Thursday, September 28, 2017 8:24 AM
Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.
The Arrowhead Award, presented by the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival committee to someone who has demonstrated its dedication to the community and faithfulness to the annual festival, was given this year to not just one person, but to the 50 or more people who make up the Huntington Optimist Club.
The award was presented to four members representing the club in a ceremony at the Pioneer Festival Saturday, Sept. 23.
Monday, September 25, 2017 8:19 AM
Photo by Bryan Balllinger.
Bryan Ballinger earned three of the four awards in the 2017 History in the Making Photo Contest, with Jeanne Hastings claiming the fourth award.
The contest, held in conjunction with the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival, was sponsored by the Huntington County Historical Museum and the Huntington County TAB. Photographers could enter pictures taken over the past five years and depicting people and places in Huntington County.
Monday, September 25, 2017 8:16 AM
Photo by Bryan Balllinger.
Bryan Ballinger’s photo of Betsy Ballinger walking down Salamonie Road took first place in the social environment category of the History in the Making Photo Contest, which was a part of the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival. Winners were announced this past Saturday, Sept. 23.
Sunday, September 24, 2017 12:03 PM
Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.
Lisa (left) and Mark Woolever sing as they stroll through the encampment area at the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Huntington County Fairgrounds. The festival continues today, Sunday, Sept. 24, through 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 24, 2017 12:00 PM
Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.
Keturah Hyde, of Huntington, was part of a mounted shooting demonstration at the encampment at the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Huntingotn County Fairgrounds. The festival continues today, Sunday, Sept. 24, through 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 24, 2017 11:57 AM
Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.
Ella McDaniel, 10, of Huntington, attemps to feed a llama at the Hoosier Camel Encounter petting zoo at the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival at the Huntington County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 23.
Sunday, September 24, 2017 11:54 AM
Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.
The Merriman family from Wort Wayne -- (from left) Shannon, Jody and Jordan -- look for a special Boy Scout Logo keychain in the Men's Market at the annual Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival at the Huntington County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Sept. 23. The festival continues today until 5 p.m.
Sunday, September 24, 2017 11:50 AM
Photo by Rebecca Sandlin.
Molly Woods (left) and Arren Reust, both of North Manchester, search through a box of old patches they discovered in the antiques area of the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival on Saturday, Sept. 23.
Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:08 AM
Photo provided.
Every year, the evil villain seems certain to be victorious.
And every year, the hero overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to save the day.
It’s a theme that never changes — although the twists and turns from beginning to end take a different route each time.
This weekend, “Polly Pureheart Prevails” as the Huntington North High School Masque and Gavel returns to the Forks of the Wabash Pioneer Festival.
By CINDY KLEPPER - Monday, September 18, 2017 8:41 AM
Photo by Cindy Klepper.
Carrie Munson likes being on the move.
Maybe it’s in her genes.
Her great-great-grandparents immigrated from Germany in the mid-1800s, crossing the country in a Conestoga wagon on their way to homesteading in Nebraska.
“So I kind of have that pioneering spirit,” Munson says.
Munson was born in New York and lived in Illinois and Wisconsin before making her way to Indiana. She now lives near Logansport, but can legitimately claim a large chunk of northern Indiana as her home base.