I thought many of you in Randolph County might be interested in this program... Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Alloway" <ralloway@earthlink.net> To: <INMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 6:56 AM Subject: [INMARION] HOOSIER HISTORY LIVE > In Indy every Saturday morning, at 11:30 A.M. is a live radio show which > covers many > > topics of Indiana history. You can listen to it on your computer. See > bottom of e-mail for link. > > > > Jeannie Regan-Dinius, will be on the WICR 88.7fm (University of Indpls) > Indiana history radio show this morning at 11:30. This is a call in show, > so > if you have any questions -go for it. > > When we say Hoosier History Live! covers the waterfront, we include the > soil, and what's underneath. Cemeteries have a rich history in Indiana, so > we'll explore pioneer burial grounds; they have been in the news recently > with the move of tombstones and human remains from a mid-1800s cemetery in > the Castleton area of Indianapolis to Crown Hill Cemetery to allow for the > widening of I-69 near its interchange with I-465, which is considered the > most congested stretch of highway in the city. Our studio guest, Jeannie > Regan-Dinius of the State Department of Natural Resources, helped oversee > the reburial of 33 graves to Crown Hill, the country's third largest > cemetery. > > > > Nelson also will talk with Jeannie about the history of Crown Hill (it's > the > burial site of more American vice presidents - three - more than any other > graveyard) and its predecessor, Greenlawn Cemetery , which was founded in > 1832, located near White River and prone to flooding. > > That's why there was > > a mass reburial about 150 years ago as tombstones and caskets were taken > to > the newly created Crown Hill, which was purposefully located on some of > the > highest ground in the city. Before the mass move, more than 1,160 pioneers > had been buried at Greenhill. > > > > http://www.hoosierhistorylive.info/ > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMARION-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >