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By Alexandra Forsythe The Great Blue Heron is the largest heron in North America. It has been documented eating a wide variety of prey from fish and frogs to gophers and birds. This varied diet allows the Great Blue to winter further north than most herons, even in locations where the water freezes completely. TheyContinue reading “Great Blue Heron”

By Terri Gorney Limberlost Invitation By Gene Stratton-Porter Come where the chewink chewunketh,Come where the wild grapevines swing;Come where the craw-dads are crawlingOver the bed of our spring. Come where the sun in red gloryTops Kestler’s tamaracks gray,Come where the black bass are leapingAnd the red-wings are calling all day. Come where the rattlesnake rattlesWhileContinue reading “Gene’s Limberlost Invitation to Indiana”

By Alexandra Forsythe Discovered in 1810 by Alexander Wilson in Philadelphia, the Mourning Warbler migrates through Indiana in the spring on its way to its breeding grounds in Canada and northern portions of the U.S., and again in the fall on its way to the wintering grounds in the tropics. According to Audubon scientists, theContinue reading “Mourning Warbler”

By Veronica Rambo My name is Veronica Rambo. I am 25 years old. I was born with Spina Bifida and get around in a wheelchair. When I was in 4 th grade I went on a field trip to the Limberlost and to the Loblolly Marsh. The day that we went to the marsh itContinue reading “Veronica’s Trail at the Loblolly Marsh”

By Terri Gorney Geneva’s oldest business is Briggs Hardware Store. It was begun in 1882 by Andrew G. Briggs. The William Briggs family moved to Geneva in 1871. William’s son Andrew Briggs would make his mark in the town of Geneva. Charles Porter would buy his first property in Geneva in 1872. Andrew and CharlesContinue reading “Geneva’s Oldest Business: Briggs Hardware Store – Established 1882”

By Terri Gorney One hundred years ago, the Great War began in Europe. Gene Stratton-Porter was a supporter of the war effort when America entered WWI. She purchased a $5000 Liberty bond from the Allen County Chapter of the Liberty Loan Club. Dr. Miles Porter, her brother-in-law, was chairman of the first aid committee forContinue reading “Gene Stratton-Porter and the Great War”

By Terri Gorney Memorial Day was begun in 1868 to remember and to decorate the graves of the Civil War dead. Gene Stratton-Porter was born during the Civil War era; just one month after the battle of Gettysburg. Her future father-in-law was a surgeon for the Union Army, but Dr. John P. Porter would perishContinue reading “Memorial Day Remembrance”

By Gene Stratton-Porter One year while I was making a series of pictures of some little kingfishers that were brought up in a nest in the edge of a pit about a quarter of a mile away from the Wabash [River], I decided to get pictures of the old birds. I never worked harder, andContinue reading “Camera and Kingfisher”

by Gene Stratton-Porter Once when I was a child I brought a Cecropia moth home and kept it for a short time, but not until twenty years afterward did I have one at close enough range to take a picture. I did not see it until one summer morning when a little boy brought meContinue reading “A Most Elusive Moth”