Last week’s final Wayne Township trivia answer is the Blue River Bridge. This week, we start with Spiceland Township. Did you know Spiceland was once home to a sanatorium? In the late 1800s, people flocked to the Spiceland Sanatorium for what?
It was the Pest House for yesterday’s trivia! Our last Wayne Township trivia question is this: What is the name of this bridge? Next week’s trivia will be Spiceland Township!
The answer to yesterday’s trivia is the Hugh Dinwiddie Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The names on the plaque are Henry County Revolutionary War veterans. Does this look familiar?
Yesterday’s picture was of the Opera House on the west side of the public square in Knightstown. This plaque was placed in 1925 by what Knightstown organization? Do you recognize any names on the plaque as being your ancestor?
Answer to yesterday’s trivia: Built circa 1840 by Elisha Scovell. President Van Buren spent the night there in 1844. Was also the Old Hoosier Home Bed & Breakfast, proprietors Tom and Jean Lewis. Who knows what this building housed?
Welcome back! Continuing with Wayne Township trivia, Wayne Township was established in 1822, the second township formed in Henry County. Does this home look familiar? It’s today’s trivia…answer tomorrow!
Yesterday’s trivia was about the Avon Club in Knightstown, a group of lady authors who penned a novel titled Dorothea, each lady writing a chapter, published around 1905. Each lady had only a week to complete her chapter! Are you related to any of the ladies? They were Stella Charles Haney, Myrtle Abbott, Jessie Baer,…
Raysville was known for its nurseries! What did these ladies do to make Knightstown known to the world at the turn of the century? Save
Charles A. Beard is the answer to yesterday’s trivia question. Here is some more information about this well-known Wayne Township resident: Today, we know that New Castle had its roses, Kennard had its tulips, what town in Wayne Township was known for its nurseries? Answer tomorrow!
Wayne Township was named for General Anthony Wayne. Who was this man? He was born in 1874 and graduated from Knightstown High School in 1891. He is regarded as some as the “dean of American historians.” He taught political science at Columbia University in New York. He graced the cover of LIFE Magazine in the…
