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FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, TALL TALES: AN INTERACTIVE CASEBOOK FOR KNOX
COUNTY, INDIANA
FOLKLORE, LEGENDS, TALL TALES:
AN INTERACTIVE CASEBOOK
FOR KNOX COUNTY, INDIANA
SUBMIT YOUR OWN FOLKTALE (SEE BELOW!)
Last updated 2/4/06
All students around these parts (and possibly
elsewhere in the United States) learn in their fourth grade Indiana History
classes about the rich, vibrant past of Vincennes and Knox County (to learn
about this area, see what (then) fifth-grader Jessica Peters has to
say). We take tours of 
William Henry Harrison's Grouseland (a presidential
mansion beside the Wabash River!), listen to the echoing noises our feet make
as we stroll about the monument at the George Rogers Clark National Memorial Park,
relish the beautiful spire of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, the oldest
church in Indiana (the Old Cathedral's Brute Library even
has a Web site), and live in a different century once a year at the Rendezvous (see Frank Doughman's
great web pages). We are told we are required by state law to study these
stately shrines and learn the importance of other facets of Indiana's proud
history, and we carry respect for this knowledge with us as we grow older
along the muddy banks of the Wabash River where French and Native American
languages once were spoken.
But wait. Something is missing. What about the stories of Knox County
(and sometimes beyond) that rarely are published in the history books to be
found on the shelves of Vincennes
University's Shake Library or the Knox
County Public Library? These World Wide Web pages are devoted to the stories
I hope people are looking for but cannot find, the ones we entertain ourselves
with around the campfire at night, or in a dormitory room with our friends
when the books are put aside. The stories on these pages are gathered (with
permission, whenever possible) from old newspaper clippings (after all, the
Western Sun was started at Vincennes in 1804, so there are a
lot of clippings available), and some other sources that recount strange
experiences local residents have had with beasts, sea serpents, airships,
ghosts and other supposed paranormal occurrences, tall tales and fables that
may or may not be entirely factual. The library staff at Vincennes University's
Lewis Historical Library
(genealogists take note) has been especially helpful in tracking down items
of interest. Remarkably important and fascinating are those stories submitted by WWW readers!
Though similar stories certainly exist in the literature of the folk throughout
the land, the materials gathered here are our own. 
Access map above to take
a ghostly tour (maps and images of major area sites)
View more images of
Vincennes Through the Centuries, such as the image at right of downtown Vincennes
(Main Street) circa 1914.
New Miscellaneous Photo
Archive (Not Much There Yet)
MAIN TOPICS:
Ghost Stories of Knox
County (and Nearby Lands)
Loup-Garou Stories of
the Old French
Local Legends, Hoaxes,
Tall Tales, Gruesome Murders, What Have You
Unidentified Flying Objects,
Knox County Style
The Mystery of Lucky Point:
Watch Out for Those Black Triangles!
Take a Trip to Stangle's
Bridge, Home of the Purple Head Legend
Strange Beasts and
Sea-Serpents Sighted
Vincennes Rendezvous
Photographs by Frank Roales
Freelance Writer
(and Vincennes Native) Doug Wissing's Reflections (in Traces Magazine)
on Vincennes Native Red Skelton
--Information
about Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History
--Buy Doug's new book, Traveling the Ohio River Scenic Route,
at www.amazon.com
WWW Folklore Resources
TALES SUBMITTED BY WWW READERS, OR SUBMIT YOUR OWN:
Read the Folktales of
Area Interest Submitted by World Wide Web Readers
SUBMIT
Your Own Knox County-Related Folktale (Email: rking at indian.vinu.edu).
NOTE: All submissions to these pages will be considered for publication
unless the sender requests otherwise.
Feel free to contact me at any time with comments and especially
if you have a Knox County-related story--whether of an historical or paranormal
nature--you would like to see posted here. I am especially interested in variations
of the local legends you read in these pages, so start bugging your grandparents.
I reserve the right to edit all submissions. --Richard L. King, Reference
Librarian, Shake Library, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN 47591 (812)
888-5411
This Site is Part of the
WWW Ring of Folklore and Urban Legends
Sponsored in part by the Vincennes Irish Traditional Music
Group.
Copyright © 2004 Vincennes University
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