Easton – Monroe County History Center

The Murder of Elsworth “Elzie” Easton

Blog post by Randi Richardson The story below was taken from an article titled “Double Murder, Terrible Shooting Affair,” published in the Bloomington Telephone on December 27, 1889, and found in the clipping file at the research library, Monroe County History Center, Bloomington, Indiana. It was abbreviated from the lengthy original as shown by the […]

Jennie Easton’s Hotel a Stinesville Landmark

Oct 21, 2019Monroe History3 Commentspeople, places, wehiabusinesses, Buskirk, crime, Douglass, Easton, Stinesville

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 […]