Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories
The Indiana Historical Society is excited to bring you Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories. A retelling of classic Indiana stories and those that might become classics. We are pulling materials from our Traces and Connections Magazines, Blogs, and Exhibits to build upon one another in an effort to share a more complete and connected Indiana history.
Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories
There's More Than Just Corn In Indiana. . .There's Also Soy: Indiana Agriculture
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Welcome back for a fun new episode of Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories. In this episode Casey and Regan look at Indiana's agricultural history, first Casey looks at farming culture in the 1800s through the life of William Henry Harrison Medsker of Hendricks County. Then, Regan explores modern day farming history, examining the rise of big agriculture in the 1970s and beyond.
Further Information:
Threshing Scene at Harrison Nelson Farm
Explosion of a Steam Boiler at the Indiana State Fair
1st Prize Agricultural Products, 1935 Indiana State Fair
John Deere Tractor in the Field