Parke County: more than covered bridges

<p dir="ltr">As many Hoosiers begin to focus on the picturesque county in far-western Indiana that touts itself as the "<strong><a href="https://www.coveredbridges.com/">Covered Bridge Capital of the Country</a></strong>", Hoosier History Live will spotlight colorful and trail-blazing historic men and women from <strong><a href="http://www.parkecounty-in.gov/">Parke County</a></strong> and the nearby area. Our guest will be a popular author, storyteller and photographer based in Parke County, which hosts an annual <strong><a href= "https://www.coveredbridges.com/events/2022-parke-county-covered-bridge-festival">Covered Bridge Festival</a></strong> every October.</p> <p dir="ltr">The historic characters will include an eccentric, homeopathic doctor who (according to folklore) buried his money around his Parke County property before he died in the late 1940s; <strong><a href= "https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/brownmo01.shtml">Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown</a></strong>, a farm boy with a mangled hand (from two accidents, including a mishap with a corn thresher) who went on to become the star pitcher for the <strong><a href= "https://www.mlb.com/cubs">Chicago Cubs</a></strong> in the 1908 World Series, and a glamorous Broadway and silent movie actress who ended up penniless. When <strong><a href= "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0839546/">Valeska Suratt</a></strong> died in 1962, she was buried in an unmarked grave at <strong><a href= "https://terrehaute.in.gov/departments/cemetery/highland-lawn-cemetery-1">Highland Lawn Cemetery</a></strong> in Terre Haute; a <a href= "https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1718/valeska-suratt"><strong>headstone</strong></a> was finally erected a few months ago after a local fund-raising campaign.</p>