Description: Hidden History of Terre Haute, Indiana, Hidden History, Paperback Explore the untold stories of Terre Haute's history. The Queen City of the Wabash has a well-known, albeit long-gone, reputation as a "sin city,'? but that hardly tells the whole story. Unknown to all but a few, the city was home to a POW camp for Confederate prisoners and divers once plucked valuable freshwater pearls from the Wabash River. Druggist Jacob Baur discovered a way to liquefy carbon dioxide, earning him the title "King of Soda Fountains.'? Before the advent of Hollywood, motion pictures were made here. And one of the biggest child stars of the 1930s and '40s was a local boy named Billy Lee. He joined another child star from the area, Carl "Alfalfa'? Switzer of Our Gang fame. Historian and author of Wicked Terre HauteTim Crumrin reveals the overlooked events and people in the city's past.
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781467146135
Book Title: Hidden History of Terre Haute
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.4in
Item Width: 6in
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Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi)
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2020
Genre: History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 144 Pages
