Posted in: Mailbag HI Mailbag: The Riley Trail

Reader’s Question: I searched the HI site but couldn’t find any posts about the Riley Trail.  Signposts marking the trail have disappeared over the years, but there are still a few around.  One of the interesting stops on the...

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Posted in: Sunday Ads Sunday Advert: Riley’s Bowen Merrill

In acknowledgment of Hoosier poet James Whitcomb Riley’s birthday (Occtober 7, 1849), it seemed fitting to share this advert from 1898. Howard Chandler Christy is the best known of Riley book illustrators, but this advert...

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