Author Event-Joseph Pete
Sun, Dec 07
|Fables and Fairy Tales
Join us at the bookstore for an author meet and greet with Joseph Pete and his new book-Lost Treasures of Indiana
Time & Location
Dec 07, 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Fables and Fairy Tales, 38 N Main St, Martinsville, IN 46151, USA
About the event
Lost Treasures of Indiana is not another book rehashing the various theories of where the word Hoosier came from or waxing rhapsodic about
cornfields, basketball, and pork tenderloin sandwiches.
Author Joseph S. Pete, an award-winning journalist, instead explores lesser-known histories of the Hoosier State, such as the IndianapolisMotor Speedway’s first-ever race that involved hot-air balloons andnot race cars, an amusement park that displayed cigarette-smoking bears, or a trolley park that roped in crowds with diving Arabianhorses.
The book looks back at ghost towns like Hindostan, miniature towns like Littleville, and underground creeks downtown. It reminisces about familiar favorites like the L.S. Ayres Tea Room, King Cole, Burger Chef, Merrill’s Hi-Decker, Roselyn Bakery, Sammy Terry, and Sauzer’s Kiddieland. It evokes fond memories about bygone institutions from every corner of the Hoosier State like Market Square Arena, the Mesker Park Zoo Monkey House, the Little Nashville Opry, the Lincoln Museum, and the…