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During the 2006-2007 school year, Feel the History students created ten segments. Before a segment is allowed to air on WNIN, it must pass through a Critical Review phase. During the Critical Review local historians and a technical team examine the pieces for their historical accuracy and their technical merit. Students revise each segment after the Critical Review. Each of the Feel the History segments below, then, have been been moderated by the local history community, and, to the extent of the knowledge available at the time, each piece is historically accurate. If for any reason, a viewer has additional information to share or corrections to suggest, please contact Terry Hughes . For those inside the EVSC, if you would like copies of the segments to use in your classroom, contact Terry Hughes. The videos are also available as podcasts on the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library site.
Documentaries
Buildings and Places
F. J. Reitz Bowl -- the storied football stadium on Evansville's West Side
Mesker Park -- the Zoo and the surrounding park facility
Greyhound Bus Station -- an art moderne building in transition
Greyhound Bus Station 3D model and animation created by students at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical school
Vanderburgh County Courthouse -- a beautiful "urban pile"
People
James Bethel Gresham -- the first US soldier killed in WWI.
Leslie Irvin - the "mad dog" serial killer from the 1950's
Edd Roush -- the area's first baseball hero
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Events, Organizations, Businesses
The Ice Gorge of 1936 -- the Ohio River frozen over
Republic Aviation - P47 production in Evansville
The West Side Nut Club -- see how it got its name
UE Plane Crash - 1977
Evansville LST Shipyards
 
 
 
 
 
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