Mooresville IN Postmasters (Mooresville Moments Series)

In this reprise of the newspaper column Mooresville Moments (May 5, 1999), local historian and MPL Indiana Room librarian (1966-2002) Wanda Potts references the postmasters who served at the Mooresville, Indiana post office.  Click the images below to enlarge.

Mooresville IN Post Office (Mooresville Moments Series)

Today's Mooresville Moments (May 12, 1999) reprint visits the Mooresville, Indiana post office, which was situated in various downtown locations throughout its history.  Click the images below to enlarge.

Mooresville's Oldest Murder Mystery (Mooresville Moments Series)

In the July 20, 1916 edition of the Mooresville Monitor, Solon M. McNabb wrote a newspaper article entitled "Mooresville's Oldest Mystery." It was reprinted in the September 1, 1999 newspaper column, Mooresville Moments (below), edited by Wanda Potts, local historian and Indiana Room Librarian (1966-2002), Mooresville Public Library, Mooresville, Indiana.

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There's a video available, too (click below to watch).

Mooresville's Oldest Murder Mystery

(Mooresville Moments 29)

by Mooresville (Indiana) Public Library

"The White River," by Danny Buckley

We have it upon good authority that "The White River," by MPL composer Danny Buckley, was inspired by Native American and Indiana pioneer history surrounding the White River, which flows about six miles east of the composer's childhood home two miles southeast of Mooresville, Indiana (in Brown Township, Morgan County). This piece is track four of the instrumental music CD Through Abstract Eyes (2010). Our music video below provides some background to the musical tale:

Old Settlers Queens (Mooresville Moments Series)

As the Old Settlers Fair nears (Aug. 8-10, 2010, at Pioneer Park, Mooresville, Indiana), we reprise another newspaper column from the Mooresville Moments series (July 21, 1999) (below), in which Wanda Potts, town historian and Indiana Room Librarian (1966-2002) at Mooresville Public Library, recounts the history of the Old Settlers Queen contest.

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