Mooresville (Indiana) Local History Treasure Trove

Exploring the local history of Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Black History Month: Spotlight on Hoosier Bicyclist Major Taylor

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Check out our earlier blog about Major Taylor, world champion Hoosier bicyclist. Our book trailer below gives a brief summary of one of his...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Pioneers: Westward Bound, and Closer to Home

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Horace Greeley (1811-1872), New York Tribune editor, is often credited with coining the phrase, "Go West, young man," since he...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

Pioneer Cat, by William H. Hooks & Charles Robinson (Illustrator)

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Speaking of pioneers, as we are about to, our book trailer for Pioneer Cat (below) features an instrumental version of the folk song Old...

Morgan County, Indiana Historical Resources, Part #1

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Middle-aged patrons who visit the MPL Indiana Room to research county history frequently say that they couldn't have cared less about t...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Precipitated Spirit Paintings, the Bangs Sisters, & Camp Chesterfield, Indiana

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Psychic mediumship has become a more socially acceptable topic, at least for the popular media. Books, television programs, movies, and we...
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William R. Buckley
I worked at Mooresville (Indiana) Public Library for 16 years and, among other things, was responsible for the library's Indiana Room and genealogy collections, which included local history archives. I first visited Mooresville in 1977. I've lived in or near Mooresville for 30 years.
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