Tuesday, August 12 at 6 p.m. at the History Center
Show and Tell Speed Round: Bicentennial Book Authors
Hear from contributing authors of the upcoming 200 Years of Tippecanoe County: A Community Tells Its Stories about their experience writing for the book including their inspiration, how they researched and any information they might not have been able to include. Each author will speak for about 10-15 minutes with a Q&A panel at the end.
Tuesday, September 16 at 11:30 a.m. at the History Center
Show and Tell: Quackery and Doctoring in Tippecanoe County’s First 100 Years
Presented by Dr. Pete Bill
In the mid 1800’s cholera, ague and other pestilence threatened to wipe out whole communities including Lafayette. And the state of medicine and “doctoring” in Tippecanoe County abided by the rule that “if the cure didn’t kill you outright, it might just fix you!” This presentation will talk about the evolution of our local medical care in the late 19th century and early 20th century and the doctor-prescribed poisons commonly used to “kill or cure”.