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A walnut lodged in a Hickory tree, a three-legged duckling, the house of a Republican presidential candidate, and a quail that wont leave&#x...
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Ten miles from Fairfield, Ill., is this home where a leading contender for the republican nomination as 1936 candidate from president of the...
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Interesting Sycamore tree roots, a strange tree limb ash tray, a old lost prison key found, and an oddly shaped potato.
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Boy scout Troop No. 2 Princeton, Ind. in ships woods. Found these interesting sycamore tree roots formation growing across a creek. From Bas...
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Cow with horn coming out of its neck, three rats caught in one trap, some chickens picked holes in a pumpkin giving it a face,...
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Hitching Posts: Seen in Tell City Ind. No. 1 - near corner Ninth & Blum St. No. 2 - on the site of old Moraweck Hote...
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Letters WE found in split wood, a folding hand carved fan with Lincolns profile, three Mulberry trees grew from one stump, and nine ear...
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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A corn bouquet 9 ears in one shuck by Ray Wilson on James Dutton west of Patoka Ind. Earl Bartlett RFD. Herculese Ave., whittled t...
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Six ears of corn found on one stem, some peculiar tree growths, and a large egg.
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An odd joining of limbs in a sycamore tree in Dale - Ind. From Dr. C. Lomax From October until April a mockingbird, each morning&#...
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Odd sweet potatoes and an odd tree growth.
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Send in your oddities. History places - people - photos or sketch Mrs. Maggie Lucas, Chrisney Ind. She plans to plant it next spring&#x...
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Facts about Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky
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Know and See Our Tri State. There are 9 Evansvilles in the U.S.A. one in each: Arkansas - Illinois - Indiana - Minnesota - Mi...
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A fine marble statue marks grave, an Indian bead with 510 on it, a ruffle maker machine, a mowing machine tangled in a tree, and&#...
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This odd machine found hidden away in Evansville State Hospital was a mystery until an aged man patient said to was a ruffle maker....
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Repeated city names in Indiana, and a long established chair maker with double cain seats.
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Talk about the repetition of names of cities and towns Throughout the nation, it certainly seems that the many different or coined names...
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Ripe red cherry with blossoms, a natural sandstone bridge, and a perfect black walnut tree
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Of which we saw - Miss Marjorie Dunville of Slaughters, KY. sent a ripe red cherry and a blossom, plucked off the same May cherry&...
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A mouse caught in two traps, Bee Slough or Eagle Creek mislabeling on maps, four bananas in one, an old watermelon, and a dumbbell ...
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As we study maps in anticipated flood control projects we discover the county and city maps label or name this creek or slough as ...
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Old wooden bridges in the Evansville area, an old mule powered merry-go-round.
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Ed Pelz reports an old wooden covered bridge near Freedom, on Route 67. Arthur Hope, Princeton finds two more in Gibson County not far&...
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Interesting tree growths, a large tomato, an odd fungus growth, and a potato grew through a scissor handle.
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An Abraham Lincoln tomato grown by Logan Hale, Winslow Ind. 6 1/4 inches long 5 inches wide 4 inches thick weighs 2 pounds. Siames...
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A piece of duck shaped wood, an old coin, Old powder flask or powder horn that may have belonged to Abraham Lincoln, an owl shaped...
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Robert J. Goodman, Attorney 2116 - No Fifth Ave., Evansville When a boy in Gentryville Ind. found this initialed A.L. (Abraham Lincoln)...
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Old geography book with no maps or illustrations, an old metal medallion, a four-in-one asparagus, a one and a half foot long snake lik...
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A very old book - a geography with thin wooden cover of 1816 - The title page includes Universal Geography, for common schools, in ...
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Some odd strawberries and radishes, a three legged turkey, and a decorated pitcher from the Spanish-American War.
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Radishes A double one grew up, above ground, The other half below - L.C. Hill I.C.R.R. Agent Griffin Ind. From Dan Branson This twister...
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Whimsical Kentucky town names, an old water mill, and the 12th annual Boonville Press Club picnic served over 2,505 gallons of coffee....
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Bob Hill of Nebo KY. advises, the following are whimsical names of Kentucky towns: Eighty-Eight Cyclone Relief Uno Noah Rush Bandana Hico&#x...
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An old bottle of grape juice, the shortest private owned railroad is in Huntingburg, and a distillery is making fish drunk and easy to&...
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The shortest private owned railroad in the world. Huntingburg 4 1/2 miles long. Ferdinand Railway - From Nail R Avery - Huntingburg -&#...
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Tree with handle, the gravesite of battle between a bear and an Indian, Fluffy the cat turns doorknobs, a twin apple, and Joe Daunhauer...
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Fluffy a blue Persian cat owned and sketched by Jessie Williamson 414 E. Sycamore Evansville Turns door knob when it wants out or in.&#...
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Wagon hub borer, a tree growth in the shape of a face, and a radish grew in an old can opener.
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Mother Nature formed in a slab of tree bark this extreme good caricature in an effect of brimstone, of Mephisto or the Devil. Found...
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