Bartholomew County Extension Agent Stanley Watts and his wife, Laura, display the Bartholomew County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Board of Supervisors Service Award following the district’s annual meeting on Jan. 28, 1975.
2015
Local pastor Rev. Bucky Jordan and his wife, Pauline, remembered the day they marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. when they saw the movie “Selma” at YES Cinema.
2000
Columbus native Prentess Smith and 27 other locals were the focus of Bartholomew County Historical Society’s human rights exhibit, “Civil Rights of Bartholomew County, a Mirror of the Nation?” at The Commons. The exhibit included a timeline with pictures and quotes from residents involved in the fight for civil rights.
1975
Bartholomew County extension agent Stanley Watts was presented the Bartholomew County Soil and Water Conservation District’s Board of Supervisors Award during the SWCD’s annual meeting.
