The Battle for Fort Sackville
During the revolutionary war, the British army formed alliances with Indian tribes who routinely sent war parties to attack American settlers. George Rogers Clark decided that a major offensive was...
View ArticleFort Knox II
By 1809, Vincennes, Indiana was the center of military activity for the Indiana Territory. As tensions developed between settlers and the Indian population, more soldiers were brought to "Fort Knox II."
View ArticleEarthquakes in Indiana
Geological research undertaken after a magnitude 5.0 quake in southern Indiana in June 2002 demonstrated the ancient history of the area's seismic volatility. Researchers linked the 2002 quake to the...
View ArticleRed Skelton Show
Ed Wynn came to play Vincennes, Indiana. When a newsboy reported to the famous comic that he too wanted to make people laugh, Wynn bought out all Red Skelton's papers so that he could afford a ticket...
View ArticleUnwrapping a gift from the past
Recently, history buffs and preservationists in Indiana have had the opportunity to unwrap a few gifts from the past. Excavations at the George Rogers Clark Memorial in Vincennes and the Indiana State...
View ArticleAlexander Ralston and the Plan for Indianapolis
Adapting L’Enfant’s scheme for Washington, Alexander Ralston planned Indianapolis as a city block one square mile in area with a circle at its center, from which four diagonal roads extended radially...
View ArticleA Tree Grew in Corydon
The summer session was so warm the delegates frequently sought refuge from Corydon's stuffy capitol building in the shade of a massive elm tree nearby. Legend has it that Indiana’s constitution was...
View ArticleThe Battle of Tippecanoe: A Lieutenant’s-Eye View
“This expidition,” wrote Lieutenant Charles Larrabee, "is against the tribes of Indians who are under the prophet and tecumcy."
View ArticleThe French Connection That Has Historians Licked
There is no solid evidence to back up any theory of a “French Connection” to Southern Indiana's great buffalo salt lick.
View ArticleCorrespondence Course
Mail delivery in Indiana was uncertain until 1800, when the postal service established a weekly there-and-back-again route from Vincennes to Louisville.
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