Mooresville (Indiana) Local History Treasure Trove

2024 UPDATE:   Here's another video commemorating Mooresville's bicentennial. Mooresville Moments 30, by Mooresville Public Library ...

Those familiar with the history of Mooresville Public Library (MPL) know that construction of the "new" library building began in...

At one time, public libraries determined their overall effectiveness in serving the public based upon door count, i.e., the number of pers...

We have some updated links to slideshows for some of our local history highlights: Virtual Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Mooresville, In...

Episode #6 of Grandpa Billy Bob's Mooresville History Super Fun Quiz explores where Mooresville High School basketball games were playe...

Mooresville and Morgan County, Indiana are no strangers to pandemics, epidemics, and quarantines, as newspaper clippings from the last hund...

This installment of Mooresville Moments , a local history video series, looks at the Pure Oil gasoline station, which was located on the so...

Three years ago, I blogged about a poltergeist living in a house near Robb Hill Road, just west of Centerton (and a few miles south of Moo...

Watch this Mooresville Moments local history video (below) to learn about George R. Scruggs' dry goods store, which was located in down...

The latest installment of Mooresville Moments , a local history video series, looks at the Comer & Scearce Lumber Company, which later ...

We have a new local history video featuring Mooresville Academy School. Mooresville Academy School (Mooresville Moments #9) by M...

The theme to this year's National Library Week is "Libraries Lead!"  Our promo trailer "teaser" elaborates. C...

In this installment of Mooresville Moments,  our local history video series, we learn about McCracken House , once a popular downtown desti...

Local history quiz: 1.  When did the Mooresville Police Department (MPD) purchase its first patrol car? 1919 1932 1953 1965 2.  I...

Eight years ago today (January 9, 2010), Mooresville Public Library launched its YouTube channel .  Since then, the library has uploaded 7...

Mooresville Public Library has begun a new video series ( see playlist ) called Mooresville Moments: Our Local History,  based upon its co...

In case you missed it 12 years ago, here's a video of construction of the library's 2005 addition, which was dedicated on January 2...

We have an updated handout for our self-guided walking tour of historic downtown Mooresville, Indiana.  Watch our program trailer below to...

This week (April 9-15, 2017) is National Library Week .  The theme is Libraries Transform .  Our promo trailer elaborates. Libraries ...

The Indiana Bicentennial Torch Relay DVD is now available to checkout from our Evergreen Indiana catalog . Click Image Above to Enlarg...