Visiting the Joseph Moore Museum at Richmond Indiana

Joseph Moore (February 29, 1832 – July 09, 1905)
The son of John Parker and Martha Cadwalader Moore, Joseph was native to Washington County, Indiana. After completing his elementary school education he attended the Friends Boarding School in Richmond, Indiana 1853. He would serve as an assistant teacher while attending the school. After graduating he worked as a teacher in various schools until 1859, when he enrolled at Harvard. He graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Science degree. Continue reading Visiting the Joseph Moore Museum at Richmond Indiana

Writing My Life Away

Anyway, I was looking at my Substack dashboards and noticed that even though I have not posted in months, I have gained a few followers. Seeing this, I have determined that I should fire this forum back up and start posting. I will be uploading mostly the same content as I was, only from time to time I plan to post pieces like this. Some will be funny, some will be serious and others may be completely off the wall. It will depend on how the earth is spinning that day. Continue reading Writing My Life Away

Podcast – Ill Fated Treasure Ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha Departs

By the early Seventeenth Century, Spanish settlement delved deep into the Caribbean, Mexico and South America. The Bolivian city of Potosi, Mexico City and Lima, Peru all had larger populations than any city in the parent nation, Spain. The colonists grew coffee, sugar, tobacco and other agricultural products for export to Europe. The silver and gold mines of the regions also supplied a vast quantity of wealth for Spain. The ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha carried a large quantity of this treasure in its holds when a hurricane sank it off the coast of Florida. Continue reading Podcast – Ill Fated Treasure Ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha Departs

Working Men’s Institute Museum & Library

Philanthropist William Maclure established the Institute in 1838. The Working Men’s Institute inhabited a wing in the Harmonist Church until 1894. In that year, it moved to this impressive building three-story structure on Tavern Street. The Institute at one time comprised 144 Institutes in Indiana and additional sixteen in Illinois at its height. The Working Men’s Institute has dwindled to this location. This is the oldest continuously operating library in Indiana. Continue reading Working Men’s Institute Museum & Library

Kingdoms in Chaos

The Kingdoms in Chaos is the second book in the Wizards of the Golden Star Series. The Book I opens as the kingdom of Napoli falls. The creature Gwaum kills and eats the king while Queen Betsa and young Prince Ruther flee from the capital. Gwaum goes on to devastate the countryside The queen and her subjects that manage to escape the bedlam take refuge in a cave. Continue reading Kingdoms in Chaos