Tamie Dehler is reporting in her column in the Tribune-Star that John Hanson Beadle’s 1880 History of Parke County has been reprinted by the Parke County Historical Society, and is available at the Parke County Museum, 503 W. Ohio St., Rockville, IN 47872, open Wednesday through Sunday 1-5 p.m., or the Rockville Public Library, 106 N. Market St., Rockville, IN 47872, open Monday through Thursday 8-7, Friday 8-6, and Saturday 8-4. For those interested in ordering a copy to be mailed to directly to their home address, the cost is $45. Call the Museum at (765) 569-2223 or the library at (765) 569-5544 for details.
If you’re interested in this book and/or Parke County research in general, be sure and click on over to Tamie’s column in the April 25, 2009 edition of the Star-Tribune for much more information.