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| Evansville
- Willard Library - a lady in gray has been sighted by many in this building. Plymouth - Hayloft Restaurant - haunted by the ghost of an old farmer that was killed on the land where this building is now. Indianapolis - Hannah House - strange noises, smells and apparitions are observed here. Indianapolis - Tuckaway House - George and Nellie Meier haunt this house that was their home. Francesville - Moody Lane - A man named Moody roams the countryside and if you go to Moody Lane and wait where the trees branches are suppost to hang over the road you will see a strange light come toward you. Also there is a graveyard near Moody Lane where a man and a woman were killed on opposite sides of the road. And at midnight you supposedly can see the woman crossing the road to see her man. Terre Haute - Indiana State University - In Burford Hall there has been reports of strange happenings like sounds, whispers, things moving and things of that sort. Terre Haute - Indiana State University - The haunting is in Cromwell Hall on the 12th floor. In the past the hall was a male dorm and one day a student throw himself from his window in room 1221. Now you can hear footsteps and and strange noises in the hallways. Avon - The Haunted Bridge - a railway bridge over White Lick Creek. The ghost of a construction worker from when the bridge was built, and the sounds of a baby crying, supposedly from an incident during which a baby was inadvertently dropped into the creek from the bridge. South Bend - The University of Notre Dame - has a long and grand tradition of academic excellence. Founded over one-hundred years ago, it has graduated it's fair share of learned folk, and even a few celebrities. Some have since moved to the afterlife, and some of those restless spirits have stayed on. Before the university came to be as we know it today, the Patawatami Indians lived their lives along the shores of what is now known as the St. Joseph River. They buried their dead in the area and some of their dead still seem to be around. Washington Hall now houses the university dramatic theater, but it once served as a dormitory for the one and only George Gipp. Gipp was known as a wonderful football player, and something of a gambler. His ghost is said to haunt the stage and greenrooms. Columbus Hall dates to the beginning of the university's infancy. Ghostly Native Americans, and their spectral horses, have been seen riding up and down it's stone front steps. South Bend - Primrose rd. - is haunted by 3 or 4 things, one is a phantom farmhouse that appears on a certain night of the year and time if you are near it you can see a lady with a lantern that stands and watches you. If you get too close to the house a phantom man will chase you and then get into his truck and come after you. There is also a graveyard that is haunted by this same woman who this time appears as a red specter. She is harmless though. Also there is a wooded area that you are able to see eyes staring out at you for a few minutes if you stop the car on the path through the woods the eyes will hesitate the come up to the car and scratch at the windows. Primrose rd is off of old cleveland road. New Albany - Culbertson Mansion - This tourist attraction contans the ghost of a woman on the 3rd floor. She is heard walking about and some have seen her. She is believed to be the first wife of the former owner and may have remained behind due to the mistreatment of her surviving children by the husband's new wife. Note: this mansion is open to the public and guided tours are avaiable. Crown Point - Crown Point High School - The high school auditorium's catwalks are supposedly haunted by a spirit. Students have reported hearing strange noises and seeing images of people walking along them. Heltonville - McCarthur House - 4 murders took place in the mid 1970's. White figure that can be seen as sort of running away from the house when you approach. Tunnelton - The Tunnelton Train Tunnel - A ghost of a man has been reported their many times. He was decapitated during construction and still searches for his head. Also, you can hear the screams of a ghost family that was killed when their horse and buggy crashed into the river down the hill. Jasper- Shiloh Church- Fort Wayne- The University of Saint
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| It is a familiar tale. Small town boy from Indiana goes to
the big city of Chicago in search of a career, becomes famous, meets the wrong kind of
woman, and comes to a bad end. In John Dillinger's case, the
end was especially nasty. He was gunned down by FBI agents outside Chicago's Biograph
Theatre on July 22, 1934 (see Chicago, Illinois). But Dillinger is a bad guy whose legend grows with the years. He fascinates screenwriters, historians, journalists, all of whom can still find profit in retelling the facts of his life. He was the original Public Enemy Number One, so designated by J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During 1933--34, he was the object of the most intensive manhunt in the annals of American crime. He had been captured once and incarcerated in the ``escape proof'' Lake County jail, in Crown Point, Indiana. But Dillinger managed to fashion a toy gun out of wood and used it to bluff his way past guards. Then he waved it in front of a passing driver, took the car, and was gone. The daring escape made him a national celebrity, even winning a degree of sympathy for a man who was thought to have killed sixteen people during a string of bank robberies. More than any other criminal (with the possible exception of Jesse James) Dillinger has become part of national folklore. Even the way he died seemed part of legend: At the age of thirty-three he was betrayed to the FBI by a mysterious ``lady in red.'' There are stories of secret treasure caches left by Dillinger, another indication of his legendary status. The most well-known of these has it that $25,000 he'd taken from an Indianapolis bank is stashed in a western suburb of that city. When Dillinger was returned to Indiana for burial, other treasure hunters got in on the act. The trousers he was wearing at the time of his death, along with a death mask, several letters, and other personal belongings were put up for sale. Many of them ended up in this small museum in the middle of scenic Brown County. It may be a bit incongruous for a memorial to a gangster to be situated in what is generally regarded as an artists' town. But there it is, and the town is proud of it. |
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| When Dillinger was returned to Indiana for burial, other treasure hunters got in on the act. The trousers he was wearing at the time of his death, along with a death mask, several letters, and other personal belongings were put up for sale. Many of them ended up in this small museum in the middle of scenic Brown County. It may be a bit incongruous for a memorial to a gangster to be situated in what is generally regarded as an artists' town. But there it is, and the town is proud of it. |
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| The early nineteenth century was a time when many Europeans saw America as a great testing ground for new social theories. In the wilderness, far from the corrupting influences of tradition, surely a new kind of man, cooperative and sharing, could emerge. The tiny Wabash River village of New Harmony was to be the focus of two such experiments |
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| The first AME church in Indianapolis, the Bethel
African Methodist Episcopal Church has played an important role in the city's black
community for over 160 years. Originally founded in 1836 by William Paul Quinn and
Augustus Turner, the church, then known as "Indianapolis Station," started with
a small congregation that met in Quinn's log cabin. In 1841 a small house of worship was
constructed, and by 1848 the church had 100 members and became active in the antislavery
movement, often harboring fugitive slaves en route to Canada. Their promotion of the
abolitionist movement and their activities in the Underground Railroad were not well
received by some members of the local community. Supporters of slavery are believed to be
the cause of the fire that destroyed the church in 1862. Undaunted by this tragedy, the
congregation raised money to rebuild the church in 1867-- the same church that stands
today. Known as the "mother church" of the African Methodist faith in Indiana,
Bethel also played an important role in the community after the Civil War. Bethel opened
schools for African Americans throughout the city, and a kindergarten was at one time
operated in the church building. Numerous organizations were established at Bethel,
including the Indianapolis chapter of the NAACP and the Indiana State Federation of
Colored Woman's Clubs. Bethel AME has been a vanguard in the advancement of the AME
movement and occupies a unique place in the history of the Underground Railroad. Bethel AME Church is located in Indianapolis, Indiana at 414 West Vermont Street. It is open to the public. |
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| Built in 1827 and now a National Historic Landmark, this house
was owned by Levi Coffin (1789-1877), a Quaker abolitionist.
Because of his outstanding role in the operation of the Underground Railroad, Coffin has
been termed its "president." It is believed that Coffin and his wife Catherine
helped more than 2,000 fugitive slaves escape to freedom, using this house as a principal
depot. Coffin was born in North Carolina and in 1826 moved to Fountain City, at that time
called Newport, where he operated a general merchandise store. In 1847 the Coffins moved
to Cincinatti and opened a store that dealt in goods made by free labor and continued with
their antislavery activities. Immediately after the issuance of the Emancipation
Proclamation, Coffin worked to aid freedmen. In 1864 he went to England and was
instrumental in the formation of an Englishman's Freedmen's Aid Society which contributed
money, clothing, and other articles to newly freed African Americans. In 1867 Coffin
attended the International Anti-Slavery Conference in Paris. Following this event he lived
in retirement until his death in 1877. Coffin's accounts on his activities as the
"president" of the Underground Railroad were published in an 1880 posthumous
book entitled Reminiscences of Levi Coffin . The Levi Coffin House is located in Fountain City, Indiana at 115 Main Street. It is open to the public from June 1-August 31, Tuesday-Saturday, 1:00-4:00 pm. From September 1-October 31 it is open on Saturdays only, 1:00-4:00 pm. For more information on the Levi Coffin House and the Underground Railroad in Fountain City visit the Richmonnd Wayne County Convention and Tourism Bureau. |
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| A National Historic Landmark, Eleutherian
College was constructed between 1854 and 1856, and was the first college in Indiana to
admit students without regard to race or gender. Some of the college's trustees were among
the most active participants in the Underground Railroad in and around Lancaster. From the
Greek Eleutheros' meaning "freedom and equality," the school embodied its
founders antislavery sentiments, and the school's location, atop the highest hill in the
area, was a physical and symbolic statement of the community's beliefs. Continuing to
operate as a private, coeducational secondary school until the mid-1880s, the college was
purchased by Lancaster Township in 1888 and used as a public school until 1938. Today,
Eleutherian College Classroom and Chapel Building stands vacant. Lancaster was a known stop for fugitive slaves traveling from Madison, Indiana to Indianapolis. Three of Eleutherian's trustees, Samuel Tibbetts, Lyman Hoyt, and James Nelson, were frequently mentioned in connection with the Underground Railroad and its efforts in the vicinity of Lancaster and Madison. James Nelson was arrested by a local sherrif under the Indiana Fugitive Slave Act of 1851 for "encouraging Negroes to come into the state." Judge Stephen C. Stevens, sympathetic to the antislavery cause, had the case thrown out of court. Eleutherian College Classroom and Chapel Building is located on State Route 250, just east of Lancaster. Though currently not open to the public, the building is owned by Historic Eleutherian, Inc. who is seeking funds for a long-range plan for the site. |