Blog post by Randi Richardson If you or someone you love graduated from Bloomington High School 1908-1958, you might be happy to know that most of the yearbooks between those dates are available from the Indiana Memory Digital Collections from the Indiana State Library. The Collections are relevant to a number of people, places and
Winfred Hinkle established Hinkle’s Hamburgers at Tenth and Grant in 1930. After his death in 1947, his two brothers, Max and Leon, took over the management and, eventually, the ownership of the business. The three brothers were sons of Charles Hinkle and grandsons of Jonathan Marion “Marion” Hinkle. Meat seemed to course through the blood
Blog post by Randi Richardson Hinkle’s Hamburgers at 206 S. Adams Street has new owners and a new look. The business was purchased in March 2019 by Richie and Janna Shields. In early May, after a temporary closure to complete some updates, Hinkle’s was again open for business. Hinkle’s has a long history in Bloomington.
The history of the Bloomington High School, as noted below, was transcribed from the Bloomington (IN) Evening World, November 25, 1904, p. 1. The school was built in 1873 and in 1953 was razed to make room for a municipal parking lot. In the fall of 1873, a preparatory school for Indiana University was established
Blog post by Randi Richardson Joseph Tarkington, an early settler in Monroe County, wrote that the first known Methodist meetings in what is now Monroe County were held in 1816. According to a church history published in 1999 in conjunction with the laying of the cornerstone of the Wesley Wing, the first formal church organization
On Monday morning, February 26, [1838], about half past four in the morning, the citizens of Bloomington were roused from their sleep by the ringing of bells and cries of fire. It was soon ascertained that the fire was in the frame buildings owned by G. R. Johnson and occupied by Mr. Jonathan Legg as
Blog post by Randi Richardson On May 9, 1883, the Bloomington Progress reported that a car load of old rubber boots had been gathered up over the past year and shipped to eastern cities as they were in great demand by the manufacturers of chewing gum. The rubber was reportedly melted in large kettles and
At this year’s Gala, the Collection Manager, Hilary Fleck, was asked to have objects or projects from the Collection that attendees could sponsor to help us further care for the artifacts in our collection. Dr. John Thiel answered this call and fully sponsored two graduate interns to identify, clean, and catalog the geological and fossil
Jennie Easton’s Hotel a Stinesville Landmark
Blog post by Randi Richardson The story below is from upon an article titled “Aunt Jennie’s ‘New’ Hotel Has a Place in History,” published in the Bloomington (IN) Saturday Courier, on May 13, 1955, p. 1B. It is abbreviated from the original as shown by the ellipsis. The Monon railroad, by coming to Stinesville instead
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