Crawfordsville: Athens of Indiana (IN) (Making of America) [Paperback]

Karen Bazzani Zach (Author)

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Publication Date: April 30, 2003

The early west-central Indiana town of Crawfordsville saw the passage of several Native American tribes, as well as French traders and missionaries, traveling along Sugar Creek. Flourishing as the county seat, the city was buoyed by the railroad, horses, and higher education, and is most well known for Wabash College, outstanding American authors such as Lew Wallace (Ben Hur), and the Federal Land Office. Overcoming hardships along the way, the residents' fortitude and commitment to the city's growth enabled them to persevere and establish this lucrative and charming community.

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About the Author

Karen Bazzani Zach, local teacher, librarian, and official Montgomery County historian, is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and many historical and genealogical societies. Her captivating narrative, along with vibrant historic images, engages readers in a lucid and informative portrayal of this Indiana city.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (April 30, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738524174
• ISBN-13: 978-0738524177
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,308,217 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars County Historian Hits Home Run, July 9, 2003

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This review is from: Crawfordsville: Athens of Indiana (IN) (Making of America) (Paperback)

Crawfordsville, Athens of Indiana

Karen Zach, Montgomery County Indiana Historian has put together a
worthy book for her first foray into "real" publication. Karen is not
new to the people who research history in Montgomery County.

Karen, who is a teacher, and an enormous asset to the Community, is
well known among Historians, and Genealogists. Karen has been
coordinating the USGenWeb Project web page for the County for
some time, she is also a past President of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, Dorothy Q Chapter, and maintains that website
as well. Karen is Ambassador of much of the history and genealogy
in the County, and her close support of Crawfordsville's District
Library, and its extensive resources, is highly commendable.

Karen is to be commended for her efforts to get copious amounts of
data out to the public. In that spirit she took on the project of
composing a Crawfordsville history for the "Making of America"
series.

The Making of America series is a nationwide project of local
histories, and using vintage photos, and excerpts from many local
sources, Karen has done an excellent job for the community of
Crawfordsville.

For more than 150 years Crawfordsville has been a central place for
the cutting edge of culture in western Indiana.
From being the place where many generals of the Civil War began the
recruiting for that conflict, and the literary endeavors of General Lew
Wallace and others, to the influence and confluence of the railroads
and the General Land Office on the people of the entire region, she
touches all of these. The developments of Basketball as a sport, and
the archetectural impact of Crawfordsville, are also key points.

Karen leads us from the earliest days of the County, to the
modern-post September 11, 2001- era.
One part of the history leads us right into the next in a continuous
tapestry of what makes this City uniquely Hoosier. Wabash College,
an early institute of higher education, was a drawing point for the
great minds, and the environment of Crawfordsville must have been
ripe, rich, and sweet, because many inventions sprang from it, great
works of literature and art abound, and it seems that everyone has
something to add to the general progress of the region and
especially Montgomery County.

Taken as a place of history, and as an undeniable place IN history,
Crawfordsville is and was the "Athens of Indiana". Perhaps it is the
Athens of the whole USA.

Crawfordsville, Athens of Indiana,
Copyright © 2003, Karen Bazzani Zach
Arcadia Publishing,
Tempus Publishing, 2 Cumberland Street, Charleston, South Carolina,
USA. 29401

Library of Congress Catalog Card #2002116806

ISBN: 0738524174