Located on Ohio Street, in the Wabash Avenue-East Historic District, the Indiana Theatre opened its doors in Terre Haute on January 28, 1922. Since that time, the theatre has hosted vaudeville, movie, performing arts and a variety of community programs. It has also hosted a number of famous musicians and actors, including Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra, the Marks Brothers, and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. In 2013 the theatre was fully renovated, and now offers a 1,600 seat event center.
Ogden’s Peery Egyptian Theater was built in 1923 on the site of the Arlington Hotel, which had recently burned down. The intent of the developers was to build a grand establishment on par with other Egyptian Theaters, including Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The theater began as a venue for movies, and played its first feature film Zane Grey’s Wanderer of the Wasteland, in 1924. The theater went through a variety of owners and remodeling over the years, and at one point was even abandoned and under threat of demolition. But ultimately the theater was rescued by the Weber County Heritage Foundation, and handed over to another foundation setup to manage the future of the establishment. The theater was also completely restored to it original state, including the addition of a Wurlitzer pipe organ. Today the theater hosts musical performances, plays and documentary films. Ogden is located an hour north of Salt Lake City, Utah.
A view of Trail 3 in Turkey Run State Park, near Marshall, Indiana. Trail 3 is quite unique as you follow a deeply carved sandstone gorge, surrounded by deep green forest, moss, and vegetation. Throw in a creek running through it all, ladders, and plenty of people and its almost like an obstacle course at a water park. Reminds me a little of the Narrows in Zion Canyon National Park, but over a much shorter distance, and with a lot more climbing, and quicker twists and turns.
