The Mystery of the Missing Grocer
True crime stories, both fictional and nonfictional, are popular at the Crawfordsville District Public Library, but my interest was snagged by a real “whodunit” I came across in a Crawfordsville letter. During the third week of March in 1857, a young man named William N. Organ received a letter from his childhood friend, Robert Rhea […]
Crawfordsville’s Greatest Showman | Lew Graham’s Private Life (Part 2)
The “fannnnntastic and marrrrvelous” Lew Graham, Crawfordsville’s greatest showman, built an impressive resume in the circus world but his private life was a little tumultuous. In between tours, he slipped back to Crawfordsville occasionally to visit his three sisters and two brothers-in-law. In 1894, he returned to Crawfordsville for a family emergency. His brother-in-law, John […]
Crawfordsville’s Greatest Showman | A Star is Born (Part 1)
The tale of Crawfordsville’s greatest showman begins on a warm day in 1875 when the John Robinson Circus wended its way through Crawfordsville in a splendid procession through the streets. An eight-year-old boy, Lew Graham, stood on the curb near his father’s dry goods store at the corner of Washington and Main streets to watch […]
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