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September 30, 1809 Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison signed a treaty with Native Americans, which opened 3,000,000 acres for settlement. Called the “10:00 Treaty,” the border was determined by a shadow cast by the sun each September 30 at 10:00 a.m.

September 30, 1955 24-year-old actor James Dean from Fairmount, Indiana, is killed in an auto accident in California.

October 3, 1862 Pleasant A. Hackleman of Franklin County died at Corinth, Mississippi. He was the only Civil War General from Indiana to be killed in action.

October 4, 1860
U.S. Senator and Former Governor James Whitcomb died while on a visit in New York. On this same date in 1860, Ashbel Willard became the first Indiana Governor to die in office.

October 5, 1813 William Henry Harrison wins a decisive victory at the Battle of the Thames. Shawnee Chief Tecumseh is killed in the fighting.

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Guided Tours of the Indiana Statehouse are offered Monday through Saturday. For more information, contact us.

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Indiana Quick Quiz

1. What is the largest Indiana county in square miles?

2. What is the most populated Indiana county?

3.What is the smallest Indiana county in square miles?

4. What is the least populated Indiana county?

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1. Allen - 657 sq. mi.

2. Marion - 968,460

3. Ohio - 87 sq. mi.

4. Ohio - less than 6,000 residents

“If stupid were fuel, we would never run out.”

― Karen Joy Fowler,

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

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The Derby Dinner Playhouse Children's Musical Theatre is presenting "The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs" in October and November.

During the performance, the audience will get to be the jury as the Big Bad Wold goes on trial in this clever and funny musical based on the best-selling book. The show is suitable for children ages 3 to 12.

Breakfast and Luncheon shows are available for the following days

Saturday,Oct. 5

Saturday, Oct. 12

Monday, Oct. 14

Saturday, Oct. 19

Saturday, Oct. 26

Saturday, Nov. 2

Saturday, Nov. 9

Tickets are $20-$25 each for the show and a kid-friendly breakfast or lunch buffet (and dinner buffet on Oct. 14).

For Breakfast shows, doors open at 9 a.m. for the buffet, and the performance is 10-11 a.m. For Luncheon shows, doors open at 12 noon, and the performance will be 1:15-2:15 p.m.

There will be one Dinner performance on Monday, Oct. 14. Doors will oben at 5:45 p.m. for a dinner buffet, with the show running 7-8 p.m.

For tickets, please call the Derby Dinner box office at 812-288-8281. Tickets for the show are not currently available for online sales.

"Vindicating Trump" has been released for a limited time to select movie theaters.

The movie is playing at Xscape Jefferson 12, 2800 Gottbrath Parkway, Jeffersonville, now through Wednesday, Oct. 2. Showtimes each day are 1:20 p.m. and 6:10 p.m. All seats feature luxury recliners. Tickets may be purchased online.

In the movie, director Dinesh D'Souza examines the political, legal, and attempted-assassination obstacles faced by Donald Trump in his quest to retake the White House.

The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC), in partnership with the Indiana State Library, announced today that the works of 28 poets have been added to the State of Indiana's poetry archive, INverse.

View the poets that are now in the archive.

“Celebrating and preserving the work of Indiana poets is a very worthy project and the Indiana State Library is honored to participate in this collaboration,” said Jake Speer, State Librarian.

"The Indiana Arts Commission appreciates the partnership with the Indiana State Library, which allows us to preserve and showcase the work of Hoosier poets," said Miah Michaelsen, IAC Executive Director. "The poets highlighted in the INverse Poetry Archive demonstrate the creative talent at work in Indiana."

An initiative of former Indiana Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka, INverse celebrates and preserves the diverse range of Indiana poetry for future generations of Indiana writers and readers. In five submission cycles, the INverse Poetry Archive has preserved over 470 works from Hoosier poets.

"It's humbling to read and hear the varied richness of talented contributors on the INverse Poetry Archive--continuing to illuminate Indiana's creativity through poetics that I've been witnessing through the Pop-up Indiana Chitlin Circuit during these past months," said Curtis L. Crisler, Indiana Poet Laureate.

Learn more about the INverse Poetry Archive.

UPDATE 10/03: This event has been cancelled due to a lack of actors.

By Jerry Curry, Staff Writer

Washington County Theatre in conjunction with Eastern Cemetery will have an evening historical walk through the cemetery Friday October the 4th and Saturday the 5th. This cemetery is located at 641 Baxter Ave. Louisville, KY.

This guided tour is not scary but introduces roughly 9 characters buried there. Participants will learn the history and meet some of these individuals buried in the cemetery. Hear them tell their stories as never before.

Eastern cemetery is 28 acres of over buried graves. The cemetery has 16,000 graves with documentation of over 138,000 bodies. Nobody claims Eastern Cemetery and it is cared for by volunteers, “Friends of Eastern Cemetery.” The tours are a fund-raising event for both parties.

With this being the second year for the event, Andy Harpole of Friends of Eastern Cemetery said, “Last year was so successful that we invited them back again.” Charity Main, who is in charge of the actor’s portion, said, “About 100 – 150 people take the guided tours, with every third person carrying a lantern.”

About 18 actors take part in the event. All are dressed in period-accurate attire. The same group has been doing Crown Hill Cemetery in Salem for the last 10 years.

Eastern is located at 641 Baxter Ave, next to Cave Hill Cemetery. The first tour is 7:30 pm. and the last tour begins at 10:30 pm. The admission is $15 per adult (13 yrs and older) $12 per child (ages 6-13). Free for children 5 and under. They take Cash or Venmo. Tours start every ten minutes and last approximately one hour.