad in Indian was the electric railway. The use of electric power for transportation began with the street railway, one of the earliest recorded attempts at electrification was made in South Bend Indiana in 1882. The work of Frank Sprague in…
First, let’s share some facts…. Did you know that it costs businesses seven times more to attract a new customer than it does to train your employees and keep your current customers happy and coming back and more importantly telling other people about your business? Did you know that disgruntled customers are the ones who…
Staycations are extremely useful when one has time or budget limitations. A staycation is also perfect when travel restrictions are in place, like we experienced in 2020 because of the Coronavirus. Also, staycations are a great way to reduce the stress that can go along with distance travel associated with vacations. Bottom-line, it’s not the destination but the…
As this year winds down, I want to take a moment to thank you for following the Scott County Visitors Commission in our inaugural year of our website blog. While it has been a different kind of year for many of us, if not all of us, I have tried to give you a little…
This story is follow-up installment to the three part series The Pigeon Roost Massacre of 22 Settlers. Saturday, October 1st, 1904, passed into history as a great day for Scott County – being the day of dedication of the imposing monument erected by the State of Indiana to mark the burial place and to…
This story is the third of three installments on this blog. Each week the story will be continued for your enjoyment! Meanwhile, Capt. Norris and the children lost their way in the darkness, and after wandering hopelessly in the woods until they were exhausted, they sat down to rest and soon fell asleep, notwithstanding the…
The first warning the settlers had of an attack by the Indians was when cattle belonging to Jeremiah Payne ran bellowing toward his house, their sides full of arrows and spears. He at once took his wife, Sarah (McCoy), and little son, Lewis, to the fort at Vienna. Then he started through the woods toward the house…
This story is the first of three installments on this blog. Each week the story will be continued for your enjoyment! Pigeon Roost was a pioneer settlement, then in northern Clark County, but now in southern Scott County, Indiana, situated along the little creek by the same name. It was in a fertile, but then heavily…
Here are 38 unique and fun facts about Scott County for this week’s blog. The second newspaper in Indiana was eventually printed in Lexington, “The Western Eagle.” The fence around Harrods Cemetery is from the Scott County Courthouse fence that used to be around the property in downtown Scottsburg. There was once a South Austin.…
The Scott County Heritage Center and Museum, located at 1050 South Main Street in Scottsburg, Indiana is housed inside a building that once operated as the county poor farm. It is rumored to be haunted by its former residents. Witnesses have reported hearing footsteps on the second floor, while no one is up there; a…
At the site of a salt lick for animals a salt well was drilled during the early 18ty century. The well, located on the New London Road, east of Lexington on the banks of Town Creek, a branch of Stucker Creek, was drilled to an unbelievable depth of 420 feet in 1815 by General William…
Indiana’s first newspaper, published by Elihu Stout, was The Indiana Gazette, the first issue of which appeared on July 4, 1804 at Vincennes, then capitol of the Indiana Territory. In 1813, The Western Eagle was second newspaper in Indiana Territory. Founded in Madison 1813 by Seth M. Leavenworth who later founded the town of Leavenworth…
Story written and reshared by Mary Wilson and Sharon Y. Asher with excerpts taken from “Outdoor Indiana,” written by Arville L. Funk and reprinted from “The Scarlet Mask” written by Carl R. Bogardus, Sr., M.D., 1960. This story is the final of five installments on this blog. Each week the story will be continued for…
Story written and reshared by Mary Wilson and Sharon Y. Asher with excerpts taken from “Outdoor Indiana,” written by Arville L. Funk and reprinted from “The Scarlet Mask” written by Carl R. Bogardus, Sr., M.D., 1960. This story is the fourth of five installments on this blog. Each week the story will be continued for…
Story written and reshared by Mary Wilson and Sharon Y. Asher with excerpts taken from “Outdoor Indiana,” written by Arville L. Funk and reprinted from “The Scarlet Mask” written by Carl R. Bogardus, Sr., M.D., 1960. This story is the third of five installments on this blog. Each week the story will be continued for…
Story written and reshared by Mary Wilson and Sharon Y. Asher with excerpts taken from “Outdoor Indiana,” written by Arville L. Funk and reprinted from “The Scarlet Mask” written by Carl R. Bogardus, Sr., M.D., 1960. This story is the second of five installments on this blog. Each week the story will be continued for…
Story written and reshared by Mary Wilson and Sharon Y. Asher with excerpts taken from “Outdoor Indiana,” written by Arville L. Funk and reprinted from “The Scarlet Mask” written by Carl R. Bogardus, Sr., M.D., 1960 This story is the first of five installments on this blog. Each week the story will be continued for…
In the Indiana Constitution of 1816, stated in Article IX, Section 4 that “it shall be the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as circumstances permit, … to provide one or more farms to be asylum for those persons, who by age, infirmity, or other misfortunes, may have claim upon the aid and beneficence…
This is the final installment of three. This is the story of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s raid through the Indiana Territory is one of the most interesting phases of the Civil War and was one of the most well-known Confederate campaigns conducted through Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana during the summer of 1863. We had…
This is the second installment out of three. The story of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan’s raid through the Indiana Territory is one of the most interesting phases of the Civil War and was one of the most well-known Confederate campaigns conducted through Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana during the summer of 1863. We had left…
This story is one of the most interesting phases of the Civil War and was one of the most well-known Confederate campaigns conducted by General John Hunt Morgan (Morgan’s Raid) through Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana during the summer of 1863. I will share the highlights of this story over the next three weeks with you. …
William H. English Born: Lexington, IN 1822 Died: Indianapolis, IN 1896 William H. English was the first native born Hoosier to be placed on the Democrat or Republican party ticket, being nominated for the vice presidency by the Democrat party. William was immersed in local and state politics as a young man, serving in clerkship…
Recently, I learned that two (2) locally owned retailers in Scott County had sold their business to a large national chain and would be closing their doors sometime around the middle of July. Later that day, I also learned that two (2) local restaurant options had recently closed too. The ironic part is that I…
Also known as Owens Cemetery; this cemetery is quite isolated and sits high on a hillside in Scott County, Indiana. The following accounts have been reported by local residents and amateur paranormal investigators. Before you continue, it is important to note, the Scott County Visitors Commission does not endorse nor support trespassing to visit this…
If you live in Indiana or plan on traveling to Indiana be aware that all drivers will be banned from using handheld cellphones on Indiana roads starting in July 1, 2020. This legislation signed by Governor Eric Holcomb makes Indiana the 22nd state to prohibit drivers from holding or using a handheld mobile device while…
200 Years to Celebrate! The Scott County Visitors Commission (SCVC) has a limited number of commemorative Scott County Bicentennial t-shirts for sale online at www.greatscottindiana.com. T-shirts range from a variety of youth sizes for $12; Adult $14 and larger adult sizes 2XL and 3XL for just $15. There are a limited number of quantities and…
Saskatohawan’s Cave An old Indian named Saskatohawan, deceased for many years, told of a cave near Lexington, Indiana that contained enough gold to “buy the State of Indiana.” As far as what can be recalled this is what Saskatohawan said, in his own words. Note, some changes were made for clarification. “I am an Indian…
I bet you didn’t know that Scott County, has one of the largest collections of Historical Markers in the state of Indiana. It is important to continue to preserve Indiana and Scott County’s history and as we continue to celebrate this year and Scott County’s Bicentennial. The markers are a great snapshot of the past;…
The coronavirus has crippled numerous economies here and around the world. It has disrupted life and businesses in ways that were simply unimaginable just months ago. I know we are all tired of hearing it but… it is our reality; the world will never be the same as it was a few short months ago.…
Welcome to the Scott County Visitors Commission’s new blog. The task for our commission and for the purpose of our new blog is to engage and share activities which stimulates interest and help motivate visitors to Scott County for day trips and long-weekend. Additionally, we hope to find unique ways to involve business travelers to…