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Strange flying objects over Metamora

State Historic Sites wrote 1 week ago: Written by Joanne Williams, program developer at Whitewater Canal State Historic Site A UFO was spot … more →

Tags: Culture, Tourism, Whitewater Canal, Catrina and the Baggy Bottom Boys, Christmas tree, christmas walk, Metamora, Metamora Grist Mill, Roamin' Catholic Choir

History rewinds to 18112 comments

State Historic Sites wrote 2 weeks ago: Written by David Weaver, program developer for Vincennes State Historic Sites On Nov. 7 and 8, Fort … more →

Tags: Culture, History, Museums, Vincennes, Battle of Tippecanoe, cannons, Fort Knox II, Indiana Mounted Rangers, muskets

Witches, fairies, ninjas, oh my!

State Historic Sites wrote 3 weeks ago: Written by Joanne Williams, program developer at Whitewater Canal State Historic Site Two "pump … more →

Tags: Culture, History, Museums, Whitewater Canal, Ben Franklin III, Celestine Bloomfield, Halloween, jack-o-lanterns, Jeff Kuehl

History was dead and crawling ...

State Historic Sites wrote 3 weeks ago: Written by Anne Fairchild, eastern region program manager for the State Historic Sites This year, hi … more →

Tags: Culture, History, Lanier Mansion, Museums, Architecture, Edgar Allen Poe, greek revival, Madison, madison-Indianapolis Railroad

Unparalleled Paisley Shawls2 comments

State Historic Sites wrote 4 weeks ago: Written by Christine Atkinson, arts program developer at T.C. Steele State Historic Site Unrolling t … more →

Tags: Culture, History, Museums, T.C. Steele, technology, Barbara Livesey, Paisley Shawls, Selma Steele, T.C. Steele

Windows on history

State Historic Sites wrote 1 month ago: Written by Mike Linderman, sectional archaeology manager at Angel Mounds State Historic Site Barrack … more →

Tags: Museums, Science, History, Angel Mounds, archaeology, Old Camp Breckenridge, World War I, army barracks, CCC barracks

Antiquing at Lanier

State Historic Sites wrote 1 month ago: Written by Gerry Reilly, site manager at Lanier Mansion State Historic Site After about a year of pl … more →

Tags: Museums, Culture, History, Lanier Mansion, Madison, antiques market, hepplewhite, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ohio Valley China Co.

More Than Just a Cup of Tea

State Historic Sites wrote 1 month ago: Written by Angela Lucas, program developer at Vincennes State Historic Sites Part of preparing for a … more →

Tags: Museums, Culture, History, Vincennes, Muster on the Wabash, Lydia Bacon, Snail-mail, TEA CUP, archaeology

Why Restoration?

State Historic Sites wrote 1 month ago: Written by Laura Minzes, deputy director Historic Sites Structures and Real Estate  How do you retur … more →

Tags: Museums, History, Lanier Mansion, Civil War, Restoration, J.F.D. Lanier, Oliver P. Morton, national historic landmark, Frances Costigan

Inspired by Nature

State Historic Sites wrote 2 months ago: Photo by Alaina Carnahan On Sept. 19, the day after the nature poetry program for students, poet Joy … more →

Tags: Museums, Gene Stratton-Porter, Nature, Poetry, writing, Joyce Brinkman, Steve Ferguson, Martha Feguson, Nancy Carlson

Golden Troupe on Parade

tcromwell wrote 2 months ago: The Golden Troupe collection is now available online for all to enjoy and research. This collection … more →

Tags: Museums, Culture, History, Historic New Harmony, Golden Troupe, costumes, props, wigs, Shoes

Nature's Palette, Always in Style

State Historic Sites wrote 3 months ago: Written by Davie Kean, master gardener at the T.C. Steele State Historic Site Ironweed Somewhere, th … more →

Tags: Museums, Science, T.C. Steele, Nature, Wildflowers, Selma Steele, colors, Fashion, color-schemes

Gazing Globes

State Historic Sites wrote 3 months ago: Mysterious ‘Sphere of Light’ spotted at T.C. Steele State Historic Site Scientists declare: “It’s mo … more →

Tags: Museums, Culture, History, T.C. Steele, gazing globe, garden globe, gazing ball, Victorian balls, Spheres Of Light

Call me Plume Poppy

State Historic Sites wrote 4 months ago: My name is Macleaya cordata, Bocconia cordata, or Bocconia japonica — but you can call me Plume Popp … more →

Tags: Museums, Science, T.C. Steele, perennial, plume poppy, Poppy

Celebrate Abe Camp Diary

State Historic Sites wrote 4 months ago: Celebrate Abe Summer Camp took place at the Vincennes State Historic Site July 13 through 17. Making … more →

Tags: Museums, History, Vincennes, gardening, Abraham Lincoln, Summer Camp, daguerreotype, cornbread, butter making

Week’s Wash1 comment

State Historic Sites wrote 4 months ago: So far this year, Brown County, Indiana , has been more like Oregon weather-wise — or so I imagine, … more →

Tags: History, T.C. Steele, Selma Steele, Brown County, rain, Meteorology, T.C. Steele, Week's Wash, laundry

A Blinking Black-eyed Susan

State Historic Sites wrote 4 months ago: I’m a big sports fan, but only in the biological sense. In biology, a ‘sport’ is a mutation. Red Del … more →

Tags: Museums, Science, T.C. Steele, Wildflowers, Biology, mutation, black eyed susan, peonies

There was a little chigger ...

State Historic Sites wrote 5 months ago: There was a little chigger, that wasn’t any bigger…* So begins this summertime song, sung by childre … more →

Tags: animals, Museums, Science, T.C. Steele, chigger, chigger bites, gardening, Selma Steele

When is a dollar not a dollar?

State Historic Sites wrote 5 months ago: When the year is 1838 and anyone can open a bank and issue their own currency! Students from the Sou … more →

Tags: Museums, History, Vincennes, Currency, Old State Bank, barter and trade, fur trade, Pieces of 8


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