Updated March 27, 2009    URL is www.tentativetimes.net/porter/week.html 

2009 is the 100th anniversary of the publication of Girl Of The Limberlost, written at the Porter home, the cabin by the Limberlost swamp at Geneva, Indiana. 
 

April 24-May 2: Governor Mitch Daniels Proclaims Go Green With Gene Week!
        April 4, State Representative Matthew Lehman formally presents the proclamation to Site Manager Randy Lehman and Friends of the Limberlost.  We thank the Governor for helping promote the legacy of Gene Stratton-Porter.
        April 24, 9AM to 3PM, school event at Rome City Gene Stratton-Porter SHS.
        April 25, 10AM to 3PM, public event at Rome City's Gene Stratton-Porter SHS
        May 1 9AM to 3PM. school event at the Loblolly Marsh Wetland Preserve in Geneva, Indiana.
        May 2, 10Am to 3PM, public event at Limberlost in Geneva.  See below.

We thank our Go Green sponsors: The Jay County REMC, The Adams County Community Foundation and the Jay County Soil and Water Conservation Service.

May 1, 2009   Go Green with Gene School Event
Natural Science and environmental science educational event designed to meet academic standards for K-12, at the Loblolly Marsh Wetland Preserve in Geneva.

May 2, 2009   Go Green with Gene Public Event
Natural Science and environmental science focus—will feature special wetland tours and programs at Limberlost SHS. You can share your "Green" product, service or message with the public by setting up a booth at the Historic Site (fee of $10.00 includes lunch for two people,) on Saturday from 9AM to 3PM. 

 

All season: Go Green With Gene tee-shirts for sale, sizes Small through XL, in colors of Natural, Bamboo Green, Light Pink, Yellow Haze and Light Blue. The logo for the shirt is on the front page of this site, and here is a thumbnail of it. (Order through our giftshop or buy at the site.) The price is $14.95 per shirt, or if you want a shirt by mail, send $20.00 with your order, or call 260-368-7428 to arrange a price for shipping more than one to your single address.  The logo on each shirt is the one shown above, the Luna Moth graphic.

 

We have  a new offering for you, a hard-top-find (even if used) Gene Stratton-Porter nature study book called Tales You Won't Believe.
Now you can buy it for $24.95. It's in hardback, made available through the efforts of Dave Fox, the Site Manager of the Rome City Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site. It's on the bookshop page, with ordering information on the giftshop page.

 

We will, any day now,  have two amazing Limberlost dolls on loan!!  They will travel between the two Stratton-Porter state historic sites here in Northeast Indiana.  they are Franklin Mint dolls from the Gibson Girl series, about 23 inches tall.  The first doll wears a replica of the dress worn by Edith Carr, inspired by the yellow emperor moth.  This may be the first time anyone has tried to create the dress from the good description in the book. 

The second doll models the dress worn by Elnora Comstock when she played the lead violin solo at her high school play.  The description in the book is sketchier than for the first dress, Edith Carr's, yet it is based on the Luna moth.  This dress is based on an authentic 1910 evening dress found in an Edwardian pattern book.  

Jamie Faller, our site naturalist,  has worked up a spectacular sixteen page newspaper insert published by Fort Wayne newspapers for distribution in the public schools, especially designed for 3rd through 8th grade students. 
(More details coming this weekend.)

Here's a link back to the imdex of Gene Stratton-Porter pages. Here's a link back to the calendar of events for the Gene Stratton-porter Geneva site.