Back Home in Indiana: Plain Dealer

The Wabash Plain Dealer is a daily in Wabash, Indiana. The newspaper is published six days a week - Monday through Saturday - with a circulation of 6,100 copies. This newspaper is owned by Paxton Media Group, LLC. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Jack's

One of the many closed businesses along Wabash's Canal Street. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Wabash

Wabash has a population of 33,500 and an unemployment rate of 10.5%. A rich history of canals - Wabash/ Erie - and trains - several repair shops. Canals and train repair disappeared as roads and cars/trucks are today the way people and materials move. Prime Tea Party country. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: K of P

The K of P building housed a bank which is now the La Portaine Town Hall. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Side Street

View of La Fontaine from a side street. Near building once served as an location for engine/auto repair. Today it stands empty and unused. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: La Fontaine

La Fontaine is a town in Wabash County. The population is a bit less than 900. The ground floor of the IOOF building is now serves as the post office. (click on image to enlarge)

Back Home in Indiana: Boston School

The schools in Boston have been closed for a number of years. The buildings still stand and are - at least from the outside - in rather good condition. As so often happens when the school system is consolidated, the community begins to lose its identity. (click on image to enlarge)