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Incredible Indiana
Indiana's scenic splendor from millstreams to rugged hills. Join Wendel
Trogdon as he leads you again to scenic wonders on the seldon traveled highways of
Indiana. Ride along as he visits hidden gems at places like Hemlock Bluffs, and Skyline
Drive, awesome overlooks atop rugged hills over the Wabash and Ohip River, the natural
beauty of the Hoosier National Forest and to small towns set in majesty of the state's
most colorful counties. See what, he writes, is "crafted by the Divine, carved by
time, weathered and worn over the ages, het majestic and splendid, the result grandeur
that remains for those who seek to find it.
This book may be ordered by contacting Wendell Trogdon at P.O.
Box 651, Mooresville, IN 46158-0651, or by calling him at 317-831-2815.
His e-mail address is wend@iquest.net
MAIN STREET DINERS
Ever long for a trip back home, back to that small town diner where eggs
and bacon sizzled on the open grill, where no one was a stranger?
It's still possible to return to such places despite skeptics who say
there no longer is a sense of community, that homemade food is a thing of the past, that
friendliness and neighborliness are only memories of another time.
Those critics are wrong. That down home goodness many of us
abandoned yesterday for the convenience of today still exists. It just takes a while
to find it.
This is a gude to Indiana's Main Street Diners, where we all can renws
our faith in the old -fashioned virtues of kindliness and friendship while savoring tasty
home cooked food. Check out the 125-plus diners author Wendell trodgon describes in
htis book about small town cafes, where the aroma of eggs and bacon wafts from grills
across dining rooms unchanged by time.
Enjoy the Harmonious atmosphere of diners where wealth or position is
unimportant, where one man's opiinion is as good as another in the conversations that take
place at what some call the "liars tables."
This book may be ordered by contacting Wendell Trogdon at P.O.
Box 651, Mooresville, IN 46158-0651, or by calling him at 317-831-2815.
His e-mail address is wend@iquest.net
Cost of the book, including postage and tax, is $17.95
U.S. 50
The Forgotten Hiway
From Washington To St. Louis
A Sentimental Journey
One of the author's earliest memories is a visit
to a U.S. 50 work site in the mid-1930s when horse
drawn scoops guided by depression-weary men were
moving dirt to form the road bed.
A few years later he traveled on vacation with
his family from his southern Indiana home east to
Washington. It was 1940, a time of tourist cabins, road
houses, small cafes and filling stations with attendants
who cleaned windshields and checked the oil.
A decade later, the road was his route home
on leave from a U.S. Army base. And over the years
he continued to traverse sections of the road, which
Time Magazine call '"The Backbone of America."
Join the author now on a sentimental journey
along U.S. 50 from Washington to St. Louis as he
remembers the past and records the present. The result
is a fascinating look at a road and its people, a view
those who travel interstates miss in their haste to rush
from one place to another
Indiana General Stores
Take the ultimate road trip with the ultimate road-trip master, Wendell
Trogdon as he travels the highways and byways of the Hoosier State in search of a
disapearing species, The General Store.
From Abington to Yedda, from Zanesville to Laconia, Wendell finds the
stores that served as your grandparents' supermarkets.
What some general store operators say..."We
may not make a lot of money, but we enjoy it." "The store has been good
for us and for our family. We hope to keep it open for the community."
"The Wal-Marts of the world have about put stores like this out of business."
"It (the store) is a way to preserve a bit of history that has come and
gone."
And some comments from customers:"I don't
know waht we'd do without this store. We need a place to meet and talk."
It will be hard on us fellas if it closes."
Borderline Indiana
Indiana is a state of contrasts with
endless differences in its terrain, its resources, its history and its people. It is
its variations, shaply defined, that create its mystique and add to its charm.
Majestic cliffs overlook the Ohio.
Rolling hills flatten into endless fields that reach to the horizon. Sand dunes rise
over Lake Michigan.
Men and women grouped as Hossiers live
under an ethnic umbrella--thier genealogical backrounds as different as Gary and Mount
Vernon, as diverse as Tell City and Michigan City.
They live in quiet conclaves on the Ohio,
towns called Rome and Derby, urbanized metroplexes, on farms where houses are miles apart,
in new suburbs where yesterday's cornfield is tomorrow's housing addition.
Join the author on his 1,000 mile
leisurely journey around Borderline Indiana.
Backroads Indiana
Country Roads Take You
Home
Forsake the noise and bustle of cities and
interstates. Let author Wendell trogdon guide ou through "Backroads
Indiana." The author dedicated four season to exploring the diverse rural
landscape, "south of 40" (U.S. 40). What he discovered may surprise
you....encoutners with living history down along the Ohio River, at Oldenburg and
Canaan....in Owen County, rolling hills... in Jasonville, a "rock 'n roll"
mayor....in Freelandville, "America's best little farm town," a
novelist-turned-restaurateur...in Surprise and Punkin Center, two inspiring, durable
women. Despite change like school consolidation and uncertain farm prices, the
Hoosier character remains indomitable, living and breathing in the cafes, churches, and
stores that serve as community gathering places.
Damon-Living a Dream
Other Books By Wendell Trogdon
Those Were The Days
Through The Seasons
Carved In Memory
The Country Bumpkin Gang
Out Front: The Cladie Bailey Story
No Harm/No Foul: Referees are People, Too
Gym Rats: Sons Who Play For Fathers Who Coach
Shooting Stars: Trek to a Championship
Basket Cases: High School Basketball Coaches
Whistle Blowers: A No Harm No Foul Sequel
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