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Bedford area

Tour the Lawrence County Museum: Museum on Google. Using this Google site, you can virtually enter the museum and experience what the museum looks like from these 360 degree views. If you see anything you like, come in person and see exhibits and research your family.

Many of the museum’s monthly speaker’s programs have been recorded and can be seen on the museum’s youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lawrencecountymuseumofhist8440/featured
On the museum’s youtube home page, there are more videos on the site than first meet your eyes. Be sure to click on videos to see the complete list.

Lawrence County Museum of History and Edward L. Hutton Research Library
Adventures by Roger
If you or your family have ever lived in Lawrence County, Indiana, this museum will be a delight! Local history, famous citizens, legends, musical instruments, civil war relics, pictures of the how Bedford looked in the past, antiques and memorabilia from area schools that no longer exist: all here on the first floor, along with a gift shop. On the second floor, there’s a small art gallery, showcasing local talent, and a large research library, to learn about your Lawrence County ancestors and local history! It’s a really nice museum, just across from the Courthouse, and parking is abundant!
(15.43 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnPzzxF1ZS0

Bedford Aerial Reel FOR FUN!
By Kevin Hudson
Includes overhead shots of the downtown Bedford, the court house, water towers, General Motors, limestone sites, BNL High School football field, Otis Park, St. Vincent's Church steeple and the Milwaukee Depot moving to the new site on J Street. 
(2.36 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg06QBZ-gwY&sns=em

Indiana and the Great Flood of 1913
Lawrence County Museum of History
The museum’s guest speaker at May 9, 2022, meeting was Nancy Germano, PhD. History Consultant and Instructor of History, Butler University. She is the author of "Indiana and the Great Flood of 1913."
(54.13 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jddrslGcq0

James Lee Hutchinson on youtube
Tales from The Greatest Generation with James Lee Hutchinson
Through the Flack and Back
Veteran Returns to the Sky

Legend of Dr. Foote (Lawrence County, Ind.)
Adventures with Roger
A Doctor. A Lawyer. The Father of Lawrence County’s limestone industry. Eccentric and mysterious to many, this is the story of a legendary man.
(16 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pAxYIuQ0Ac

Lost City of Palestine (Palestine, Indiana—Lawrence County’s first county seat town) 
Adventures by Roger
As much as this sounds like science fiction, this is exactly what happened to the town of Palestine, Indiana, just southeast of modern day Bedford. Some say it was bad planning, some say it was just a pandemic, and others claim it was all due to a curse, after an ancient burial ground was disturbed. Come along for an epic story, one that many local residents don’t know about, and fewer people tell as the years go by. For the first time on film, learn about an ancient people that once dwelt above the White River, up to 10,000 years ago, and simply vanished; just like the people who tried to settle there later, in the early 1800’s. The lost city of Palestine: a mysterious place that still holds many secrets.
(19.26 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRhypp3wXw

Otis Park Golf Course Tour
Otis Park Golf Course is located the rolling hills of Southern Indiana in Bedford. Hudson's Photography takes us on an aerial tour of each hole.
(15 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNYyTGlqiQU

Bedford Water Towers
By Kevin Hudson, Published on Aug 18, 2016
Some fun runs with cool light of our newly painted water towers here in Bedford.
(1:43)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe_nYBWf1xg

Limestone

Sculpture and Architecture
Journey Indiana PBS video on Joe Palooka statue Biltmore house in North Carolina, and the New York City Empire State Building.

Milwaukee Railroad Depot on the move—Bedford, Ind.
By MotorSports Photography,  May 18, 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5WqByc5Njg

Sieboldt Quarry (near Springville, Ind.)
By Kevin Hudson
Local crushed stone quarry operation.
(1:43)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4l3N22dho4

Local Limestone Mill
By Kevin Hudson
This is a short piece from a local stone mill in Lawrence County area. Stone for the Empire State Building came from a quarry that is in the very back of this property. Look it up in Bedford, IN. Empire Quarry.
Shot with phantom 4
(2:51)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T28DkjukOl8

mitchell, Indiana

Lehigh Cement and the African-American Community of Mitchell
Lawrence County Museum of History, Feb. 14, 2022
(54minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BM-gkP6qJQ

Persimmon Festival- Mitchell Indiana
Published on Aug 17, 2015
The 69th Annual Persimmon Festival will be held in Mitchell, Indiana, on September 19-26, 2015. Held along main street in historic Mitchell and Spring Mill State Park. Live entertainment, exhibits, food vendors, carnival rides and more. A celebration of locally-grown fruit and delicious treats made from persimmons!
(4:43)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz68Fzzny-8

Tourism

Lawrence County Tourism site
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSsdS0Lq1bcaw0xyxco3OUg

10 Unusual Facts about Lawrence County, Indiana
Adventures by Roger
Lawrence County may seem like any other county in Indiana, or in fact: the Midwest. But it has many unusual facts that make it truly unique, and unlike any other! Whether you’ve lived in Lawrence County or not, you might learn something you didn’t know!
(9.22 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKn10VGL0qs

Lawrence County Bison Tale (Bedford, Indiana)
Adventures by Roger
Would you believe that a buffalo has a story to tell? Well the one that stands, at the Lawrence County courthouse
sure does! Every scene painted on both sides of the buffalo, represents something iconic about Lawrence County. From a historic train depot, covered bridge, grist mill, space capsule, quarry, statue, bandshell, golf ball, basketball and a cave, it’s a portrait of the people that live there.
(5 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cgbGfMTBlU

Find Your Trail-Limestone Country, Indiana
Published on Oct 15, 2015
Visit the best of Limestone Country virtually by checking out our new video. See some of our favorite spots, including outdoor recreation, attractions, dining, lodging, shopping and more. And then, plan your own visit to experience it all for yourself. You will find your own trail here in Limestone Country!
(2:29)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJn_S-hv7QE

Williams, Indiana

White River
Williams Dam
By Kevin Hudson
The Williams Dam in Williams Indiana.
(1:52)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMF5iiBk870

Flying through the historic covered bridge at Williams

By Michael Roach
The Williams Covered Bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites.
(12.49 minutes) First part shows agricultural scenes. Bridge footage begins at about 5:34 minutes into it and goes through the historic wooden covered bridge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS9pXnplVZU