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).[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:
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.
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/ |
