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A woman holding an electric guitar and smiling with the words GIRLS ROCK BLOOMINGTON in bright lettering behind and across her, and a border of wavy orange, pink, and yellow
Photo: Justin Vollmar
Girls Rock Bloomington: how it started, how it’s going. How Voces Novae expands what choral music can be. And an R.E.M. cover band that’s better than a cover band.
  • A black and white line drawing of an early steam locomotive stopped at a station labeled "DEPOT." The train's engine features a large, funnel-shaped smokestack emitting a thick plume of dark smoke. Several figures are present: a man in a top hat and a woman in a Victorian-style dress stand on the station platform, while workers near the back of the engine appear to be loading wood or coal .
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    First railroad in Indiana, ca. 1851. From an illustration in a memoir by Oregon Trail pioneer Ezra Meeker.
    Oliver Smith got elected to Congress when his opponent pledged support for railroads, which in 1826 Indiana were not only nonexistent but almost mythological.

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