https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog daily 0.75 2026-01-04 https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/a-munsonian-new-years-1900 monthly 0.5 2026-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/be6a5f3c-3110-4d92-9c04-2d6c13075050/westside.png The Society Blog - A Munsonian New Years, 1900 - Make it stand out West Side Park, circa 1900. Image: Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/ec455c7a-5cbe-4b2a-b051-f034607d8ef3/Screenshot+2026-01-04+at+4.53.50%E2%80%AFPM.png The Society Blog - A Munsonian New Years, 1900 - Make it stand out Johnson Building, circa 1900. Image: Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/6b95357b-17c7-4664-8918-6c7e705c3a7d/Screenshot+2026-01-04+at+4.47.26%E2%80%AFPM.png The Society Blog - A Munsonian New Years, 1900 - Make it stand out Edward Tuhey, WikiMedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/706e644a-6478-43f6-a0db-8342d7fce18a/FatherTime.jpg The Society Blog - A Munsonian New Years, 1900 - Make it stand out Father Time, Muncie Morning Star, 1901. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/73580602-c990-4b51-a8a5-73112be34120/Dionysius_Exiguus.jpg The Society Blog - A Munsonian New Years, 1900 - Make it stand out Dionysius Exiguus, WikiMedia Commons. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/muncies-first-franksgiving monthly 0.5 2025-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/3349fecf-516c-4d02-9e29-a03505394b8e/infirm.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s First Franksgiving - Make it stand out Delaware County Infirmary. Image: Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/f4d5ddea-da85-4f2d-a145-875272b27894/Wuthering_Heights_%281939_poster%29.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s First Franksgiving - Make it stand out Wuthering Heights poster from 1939. Image: Wikimedia Commons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/b938209e-c75e-43be-872d-36001167df62/toyland.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s First Franksgiving - Make it stand out Colorized Ball Stores’ Toyland ad from the Muncie Morning Star, November 23, 1939 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/e5f90473-1152-4c71-844b-4f93ede53afb/0.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s First Franksgiving - Make it stand out there were five Thursdays in November 1939, which limited the holiday shopping season between Thanksgiving and Christmas to just three weeks. Major retailers urged Roosevelt to shift the date, arguing that a full month would bolster sluggish sales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/734e0556-d5a5-493a-8378-7d4a5e24011e/M._Clfford_Townsend_%28Indiana_governor%29.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s First Franksgiving - Make it stand out Governor M. Clifford Townsend. Photo courtesy of WikiCommons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/e8aa368c-d74e-435f-a3cb-bbfdbd8284fd/MMS.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s First Franksgiving - Make it stand out Muncie Morning Star from September 2, 1939. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/85b9f043-26a7-40cf-9c2b-f3d05c20befa/bros.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s First Franksgiving - Make it stand out Buehler Bros. ad from the Muncie Evening Press, November 21, 1939. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/inter-state-automobiles monthly 0.5 2025-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/be38c0ba-2003-4746-b275-34400a595145/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+3.28.57%E2%80%AFPM.png The Society Blog - Inter-State Automobiles - Make it stand out Edmund F. Ball in front of old headquarters building, 1976, Minnetrista Heritage Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/b540fd7b-701c-4949-8e2d-d596e7ea9c48/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+3.26.22%E2%80%AFPM.png The Society Blog - Inter-State Automobiles - Make it stand out Inter-State factory interior, Minnetrista Heritage Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/ee04224d-bcfd-4271-be0b-f2610b3401dc/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+3.28.03%E2%80%AFPM.png The Society Blog - Inter-State Automobiles - Make it stand out Basketball team, Minnetrista Heritage Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/b2b8266b-994a-477a-8e40-6908b460cb1d/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+3.27.24%E2%80%AFPM.png The Society Blog - Inter-State Automobiles - Make it stand out Postcard depicting the “Bull Dog” Model, in front of the E. B. Ball home, Minnetrista Heritage Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/6f3f3d6f-ec0d-4aa8-a071-f29bfb1138e1/Screenshot+2025-11-02+at+3.24.45%E2%80%AFPM.png The Society Blog - Inter-State Automobiles - Make it stand out Stock certificate, Minnetrista Heritage Collection https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/a-celebration-of-dchss-100th-anniversary monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/muncies-epic-fourth-of-1884 monthly 0.5 2025-07-02 https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/a-history-of-107-113-e-main-street monthly 0.5 2025-06-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/9c5c5374-c142-4e80-8b20-fd928ba26043/courthouse.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out South and East sides of the Delaware County Courthouse square, circa 1900. Image cropped from the original: Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/d06b9feb-37bd-453c-b9c8-f52a6c3eee6a/109.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out Modern Shoes at 107 East Main in 1917, one of several shoe stores at that address. Image: Ball State University Bracken Archives and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/73b61a68-10a2-4234-9bce-3202390213d4/eastmain.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out 111, 109, 107 East Main Street, Muncie. Photo: Chris Flook, June 14, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/f44359e7-53ef-40bf-9178-1c880f1eb74a/emain.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out Southeast corner of Main and Walnut from the 1896 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. Image: Ball State University Bracken Archives and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/71854660-744a-42ba-954b-24ed213c98cd/ISL_IND_DelaCohist_1881_0290.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out George W. Spilker from Thomas Helm’s 1881 History of Delaware County, Indiana. Image: Archive.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/61331b78-9ff1-4eb9-8695-306d7943c319/111ee.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out New London Cafe at 111 E. Main Street, 1926. Image: Ball State University Bracken Archives and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/74ecbf02-97c8-4705-9cf6-746db35604de/swain.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out 1896 Swain Building. Photo taken in 2011. Image: Ball State University Bracken Archives and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/459f5de0-d44e-453d-8e88-90d86d95e3c5/100MAIN.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out South side of 100 block of East Main Street. Photo taken by the author in 2011. Image: Ball State University Bracken Archives and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/1749921350650-ADGN2B8ESP4K64XVMU2H/1.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET East Main Street, circa 1900. Image from the Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/1749922236310-E7VCSXBQ44YJGQ51ZTQK/2.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET Modified (cropped and scaled) image from the Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/3574a804-5768-4acf-9c01-e91daeed48fc/spilker.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out From the 1887 Atlas of Delaware County. Image: Delaware County Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/799148c8-051f-4fe6-9f99-73e433bfbdda/1883Sanbornmap.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out 1883 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map of the southside of the 100 block of East Main. Image: Ball State University Bracken Archives and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/ed5e0aae-5fb1-4357-b08f-73ab5f4603d3/1826.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out 107-113 East Main on the 1826 map of Muncietown. Image: Ball State University Bracken Archives and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/e92bbaaf-16b6-4639-9888-c7bc9d2bc2a8/beehive.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out Wachtell & March’s Beehive Store advertisement. From Muncie Morning News, April 11, 1883. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/92616cbd-1f39-4467-b3ec-2f90b3e29923/thornburg.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out Thornburg Cigar Store in 1916. Image: Ball State University Bracken Archives and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/1749915892361-CMR5KHIERKIIXGJH8DRZ/107-111.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out 111, 109 and 107 East Main Street, Muncie. Photo: Chris Flook, June 14, 2025. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/f43d0cb9-ff8b-42c8-b0cb-da1a8ce3d93e/manhattan.jpg The Society Blog - A HISTORY OF 107-113 E. MAIN STREET - Make it stand out Muncie Star article about an MPD raid of the Manhattan Cigar Store. Muncie Star, August 11, 1916. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/dynamite-amp-falling-goatswestside-parks-balloon-ascensions-8mw9n-zj39g-hprjm-pb5rc monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/f13a900f-7365-49bf-a13a-1ddfe9893de1/Stillmans_1930+Oct+10+copy.jpg The Society Blog - Stillman’s Department Store and the Vaudelle Theatre - Make it stand out Stillman’s, as it appeared in October, 1930. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/93e3ebe2-3454-44a3-bfbc-9d6214779099/Current+street+view+of+Charles+looking+North_2.png The Society Blog - Stillman’s Department Store and the Vaudelle Theatre - Make it stand out Current Street View of Charles Street looking north. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/dynamite-amp-falling-goatswestside-parks-balloon-ascensions-8mw9n-zj39g-hprjm monthly 0.5 2025-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/18180d3f-f365-43eb-b941-75f9e681faed/igp9942.jpg The Society Blog - The Jaybird schoolhouse is disappearing before our eyes - Make it stand out Photo taken April 6, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/47df78fc-11b5-4793-b9e4-db2b64e99909/olive-2.jpg The Society Blog - The Jaybird schoolhouse is disappearing before our eyes - Make it stand out The remains of the schoolhouse as they appeared on January 25, 2015. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/muncies-nitroglycerin-safecrackers-of-1905 monthly 0.5 2025-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/3f237f14-21a0-4c30-b9eb-d49d593b68e0/oil.png The Society Blog - Muncie’s Nitroglycerin Safecrackers of 1905 - Make it stand out Oil fields like this one west of Muncie offered thieves access to nitroglycerin. Photo is from the Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/41bf915a-8de6-4af1-9942-2b8c6c1da14c/MMS-5-3-1906.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s Nitroglycerin Safecrackers of 1905 - Make it stand out Muncie Morning Star, May 3, 1906. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/534a2575-ca1d-444b-9b0c-1438c383f9b3/Sanborn.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s Nitroglycerin Safecrackers of 1905 - Make it stand out 1911 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map showing the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad station. The CC&L became the Chesapeake and Ohio two years after the robbery. Image is courtesy of the Library of Congress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/969db5c4-6bc1-43f6-ad73-13ba613e40ff/0.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s Nitroglycerin Safecrackers of 1905 - Make it stand out From the Muncie Morning News, Friday, September 8, 1899. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/a0ee0831-557c-4240-9f2b-a1d7b887ebdf/0-1.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s Nitroglycerin Safecrackers of 1905 - Make it stand out From the 1902 book, Sketches of Crude Oil, courtesy of the Internet Archive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/c808085f-209b-46d3-b3af-8568dbb40179/0.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s Nitroglycerin Safecrackers of 1905 - Make it stand out Headline from the Muncie Morning Star, March 31, 1905. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/9093dec1-23cf-4f4f-904d-aaf7878f895a/kirby.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s Nitroglycerin Safecrackers of 1905 - Make it stand out Kirby House Hotel on Main Street. Image: Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/dynamite-amp-falling-goatswestside-parks-balloon-ascensions-8mw9n-zj39g monthly 0.5 2025-03-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/069a60a8-6288-4253-86e1-4407f479af2b/eden-2.jpg The Society Blog - Eden Church’s sidewalk to righteousness in Delaware County - Make it stand out A segment of the old Eden Church sidewalk, as pictured in front of the Eden Church on December 20, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/8ee0e929-0b6a-46a5-b0ca-e74fbd4caaca/eden-5.jpg The Society Blog - Eden Church’s sidewalk to righteousness in Delaware County - Make it stand out McCormick’s Stop, looking westward, as pictured on December 20, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/9172d29e-72b8-4eb6-9011-608402b49b6b/screen-shot-2023-01-03-at-5.04.12-pm.png The Society Blog - Eden Church’s sidewalk to righteousness in Delaware County - Make it stand out As of 2022, the Eden Church sidewalk is visible in Google Maps just north of County Road 700. Satellite imagery courtesy Google, copyright IndianaMap Framework Data. Landsat /Copernicus, Maxar Technologies, USDA/FPAC/GEO. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/27232360-b73f-4d71-9ebc-f21e0fd140ac/screen-shot-2022-12-20-at-4.55.04-pm.png The Society Blog - Eden Church’s sidewalk to righteousness in Delaware County - Make it stand out This segment of Steele and Draper’s 1904 map of Delaware County shows the site of Eden Christian Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/cb88a2c5-66e7-4dee-bf81-abea35bd508d/eden-1.jpg The Society Blog - Eden Church’s sidewalk to righteousness in Delaware County - Make it stand out The modern Eden Church is a landmark in northern Delaware County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/95e61547-d805-4de7-af94-51038dd2189d/screen-shot-2022-12-20-at-7.05.12-pm.png The Society Blog - Eden Church’s sidewalk to righteousness in Delaware County - Make it stand out The church is seen at the upper middle of this 1887 atlas, along with the District 2: Stafford school at the left edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/efc76bce-4ce7-48c9-a89e-86e95f21a6f2/eden-4.jpg The Society Blog - Eden Church’s sidewalk to righteousness in Delaware County - Make it stand out A portion of the old Eden Church sidewalk, as pictured on December 20, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/72488692-1127-463f-91e6-4e6849908a09/eden-3.jpg The Society Blog - Eden Church’s sidewalk to righteousness in Delaware County - Make it stand out The Eden Church sidewalk just past McCormick’s Stop. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/a-pioneering-librarian-at-ball-state-juanita-smith monthly 0.5 2025-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/b40e22c9-5a9b-497f-9703-443399d730cb/Juanita+Smith+%281972%29 The Society Blog - A Pioneering Librarian at Ball State - Make it stand out Juanita Smith (1972) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/7aa4fa15-e311-46da-b8cd-36e52cbf51f2/1948+Juanita+Smith+BSU+Yearbook+Graduate+Office.jpg The Society Blog - A Pioneering Librarian at Ball State - Make it stand out Juanita Smith (1948) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/76c0b49d-b1c9-4180-8a46-493bf54fd840/1956+Juanita+Smith+BSU+Yearbook+Department+of+Library.jpg The Society Blog - A Pioneering Librarian at Ball State - Make it stand out Juanita Smith (1956) https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/dynamite-amp-falling-goatswestside-parks-balloon-ascensions-8mw9n monthly 0.5 2025-02-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/15a7f6f3-9d27-4358-8f30-6276f2309f39/moore-5.jpg The Society Blog - The Dunkirk & Moore Pike: There’s gold in that thar…gravel? - Make it stand out D.B. Moore’s gravel pit, as it appeared on December 20, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/384f6f76-93b1-412d-8147-de3cc13db34d/iron_pyrite_11930527256.jpg The Society Blog - The Dunkirk & Moore Pike: There’s gold in that thar…gravel? - Make it stand out Pyrite. Image courtesy Wikimedia user James Petts under the CC BY-SA 2.0 license. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/8b3adb2b-a9d1-48a4-bb0d-fd564ab5d139/moore-3.jpg The Society Blog - The Dunkirk & Moore Pike: There’s gold in that thar…gravel? - Make it stand out The Moore And Dunkirk Pike as it appeared on December 20, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/91ced34c-e6d0-4f1a-aa20-f510d4fe308a/moore-1.jpg The Society Blog - The Dunkirk & Moore Pike: There’s gold in that thar…gravel? - Make it stand out The entrance to Frank Merry Park. Photo taken December 20, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/2832af8c-66d2-4d7f-bba0-c3be46e72c81/moore-4.jpg The Society Blog - The Dunkirk & Moore Pike: There’s gold in that thar…gravel? - Make it stand out The Dunkirk & Moore Pike about two miles west of Dunkirk, as it appeared on December 20, 2022. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/2c68ceeb-49ae-44dd-b969-1e248fd94f04/igp0140-1.jpg The Society Blog - The Dunkirk & Moore Pike: There’s gold in that thar…gravel? - Make it stand out Niles Township’s Huffman school on the Dunkirk & Moore Pike. Photo taken April 17, 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/10fb89f7-50dc-4681-8956-ca4416fbfd98/screen-shot-2023-02-27-at-4.23.42-pm.png The Society Blog - The Dunkirk & Moore Pike: There’s gold in that thar…gravel? - Make it stand out The Dunkirk & Moore Pike, as it appeared in Griffing, Gordon, & Company’s 1887 atlas of Delaware County. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/dynamite-amp-falling-goatswestside-parks-balloon-ascensions monthly 0.5 2025-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/869f9061-78ee-4e25-85cf-27679b361ecc/Mavis_triple8.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Westside Park’s Triple-8 Roller Coaster, circa 1910. Photo: Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/5787ee25-0c4c-47f3-a0e8-d4faad2c361e/MMS_6-10-1910.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Muncie Morning Star, June 10, 1910. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/1334cd14-b81e-4481-9482-df889636a548/MMS_7-25-1910.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Jimmie Bedwell’s balloon ascension at Westside Park. Muncie Morning News, July 25, 1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/6906e658-2580-42d1-8b61-97de2a89914b/MMS_7-09-1910.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Muncie Morning News, July 25, 1910 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/2855fd43-918a-4104-8f9b-e4878e94cf22/BalloonSQUARE_Color.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Westside Park, early 20th century. Photo: Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/d29386f6-83e0-4368-8e81-c250cde8dec5/MDH_8-16-1895.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Muncie Daily Herald, August 16, 1895. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/bfec8f6c-e197-4cec-a985-9abfadeedc84/locMap1911.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Muncie Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from 1911. Image courtesy: Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/bc0454c1-09b8-4e31-a454-22edfc7d427e/BalloonFullPHOTO.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Balloon launch at Westside Park in the early 1900s. Photo: Delaware County Historical Society, Mike Mavis Collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/03cc7df9-6baa-4404-a99a-02e276ca9a8e/MDH_7-25-1895.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Muncie Daily Herald, July 25, 1896. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/9092664b-030d-4623-b904-3ed1b0c0c166/LoC1907_park.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Westside Park from the 1911 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/2595457f-b21e-4673-b89e-ae8a464275e2/Bracken_circa1905.jpg The Society Blog - Dynamite & Falling Goats: Westside Park’s Balloon Ascensions - Make it stand out Westside Park’s roller skating rink, circa 1905. 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Image courtesy: Ball State University Libraries’ Bracken Archive. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/the-capture-of-gerald-chapman monthly 0.5 2024-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/3b39665c-d103-42c9-b6d4-188e54e09331/9.jpg The Society Blog - THE CAPTURE OF GERALD CHAPMAN - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/muncies-emancipation-day-celebration-in-1900 monthly 0.5 2024-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/65aa4e5b-d8a1-45b8-a589-86ba353327e8/1.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s Emancipation Day Celebration in 1900 - Make it stand out George Cromer, Muncie and Delaware County’s U.S. Representative to Congress in 1900. Photo courtesy of Ball State University Libraries’ Bracken Archive and Special Collections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/f9fc1b55-4e3a-4524-8adf-8b6b18803873/2.jpg The Society Blog - Muncie’s Emancipation Day Celebration in 1900 - Make it stand out Gurley Brewer, prominent Indianapolis lawyer and editor, was the keynote speaker. https://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/dchs-blog/the-magic-citys-grand-emancipation-day-in-1895 monthly 0.5 2024-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62e84e9fd108a436d91a110b/0f3bf92e-197c-43ef-a3a5-7a43e7d50e26/0-1.jpg The Society Blog - The Magic City’s Grand Emancipation Day in 1895 - Make it stand out George Cromer, the 9th mayor of Muncie, spoke at the event. 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