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Footnotes: Grant County Indiana History

Footnotes: Grant County Indiana History

By William Munn

A look into the history of Grant County, Indiana by Bill Munn County Historian
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Mildred Dilling Gets Her Harp On

Footnotes: Grant County Indiana History Oct 29, 2020

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Samuel Plato's Shotgun Houses

Samuel Plato's Shotgun Houses

Grant County Historian Bill Munn and WBAT's Big John Morgan discuss Marion's Shotgun Houses, designed by famed architect Samuel Plato. Pictures and maps may be viewed at https://billmunn.substack.com/p/samuel-platos-shotgun-houses.

The maps referred to in the piece are Sanborn Fire maps. I needed more coffee.

Originally broadcast on 1400 WBAT 12.12.22

If you have stories about these houses, please let me know.

Bill

Dec 17, 202206:15
Bill Russell: An American Hero Comes to Marion by Bill Munn Grant County Historian

Bill Russell: An American Hero Comes to Marion by Bill Munn Grant County Historian

Bill Russell and the 1961 Boston Celtics exhibition game in Marion, Indiana.

Aug 01, 202203:35
Edgar Makes Journey: Fairmount to Hackleman, Point Isabel, and Independence

Edgar Makes Journey: Fairmount to Hackleman, Point Isabel, and Independence

Fairmount News editor tells about going with "Pap" to buy hides in southwest Grant County in 1880. In another episode, he makes the journey  again in a Model T Ford.

Jul 20, 202202:31
Tour Marion Selected Marion Historic Buildings: SOS Spring 2022 Edition

Tour Marion Selected Marion Historic Buildings: SOS Spring 2022 Edition

BIG Doings! 

Visit seven significant examples of late 19th-century and early 20th-century architecture in the Washington- Adams Street Neighborhood.

Sponsored by SOS Marion, dedicated to the preservation and restoration of historic structures in Marion, Indiana

Jun 09, 202207:39
Powel Crosley and His Marion Mini Car

Powel Crosley and His Marion Mini Car

Powel Crosley made his fortune by figuring out the next thing. One of those was his car made in Marion.

Apr 27, 202211:34
Frederick Douglass in Jonesboro, Indiana

Frederick Douglass in Jonesboro, Indiana

In 1843 young Frederick Douglass speaks at a meeting of the Indiana Ant-Slavery Society in Jonesboro, Indiana

Nov 16, 202002:45
Mildred Dilling Gets Her Harp On

Mildred Dilling Gets Her Harp On

From Marion, Indiana candy shop to the world stage. What's Harpo Marx have to do with it?

Oct 29, 202004:03
Wood Brandon and a visit with Warren G.Harding

Wood Brandon and a visit with Warren G.Harding

Presidential politics in 1921

Sep 21, 202005:14
Marion Resident Named Outstanding Woman in Hoosier History

Marion Resident Named Outstanding Woman in Hoosier History

Marion civil rights advocate honored.

Aug 17, 202002:30
Summer in a jar: The Marion Fruit Jar Company.

Summer in a jar: The Marion Fruit Jar Company.

The story of the Gas Boom success of JL McCulloch, J. Wood Wilson and the Ball Brothers fruit jar factories
Apr 19, 202008:24
Mystery of the Marion Masonic Temple

Mystery of the Marion Masonic Temple

A treasure found.
Apr 12, 202003:37
Two Taverns

Two Taverns

First broadcast on WBAT 1400 AM Marion, IN

Mar 28, 202003:07