Looking Back – October 22

2008

Employment figures released showed Bartholomew County gained 344 jobs since October 2007 while the state lost 9,500 and the nation lost more than 1.1 million jobs.

1993

Despite gloomy weather, nearly 25,000 visitors from several states flocked to Brown County State Park for leaf-gazing and deer watching.

1968

Campaign ‘68 in Bartholomew County marched into its final three weeks with Republican Robert D. Garton and Democrat Lee H. Hamilton running neck-and-neck in the 9th District U.S. House of Representatives race.