Chris Flook | Muncie Star Press Local historians disagree on the best way to count the number of courthouses in Delaware County. The number depends on how one defines the word “courthouse.” In the most literal sense, a courthouse is a building that houses a district courtroom. By this definition, there were six courthouses in […]
A one-classroom schoolhouse in Gibson County is among the “10 most at-risk” buildings in the state, Indiana Landmarks announced this week. Sollman School has been located in Snake Run, a dependent community outside of Fort Branch, since about 1875. It was once an educational center for a group of farming families and served as a […]
Visitors to the Josiah Dennis Manse Museum in Dennis this weekend can gain a glimpse into the lives of the town’s residents in the 18th century. Historical interpreters get ready to lace up their corsets, don their gowns, button their breeches and pull on their vests when the Dennis Historical Society hosts Colonial Day on […]
The reckoning with the Confederates: Why monuments and symbols are being removed While Confederate monuments are memorials to the dead for some, for many others they glorify slavery, racism and oppression. Mike Fant, Nashville Tennessean A Davidson County chancellor ruled this week that Williamson County can remove the image of the Confederate flag from its […]
