Amazon has these books again. ( Maybe they always have?) $18.95, I think. In a message dated 1/26/2010 8:36:45 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Greg Ryhal, wrote a review of "The Bears of Blue River" in 2001 for Amazon.com. Today we find him working and living here in Bloomington. He mentioned the book's version of the Blowout, that being the "Fire Bear" falling off a cliff and exploding. Greg wrote, "A settler had been burning brush and caused one of those pockets (of natural gas) to explode, creating a deep hole (Blowout Hole) where the Flat Rock River and Conns Creek flow together (South of Waldron). Both streams flowed backwards for a week, and the windows on houses were shattered for miles around. In fact, a childhood friend of mine lived in one of the nearby houses and it still exhibited a crack from foundation to roof from the mighty explosion." Don't forget to check out our genealogy web site. http://shelbycountyindiana.org Shelby County Researchers, please send me an e-mail with your contact information and the surnames that you are researching ([email protected]) and let me know whenever that information changes. I would like to keep track of all of our researchers. Thanks, Melinda Any questions or problems regarding this list should be directed to me ([email protected]). Thanks, Melinda ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message