Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Nappanee Trivia #1

1. What does the E stand for in E. Newcomer and Son?
2. How did the snowy weather effect the town of Locke in the winter of 1876?
3. What group of quilting activists said "Agitate, Educate, Legislate"?
4. What notorious criminal caused a bank in Nappanee to install a new alarm in the 1930s? ...
5. What store was billed as a triple store in downtown Nappanee?
6. How did Ed Arch Sr. deliver mail in 1908?
7. What sound sometimes scared cows and made country kids squeal in delight?
8. What did Nappanee have an abundance of at the time it was platted that shaped the future of its industry?
9. How much candy would a quarter buy in 1899?



Those that attended Night at the Museum in October 2014 have an advantage.  All the answers could have been learned the answers to these and other fun bits of Nappanee history were told in the living history event.