Category: Indiana
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Madge and the KKK: The Murder and the Monster That Shook America
Indiana in the 1920s was a hotbed of Ku Klux Klan activity. The state governor, Ed Jackson was a Klan supporter, as were Indianapolis Mayor Ed Duvall and several other city officials. But even higher up—indeed, as high as you could go in the Klan hierarchy—was D.C. Stephenson, the Grand Dragon of Indiana, the most…
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Back From the Farm: Family Recipes and Memories of a Lifetime
Family memories, times together, food, family, and friends–all come together in Phil Potempa’s newest cookbook.
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If These Walls Could Talk by Reggie Brooks
“I wouldn’t have been so open if I had written my book five years ago,” says Reggie Brooks, author of the just released If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box (Triumph Books 2021, $17.95). “But Covid showed me how important it is to…
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Tune in Tomorrow to Hoosier History Live as I Discuss America’s Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness
If you have time, tune in tomorrow Saturday, October 23rd when I talk to host Nelson Price of Hoosier History Live about my new book America’s Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness. The show airs live from noon to 1 p.m. ET each Saturday on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis. Or you…
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“Central Indiana Interurban” chronicles the state’s electric trains
There was a time when electric railroads, called interurbans, crisscrossed the state, connecting the small villages and large cities of Indiana. “I was about 10 when my mother first started letting me take the interurban on my own,” recalls Lorraine Simon, who was born in East Chicago in 1911. “My mother would put me on…
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Indiana Landmarks Rescued and Restored
“These places are all about the people who made them,” says Marsh Davis, president of Indiana Landmarks,“and the people who worked at saving them.”
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The Wellness Lifestyle: A Chef’s Recipe for Real Life.
“The Wellness Lifestyle is an all-in-one life-long wellness plan,” says Daniel Orr. “Dr. K and I wanted to create something that was a one size fits all in both understanding health and enjoying life. A lot of that is food. “
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How Quickly She Disappears
Intrigued by the tales his grandparents told of living in Tanacross, a small Alaskan village back in the late 1930s, Indiana author Raymond Fleischmann has woven a mystery set in that time frame and location. “I grew up hearing their stories about Alaska, the cold, the isolation, the long days and the long…
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Pete Buttigieg: Shortest Way Home
In January 2011, Newsweek magazine published an article titled “America’s Dying Cities” focusing on 10 cities with the steepest drop in overall population as well as the largest decline in the number of residents under the age of 18. Among those listed such as Detroit and Flint, was South Bend, Indiana which over the…
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Swedish Settlements on the South Shore
Northwest Indiana is famously known as a melting pot, a coming together of a vibrant amalgam of people from many countries and different cultures, making the area rich in diversity. But what may be surprising to those of us who grew up in the Region, the first non-English speaking people to move into the Indiana…
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