Karen Zach
Karen Has A Quick Adventure
By: Karen Zach Written about Davis, Myers, Smith, and Jones families so I decided to check-out a more unusual name and made a “quick” jump to an interesting man with…
Read MoreMan With Many Names Would Be So Surprising
By: Karen Zach I “met” this fellow when I was researching for the March Montgomery Memories as he was an inventor of sorts. Thus, since I didn’t use him for…
Read MoreAll About Byron Price
By: Karen Zach Always fascinated with newspapermen, I ran into this one the other day and thought, “He would be great to share with my readers.” Hope you enjoy! Meet…
Read MoreMilton Byron Waugh
By: Karen Zach While researching for the September Montgomery Memories, I found 5-6 men who were interesting but didn’t quite fit into one of our topics, thus I decided my…
Read MoreAll About The Gobens
By: Karen Zach The Goben family in Montgomery County began in 1829 when Jesse J. Goben entered land in Walnut Township. For a couple of years in his native Kentucky…
Read MoreThe Poor House Millionaire
Those of you who follow my writing will know for sure that I love the Poor House folks. I have tallied the ones (with some help from buddy Kim Hancock…
Read MoreGood ‘Ol Doc Cowan
When you’ve written local history articles for almost 50 years and you’ve lost your computer data twice it’s a bit hard to remember who you’ve presented and who not. I…
Read MoreTerrific Three
Often, careers run in families, such as my father laid carpet and taught my brother; many families continue farming for generations; school teachers often produce school teachers, and a few…
Read More“Charles M. Travis: Two Wars; Inventor; In Everything And Then Some!”
Many of us have gone to or at least around the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Indianapolis. How many knew it has a great Montgomery County connection. On August 22,…
Read MoreFreedman, A Selfless Family
When I think of the Freedman family of Crawfordsville, giving comes to mind, charitable in various capacities of life. My first introduction to the family came many moons ago when…
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