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James Whitcomb Riley was born on October 7, 1849, in the town of Greenfield, Indiana, the third of the six children of Reuben Andrew and Elizabeth Marine Riley.Riley's grandparents came from Ireland to Pennsylvania before moving to the Midwest [1] [2] [n 1] Riley's father was an attorney, and in the year before his birth, he was elected a member of the Indiana House of Representatives as a ...
The New Castle Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at New Castle, Henry County, Indiana. It encompasses 64 contributing buildings in the central business district of New Castle.
New Castle is a city in Henry County, Indiana, United States. Located 44 miles (71 km) east-northeast of Indianapolis, on the Big Blue River, the city is the county seat of Henry County. [5] New Castle is home to New Castle Fieldhouse, the largest high school gymnasium in the world. The city is surrounded by agricultural land.
Henry County is a county located in east central Indiana, United States. As of 2020, the population was 48,914. [2] The county seat and largest and only city is New Castle. [3] Henry County is the main setting of the novel Raintree County by Ross Lockridge Jr.
Harner's poem quickly gained traction as a eulogy and was read at funerals in Kansas and Missouri. It was soon reprinted in the Kansas City Times and the Kansas City Bar Bulletin. [1]: 426 [2] Harner earned a degree in industrial journalism and clothing design at Kansas State University. [3] Several of her other poems were published and ...
Charles Austin Miles (January 7, 1868 – March 10, 1946) was a prolific American writer of gospel songs, who is best known for his 1912 hymn "In the Garden". He studied at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and the University of Pennsylvania .
Editor’s Note: For his second inauguration, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear asked state Poet Laureate Silas House to write a poem. House wrote “Those Who Carry Us” and read it at the inauguration ...
To the Daisy (third poem) 1802 "Bright Flower! whose home is everywhere," Poems of the Fancy (1815–32); Poems of Sentiment and Reflection (1837–) 1807 The Green Linnet 1803 "Beneath these fruit-tree boughs that shed" Poems of the Fancy: 1807 Yew-trees 1803 "There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale," Poems of the Imagination: 1815