Block 40

Damn, don't want to tear up,

but I am.

55 years, 6 months and 18 days

Indiana was my home.

Logansport, to be exact.

According to Wikipedia,

this is Logansport:

 a city in Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 19,350 at the 2006 census. The city is the county seat of Cass County.[3] Logansport is located in northern Indiana, at the junction of the Wabash and Eel Rivers.

Logansport is located at 40°45′13″N 86°21′38″W / 40.753478°N 86.360485°W / 40.753478; -86.360485 (40.753478, -86.360485).^[5] The farmland to the south is generally flat, but there are some shallow hills to the north and east of Logansport that form a ridge through northern Cass and Miami Counties.

And some fun facts:

Despite also having Felix the Cat as their official mascot and de facto logo throughout academic and athletic programs, the moniker of Logansport High School's athletic teams is the Loganberries, which is a pun regarding on the city's name vis a vis the loganberry hybrid of a blackberry and a red raspberry. The basketball gymnasium at Logansport High School furthers the pun by being officially named the Berry Bowl. Felix was the 1st high school mascot in Indiana. A basketball player put him in the middle of the floor during pre-game warm-ups and as they say, the rest is history.

So Block #40 . . .

My Home,

Logansport, Indiana:

Where Two Rivers Meet,

Felix the Cat,

Berry Bowl,

Berry Patch (football field)

and . . .

(drum roll please)

known throughout the train industry,

and the state of Indiana,

as the place where

prostitutes could be found!

So,

join me in a chorus,

with Jim Nabors,

of Back Home Again in Indiana.

(Written lyrics are correct,

Jim's have some errors,

but that's fine with us.)

Back home again in Indiana
And it seems that I can see
The gleaming candlelight still shining bright
Thro' the Sycamores for me.

The new mown hay

sends all its fragrance

From fields I used to roam.

When I dream

About the moonlight

on the Wabash

Then I long for my Indiana home.

May 24, 2009

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Cass
Government
- Mayor	Michael Eugene Fincher (D)
Area
- Total	8.4 sq mi (21.8 km2)
- Land	8.3 sq mi (21.4 km2)
- Water	0.2 sq mi (0.4 km2)  1.90%
Elevation	633 ft (193 m)
Population (2006)
- Total	19,350
- Density	2,383.0/sq mi (920.1/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	46947
Area code(s)	574
FIPS code	18-44658[1]
GNIS feature ID	0438232[2]
Website	http://www.cityoflogansport.org/