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Baking Powder & the Indy 500

Maybe you’ve heard of the Clabber Girl brand of baking powder.  It’s been around for over a century.  But perhaps you didn’t know it’s connection…

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Clabber Girl

Perhaps you think a story about baking powder would be quite bland, but the tale of these two brothers is one that still very much…

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A Route to Healing

It’s sometimes difficult to forgive someone.  In this case, Eva was willing to forgive the perpetrators of murders against her family and thousands of others. …

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Taken From Mother’s Arms

Their story is one that will make you cry.  Ten year old twin girls, taken from their mothers arms – in an instant their entire…

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Holocaust Survivor Eva Kor

Today we begin a three part series with Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor with a story you won’t want to miss…

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The French Lick Railroad

The heyday of passenger rail travel was about a century ago.  But don’t tell that to the folks in southern Indiana, for they are riding the historic…

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The Healing Waters of French Lick

Airlines might devote more flights to popular winter destinations like Phoenix or Florida.  One hundred years ago they were adding trains for this popular spot in Indiana…

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If You Build It, They Will Come–Two Grand Hotels

In the movie “Field of Dreams”, a farmer builds a baseball field in the middle of his corn field.  Perhaps the people in this southern Indiana town…

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A Famous Front Porch

Many homes have a front porch.  It can be a place to relax and simply enjoy the outdoors.  In this town, it’s the hotel that has…

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Trophies From the Game of Basketball

Most museums will put the artifacts behind glass, not to be touched.  Sure it’s interesting to look, but it might seem a little stuffy.  That’s…

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