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[theneptunianmind]

[joannmathews]

Women and Adversity: Ada Harris Inventor of the Hair Straightener

Photo by Rose Heichelbech (https://listverse.com/2021/09/17/10-inventions-and-theories-made-biy-women-but credited-to-men) Women and Adversity: Ada Harris Inventor of the Hair Straightener  At least 30 women were deprived of glory when men either stole their ideas or were given credit for what women discovered. Since this is Black History Month, I’m featuring Ada Harris, who invented the hair…

[crossroadshoosiers]

Milan State Champs 1954

[stochastique-blog]

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#columbusphotographer #travelohio #columbusohio #city  #exploreohio #history #indianaphotographer   #skyline #citykillerz #columbusohiophotography   #streets #city_captures #street_photography #roadtrip #midwest_captures #cityview #ohio #architecturephoto #onlyohio #city_captures #street_vision #citygrammer #ohioarchitecture #indiana_explored #indianahistory #architecturephotography #raw_usa #cityscape #cityphotography (at Columbus, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIrl4d4pHxL/?igshid=9n0kuy09c1us

[railwayhistorical]

Bloomington Station Stop

This is a northbound Amtrak Floridian making its station stop at Bloomington, Indiana. Once again, the line was the Louisville & Nashville at the time, but formerly the Monon (until 1971).

One image by Richard Koenig; taken November 24th 1976.

[cincymapcollection]

𝐌𝐚𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐡𝐢𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐜. 𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟎⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ This early 19th century map was published by London-based I.T. Hinton & Sinupkin & Marshall. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ During the time of this map’s publication in 1820 there were several interesting developments occurring within the newly formed states of Ohio and Indiana. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Ohio would have recently moved it’s capital to Columbus just four years earlier, after bouncing back-and-forth between Chillicothe and Zanesville for the first decade and a half of the state’s formation. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ The capital of Indiana would have been Corydon, located only 8 miles off the Ohio River and home to several influential settlers of the territory at that time. Like Ohio, political forces and migration of settlers throughout the state created the need for a more centralized seat of government. Corydon, Indiana would proudly claim the state’s capital for another four years, until 1824, before it would be relocated to Indianapolis. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ For more images of this map visit the @cincymapcollection website ⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ #cincymapcollection #Indianahistory #Ohiohistory⁣⁣ #cincinnatihistory #buckeyestate #hoosierhistory #clevelandhistory #queencityhistory #1820s #oldmaps #antiquemap https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxj_dcuF9c4/?igshid=j4vmmnyjjv1a

[russelljacksonart]

Hike #51 - Hoosier National Forest, Hardinsburg, IN. Lick Creek Trail, 5 miles I talk a lot about nature, flora and fauna, thoughts, zen. All things you can find in a forest. But you can also find human history in forests. This rather unassuming trail that follows an old road contains a forgotten remnant of a nation's scars. A badly neglected cemetary is all that remains of a community of further slaves that settled this area of what is today the HNF in the early 1800s. Indiana was a free state, but one can imagine how welcome these people must have felt considering most of their neighbors would have been transplanted Southerners. After a generation or two most of these people sold off their land and moved further north, some even to Canada. The cemetery is off the official trail, but I suspect this is mostly to deter vandalism as the info board shows it on the map and there are signs posted near the tiny rut of a road that leads into it. Even so, there isn't much left to look at today. #52hikes #52hikeschallenge #52hikechallenge #52hikes2021 #indiana #southernindiana #indianahistory #midwesthistory #undergroundrailroad #outdoors #easternwoodlands (at Lick Creek Trail) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXw0YWpF1cm/?utm_medium=tumblr

[ozma914]

We were all the way over in Marshall County, Indiana yesterday, when we stumbled across a statue honoring a local Native American Chief— and the unpleasant circumstances that led to his tribe leaving the area. Emily and I, who both have Cherokee blood, have found the most interesting things by accident when we go on day trips like this one. #statues #trailofdeath #nativeamerican #travel #indiana #marshalcounty #chiefmenominee #chiefmenomineestatue #monuments #indianahistory (at Marshall County, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPLzu-VF63c/?utm_medium=tumblr

[bygonely]

Rare Historical Photos Of Indianapolis In The Early 20th Century

[husheduphistory]

Rest In Pieces: Mr. Moon and his Horrible Machine

It was June 11th 1876 and the maids inside the Lahr House hotel of Lafayette, Indiana were trying to get the rooms ready for a new round of patrons. One room was presenting a problem though, number forty-one, and maid Bridget Clogan was losing her patience with trying to get into it. Finally by 5pm that evening she had had enough. She unlocked room forty next door and used a door they shared to finally get into room forty-one. She walked in and screamed…and screamed…and screamed.

On the previous afternoon of June 10th, thirty-seven-year-old Civil War veteran James Moon bid farewell to his family and departed his home in Union Township, Indiana headed toward Lafayette with his horse and carriage. He would not arrive in town empty-handed, he brought with him a large trunk filled with planks of wood, leather straps, screws, dowels, and an assortment of other items that would accompany an inventor the likes of which Moon claimed to be at the Lafayette Hotel. He requested a quiet room and when the clerk showed him a 12’ x 14’ furnished space on the third floor Moon immediately nodded his approval.  He locked the room behind him as he left, he needed to go buy some supplies.

Postcard featuring the old Lahr House hotel in Lafayette, Indiana.

At the hardware store near the Lahr House Moon picked up a 12” long ax head and hauled it four blocks to Thomas Harding & Son’s foundry where he selected two heavy iron plates and asked the employees to connect them and his ax head together. When asked what it was for he told them, he needed the mounted blade for an invention he was working on to make fruit baskets. Satisfied with the foundry’s workmanship he took the heavy piece back to the hotel where he asked two porters to drag his heavy trunk of supplies up to his room. He urged them to be careful, the contents were all the pieces and equipment he needed for his “important invention to be patented.” With his supplies bought and the trunk placed precisely where he instructed inside his room Moon decided it was time to take in some of the nightlife of Lafayette.

After visiting a barber for a shave Moon met some friends from his Civil War days and they enjoyed an evening of dinner, drinks, and memories. After bidding the group farewell he returned to the Lahr House, ascended the steps, and closed the door to room forty-one behind him.

The next person to set their eyes on James Moon was the maid Bridget Clogan but she did not know it was him. All she saw was the blood.

 When Moon entered his room on the night of June 10th the last thing on his mind was getting a good night’s sleep or plans for the next morning. He unpacked his trunk, unwrapped his purchases from the hardware store and the foundry, and began working on his invention. He fastened the boards together for form a seven foot beam which he then attached to a cross pieces with heavy iron door hinges, securely screwed down to the floor. The other end of the beam raised upward six feet into the heavy air of the hotel room, secured in its upward position by a cord that ran from the beam to a hook in a nearby wall. On the same side of the room where the cord met the wall a shelf was fixed with a candlestick sitting on top. On the floor Moon meticulously stood a soapbox that he then bolted down along with leather straps. A dowel was screwed from one open side of the box to another. Eventually he looked at the scene he had created and nodded in approval of the room for the second time. He lit the candle. He laid down on the floor. He strapped his own torso and legs down with the leather straps. He put his head inside the soapbox and rested his chin on the dowel. The candle burned through the cord dropping the suspended end of the beam downward. On the end of the suspended beam was the iron plates and 12” ax. It only took seconds for the blade to come down and sever Moon’s head. His self-built guillotine had worked perfectly.

Sketch of Moon’s self acting guillotine.

When a salesman from Cincinnati and a Lafayette businessman heard a woman screaming they ran down the hall and found Bridget Clogan and an absolute bloodbath in room forty-one. When the authorities arrived on the scene the gruesome intricacies of Moon’s suicide by guillotine began to reveal themselves. His measurements were impeccable and the entire device was held together by screws that could be used silently in the night unlike the banging of a hammer. He had filled the soapbox with chloroform soaked cotton batting that was sure to knock him unconscious before the candle burned through the cord releasing the ax blade onto his throat. The dowel in the box was positioned to hold his head in place for the blade even after he fell out of consciousness. The scene was studied for two days but despite the clarity of Moon’s plan, his motive remained unknown. His family could only recall him vowing to someday “do something that will cause people to talk about me.”

Police-staged photograph of Moon’s device in room forty-one.

Moon’s death was declared a suicide and he was buried in the Farmers Institute Cemetery, located only a mile from his home.

Today the former Lahr House still stands in Lafayette, Indiana and has been converted into an apartment building and retail space.

The former Lahr House as it appears today.

[theneptunianmind]

[wonderbox01]

My day started with digging up trees in a guy's yard and replacing them in our yard. From there I ended up at the 5 Medals gathering in Goshen. This is a reenactment sponsored by the Elkhart Parks.From there I wound my way north to Shipshewana and then Bonneyville Mills. The dahlias were all in bloom and the colors were just beginning to turn. Ended the evening with a beautiful sunset over the lake in Michigan. Lots of miles, but such a beautifully perfect day for adventuring. #elkhartcounty #elkhartcountyparks #5medalsgathering #Reenactment #History #musket #Indiana #IndianaHistory #GoshenIndiana #Fall #FallLeaves #Waterfall #FallColors #Michiana #Shipshewana #ShipshewanaIndiana #bonneyvillemill #Dahlia #Flowers #Windmill #PureMichigan #Sunset #LakeDays #Reflection https://www.instagram.com/p/B303heNJSLx/?igshid=c77b8n9ycyjn

[winonalakefossils]

Annual #winonalake Patriotic Parade on Park Ave. #daughtersoftheamericanrevolution costumes. 1911. (Al Disbro Collection). #kosciuskomoments #indianahistory #villageatwinona (at Winona Lake, Indiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/BzgR0-spf4Q/?igshid=1u1ska3vap67c

[jtoonmanwilliams]

Visit the Hoosierheartland photography by Jeff Williams #@indygrammers #indianaconservation #indiana #indianaphotooftheday #indianaphotographer #indianafreelancer #indianawildlife #indiananature #indianaparks #indianahistory #indianaoutdoors #indianahoosiers #photooftheday #photosforsale #photoartistic #photopublications #photoartist #mondayphoto #naturephotography #nature #naturephotos #outdoors #feelgood #indianadnr #artpublication #artgalery #artphotography #artmagazine Contact: jkw123abc@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/p/BteLfeZBnSK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xy2twy8pu3mg

[bonniefillenwarth]

On this day 99 years ago Indiana ratified the 19th amendment. #suffrage #suffragist #suffragette #suffragettes #suffragists #votesforwomen #indiana #womenshistoy #hooiserhistory #indianahistory #maywrightsewall https://www.instagram.com/p/BsuGcBGnYuW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k4g37sf7fdmk

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Map of Ohio & Indiana, circa 1830 Published in 1830 by D. F. Robinson & Co. In 1830, Cincinnati, Ohio was the 8th most populous city in the United States according to a U.S. Census taken that year — ahead of cities such as Washington DC (11th) and Brooklyn, NY (18th) — and would have been the largest city labeled on this map. It was during this time in history that a small, swappy trading post near Lake Michigan was incorporated as a town with a population of about 350. It was said that the native people had avoided this wetland due to it being useless for growing crops and that the land had an unpleasant smell to it. They called it “shikaakwa,” meaning “smelly onion.” Therefore, the land was cheap for purchasing by white settlers and fur traders. Deep within Miami-Illinois Indian Territory, D. F. Robinson accurately labeled the location of this small shire town by it’s new name — Chicago. #cincymapcollection #ohiohistory #indianahistory #cincinnatihistory #1830 #queencity #chicagohistory #cincinnati https://www.instagram.com/p/BtZEFpiDG7v/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9py3guvt3op8