Can You Show a Prairie Chicken at the County Fair?

Can You Show a Prairie Chicken at the County Fair?

Have Comments, Questions, or Anecdotes? Send 'em our way we'd love to hear them! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2276017/fan_mail/new] On the Season 6 finale of Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories, Casey and Regan are talking nature versus nurture...literally. First, Regan looks at the now extinct prairie chicken of Indiana. Then, Casey looks at the history of the long standing tradition of county fairs throughout Indiana. Thank you so much for joining us this season, we hope you enjoyed and will see you in September for the start of Season 7! After the Boom: The Demise of the Indiana Prairie Chicken [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll39/id/7067/rec/2] Lost and Found: Indiana's Country Fairs [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll39/id/5988/rec/1] Further Information: Prairie Scene, Indiana [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll7/id/1519/rec/50] Pavilion of Fair Grounds, Connersville, Indiana [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/P0391/id/1162/rec/1] Horse Pulling Contest at the Vigo County Fair [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/P0129/id/447/rec/21] Support the show [https://indianahistory.org/contribute/donate/]

Hungry for the Vote: Hoosier Women and Civic Action

Have Comments, Questions, or Anecdotes? Send 'em our way we'd love to hear them! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2276017/fan_mail/new] Let’s get civic-al civic-al, on the newest episode of Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories. First, Regan dives into stories of Hoosier women who participated in the national suffrage movement. Then, Casey looks at the life and legacy of former Congresswoman Julia Carson.  Taking the Risk: Fighting for Women's on the Home Front During World War I [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll39/id/5630/rec/1] " I <3 Julia": Congresswoman Julia Carson of Indiana  [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll39/id/7255/rec/2] Further Information: Women Vote Under These Flags [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/V0002/id/2011/rec/27] National Woman Suffrage Association for Indiana Record Book [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/womenshistory/id/259/rec/10] Letter from Susan B. Anthony to Martha Nicholson McKay, October 17, 1877 [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/womenshistory/id/79/rec/4] Julia Carson Speaks with School Children on Careers Day [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p0303/id/2374/rec/1] Jesse Jackson [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p0303/id/1821/rec/2] Julia Carson at Human Rights Campaign Event [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll12/id/66/rec/12] Support the show [https://indianahistory.org/contribute/donate/]

We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat: Indiana Maritime History

Have Comments, Questions, or Anecdotes? Send 'em our way we'd love to hear them! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2276017/fan_mail/new] On this episode of Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories, Casey and Regan are hitting the high seas... or the Great Lakes. First Regan tells us about the New Orleans, one of the first steams ships to navigate up and down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. Then Casey tells the tragic tale of the Muskegon and J.D. Marshall which helped haul sand to create Chicago’s lakeshore. Lost on The Lakes, Traces 1998 [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll39/id/7510/rec/3] Further Information: Robert Fulton [https://cdm16797.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/V0002/id/1186] Lloyd's Steamboat Directory, and Disasters on the Western Waters [https://indianahistorylibrary.on.worldcat.org/search/detail/3159464?queryString=Robert%20Fulton&bookReviews=off&idDetect=true&clusterResults=true&groupVariantRecords=false] The Pageant of the Packets: A Book of American Steamboating [https://indianahistorylibrary.on.worldcat.org/search/detail/792858?queryString=Robert%20Fulton&bookReviews=off&idDetect=true&clusterResults=true&groupVariantRecords=false] Indiana Sand and Gravel Producers Association, 1920 [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll55/id/687/rec/1] Support the show [https://indianahistory.org/contribute/donate/]

The Newest Piece in the Collection: More Art in Indiana

Have Comments, Questions, or Anecdotes? Send 'em our way we'd love to hear them! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2276017/fan_mail/new] On this episode of Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories, Casey and Regan are becoming connoisseurs of the arts. First, Regan examines how Eli Lilly grew his collection of Chinese art.  Then Casey looks at the life and career of Dalia Messick the mind behind the Brenda Starr comic strip. Dalia Messick: Creator of Brenda Starr [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll39/id/6748/rec/87] Further Information: Eli Lilly [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/dc010/id/61/rec/43] Indianapolis Museum of Art [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/P0338/id/455/rec/17] Support the show [https://indianahistory.org/contribute/donate/]

Let’s Go Girls: Stories of Hoosier Women

Have Comments, Questions, or Anecdotes? Send 'em our way we'd love to hear them! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2276017/fan_mail/new] Welcome back to Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories! On this episode Casey and Regan are discussing the stories of two women who blazed a trail for themselves and helped others along the way. First Casey looks at the life of Mollie Ward Greist, who led a storied life as a nurse which took her all over the country and eventually to the most remote point of Alaska. Then Regan tells us all about Marian McFadden, a librarian extraordinaire. Marian loved books and libraries and dedicated her life to making them the best they could be for everyone.  An Arctic Adventure: Mollie Ward Greist in Alaska [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll39/id/6630/rec/1] Further Information: Outline Map of White Country, Indiana [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/dc035/id/197/rec/1] The Central Library of the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library  [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/p16797coll35/id/2744/rec/12] Great Room of the Central Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library [https://images.indianahistory.org/digital/collection/dc012/id/13746/rec/20] Support the show [https://indianahistory.org/contribute/donate/]