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Welcome to WikiMarion A site devoted to the history of Marion, Indiana and surrounding areas, written by students at Marion High School for the Community History Project

Rough Times Oral histories of the Great Depression and World War II Introduction 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 more... 1930 Marion Lynching In 1930, Marion was the site of a brutal double lynching from which one man, James Cameron, escaped. Cameron's later activism reignited interest in the event, beginning in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2011, students from Marion High School created a series of articles examining the event from multiple angles. Read their work here. Migration to Freedom The Underground Railroad in Grant County, IN Israel Jenkins House Shugart House Back Creek Friends Church Marion Heroes 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 Albert Velasquez: Mexico to Marion more... Video Documentaries 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 Flossie Bailey - Marion NAACP Leader James Cameron - Lynching Survivor

Browse Geographically You can browse WikiMarion geographically. Click the blue captions to view articles. For a larger map, click here. This Old House Histories of Significant Structures in Grant County Memorial Coliseum Charles Mill Marion General Hospital Marion High School Veterans' Administration Medical Center more... Made in Marion Histories of local industries U.S. Glove Company Coca Cola Plant Canton Glass Company Indiana Truck Corporation more... Lest We Forget Reminiscences of the Pioneers of Grant County, Indiana -- Oral Histories collected by Marion High School students in 1921. Annotations by Marion High School Students begun in 2007 Octogenarian Club Preface Gabriella Havens Mary Williams-Lear William and Nancy Maine History of Grant County Special Projects Experience Of Segregation in Marion Trolleys of Marion Miami Indian Cemetery Frances Slocum - A Legend The Civil War in Grant County Thomas and Lydia Baldwin - Early Quaker settlers Carol Secttor - A letter from the Klan Bob Walton - MHS music in the 1970s