“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,…
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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…
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,…