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Rationing at Hill's Grocery World War II

• Glen Eltzroth: From the Glass Factory to War in Italy
• William and Donna Wampner: The War in New Guinea and Life at Home
• Shirley Turnock: A Marion Teenager's Life during World War II
• Phil and Leah Wiley: Liberty Ship Duty and Rosie the Riveter
• Don Lewis: D-Day Plus Five and the Battle of the Bulge
• Noble Jones: Segregation in WWII and the Mutiny at Cherbourg
• Malvina Ball: Meeting Hitler at the Circus
• Jesse and Ann Ballard: Marion during the Great Depression
  

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• Israel Jenkins House
• Shugart House
• Back Creek Friends Church

• Josephine Davis:Taking the High Hat out of Art
• Gene Estle: B-17 Crewman Shot Down over Germany
• Samuel Plato: Pioneer African- American Architect
• Algie Rogers: A Doughboy's War in France 1918
• George L. Mason:The Master of Attraction, Marion's Developer

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• Migration to Freedom - The Underground Railroad in Grant County
• Life at the Crossroads - A look at Weaver, Indiana, an early African-American community
  
• Miami Indians and the Mississinewa River

Coming Soon:

• Flossie Bailey - Marion NAACP Leader
• James Cameron - Lynching Survivor

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This Old House
Histories of Significant Structures in Grant County

• Memorial Coliseum
• Charles Mill
• Marion General Hospital
• Marion High School
• Veterans' Administration Medical Center

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Made in Marion
Histories of local industries

• U.S. Glove Company
• Coca Cola Plant
• Canton Glass Company
• Indiana Truck Corporation

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Octogenarian Club

Preface

• Gabriella Havens
• Mary Williams-Lear
• William and Nancy Maine
• History of Grant County

• Experience Of Segregation in Marion
• Trolleys of Marion