James Vawter built his log cabin on the site that the roundhouse would one day occupy. This was not far into the 1800's and the land was first a forest to be cut down and then it was farm and pasture land. The good farmer could not know what the...
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Vawter, Will, 1871-1941
Newspaper clipping from the Bloomington-Bedford Sunday Herald-Times, October 11, 1978. The article discusses the claim by Nashville sisters, Mrs. Fern Williams and Mrs. Letha Walker that Hoosier artist John William (Will) Vawter illustrated two...
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Vawter, Will, 1871-1941
Photocopy of a newspaper article clipping from the Greenfield Daily Reporter. Article discusses Will Vawter's marriages and lists his death as February 11, 1941 and states that he was buried in Park Cemetery. Vawter contributed illustrations for...
Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916; Vawter, Will, 1871-1941
John F. Mitchell relates his memories of James Whitcomb Riley. The article includes information about his mother, Minnie Belle, who wrote a biography of James Whitcomb Riley and was one of many who helped restore the Riley family home in...
Stables; Livery; Business enterprises; Sale barn; Warehouses
This building was probably built to be a livery stable or at least a building to contain horses. The 1859 city directory lists the building as McCubbin and Sons Livery. It was also called a livery and sale barn at one point. For several years in...
