WFIU: Moment of Indiana History

An Ignominious Governorship

Yaël Ksander — Sun, 05 May 2013 13:00:09 +0000

On Governor David Wallace's watch, the internal improvements program bankrupted the state and the Potowatomi Indians were exiled to Kansas by armed militia.

In Morgan’s Wake Without A Break

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:00:27 +0000

Few claims were paid for the property confiscated by Union troops in pursuit of Morgan's Confederate raiders since the federal government required receipts.

Bridging The Span From Past To Present

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:00:25 +0000

The 460-foot bridge without windows spanning the east fork of the White River became known as “The Dark Bridge.”

Advocating For Better Schools

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:32:18 +0000

in 1840, 1 in every 10 white citizens in Indiana above the age of 21 could neither read nor write, an illiteracy rate matching that of Mississippi.

Indiana’s Canal Debacle

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:41 +0000

In September 1853, the southern section of the Wabash and Erie Canal finally opened for business. By the early 1850s

Caroline Dunn: Heroine Of The Stacks

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:00:59 +0000

Caroline Dunn was a manuscript librarian who knew her collections, knew how to use them for research, and even how to introduce them to the uninitiated.

Indiana’s First First Lady

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:00:50 +0000

Anna Symmes Harrison had not yet made it to Washington when her husband gave his inaugural address. As she prepared to leave, she received news of his death.

A Woman’s Judgment

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:00:30 +0000

Although Ohio elected a woman to its supreme court in 1922, it was not until 1995 that Indiana would see a woman sitting on its highest state court.

Steele’s Magnolia

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:00:20 +0000

In the spring of 1908, Selma Steele began planting gardens—a passion that would become her own artistic contribution to the House of the Singing Winds.

The Desegregating Diva

Yaël Ksander — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:15 +0000

Camilla Williams was the first black woman singer to appear with a major national opera company, nearly ten years before Marion Anderson's debut at the Met .