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Indiana State History Museum
Indiana considers itself the “Crossroads of America,” because of its central location. Indiana State…
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Video ClipMadame C.J. Walker
Once the wealthiest African American businesswoman in America, Madame C.J. Walker was an Indianapolis…
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Video ClipJames Whitcomb Riley Home
Known as the Hoosier poet, James Whitcomb Riley is recognized for his poem “Little Orphan Annie.”…
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Video ClipOrigins of the Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500 is known as "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing". Eric Powell, Indianapolis Motor…
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Video ClipIndiana State Capitol Tour
Indiana’s Statehouse in Indianapolis opened in 1888. It was the state’s fifth capitol building. Tour…
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Video ClipMascots in Sports
Author Jennifer Guiliano examines the use of native mascotry in sports and the effects it has on the…
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Bell RingerAndrew Carnegie: Pittsburgh - City of Steel
Author Ken Kobus talked about how Andrew Carnegie’s innovations helped transform Pittsburgh into the…
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Bell RingerWest Virginia Statehood and Economy
West Virginia became a state in 1863. West Virginia State Museum Director Charles Morris discusses how…
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Video ClipSalt Industry in West Virginia
JQ Dickinson Salt-Works' co-owner Nancy Bruns discussed the Charleston-area’s history as the "salt…
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Bell RingerWest Virginia Chemical Spill
In 2014, gallons of a coal cleaning chemical leaked into the Elk River in West Virginia. Author Angie…
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Video ClipWest Virginia Folklore
The West Virginia Humanities Council’s state folklorist Emily Hilliard discussed the ways the West…
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Video ClipWest Virginia State Capitol
West Virginia’s capital moved back and forth from Wheeling to Charleston several times before…
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Bell RingerBooker T Washington
Author Larry Rowe recounts Washington’s life in West Virginia and how this experience shaped him as a…
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Bell RingerJ.C. Penney
JCPenney department stores started out as a small town Main Street store in rural communities and became…
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Bell RingerEstablishment of Laramie, Wyoming
Edward and Jane Ivinson arrived in Laramie, Wyoming, in 1868 and are considered some of the city’s…
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Bell RingerWyoming Women's Suffrage
Wyoming’s territorial assembly passed the Women’s Suffrage Act on December 10, 1869, which opened…
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Video ClipEvolution of Glass Art
Diane Wright, the Museum’s curator of glass and decorative Arts, highlighted some of the historic…
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Bell RingerEdward Libbey and the Glass City
Toledo, Ohio, is known as the glass capital of the world. Julie McMaster, archivist at the Toledo Museum…
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Bell RingerAuto-Lite Labor Strike of 1934
Author and Historian Lou Hebert told the story of the Auto-Lite strike that occurred in Toledo, Ohio in…
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Bell RingerNative Americans and the Battle of Fallen Timbers
The Battle of Fallen Timbers was the final battle of the Indian War in the Northwest. Shannon Hughes,…
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