Mossy Feet Books – Author Paul R. Wonning
Books About Indiana History, United States History and Garden Guides
Take a fun tour through the rich history of Indiana using Northeast Indiana Day Trips as your guidebook. This tourism guide will help visitors find all of the historical treasures in south central Indiana. Continue reading Northeast Indiana Day Trips
The son of John and Viola Riddle Hoffa, James was native to Brazil, Indiana. His father, a coal miner, died of lung disease when Jimmy was seven years old. His early education was sporadic, due the the necessity of his having to work to help support the family. His mother went to work upon the death of her husband and eventually moved the family to Detroit. Continue reading Sample Chapter – West Central Indiana Day Trips – Jimmy Hoffa
Take a fun tour through the rich history of Indiana using West Central Indiana Day Trips as your guidebook. This tourism guide will help visitors find all of the historical treasures in south central Indiana. Continue reading West Central Indiana Day Trips
Ryan White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990)
The son of Hubert Wayne and Jeanne Elaine (Hale) White, Ryan was native to Kokomo, Indiana. When his parents had him circumcised at birth, the bleeding continued long after it should have stopped. The medical staff at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital diagnosed him with severe hemophilia A. The diagnosis required him to be treated with weekly transfusions of a pooled plasma blood product called factor VIII. Continue reading Sample Chapter – Central Indiana Day Trips – Ryan Whit
Take a fun tour through the rich history of Indiana using Central Indiana Day Trips as your guidebook. This tourism guide will help visitors find all of the historical treasures in south central Indiana. Continue reading Central Indiana Day Trips
The Autumn leaves are in full color now, and it is a good time to drive through Skyline Drive in Jackson County, Indiana. This is a pretty area that my wife and I have driven through many times over the years, and we do not get tired of it. Continue reading Autumn Leaves In Full Color
At the time of settlement, vast forests covered Indiana. These forests spawned many industries dependent on the high quality hardwoods found in these forests. Many furniture makers located in the state and the ship builders along the Ohio River needed the lumber for shipbuilding. In addition, much of the valuable timber was exported. The State appointed Charles Deam to oversee the operation of the Forest. Continue reading Photo Gallery – Clark State Forest
Natural Gas
Drillers searching for coal usually found natural gas in the process. This gas was highly flammable, hard to handle and considered a nuisance gas. Steel maker Andrew Carnegie pioneered using natural gas in his foundries in the 1880’s and proved that using natural gas was feasible. In 1885, he claimed that using natural gas saved 10,000 tons of coal a day in his huge blast furnaces. On January 20, 1886, drillers discovered a huge gas well in Findlay, Ohio that drillers could not control, so great was its gas flow. The flame plume from the well burned for four months. Continue reading Sample Chapter – First Indiana Gas Well
Take a fun tour through the rich history of Indiana using East Central Indiana Day Trips as your guidebook. This tourism guide will help visitors find all the historical treasures in east central Indiana.
Take a fun tour through the rich history of Indiana using Southwest Indiana Day Trips as your guidebook. This tourism guide will help visitors find all of the historical treasures in south central Indiana. Continue reading East Central Indiana Day Trips
Take a fun tour through the rich history of Indiana using Guide to Indiana’s Historic Sites – Southwest Edition as your guidebook. This tourism guide will help visitors find all of the historical treasures in south central Indiana. Continue reading Southwest Indiana Day Trips
Sample ChapterSouth Central Indiana Day TripsPrivate Barton W. MitchellTitle of Marker:Private Barton W. MitchellLocation:SW corner of town square, SR 46/East … Continue reading Sample Chapter – South Central Day Trips – Private Barton W. Mitchell
South Central Indiana has some wonderful cities and towns ranging from charming river towns like Henryville, Charlestown and French Lick to the larger cities like New Albany, Columbus and Bloomington. Each of these towns and cities has many things to do for your family as it explores the regions roads and highways. Continue reading South Central Indiana Day Trips
Greetings, today I want to talk about the court houses of Southeastern Indiana. My book, Southeast Indiana Day Trips from my Road Trip Indiana Series includes short histories of each of the counties as well as the court houses Continue reading Podcast – Southeast Indiana Court Houses
Greetings, today I want to talk about some of the interesting historical places of Southeastern Indiana. I will use the historical markers located around the region as a reference point. My book, Southeast Indiana Day Trips from my Road Trip Indiana Series includes every historical marker installed by the Indiana Historical Bureau in the region. In the book, I include the text of the marker as well as some background information to give the marker more context. Historical markers, ignored by many, can give some interesting insights into the events, people and places of a city, town or village. Many of the topics of the markers are not well known. Continue reading Podcast – Southeast Indiana Interesting Places
Greetings, today I want to talk about some of the Civil War related historical sites of Southeastern Indiana. I will use the historical markers located around the region as a reference point Continue reading The Civil War in Southeastern Indiana
This episode talks about talk about some underground railroad sites and stops of Southeastern Indiana. I will use the historical markers located around the region as a reference point. Continue reading Podcast – The Underground Railroad in Southeastern Indiana
Greetings, today I want to talk about some of the historically notable people of Southeastern Indiana. I will use some of the historical markers located around the region as a reference point. My book, Southeast Indiana Day Trips from my Road Trip Indiana Series includes every historical marker installed by the Indiana Historical Bureau in the region. In the book, I include the text of the marker as well as some background information to give the marker more context. Historical markers, ignored by many, can give some interesting insights into the events, people and places of a city, town or village. Many of the topics of the markers are not well known. Continue reading Podcast – Historical People of Southeast Indiana
In this episode the author visits several of the parks in Southeastern Indiana. The selection includes state parks, state forests, nature preserves, local parks and National Wildlife Refuges. The parks discussed include:
Deam Lake
Clark State Forest
Brookville Lake
Whitewater Memorial State Park
Clifty Falls State Park
Lamplighter Riverfront Park
Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
Muscatatuck Park
Calli Nature Preserve
Versailles State Park
Hardy Lake and Campgrounds Continue reading Podcast – Southeast Indiana Parks
31 Museums in Southeastern Indiana
In this podcast we visit the 31 museums in Southeastern Indiana. These include the Milan 1954 museum, the Clark County Museum, the Falls of the Ohio State Park and the museums operated by Historic Madison. Continue reading Podcast – 31 Southeast Indiana Museum Tour
This episode of the Indiana Places and History podcast relates the history of Metamora, Indiana, the history of the Whitewater Canal as well as the Mammoth Internal Improvement Act Of 1836. Listeners will also learn about the Whitewater State Historic Site and find information about the train ride on the Whitewater Valley Railroad.
Whitewater Canal History
The Whitewater Canal connected Hagerstown, Indiana with Cincinatti Ohio and during its brief existence provided an economical route for farmers to ship their products to the city.
Mammoth Internal Improvement Act Of 1836
Touted as a major economic boon, the Mammoth Internal Improvement Act Of 1836 provided the mechanism for funding a number of vital transportation venues for the developing state of Indiana. Unfortunatly the Panic of 1837 squashed the economy and the Act quickly proved to be a financial disaster for Indiana.
Whitewater Canal State Historic Site
Metamora Train Ride
The Whitewater Valley Railroad provides riders with a beautiful train ride from Connersville to Metamora, allowing visitors to visit the state historic site as well as browse the many quaint shops and restaurants in Metamora. Continue reading Podcast – A Road Trip to Metamora Indiana
Mossy Feet Books - Author Paul R. Wonning 