I wondered who this Joseph M. Willis could have been that he was accorded such a striking monument. And these gravestones around it — they are not in rows, but in concentric rings facing the Willis monument. Strange to see something like that in an egalitarian society, or anywhere else, for that matter.
Crawfordsville
Myra caught up with me Monday evening after I had been on the road alone for three days. Tuesday morning we took a look at the canal park in Delphi. This photo shows a piece of what’s left of the canal. I have a little different perspective on the Indiana canal system after my ride [...]
Cleaning up
The part that mentions the Black Hawk War is on the back. I wondered if there was an error in the transcription from monument to web site. There are some Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Montgomery County, but what’s that about the French and Indian War? I suppose it’s not entirely impossible that an old soldier had come out here to be buried next to his children, but for this part of the world that would be a very rare occurrence worthy of mention in itself.
Old house in Coal Creek Township
This old house was at an odd intersection on the way to Crawfordsville, IN on August 1. I didn’t know anything about the site, but thinking the house might not be there the next time I ride this way, I took a photo. I haven’t learned anything interesting about it from plat maps and county [...]
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