An Indiana Premier Fall Event
Last
weekend was the annual Mississinewa 1812 event in Grant county, five
miles north of Marion, Indiana. Though I did not attend this year, I was
there last year and was thoroughly delighted that I did. The autumn
weather last year was splendid as it was again for this year's display.
Being a native Hoosier, it would seem that one would be a little more astute regarding state history, but I had never even heard of the events surrounding the annual festival (now in it's 13th year, maybe more) until 2 or 3 years prior.
When I was invited last year at the request of some long-time friends, I happened to be reading a book about the settling of the Ohio frontier. The events that are the subject of the three day Mississenewa 1812 re-enactment and festival, coincided with what I was then reading about. The history of the settling of Ohio is directly related to the settling of Indiana being that they were adjoining regions in what was then referred to as the Northwest Territory until statehood was granted.
Being a native Hoosier, it would seem that one would be a little more astute regarding state history, but I had never even heard of the events surrounding the annual festival (now in it's 13th year, maybe more) until 2 or 3 years prior.
When I was invited last year at the request of some long-time friends, I happened to be reading a book about the settling of the Ohio frontier. The events that are the subject of the three day Mississenewa 1812 re-enactment and festival, coincided with what I was then reading about. The history of the settling of Ohio is directly related to the settling of Indiana being that they were adjoining regions in what was then referred to as the Northwest Territory until statehood was granted.
