Footnotes: Grant County Indiana History
By William Munn
Footnotes: Grant County Indiana History Apr 12, 2020
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.
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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.
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.
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
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.
Frederick Douglass in Jonesboro, Indiana
In 1843 young Frederick Douglass speaks at a meeting of the Indiana Ant-Slavery Society in Jonesboro, Indiana
Mildred Dilling Gets Her Harp On
From Marion, Indiana candy shop to the world stage. What's Harpo Marx have to do with it?
Wood Brandon and a visit with Warren G.Harding
Presidential politics in 1921
Marion Resident Named Outstanding Woman in Hoosier History
Marion civil rights advocate honored.
Summer in a jar: The Marion Fruit Jar Company.
Mystery of the Marion Masonic Temple
Two Taverns
First broadcast on WBAT 1400 AM Marion, IN