Karen Zach
This local soldier had one of the most unique funerals in our county
By Karen Zach An interesting, but far too short of a life was that of John Clark Maxwell’s. His desire was to serve his country and that he did in…
Read MoreHere comes the judge . . . with Karen right behind
By Karen Zach Three aspects regarding James Ford Harney were discussed in his lengthy obituary in the Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, all helpful in realizing this man may have been Montgomery…
Read MoreJust what DO you do with flat feet?
By Karen Zach Quite an interesting fellow was born in Montgomery County at 8 in the morning, the first child of Jesse and Inez (Shields) Cunningham. It was April 3rd…
Read MoreMeet Vilas Jacks, local corn husking champion
By Karen Zach Certainly, I’m not an expert in the farming world, but I know one of the most fun stories I’ve written relates to this topic. Several years ago,…
Read MoreRuby Byrd Houlehan – full of sorrows but loving life
By Karen Zach Had such a great time enjoying Ruby Byrd Houlehan’s pictures given to the Crawfordsville District Public Library and stored in their image database. From the photos, I…
Read MoreKaren just hop, hop, Hopping along this week
Ya’ just never know when or where or how I am going to come up with a subject to mold into an article or where you as a reader might…
Read MoreMeet the Darlington Cooks – or at least some of ’em anyway
Although this fellow was born in Montgomery County, it wasn’t ours (Maryland) but he sure fell in love with our area and stayed here almost his whole life. Born April…
Read MoreIndiana’s Father of Churches was loved by his church flocks
Well, this was different – I began researching a fellow I thought was interesting (George W. Cook) but while checking him out, I happened upon today’s subject, William T. (family…
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