Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:00 — 3.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Bob Hammel tells the story of Preston Eagleson. who was born in Bloomington. Eagleson graduated from Bloomington High School, and went on to be the first African-American to earn a letter in IU athletics. He was also the first African …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:55 — 3.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe League of Women Voters of Bloomington – Monroe County’s Ann Birch and George Hegeman talk about the fascinating history of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. The push for women’s suffrage dates back to the Civil War, but by August 18, 1920, 35 …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, IU historian John Summerlot, talks about Indiana University during the mid 1800s and during the Civil War era. The Bicentennial Journal—looking back on 200 years of history in South Central Indiana. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 3.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, Susan Weir tells the story of how the Local Council of Women founded the Bloomington Hospital, and their continuing involvement with the community health care in Bloomington. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe County and Visit …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of The Bicentennial Journal, Scott Emery, a volunteer with the Monroe County History Center Cemetery Committee, tells the story of the Blair Cemetery, in Van Buren Township. The cemetery consists of one headstone, that of one-year old Carlyle Blair, son of Marion and Hester …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreIn this episode of the Bicentennial Journal, architectural preservationist Cynthia Brubaker talks about the importance of limestone in Monroe County. Limestone in southern Indiana is unique in its building properties, and began as a family-based industry. Brubaker tells the history of the buildings around Bloomington’s Courthouse Square and …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThis episode of the Bicentennial Journal tells the story of life in Richland Township, as written by James Parks. Parks was among the earliest homesteaders in Monroe County. A member of the first board of County Commissioners, in 1818, Parks later served on the board of school commissioners. …
Read More »Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreJames Parks was among the earliest homesteaders in Monroe County. A member of the first board of county commissioners in 1818., Parks later served on the Board of School Commissioners, and was elected to the Indiana legislature. Support for The Bicentennial Journal and WFHB comes from Monroe …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:20 — 19.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Monroe County Community School Corporation is hosting a public forum tonight at 6 pm in Bloomington; Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton is proposing the hiring of five additional public safety officers to the Bloomington Police Department; Indiana governor Eric Holcomb is calling for a renewed push towards …
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 6.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePerry Township is a three-part edition of the Bicentennial Journal. Perry Township Trustee Dan Combs tells the history of how townships came to be, and what a township trustee did historically, and the continuing tasks of the township trustee today. In Part One, Combs about the complications …
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