Author: OrangeBean
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The 120-Year-Old Hoosier Blue Night Light
A hue of blue impossible to reproduce or define.
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The Monster Ski Jump of Ogden Dunes
This athletic marvel once ruled the Indiana lakeshore
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The Hoosier Slide, Revisited
“A hill of sand, near the entrance of the Michigan City harbor that had weathered the storms of centuries, was known as the Hoosier Slide….”
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100 Years Ago, the Most Famous Landmark in Indiana Vanished
The Hoosier Slide stood 200 feet tall, easily dwarfing the other sand dunes between Lake Michigan and the budding Michigan City.
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The Legacy of Henry Ward Beecher: A Preacher’s Journey in Indiana
One of history’s most famous abolitionists started out in Indiana…
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Exploring the Rich History of Jeffersonville’s Howard Shipyard
If you piloted on the Ohio River, you knew the Howard Shipyard
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Capturing the Frozen Past in Midwest Snapshots
“Undated snapshot of an ice storm with many limbs and branches on the street. Possibly taken near the home of Russell and Ruth Kramer and looking north on S. Clay Street from E. Armstrong Street, Frankfort.” 1930. “The front entrance of Tuckway House, owned by Nellie Simmons Meier and her clothing designer husband…
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The Remarkable Story Behind America’s Forgotten Concrete Arrows
When you stumble across one of these (roughly) 150 concrete arrows, they don’t look like much. Four rectangles and a triangle flush against the ground. Some are the size of a Cadillac. Some are the size of a school bus. Almost crumbling edges and surfaces cracked like alligator skin. This isn’t a result of shoddy…
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Leonard Olson: The Unsung Hero of Chicago’s Eastland Disaster
It would become the most famous image of the Eastland Disaster…
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