Music Trivia Day 8!
The Maxwell-Briscoe Concert Band from New Castle played at the first running of the Indianapolis 500. The band included 33 pieces! What was the name of this band?
Music Trivia Day 7!
The Rose City Band was pictured in front of the A.B. Ayers home, still standing at the southwest corner of Indiana Avenue and South 11 Street. At what famous auto race did the Maxwell-Briscoe Concert Band play?
Music Trivia Day 6!
The drum corps pictured on Friday played at the Nip and Tuck Club! This picture is of the Rose City Band circa 1930. Whose home is in the background?
Music Trivia Day 5!
Yesterday’s photo of a band in their brand-new wagon was the New Castle Cornet Band! The band organized in 1872, and the picture was taken in the 1890s. Where did this drum corps play?
Music Trivia Day 4!
The man in the picture from yesterday was none other than Urban Horney! Mr. Horney was born in 1900 to the Reverend Jacob M. and Emma Horney. He learned to play the harp and then became proficient at playing all stringed instruments. He specialized in the guitar. In 1919, he bought an 1833 hand-crafted C.F.…
Music Trivia Day 3!
New Castle, in fact, did have a music college! Who is the man pictured…
Township Trivia!
John and Anne Swain owned the home in Fall Creek Township that was a depot on the Underground Railroad. The final Fall Creek trivia question: Who was the first store owner in Honey Creek? Answer on Monday and first question about Jefferson Township!
Township Trivia Time!
The Sherman School was built in 1885. On to more Fall Creek Township trivia: Whose couple’s home served as a depot on the Underground Railroad?
Township Trivia!
The Middletown Fertilizer Company was operated by Frank Hupp, uncle of John Hupp. Today’s Fall Creek Township trivia: Sherman School was built in what year?
Township Trivia!
Our Civil War veteran from Fall Creek Township, the first from Henry County to lose his life in that conflict, was Philander Wisehart. Continuing with Fall Creek Township trivia, the Middletown Fertilizer Company was owned by whom?