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History in Your Own Backyard is a clearinghouse of information on unusual historic sites in the midwest.
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10/11/2025

Portion of Historic Longworth Hall to be Demolished. A video relating to these time stamps is in the comments below.

2:00 Interview with Jeffrey
3:16 Nicholas Longworth
4:30 Taft Art Museum
6:17 The "Gas Works"
7:33 Longest building constructed at that time
7:57 Camden Yards
10:12 The "Scale Building"
15:17 The "Ditch Track"
18:57 Inside tour of the east end of the building
19:00 Abandoned bar and dance hall
20:50 Creepy Doll baby found in office space
21:20 We reach the 5th floor
22:23 Going up on top of the roof

10/10/2025

2022 AMC Meet in Kenosha Wisconsin. A video about the meet relating to these time stamps is in the comments below. If you or your car were there, you’re probably in this video...

0:50 Interview with Mike Spangler
4:46 Prototype AMX
17:10 Show Cars on display
29:24 Friday Night AMC Parade
38:52 Fast AMC cars the drag strip

10/09/2025

Unusual Configuration of Rail Traffic, Automobile Traffic and a Creek all Meeting at One Location. The story is in the comments below.

10/08/2025

This Phantom bridge in Dearborn County, Indiana was built in 1919 by E.O. Kennedy of Lawrenceburg, Indiana who may be related to Archibald Kennedy who built the Guilford Covered Bridge in 1879. The story is in the comments below.

10/07/2025

This historic Indiana building was constructed in 1836 and has served as a home, a tavern, a post office, a pool room, a gas station and even a meat processing plant. The story is in the comments below.

10/06/2025

Cincinnati’s Historic Eden Park Bridge. A video about the bridge relating to these time stamps is in the comments below.

Cost to build the bridge: 0:57
First concrete arch bridge in Ohio: 1:04
Oldest concrete span in Cincinnati: 1:08
Designer of the bridge: 1:17
Bridge is remodeled: 1:46
Historic plaque attached: 1:54
Where did the stone Eagles come from?: 2:01

10/05/2025

The historic town of Rossville, Illinois should be on your list of places to visit. A video about the town relating to these time stamps is in the comments below.

1:15 Founding of Rossville
1:54 Different names for Rossville
3:08 History of Rossville
12:55 Famous Stuntman of Rossville
14:01 Opera House
18:02 Antique shops of Rossville
22:40 Dr. John Mason
26:04 Gene Hamilton
29:59 Gordon Hubbard
36:28 Rossville Centennial

10/04/2025

Original historic U.S. survey marker is now underwater!

In 1786 the formal survey of lands known as the ‘Northwest Territory” included what is today Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan & Wisconsin. The survey began along the Ohio/Pennsylvania border but that point is now under water in the Ohio River! The story is in the comments below.

10/02/2025

This historic Ohio bridge filmed in May of 2019 was later demolished in December 2020. A video about the bridge relating to these time stamps is in the comments below.

0:44 Built in 1953
0:55 Built by the American Bridge Company
1:00 Bridge demolition impending
1:15 Cars driving over the former bridge
1:30 Total side view of the 5 span bridge
1:50 Stone piers
2:06 Gear Mechanism for swing bridge

09/30/2025

The “History In Your Own Backyard” map.

Each county in red represents where we have produced a documentary video on a historic building, town or site....750 videos as of today. All counties in red and blue (215 in total) represent where we distribute these videos to over 15,000 school superintendents, principals, history teachers, county commissioners, mayors, council members, tourism bureaus, chambers, historical societies and museums so that they can share each new video with their students, local residents and members.

Eventually all of these videos will be archived in the state libraries in the states where they were filmed so that future generations can look back to see what existed in 2025 even if we lose these sites to fire, storm or progress at some point in the future.

To have your historic building, town or site included in this project, give me a call at 812-623-5727 (Landline) or send an email to: [email protected]

History In Your Own Backyard, because nothing lasts forever...

09/29/2025

*New Documentary Video*

Abandoned Bridge on Private Property in a Remote Part of Florida. A video about the bridge relating to these time stamps is in the comments below.

1:13 Definition of a "Ghost Road" and a "Phantom Bridge"
2:46 Beaty Bridge is built
3:15 George Washington Beatty history
3:31 Older remaining highway bridges in the state
3:37 Built By Roanoke Bridge Company
3:42 Unusual design features
3:52 Bridge is now on private property

09/28/2025

History of the town of Milroy, Indiana. A video about the town relating to these time stamps is in the comments below.

0:52 Town of Milroy established
1:30 Naming of the town of Milroy
2:15 History of the town of Milroy
2:35 Railroad comes through Milroy
3:40 The schools of Milroy
4:30 History of Milroy Cemetery
6:28 Civil War Soldiers buried at Milroy Cemetery

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23632 Gutzwiller Road
Sunman, IN
47041

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http://www.historyinyourownbackyard.com/

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