Nappaneee Trivia #2

1. Who was the first fire chief in Nappanee?
2. What was the name of cartoon Smokey Stover’s fire chief?
3. What show was nearly canceled due to typhoid fever and a wild horse in 1900? 
4. What was rumored to be killing livestock on farms surrounding Nappanee in the late 1940s?
5. Who started the Nappanee Phone Company, digging posts and stringing lines to provide phone service to Nappanee?
6. What is the name of the two wheeled car that is on display in the Heritage Collection?
7. What crop was “king” in Nappanee in the early 1900s?
8. Where did the fire of 1937 start?
9. What item do we have in the Heritage Collection that was stolen from Floyd Gwin in 1942?
10. What tool did Evelyn Culp start using in the 1970s to preserve the histories of the people of Nappanee?
11. In 1899 what building stood where Topping Dental is now?
12. What fictional character inspired a young Nappanee boy to go into a career in aeronautics?  
13. What did Bill Holman do as youngster to help make ends meet for his family?
14. What festival in 1912 brought thousands of people to town?
15. What happened to Nappanee’s telephone operators in the 1960s?
16. Who designed Nappanee’s auditorium built in 1899?
17. How much could a good onion farmer make in a day in the early 1900's, equaling about 100 crates of onions? 

Find out the answers to these questions and more at Night at the Museum the Nappanee Center on October 9th, 2015.

October 9th Event: Night at the Museum

Come take a flashlight tour through the Heritage Collection at the Nappanee Center. For one night only history will come ALIVE!  The 30 minute tour through the museum will take you back in time to meet some of Nappanee's heros and innovators, you will help put out a fire with Nappanee's first smoke eaters, and listen in on the town's people as they chatter about life long ago in Nappanee.

Free tickets with designated tour times will be available at the library on Friday October 9th until 5 pm or at the door of the event.

A cast of over 30 actors dressed in period costumes will take you through time where you will find yourself in the middle of the action!   Night at the Museum has become one of Nappanee's favorite events over the last 5 years. Each year the event features different stories from the year's before.

For more information contact the Nappanee Public Library or Martha Owen at the Nappanee Center.

November 5th Event: The American Front Porch

At 9:30 am on November 5^th the Nappanee Historic Preservation Commission will host a presentation called “The American Front Porch”.  The presentation will be given by Paul Hayden, Preservation Specialist from Indiana Landmarks.  The event is open to the public at no charge and will be held at the Nappanee Heritage Center located at 302 West Market Street, Nappanee, Indiana 46550.

While the concept of the front porch was founded in past cultures and located at various parts of the globe, the front porch took on significant social status & a myriad of architectural styles thanks to American ingenuity.  Attendees will learn how the front porch evolved from the grand verandas of the Deep South before the Civil War era to the quaint bungalow porches of the American Southwest in the early 20^th century.  Of special note are the porches associated with the high Victorian period built in the elaborate Queen Anne style of late 19^th century.  The presentation will conclude with a case study of a large Italianate home in Elkhart that had its front porch removed and then recreated based on historic photographs.

Attendees are encouraged to bring photos of their own front porches to receive an onsite consultation about its care and restoration.