By Owen Bennett, MCHS Curator On October 15, 1907, the DuPont Powder Mill, a smokeless gunpowder manufacturing facility in Fontanet, Vigo County, Indiana, suffered a catastrophic explosion that devastated the surrounding community. The disaster claimed approximately 50 lives, injured hundreds, and displaced more than 1,000 residents. This map of Indiana highlights areas and communities that felt tremors from the DuPont Powder Mill Explosion. Courtesy of Newspapers.com. Six ex

This conversation between Frank Howard and Joe Cunningham both born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1925, is part of the Montgomery County Historical Society's Oral History Project. They discuss growing up on Danville Avenue in an area known as Highland and the business atmosphere of downtown Crawfordsville. Frank was a print and broadcast journalist before becoming an attorney practicing law in Montgomery County. Joe had a long and successful career at R.R. Donnelly & Sons

This interview with WWII Veteran Donald Childress is part of the Montgomery County Historical Society's Oral History Project.

This interview with Henry (Hank) Coyle is part of the Montgomery County Historical Society's Oral History Project.