Riley Boyhood Home Worth Drive To Greenfield
When driving along the 200 block of Main Street (U.S. 40) in Greenfield, you’ll come upon a man sitting on a bench in front of a white house.
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Timeline From The Past: Famous Authors Who Lived In Kosciusko County
From the Files of the Kosciusko County Historical Society Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews. 1895 — Revra DePuy founded the DePuy Manufacturing company, makers of fracture appliances, in 1895. The first plant was at the corner of Columbia … Read More
Timeline From The Past: Implementation Of 911 Program, History Of Bourbon Township
Editor’s note: This is a retrospective article that runs a few times a month on InkFreeNews that relies on files from the Kosciusko County Historical Society Aug. 22, 1979 — In 10 months or less, residents of the city of Warsaw will need to dial only 911 in case … Read More
One Hundred Years and Counting at Warsaw Public Library
One hundred years after its construction in 1917, Warsaw Community Public Library is once again getting crowded. The original structure was called the Carnegie Library, named after the corporation which provided the grant for its construction: $15,000 for a 6,134 square foot building. There was a librarian and … Read More
KLA Hears Of Winona Lakes’ Rich History
By JONI TRUEX KLA Public Information Director The Kosciusko Leadership Academy Class of 2014/2015 held their last regular session at Westminster, Winona Lake. Terry White, author, Winona Lake, informed the KLA cadets about the history of Winona Lake. “Winona 100, Third Wave Rising” is a published collaboration between … Read More
‘Indiana At 200’ — Riley Loved For Homespun Poetry
By ANDREA NEAL Today his poems are written off as the sentimental musings of a time gone by. During his life, James Whitcomb Riley ranked with Longfellow and Twain as a best-selling author, and his works were required reading in virtually every school. Many historians consider Riley our … Read More