History is where I started: my first job was at a county historical society. Today that means a historical society’s website and stories, features for the Indiana Historical Society’s Traces magazine, a book on the 1925 Tri-State Tornado, and family history research.
Warren County Historical Society (opens in a new tab)
Website, online store, and email for a Missouri historical society.
Development, writing, and care
Stories for the Warren County Historical Society (opens in a new tab)
Local history, from a 1904 train derailment to Cold War evacuation plans.
Research and writing
“The Riot” in Traces (opens in a new tab)
President Andrew Johnson, General Ulysses S. Grant, and a revolt in Indianapolis. Traces, Spring 2024.
Feature · Indiana Historical Society
“Twister” in Traces (opens in a new tab)
The deadly 1925 Tri-State Tornado. Traces, Fall 2024.
Feature · Indiana Historical Society
“The Lamm Method” in Traces (opens in a new tab)
Herman “Baron” Lamm, bank robber. Traces, Spring 2023.
Feature · Indiana Historical Society
The Great Tri-State Tornado
A book on the deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
Author
Genealogy research
Family history research in Indiana and Midwestern records.
Research and writing
More work
Child advocacy
Websites for Indiana’s child advocacy centers and the statewide chapter that supports them.
8 sites
Businesses and industry
Engineers, a materials-education company, a training firm, a producer, and a copywriter.
6 sites
Nonprofits
Adult literacy and youth mentoring.
2 sites
Research and writing
Long-form stories about materials, forests, and the history behind them.
6 stories
Just for fun
A book about websites and two local search experiments that worked.
3 projects
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Tell me what you’re working on, and I’ll write back myself.