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Lost IN Found: Exploring Terre Haute (Again)
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA - If I ever did a series of Walk & Talks outside of Indianapolis, I’d want it to be in Terre Haute. I've walked the...
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Sampson Levingston
- Nov 18, 2021
- 4 min
Links to Lincoln High
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA - I travel to Southwest Indiana at least three times a year, this is where my mom's side of the family is from. I...
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Sampson Levingston
- Jul 4, 2021
- 3 min
Seeking Something IN Salem
SALEM, INDIANA -Earlier this year, in New Albany, there was an amazing exhibit highlighting Indiana's Underground Railroad and role that...
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Sampson Levingston
- Feb 24, 2021
- 5 min
The Writing's on The Wall of The River
SOUTHERN INDIANA - I love Indiana's waterways and their significance to the life that has chosen to settle around them. Indiana grew like...
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Sampson Levingston
- Feb 1, 2021
- 4 min
Wake Up and Paint: John Wesley Hardrick
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - When I wake up, I need to get going. I need to wake up and paint, paint a picture of my life, my day, my...
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Sampson Levingston
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Run Home: Indy's Traveling Hometown Clowns
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - The Indianapolis Clowns were best known for their showmanship, for entertaining the crowd, providing laughs, all...
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Sampson Levingston
- Jul 20, 2020
- 1 min
Rushville Remembers
RUSHVILLE, INDIANA - People often ask how I remember all these facts about our history. Well I'll tell you how, it's a secret.... and...
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Sampson Levingston
- Jun 5, 2020
- 6 min
Phoning Home: Reflections of a Racist Reality
RANSOM PLACE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - I feel every emotion. My life would have been at Ransom here in Indianapolis just 150 years ago....
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Sampson Levingston
- Mar 1, 2020
- 3 min
The Sound of the State: Remembering Wes Montgomery
INDIANA - When the world thinks of Jazz music, they often think of New Orleans and the infamous entertainment hubs of New York and...
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Sampson Levingston
- Feb 7, 2020
- 2 min
Black. Home. Aga[IN].
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - I've been struggling trying to find out how I would cover Indiana's black history this year. I constantly work to...
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Sampson Levingston
- Aug 21, 2019
- 3 min
From Top to Bottom: A Story of Family History
MOUNT VERNON, INDIANA - Towards the beginning of the summer I went to the top of the state to find out some more about the people that...
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Sampson Levingston
- Aug 1, 2019
- 3 min
The Roads (and Rhodes) of Westfield, Indiana
WESTFIELD, INDIANA - Indiana is known as the "Crossroads of America", a name that our state has earned due to the many roads that come...
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Sampson Levingston
- Jun 26, 2019
- 3 min
Who Am I Made of? - ACPL Genealogy Center
FORT WAYNE, INDIANA - When I take these trips across Indiana I never know what I'm going to write about until I get back home to...
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Sampson Levingston
- May 22, 2019
- 2 min
Rich (IN) History: A Trailblazing Community
RICHMOND, INDIANA - I ask my myself these two questions often, "What is it that I want in life?”, followed by, "Am I taking the steps...
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Sampson Levingston
- Apr 16, 2019
- 5 min
Lessons From A Falling Creek
PENDLETON, INDIANA - I've grown up around Fall Creek my entire life. My neighborhood entrance was off of Fall Creek Road, my sister went...
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Sampson Levingston
- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
ThroughZooEyes: Indy's Zoo History
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - Last Sunday, on a gloomy, rainy afternoon, I looked into the eyes of an Amur Tiger, a lot ran through my mind in...
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Sampson Levingston
- Feb 19, 2019
- 3 min
Tracks To Freedom: Indiana's Underground Railroad
GREENSBURG, INDIANA - The advancement of our society requires freedom of thought from diverse groups of people. Each year when I look...
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Sampson Levingston
- Feb 11, 2019
- 3 min
The Avenue: Indy's Black Heartbeat
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - In a city filled with street names honoring other states, it was Indiana Avenue that ended up being home to the...
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Sampson Levingston
- Feb 11, 2019
- 4 min
Madam Indiana: Finding Liberation
When it comes to Black History and the city of Indianapolis, it's almost impossible not to mention the name Madam C.J. Walker. There's...
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Sampson Levingston
- Feb 27, 2018
- 1 min
Our History is Black
With February being Black History Month, I wanted to look into how the Black History that has always been a part of Indiana has helped...
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