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Welcome to WikiMarion, a site devoted to the history of Marion, Indiana and surrounding areas.  The articles currently on this site were created by students at Marion High School between about 1995 and 2006.  Students will begin creating content directly for the site in March 2007.  For the time being, participation is restricted to students.
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*[[Marion High School]]
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*[[George W. Steele]] - Zeppelin Man from Marion
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===This Old House===
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Histories of Significant Structures in Grant County
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*[[Memorial Coliseum]] - The Home of Champions
 
*[[Memorial Coliseum]] - The Home of Champions
 
*[[J.L.McCulloch School]] - A Center of Community Life and Learning
 
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*[[Israel Jenkins House]] - Stop on the Underground Railroad
 
*[[Israel Jenkins House]] - Stop on the Underground Railroad
 
*[[Marion General Hospital]]
 
*[[Marion General Hospital]]
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|style="color:#000"|Oral histories collected by students in Advanced Placement US History and Advanced Placement English at Marion High School
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*[[Glen Eltzroth]]
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*[[William and Donna Wampner]]
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*[[Shirley Turnock]]
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*[[Phil and Leah Wiley]]
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*[[Don Lewis]]
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*[[Noble Jones]]
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*[[Malvina Ball]]
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*[[Eva Haynes]]
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*[[Elizabeth Stewart]]
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*[[Irene Beck]]
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*[[Jesse and Ann Ballard]]<br>
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===Lest We Forget===
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Reminiscences of the Pioneers of Grant County, Indiana -- Oral Histories collected by Marion High School students in 1921.
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|style="color:#000"|[[Image:Trolley_Sample_for_front.jpg|thumb|Trolleys of Marion]]Some content on WikiMarion can be viewed in geographic context using Google Earth.  More will follow.  To learn about geographic content click [[Google_Earth_Samples|here]].
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|style="color:#000"|Reminiscences of the Pioneers of Grant County, Indiana -- Oral Histories collected by Marion High School students in 1921.
  
 
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*[[William and Nancy Maine]]
 
*[[William and Nancy Maine]]
 
*[[History of Grant County]]
 
*[[History of Grant County]]
 
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Oral histories collected by students in Advanced Placement US History and Advanced Placement English at Marion High School
 
*[[Ann Warr]]
 
*[[Barbara Love]]
 
*[[Betty Straughan]]
 
*[[Johnnie Clayton]]
 
*[[Pauline Marler]]
 
*[[Alice Chapman]]
 
*[[Glen Eltzroth]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Harold and Millie Bowman]]
 
*[[Betty Fleck]]
 
*[[Betty I. Pettiford]]
 
*[[Cleome "Smokey" Young]]
 
*[[Edna May Johnston]]
 
*[[Jack "Bucky" Woodard]]
 
*[[Jane Miltenberger]]
 
*[[Joan Bowman]]
 
*[[Lurana Pulley]]
 
*[[Margie Vice]]
 
*[[Marjorie Wonderly]]
 
*[[Milford Freeman]]
 
*[[Patsy Young]]
 
*[[Xen Stewart]]
 
*[[Joyce Maidenberg]]
 
*[[Manuel Mitchell]]
 
*[[Martha Blinn]]
 
*[[Crystal Calobrace]]
 
*[[Jerrold Greene]]
 
*[[Madonna Fowler]]
 
*[[Mary Jane Downing]]
 
*[[Martha Reed]]
 
*[[James Hulce]]
 
*[[Grace McGlothin]]
 
*[[Thomas Hale]]
 
*[[Ruth Carter Evans]]
 
*[[William and Donna Wampner]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Barbara Eltzroth]]
 
*[[Daisy Freeman]]
 
*[[Elizabeth Meisberger]]
 
*[[Shirley Turnock]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Phil and Leah Wiley]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Don Lewis]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[James Murrell]]
 
*[[Noble Jones]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Malvina Ball]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Earl Gottschalk]]
 
*[[Betty Mottweiler]]
 
*[[Marjorie Elder]]
 
*[[Ella Foust]]
 
*[[Eva Haynes]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Elizabeth Stewart]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Walter Fisher]]
 
*[[Byron Tippey]]
 
*[[Minniellen Kirby]]
 
*[[Eunice Carey]]
 
*[[Betty Jane Wilson]]
 
*[[Alice Bunish]]
 
*[[Irene Beck]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Harold Thomson]]
 
*[[Jesse and Ann Ballard]] <Editor's Choice>
 
*[[Elton Vice]]
 
*[[Jack Druckemiller]]
 
 
 
==Google Earth==
 
*[[Google Earth Samples]]
 
 
 
==[[Works In Progress]]==
 

Revision as of 12:59, 24 March 2007

Welcome to WikiMarion.org,
A site devoted to the history of Marion, Indiana and surrounding areas, created by students at Marion High School

This Old House

Histories of Significant Structures in Grant County

Rough Times

Oral histories collected by students in Advanced Placement US History and Advanced Placement English at Marion High School

more...

Google Earth Content

Trolleys of Marion
Some content on WikiMarion can be viewed in geographic context using Google Earth. More will follow. To learn about geographic content click here.

Lest We Forget

Reminiscences of the Pioneers of Grant County, Indiana -- Oral Histories collected by Marion High School students in 1921.

Preface