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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...

Sampson Levingston
Feb 25, 20225 min read
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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...

Sampson Levingston
Nov 18, 20214 min read
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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...

Sampson Levingston
Jul 4, 20213 min read
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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...

Sampson Levingston
Feb 24, 20215 min read
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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...

Sampson Levingston
Feb 1, 20214 min read
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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...

Sampson Levingston
Oct 28, 20203 min read
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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...

Sampson Levingston
Jul 20, 20201 min read
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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....

Sampson Levingston
Jun 5, 20206 min read
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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...

Sampson Levingston
Mar 1, 20203 min read
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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...

Sampson Levingston
Feb 7, 20202 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Aug 21, 20193 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Aug 1, 20193 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Jun 26, 20193 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
May 22, 20192 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Apr 16, 20195 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Mar 31, 20193 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Feb 19, 20193 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Feb 11, 20193 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Feb 11, 20194 min read
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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...
Sampson Levingston
Feb 26, 20181 min read
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