Early Schools, Part I
In 1863, a school house was built on the corner of 4th and Matilda Street. The next year, after the Matilda Street schoolhouse was...
Miss Lilly
This is a video of a dear, sweet friend of mine who passed away November 12, 2015 at the age of 102. She would have been 103 today. ...
The Turkey Shoot
Nov 1969 Warren, IN Turkey Shoot. I went along with my Dad and brother to watch them shoot against 10 other men/boys to try to win a...
Hometown Doctor
Dr JB Bennett grew up in Warren and after graduating from the local high school he enrolled in the Indiana University School of Medicine...
A Simpler Time
Elaine Manry was born on a farm in Iowa in the August of 1926. She was one of eight children, stuck right in the middle of the family. ...
Grandma and Daddy Sam
Let me tell you Grandma and Daddy Sam were old fashioned "picture-book" grandparents. Grandmothers today color their hair, work out at...
100+ Years of Life
“When my mother grew lettuce in her garden, my older sister and I would run down whenever it bloomed and picked off a leaf--one for each...
Rites of Passage
Since we never had the occasion to experience the real perils, we found it necessary to place ourselves, occasionally, in some sort of...
Number Please
Because I grew up in a small Indiana farming town, content that progress should pass it by, I grew up with an institution that not many...
Memories from the 40s
To drive through the business district of Warren and see the number of empty buildings, it is hard to believe that it was once a thriving...
