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…