A Cross Country Odyssey - 2003

Nostalgia - where I grew up

Our rally site was at the Indiana State fairgrounds and was just a half mile from where I grew up in Indianapolis.
I can remember our home was located just two blocks from the Monon RR where steam engines were used to pull the passenger trains between Cincinatti and Chicago. One block the other direction we could ride on the streetcar for 20cents (10 cents for children). Milk was delivered to the house by a horse drawn milkwagon, many homes had ice boxes instead of electric refrigerators. When the ice truck came by we children liked to pick up ice chips off the back of the truck.

A pedal powered icecream card brought ice cream and popcicles through the neighborhood. Once a week a horse drawn vegetable wagon would come around with fresh, organically grown, local vegetables. It was a nice place to grow up.

When I was 15 1/2 years old my father would take me over to the state fairgrounds on Sunday mornings after my paper deliveries and let me practice driving in our Studebaker Landcruiser.

My childhood home ~1943-1956 I lived in this house from age 5 to 16

My grade school - Mary E. Nicholson School No. 70

We always looked forward to visiting relatives (grandparents, aunts & uncles, etc.) in my parent's home town of Greensburg, IN. ocates some 60 miles to the southeast of Indianapolis (about half way to Cincinatti) Greensburg is the county seat of Decatur County, IN. It is famous for the tree which grows on the top of the courthouse tower.

Our church - Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church

The brick courthouse in Greensburg, IN. Note the tree growing on top of the courthouse tower.

My grandmother's house in Greensburg. I spent many hours sitting in rocking chairs in this house.

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