Kewanna - From Ghost Town to 1000 People

When I visited Kewanna about a month ago, it was rainy. There wasn't a soul to be seen. In fact, I think I passed one car. I took pictures of the old abandoned buildings. From what I saw that day, it really looked like there was not much life in Kewanna.

Saturday Sept 29, my fellow festival goer/small town walker, Angie and I visited Kewanna again after attending Culver's town wide yard sale.

WOW! What a difference. There were I'd say over 1000 people milling through the festival. It looked like all the residents of the town PLUS extra people were there. This was some festival for such a small town.

There were rides for adults and kids, games, lots of food, elephant rides, pony rides, a free reptile bus for viewing snakes and other critters. Their ball field and concession stand had things going on. The boy scouts were there raising money. I was really surprised at the big festival. If you live nearby it is worth the trip. It's not too crowded or too big. Just the right size for a nice family day.

This is the link to all of the pictures I have taken in Kewanna including the festival.
http://s94.photobucket.com/albums/l97/shellyplatz/Walking%20Small%20Town%20Indiana/Kewanna/

I hope that the extra people in town brought someone who may want to take on those old buildings and restore them!

While traveling down SR 17 we decided to visit DeLong, not knowing anything about it. I don't have any history on DeLong but here's a picture. It seems there is only a post office, store and church there.

I love these cute little post offices!

We took the long way home and went through Ora. I took a picture of the old post office and the old school.

I am not sure where or when my next adventure will be. Hoping to get out a bit next Saturday. Eventually, this blog will be a lot busier but because I run a daycare in my home full time and have lots I need to take care of, I only get out 1-2 times a month. Maybe next spring I will be out every weekend! I can dream!