Indiana Local Legends and History Archives - Old Folks Adventures

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The Rise and Fall of the “Kay-Gee” Iron Empire: The Keck-Gonnerman Story

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Who Was Robert Dale Owen? Indiana Reformer, Politician, and Civil War Era Influencer

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Alvin P. Hovey: From Orphaned Boy to Union General and Governor of Indiana

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By John Bayless Hill& James Peale - It is taken from an oil portrait by artist[1] John Bayless Hill (1849 - 1874), who based it on a miniature painted in 1795 by James Peale (1749 - 1831). The original digital version of the image may be viewed at:[2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20255761

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General Thomas Posey: Revolutionary War Hero and Governor of Indiana Territory

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Fake cannons found after the Newburgh Raid

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Newburgh Raid – The First Northern Town Captured During the Civil War

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A representation of a Union soldier during the Civil War. No known photographs of Lieutenant Miles V. Wilsey have been found.

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Lieutenant Miles V. Wilsey House – Civil War Veteran of Shiloh in Mount Vernon, Indiana

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By Unknown author - https://web.archive.org/web/20071108045713/http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/ngh/harrow.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45963366

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General William Harrow of Mount Vernon Indiana – Civil War General, Lawyer & Local History

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The 1878 Mount Vernon, Indiana Lynchings: A Difficult Chapter in Local History

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Judge John Pitcher the man behind an American President and a Indiana Governor

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