Take the road less traveled through Wabash County's forgotten stories and overlooked characters. Bob Printy may have run off to join the circus, but Jocko the monkey decided to make Wabash his home after he escaped a traveling carnival. Discover the story of Chief LeGros and learn what life was like in nineteenth-century Wabash County. Spend some time with Tommy R. Miller, who sacrificed his life caring for fellow servicemen in Vietnam. Author Ron Woodward shares the compelling, little-known history of this Indiana county.
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Take the road less traveled through Wabash County's forgotten stories and overlooked characters. Bob Printy may have run off to join the circus, but Jocko the monkey decided to make Wabash his home after he escaped a traveling carnival. Discover the story of Chief LeGros and learn what life was like in nineteenth-century Wabash County. Spend some time with Tommy R. Miller, who sacrificed his life caring for fellow servicemen in Vietnam. Author Ron Woodward shares the compelling, little-known history of this Indiana county.
Take the road less traveled through Wabash County's forgotten stories and overlooked characters. Bob Printy may have run off to join the circus, but Jocko the monkey decided to make Wabash his home after he escaped a traveling carnival. Discover the story of Chief LeGros and learn what life was like in nineteenth-century Wabash County. Spend some time with Tommy R. Miller, who sacrificed his life caring for fellow servicemen in Vietnam. Author Ron Woodward shares the compelling, little-known history of this Indiana county.
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Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Hidden History
Publication Date: 27th July 2015
State: Indiana
Illustration Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781467118057
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Author Bio
Ron Woodward graduated from Indiana University while serving in the United States Navy and received his master's degree from Ball State University. He has taught in the Greater Clark County school system, Muncie School system and Wabash City Schools. Ron has served as president of the Wabash County Historical Society and the Wabash County Genealogical Society, which he helped to form. Among other awards, Ron was named 2000 Hoosier Historian by the Indiana Historical Society.
Take the road less traveled through Wabash County's forgotten stories and overlooked characters. Bob Printy may have run off to join the circus, but Jocko the monkey decided to make Wabash his home after he escaped a traveling carnival. Discover the story of Chief LeGros and learn what life was like in nineteenth-century Wabash County. Spend some time with Tommy R. Miller, who sacrificed his life caring for fellow servicemen in Vietnam. Author Ron Woodward shares the compelling, little-known history of this Indiana county.
Pages: 128
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Hidden History
Publication Date: 27th July 2015
State: Indiana
Illustrations Note: 100% Mono
ISBN: 9781467118057
Format: Paperback
BISACs: TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials) HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Ron Woodward graduated from Indiana University while serving in the United States Navy and received his master's degree from Ball State University. He has taught in the Greater Clark County school system, Muncie School system and Wabash City Schools. Ron has served as president of the Wabash County Historical Society and the Wabash County Genealogical Society, which he helped to form. Among other awards, Ron was named 2000 Hoosier Historian by the Indiana Historical Society.
