It’s always the perfect time to uncover treasures in our neck of the woods. In the feature story, we’re tipping our cap to Berta, a longtime resident of Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden who, at 58, is the oldest known Bornean gibbon in the world!
The great interest that sprang from a story about eagles in the May/June issue led birder and photographer Charles Kiesel to ask if we’d heard of the 1930s oil “gusher” in Griffin, Indiana. We hadn’t! Now we know what launched the area’s oil industry.
Talk about valuable commodities: The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science contains a staggering 45,000-plus items in its permanent collection, with artifact origins dating back to the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis, Missouri. Find an inside scoop on the museum’s next exhibit featuring previously unseen items in Timothy Weir’s story.
At Bob and Nikki Davis’ farm, we met the couple’s bevy of animals, including one-eyed calf Juney. It’s been quite a lifestyle change for the family, but there’s no turning back: “I am so grateful to be in this place,” Nikki says.
