Talking Hoosier History

William Swaim, a Wells County farmer turned lieutenant colonel, told his wife Hannah that he was proud to risk everything to abolish 'that monster slavery.' Talking Hoosier History follows his rise through the 34th Regiment Indiana Volunteers, from camp commander at Anderson to leadership in the campaigns at New Madrid and Vicksburg.

Fred Rohrer expected violence, yet dynamite still destroyed half his Berne, Indiana, home in September 1903.

Theodore Luce put a dilapidated house on the Statehouse lawn to secure housing for Mrs. Allen's family.

On a city-county elevator, Nixon asked Lugar to represent the United States at a NATO conference in Brussels.

Hook's amber bottles provided 98% protection against light at no extra cost to customers.

This episode explores the civil rights and black power movements in the 1960s, focusing on violence against activists and resistance to change.

This episode explores the Notre Dame football team's 1924 season and their media campaign against the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana.

This episode of Talking Hoosier History explores the 1902 case of confessed body snatcher Rufus Cantrell, who desecrated over 100 graves in Indianapolis.

This episode covers the final push for women's suffrage in Indiana, culminating in the first votes cast by women in the state after the 19th Amendment.

This episode explores the reinvigoration of the women's suffrage movement in Indiana, focusing on activists like Grace Julian Clark and their innovative tactics.

This episode explores the 1968 firebombing of the Black Market in Bloomington, Indiana, and its lasting reverberations.