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Monday Morning Coffee: Flora, Indiana

 

Flora, established in October 1827, founded and named by Norman Flora in 1955, is a declining town with 2025 population of 2,099.

On the main street in the center of town is the 1902  

E.Z. Kitzmiller Building

  Flora, Indiana.

 

offering a few typical opportunities and necessities available in a small Midwestern comuninity    

 

On the left, the former law office of Bishop, Bishop & Bishop that now is Brightside a photography studio operated by two sisters who decided to follow their dreams and pursue photography full-time.

Centered, Trade-Ways a now permanently closed local business that specialized in the buying, selling, and bartering of various items.

On the right, Day of Grace a place where a Bible-believing group of people are able to come together to study God’s Word and edify one another.

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Monday Morning Coffee: Young America

  

Perhaps not what was expected as this Young  America is an unincorporated community, 11 miles west of Galveston on state route18, in Cass County, Indiana with a 2025 population of 375 and a poverty rate of 33.22%. 

In 1856, Thomas Henry built a saw mill in a community of a few cabins and farms. When some machinery arrived for the mill several townsmen gathered to help unload it.  A nameplate on one of the engines, designating either the engine or model "Young America" was noticed. 

A worker suggested that was a good name for the community. Two-thirds of the workmen agreed and called their town Young America.

The town has no industry and never had a railroad or interurban. The main center-of-town crossroad is a junction of state Route 18 and the Poplar Grove north-south road.

However, there is one standing abandoned red brick building.

   Young America, Indiana.

The Building's headstone identifies it as once it was a Fraternal of Brotherhood - Lodge Hall.

Once again, if a community has a lodge hall, will find and photograph it.

For what's worth: 

Check out right center of image and you know this was taken in Indiana. For even, in a very small community with very little to offer, there is a BB hoop.

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TGIF: Wall Advertising: Then / Now

 

Local wall advertising over time has changed. 

In the world of small town red brick America the early ads were on building walls and promoted products that could be purchased and used.

   Alexandria, Indiana.

 

    Redkey, Indiana.

These days wall advertising has evolved into promoting a local community and its history.  

   Alexandria, Indiana. 

   Richmond, Indiana.

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Economy Peanut Heaven

Basketball hoops are a rather familiar sight in small and large Indiana communities.  While some are often outside in a home driveway, others are complete courts.  Almost every school will have, either inside or outside, a court. 

With school consolidation, buildings were simply abandoned or demolished. 

The most famous surviving school basketball gymnasium is:               

  The Home of the Hickory Huskers

   Knightstown, Indiana.

It is famous for being a filming location for the 1986 basketball movie Hoosiers, starring Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper. The gym was the home court of the movie's Hickory Huskers.

The recent Sunday photo walkabout included a brief return to a the small Economy, Indiana community.

After parking, exited car with cameras and headed towards

Peanut Heaven

Economy, Indiana.

Built in 1924 and from then until 1963 served as the home gymnasium for Economy High School basketball team. 

It was abandoned when Economy consolidated into Hagerstown for the 1963-64 school year.

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