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…
DetailsStory 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…
DetailsStory 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…
DetailsStory 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…
DetailsIn 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…
DetailsThis 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…
DetailsThis 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…
DetailsThis 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. …
DetailsWilliam 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…
DetailsRecently, 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…
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