Born February 17, 1892 in Rensselaer; became part of New York Tin Pan Alley music scene. Wrote for Broadway musicals such hits as "Second Hand Rose" (Grant Clarke, lyrics) for Fanny Brice (1921 Ziegfeld Follies) and "Zing! Went the Strings of . . . — — Map (db m27712) HM
These gates were made possible by a gift from Lowell E. Baier
A native son of Remington, Jasper County, Indiana, Lowell E. Baier was born January 6, 1940. He graduated from the Indiana University School of Law in 1964. In addition to . . . — — Map (db m277459) HM
Located on the migratory route of the sandhill crane, each fall tens of thousands of the large, beautiful birds stop to rest in the Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area, a habitat already teeming with wildlife. Composer James H. Hanley, writer of . . . — — Map (db m238933) HM
Sergeant William Jasper, the famed Revolutionary hero, was mortally wounded a few hundred yards northwest of this spot on October 9, 1779, in the ill-fated attack of the American and French forces on the British defenses around Savannah. The . . . — — Map (db m5455) HM
The earliest known windmills were developed in Persia more than a thousand years ago. However, the early windmills were not nearly as efficient as they are today. Even as late as the 1400's, large European windmills had to be turned by hand to . . . — — Map (db m298481) HM
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Burl Icle Ives (1909-1995)
"The Wayfaring Stranger" was born near Hunt City, Illinois. Ives was an Oscar Award winning actor and folk singer. Best known music "Holly Jolly Christmas" . . . — — Map (db m152510) HM
