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Thursday, March 21, 2019

Indiana Association of Home Educator's Convention Display

Indiana Association of Home Educator's Convention Display
I am set up and ready to go at the Indiana Association of Home Educator's Convention in Indianapolis. The convention runs Friday, March 22 and 23, 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM. I will be there all day, both day.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Indiana History Time Line Boxed Set

Indiana History Time Line Boxed Set

Indiana’s Timeless Tales - Pre-History to 1781
Discover Indiana’s history as it unfolds from pre-history until the beginning of the American experiment. The Indiana History Time Line Series presents the unfolding saga of Indiana’s fascinating history in an easy to follow time line. Readers will learn both famous and forgotten, obscure events in Indiana’s story.

Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791
Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1782 - 1791 is a fascinating time line of events in the Northwest Territory that occurred before Indiana was a state. This volume covers events from the inception of the Northwest Territory until the tragic events surrounding St. Claire's Defeat.

Indiana’s Timeless Tales - 1792 - 1794

Explore Indiana’s early history using this journal of history stories from the beginning days of the Northwest Territory. A Timeline of Indiana History - 1792 - 1794 relates the time line of events that occurred between St. Clair's Defeat to, and including the Battles of Fort Recovery and Fallen Timbers. Many of these stories of the Northwest Indian War are little known and obscure historical tales that the reader will enjoy learning.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Sample Chapter - A Visit to Brown County State Park - Ramp Creek Covered Bridge

Ramp Creek Covered Bridge

A Visit to Brown County State Park

Ramp Creek is Indiana’s oldest covered bridge built in 1838 by Henry Wolf. It’s the only Double Tunnel Bridge in Indiana and one of four in the United States. The DNR moved it from Putnam County in 1932 from its location on Ramp Creek. It now crosses Salt Creek at Brown County State Park. It is a single span burr arch truss design. The bridge is 110 feet long, including 7 foot overhangs. The portal width of both lanes is eleven feet wide and twelve feet high.
The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The bridge is on the North Gate Entrance and all vehicles must go through it. Tall vehicles or cars with bikes on top may not make it through. If your vehicle will not clear, you will have to use the West Gate Entrance located west of Nashville on Highway 46.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Sample Chapter - A Visit to Harmonie State Park, Indiana - The Wabash River

Wabash River At Harmonie State Park

The name Wabash derives from the Shawnee word "waapaahšiiki." The word means, "It shines white," in that language. The name is in reference to the river's limestone bottom. The bottom shone white in the sunlight in the time that the Shawnee roamed the lands surrounding the river. Since then, the river has silted up and in most places; the river bottom no longer "shines white." The French, who were the first European settlers in Indiana, called it the "Ouabache." The English spelling became Wabash, the name used today. The Wabash is just a little over five hundred miles long, beginning in Ohio near a little town called Fort Recovery. Here at Harmonie State Park the river is about nine hundred feet wide and, depending upon the river stage, about ten feet deep.
It enters Indiana at Mile 28, approximately five miles east of Geneva, Indiana. It flows on a southwest from the state line, crossing the entire width of Indiana. The State of Indiana has designated the Wabash as its state river. Southwest of the city of Terre Haute, the Wabash becomes the boundary between Indiana and Illinois. It serves as the border for the rest of its length. There are places where the river has deviated from its original course that the state line is not the middle of the river. However, both Illinois and Indiana consider the middle of the Wabash as the boundary line.

A Visit to Harmonie State Park, Indiana

Wabash River Picnic Area.
The Wabash River forms the western boundary of Harmonie State Park. From the Wabash River Picnic Area Mink Island is visible to the north. The sunset can be spectacular from this picnic area. The ever-changing hues of the setting sun reflect in the gentle waters of the river as it flows by. Trail 2 from the cabins and campground allow overnight visitors to the park to hike down to the picnic area. There are restrooms, a shelter and picnic tables here at the picnic area.
Wabash River Public Boat Access
Just south of the Wabash River Picnic Area the DNR maintains a public access for boats to the Wabash. A trail connects the picnic area to the public access site. Anglers can try the waters of the river from this trail, provided they possess an Indiana State Fishing License.

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Monday, March 4, 2019

Sample Chapter - A Visit to the Land of Lincoln, Indiana - Nancy Hanks Grave

Sample Chapter - A Visit to the Land of Lincoln, Indiana
Nancy Hanks Grave

Nancy Hanks Grave

Across from the Memorial, a long forest lined alee stretches towards a small graveyard. Visible from the Museum, a flagpole marks the somber spot. We walked along the sidewalk towards the flagpole. Behind it, nestled in the quiet forest we can see the Pioneer Cemetery. Several graves mark the forest floor, the most prominent being a modest white stone marker. This is the grave of Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, the Sixteenth President of the United States.
Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lincoln Marry
Mrs. Lincoln was born on February 5, 1784 in what is now West Virginia. She married Thomas Lincoln on June 12, 1806 in the home of her guardian, Richard Berry, in Springfield, Kentucky. Together they produced two children, Sarah on February 10, 1807 and Abraham on February 12, 1809. Mrs. Lincoln encouraged young Abraham in what little formal education he got. She also taught him his "letters" and helped him acquire the books he lusted after as a young boy growing up.
The Move to Indiana

A Visit to the Land of Lincoln, Indiana

The Lincoln family moved to southern Indiana in 1816. Two years later, she died of "milk sickness." Her husband buried her here, just a short distance from their cabin. He marked the spot with a wooden marker. The marker rotted away over the years and for many years, this grave lay unmarked. The permanent marker that now marks her resting place was placed in 1879, fourteen years after the assassination of her son.
Milk Sickness
The milk sickness was caused by drinking milk contaminated by a poison from the plant, white snakeroot. Cattle that eat the plant transmit it through their flesh and milk, poisoning any that consumes it. No one knew the cause of the disease during this time. It was not until Anna Pierce Hobbs Bixby, known as Dr. Anne, discovered the source of the disease in the 1860's. She discovered the cause after conversations with an old Cherokee woman. After her research, preventative measures were possible.
Serenity
We linger by her grave, struck by the serenity of the place, before moving on to our next destination, the Pioneer Homestead.

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Sunday, March 3, 2019

Focus on Ripley County Photographers Show - Central House - Napoleon

Focus on Ripley County Photographers Show
Ye Olde Central House - Napoleon, Indiana

Ye Olde Central House in Napoleon, Indiana has sponsored an event called the Focus on Ripley County Photographers Show at their facility in Napoleon. The event features the works of sixteen local photographers in a three room
exhibit. Now is a great time for area residents to check out the fabulous work done by these camera jockeys. While you are there, ask for a flyer that lists the rest of the events that will take place during 2019.

These events include:
Spring Tea - April 6
Derby Party and Hat Show - April 27
Jane Austin Tea Party - June 22
Quilt Show - July 13 - 14.
Garden Party - August 24
Annual Murder Mystery Dinner - October 11, 12
Photos with Santa - December 7
The Focus on Ripley County Photographers Show runs until March 10. Contact Ye Old Central House Facebook page, listed below, for more information.
Napoleon Central House
Also known as Tavern Inn
State Road 229, east of intersection with US Route 421
Napoleon

Historic Travel Guide to
Ripley County

The former Tavern Inn is situated on an early stagecoach route from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. Probably built sometime in the 1820's, the Central House is a familiar Napoleon landmark. The two story Federal style structure has six rooms, three upstairs and three downstairs. This type of architecture is common in the eastern United States; however it is rare in Indiana. One of several inns in Napoleon during the early years of the Nineteenth Century, the building serves as a reminder of Napoleon's importance early in its history. The National Register of Historic Places listed the Central House on September 23, 1982.
Ye Olde Central House
3684 W Napoleon Main Street
Napoleon, Indiana

Ye Olde Central House - Napoleon, Indiana

Friday, March 1, 2019

Sample Chapter - Falls of the Ohio State Park

Falls of the Ohio State Park

A Visit to the Falls of the Ohio

At 165 acres, Falls of the Ohio State Park is the smallest of Indiana's state parks. The park resides in the town of Clarksville, Indiana just across the river from Louisville, Kentucky. The Falls of the Ohio were a series of rapids that allowed the river to fall twenty-six feet in a little over two and a half miles. These rapids presented early river travelers with the only obstacle on the 981-mile course of the river. By the early 1800's attempts to circumvent them were already under way. Today the McAlpine dam obscures most of the cascades while raising the river level for better navigation. The park includes an Interpretive Center, the Devonian fossil bed and hiking trails. A picnic area, public access to the Ohio River and the George Rogers Clark Homesite are also in the park. The park falls within the 1400 acre Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area. The State of Indiana established the Falls of the Ohio State Park in 1990 to preserve the fossil beds that lay exposed on the riverbed. As the 20th Indiana State Park, The Falls of the Ohio specializes in public interpretation and education about the fossils.

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