Apr 12, 2016 | Highlights in History
The Mills at Clare By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With Earth Day coming up, I thought I might look at some alternative power efforts here in Hamilton County. The White River at Clare has been used as water power for industry since the first settlement...
Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Magnificent Ambersons By: Booth Tarkington I hadn’t heard of Booth Tarkington until I moved to this area, but now I run across his name on a daily basis, so I thought I’d better read his best-known work, The Magnificent Ambersons. It’s now considered...
Apr 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters By: Natalie Standiford This delightful book tells the story of the three Sullivan Sisters and their quirky and obnoxiously rich family. Their Grandmother, or Almighty as she’s known to one and all, has written them all out of...
Apr 4, 2016 | Highlights in History
Baseball in Noblesville and Hamilton County: The 1880’s By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With the Opening Day of the baseball season on Sunday, I thought I would look at another era of Noblesville baseball. In the 1880’s and early 1890’s, the...
Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Veronika Decides to Die By: Paulo Coelho In my opinion, author Paulo Coelho is one of the most impactful, creative, and thoughtful authors currently writing today. Many people are familiar with his story The Alchemist but Coelho has a long history of writing stores...
