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Life at Ladywood, 97 Years Later
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - I played football at Cathedral High School, the locker room, the football locker room, where I both played and...

Sampson Levingston
Mar 13, 20235 min read


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


These Old Fields of Indiana
THORNTOWN, INDIANA - Earlier this month I started giving tours at Newfields, it's where the Indianapolis Museum of Art is currently...

Sampson Levingston
Aug 30, 20215 min read


Mens Sana in Corpore Sano: Movement on Mass
MASS AVE., INDIANAPOLIS - The best way to see Indianapolis is to walk it, that's how I've acquired this 'mass' of information about my...

Sampson Levingston
Apr 20, 20214 min read


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


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


United Underneath: The City Market Catacombs
CITY MARKET, INDIANAPOLIS - It's about to get cold here in my hometown of Indianapolis. Winters in Indiana feel exactly like they sound,...

Sampson Levingston
Sep 30, 20202 min read


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


Walk and Talk: An Earned Saturday
Upcoming Walk and Talk Times & Tickets INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - Saturday's have been my favorite days for a long time, we save the...

Sampson Levingston
Jun 15, 20202 min read


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


25 with Riley
GREENFIELD, INDIANA - Home of James Whitcomb Riley I guess I don't know how to "grow up" I don't think James Whitcomb Riley did either,...

Sampson Levingston
May 2, 20201 min read


Mr. Sargent, The Road, and a Nature Park
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, INDIANAPOLIS - To begin, I grew up right here. So this area is pretty special to me, I've been driving by the sign you...

Sampson Levingston
Jan 6, 20203 min read


Father of the Frontier: Indiana 2 Alaska
SKAGWAY, ALASKA - Alaska is America's last frontier, it's the last unexplored state in our union. Unexplored isn't the word I want to use...
Sampson Levingston
Oct 31, 20194 min read


Grounds to Share: Quick History of the Indiana State Fairgrounds
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - During the 1850's here in Indiana, transportation was becoming more efficient, causing ideas, tools, and...
Sampson Levingston
Aug 26, 20194 min read


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


The Middle of the Road
JOHNSON COUNTY, INDIANA - By traveling all over the state, I get to meet a lot of different people that call this great place home. I...
Sampson Levingston
May 28, 20192 min read


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


Under The Arch: Terre Haute's Memorial Stadium
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA - I remember the first time I went to Indiana State's football stadium, I left with a full-ride scholarship to play...
Sampson Levingston
May 9, 20194 min read


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


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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