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Sampson Levingston
Mar 13, 20235 min read
Life at Ladywood, 97 Years Later
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - I played football at Cathedral High School, the locker room, the football locker room, where I both played and...
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Sampson Levingston
Feb 25, 20225 min read
Lost IN Found: Exploring Terre Haute (Again)
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA - If I ever did a series of Walk & Talks outside of Indianapolis, I’d want it to be in Terre Haute. I've walked the...
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Sampson Levingston
Aug 30, 20215 min read
These Old Fields of Indiana
THORNTOWN, INDIANA - Earlier this month I started giving tours at Newfields, it's where the Indianapolis Museum of Art is currently...
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Sampson Levingston
Apr 20, 20214 min read
Mens Sana in Corpore Sano: Movement on Mass
MASS AVE., INDIANAPOLIS - The best way to see Indianapolis is to walk it, that's how I've acquired this 'mass' of information about my...
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Sampson Levingston
Feb 1, 20214 min read
Wake Up and Paint: John Wesley Hardrick
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - When I wake up, I need to get going. I need to wake up and paint, paint a picture of my life, my day, my...
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Sampson Levingston
Oct 28, 20203 min read
Run Home: Indy's Traveling Hometown Clowns
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - The Indianapolis Clowns were best known for their showmanship, for entertaining the crowd, providing laughs, all...
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Sampson Levingston
Sep 30, 20202 min read
United Underneath: The City Market Catacombs
CITY MARKET, INDIANAPOLIS - It's about to get cold here in my hometown of Indianapolis. Winters in Indiana feel exactly like they sound,...
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Sampson Levingston
Jul 20, 20201 min read
Rushville Remembers
RUSHVILLE, INDIANA - People often ask how I remember all these facts about our history. Well I'll tell you how, it's a secret.... and...
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Sampson Levingston
Jun 15, 20202 min read
Walk and Talk: An Earned Saturday
Upcoming Walk and Talk Times & Tickets INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - Saturday's have been my favorite days for a long time, we save the...
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Sampson Levingston
Jun 5, 20206 min read
Phoning Home: Reflections of a Racist Reality
RANSOM PLACE, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - I feel every emotion. My life would have been at Ransom here in Indianapolis just 150 years ago....
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Sampson Levingston
May 2, 20201 min read
25 with Riley
GREENFIELD, INDIANA - Home of James Whitcomb Riley I guess I don't know how to "grow up" I don't think James Whitcomb Riley did either,...
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Sampson Levingston
Jan 6, 20203 min read
Mr. Sargent, The Road, and a Nature Park
LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, INDIANAPOLIS - To begin, I grew up right here. So this area is pretty special to me, I've been driving by the sign you...
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Sampson Levingston
Oct 30, 20194 min read
Father of the Frontier: Indiana 2 Alaska
SKAGWAY, ALASKA - Alaska is America's last frontier, it's the last unexplored state in our union. Unexplored isn't the word I want to use...
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Sampson Levingston
Aug 26, 20194 min read
Grounds to Share: Quick History of the Indiana State Fairgrounds
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - During the 1850's here in Indiana, transportation was becoming more efficient, causing ideas, tools, and...
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Sampson Levingston
Aug 1, 20193 min read
The Roads (and Rhodes) of Westfield, Indiana
WESTFIELD, INDIANA - Indiana is known as the "Crossroads of America", a name that our state has earned due to the many roads that come...
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Sampson Levingston
May 28, 20192 min read
The Middle of the Road
JOHNSON COUNTY, INDIANA - By traveling all over the state, I get to meet a lot of different people that call this great place home. I...
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Sampson Levingston
May 22, 20192 min read
Rich (IN) History: A Trailblazing Community
RICHMOND, INDIANA - I ask my myself these two questions often, "What is it that I want in life?”, followed by, "Am I taking the steps...
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Sampson Levingston
May 9, 20194 min read
Under The Arch: Terre Haute's Memorial Stadium
TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA - I remember the first time I went to Indiana State's football stadium, I left with a full-ride scholarship to play...
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Sampson Levingston
Apr 16, 20195 min read
Lessons From A Falling Creek
PENDLETON, INDIANA - I've grown up around Fall Creek my entire life. My neighborhood entrance was off of Fall Creek Road, my sister went...
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Sampson Levingston
Mar 31, 20193 min read
ThroughZooEyes: Indy's Zoo History
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - Last Sunday, on a gloomy, rainy afternoon, I looked into the eyes of an Amur Tiger, a lot ran through my mind in...
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