Lawrence County is affectionately named “Limestone Country” for a few reasons. Everywhere you look, limestone sits just beneath the ground creating the rolling hills and rocky terrain perfect outdoor adventures and weekend getaways in nature. The limestone from this area has been mined for centuries, leaving a piece of Hoosier history in some of the …
Drive the back-country roads in rural Midwestern communities and you may stumble upon something intriguing. Brightly colored squares peek out on the side of barns, sheds and buildings. Those rustic decorations are called barn quilts and we have quite a few of them here in Lawrence County. Barn quilts are large wooden blocks, usually four-foot …
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Mitchell’s Favorite Fruit There’s nothing that tastes more like Indiana than sweet corn, pork tenderloins and sugar cream pie… Except, perhaps for a special Southern Indiana favorite: persimmon pudding. There’s nowhere else in the state and even the country that grows and cooks persimmons like they do in Mitchell, Indiana. The persimmon tree is native to …
