Unbound: A Collection of Indiana Stories

There's More Than Just Corn In Indiana. . .There's Also Soy: Indiana Agriculture

Indiana Historical Society Season 5 Episode 2

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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


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