More Centennial Celebrations (1924) (Mooresville Moments Series)

We continue our reverie of the 1924 Centennial celebrations of the founding of Mooresville, Indiana by reprinting another installment (July 28, 1999) of Mooresville Moments, a newspaper column written and edited by Wanda Potts, Indiana Room Librarian (1966-2002), Mooresville Public Library. The columns celebrated the 175th anniversary of the town's founding in 1824.

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1924 Centennial Party (Mooresville Moments Series)

In August, 1924 the townspeople of Mooresville, Indiana held a community party to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the town's founding. On July 14, 1999, to celebrate the 175th anniversary, Wanda Potts, Indiana Room Librarian (1966-2002) at Mooresville Public Library, recounted the events from 75 years before (click article below to enlarge).

Remembering Veterans (Mooresville Moments Series)

In November, 1999, Wanda Potts, Indiana Room Librarian (1966-2002) at Mooresville Public Library (Mooresville, Indiana), compiled this tribute (first three articles below) to local veterans in her Mooresville Moments newspaper column.

Lula Mae Bucker, a long-time Mooresville resident, wrote several guest columns for Mooresville Moments (1999). One of her columns (May 26, 1999) about the veterans' memorial, as it appeared in 1999 in Mooresville, is reproduced below.

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100 Historical Facts About Mooresville, Indiana & Vicinity (Mooresville Moments Series)

In today's excerpt from Mooresville Moments (April 7, 1999), Wanda Potts, Indiana Room Librarian (1966-2002) at Mooresville Public Library, shares 100 interesting historical facts about the town and surrounding Morgan County area.

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Much of the information in this article was drawn from Ralph H. Storm's 100 Facts About Mooresville and Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana (1936), which is available online.  Storm was assistant Morgan County historian at the time.

Mooresville Moments (1999): Newspaper Column Looking at Mooresville and Morgan County, Indiana History

Wanda Potts (1921-2012)
(January 8, 1955 photo)

In 1999, to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of Mooresville, Indiana, Wanda Potts, Indiana Room Librarian (1966-2002) at Mooresville Public Library, wrote and edited a series of newspaper columns entitled Mooresville Moments, which examined the local history of the town and surrounding Morgan County, Indiana.  Click the link below to read the articles.

Mooresville Moments, by Wanda Potts (1999)

 

No one knew more about the history of Mooresville and vicinity than Wanda Potts.  Mrs. Potts shared her encyclopedic knowledge of the town and its legacy, and, now, you can, too.