Hunting a Ton!

The Party Shop has been around since 1920, previously called the Coffee ranch. They switched to being called the Party Shop in 1950. They've been using the same caramel recipe since the 50s, where they have been stirring the caramel for an hour and a half at a time just to make their signature pecan caramel Turtles, caramel corn, and local caramel apples. I went in and got a perfectly crafted latte and was greeted by some of the friendliest individuals I have ever met. Information on them can be found here.

Antiqology is a building that is 145 years old, originally a cigar shop that closed in the 20s. Became such 5 years ago after being empty for 10 years, before that it was a bridal shop. Over 700 sodas on the wall. A link to this vintage store is as follows: https://www.facebook.com/Antiqology/

I thenceforth stopped by the historical center of Huntington. The director, Mark Stouder, took me on a tour, which I will detail here below.

At the beginning of my tour, he told me about the 16 county schools closed that were brought Into one school in 1966; The consolidation into Huntington North. Consolidation brought into one school. Alot of senior centers came put of it, and the old high school was torn down in 2000 for a park. There are 17000 people in the city and 3000 in the surrounding county. Vice president Dan Quail came from here. There is a Lot of history here, including items from the first settlement in 1848, and 55,000 people were here for the centennial  in 1948. Huntington also saw laborstories, warfare companies, thebLackawanna and Wabash railroads, the inner urban railroad, and several canals. During the wwr, several famous veterans came from here. Their most famous pilot came from here, Russell Hosler, and got his start as a bootlegger in britain. The Schaff Bros piano company founded in 1868 also came from Huntington. I also learned that several million tons of various lumber and limestone have come from this county.

Hotel LaFontaine was founded in 1925 and was built for 7 Million and was sold durine the depression for 400,000 dollars. The basement has an Egyptian Pool with Egyptian architecture strewn about. They also had an ornate fountain in their lobby and a huge bowling alley, a four chair barber shop, a beauty salon, and many things. Since it was situated across from the Wabash railroad station, and was built to be all inclusive. It is now a senior center with apartments after being refurbished.

Amongst other things in the museum of history, there is Sully the dog (1890-1900), a stray dog that always greeted the elementary students. There are also lunch pails, wooden rifles, chalk tablets, and mom&pop shops, a display on Kitchen Maid, a display on Markle Bank, and a display on Dr. Eviston's household medical work. There also was a tribe, the Miami indians, Little Turtle being there chief. They settled all of Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana. They eventually settled it to the government with Chief Richardville. Also from Huntington is the man who invented 911.

Right before leaving the museum, I learned from Mark that America has been at war for 222 out of 239 years of it being a country. More info on the museum can be found here.

Are then stops for lunch at Johnny's Drive-In, where I was greeted by friendly locals who gave me free fudge and bread (simply because i was a first timer) and beautiful conversation. The food was very cheap and very delicious, and because I was a first-timer, my waitress actually gave me some free cinnamon rolls to try. They can be found online here.