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>> WE ARE OUT OF THE STUDIO AND

ON THE ROAD AND WE'RE BEGINNING

OUR TANK TRIP AT THE WORLD'S

LARGEST -- AND WORLD'S LARGEST

SPHERE.

WHERE IN INDIANA COULD WE

POSSIBLY BE?

ONLY KOKOMO, THE CITY OF FIRSTS.

JOIN US AT THE KOKOMO AUTOMOTIVE

MUSEUM, THE SEEBER LING -- OKAY.

DO THAT AGAIN.

JOIN US AT THE KOKOMO AUTOMOTIVE

MUSEUM, THE MANSION, THE KOKOMO

GLASS FACTORY AND ARTWORKS AND

THE ART ALLEY.

ALL THIS AND MORE HERE IN KOKOMO

RIGHT NOW ON "THE WEEKLY

SPECIAL."

>> WELCOME TO "THE WEEKLY

SPECIAL."

I'M ERICA SAGON.

WE'RE HERE IN KOKOMO KNOWN AS

THE CITY OF FIRSTS.

IT GOT ITS NAME BECAUSE OF ALL

THE INNOVATION THAT HAPPENED

HERE OVER THE YEARS.

WE ARE GOING TO START WITH A

LOOK BACK AT ELWOOD HAYNES, A

PIONEER IN THE AUTOMOTIVE

INDUSTRY.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE

BUT INDIANA SITS ATOP WHAT WAS A

MASSIVE NATURAL GAS DEPOSIT.

IT WENT INTO EASTERN ILLINOIS

AND WESTERN OHIO.

SO THIS WAS A MASSIVE NATURAL

RESOURCE.

THE DISCOVERY OF THIS DEPOSIT

MORE THAN 150 YEARS AGO GAVE

RISE TO AN INDUSTRIAL KOKOMO.

AND IT MEANT WORK AND

OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATION WAS

PLENTIFUL.

IN 1891 A GENTLEMAN NAMED ELWOOD

HAYNES CAME FROM PORTLAND,

INDIANA THAT.

HE WAS COLLEGE EDUCATED.

HE HAD BEEN A METALLURGIST.

HE ALSO DESIGNED AND BUILT ONE

OF THE EARLIEST AUTOMOBILES MADE

IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> VERY SIMPLE.

HE NEEDED A WAY TO GET TO THE

GAS FIELDS.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT WAS

THIS NEW THING, THE AUTOMOBILE,

WHICH DIDN'T HAVE THE NAME

AUTOMOBILE.

IN OLD LITERATURE THEY REFERRED

TO IT AS A MOTORCYCLE OR

HORSELESS CARRIAGE.

THE AUTOMOBILE WASN'T IN COMMON

USAGE.

>> THE NEED MAY HAVE BEEN SIMPLE

BUT THE BUILD WAS ANYTHING BUT.

HAYNES SOURCED A GASOLINE

ENGINE, CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY

FOR THE TIME, FROM MICHIGAN,

THEN SET OUT TO CONVINCE THE

APPERSON BROTHERS TO HELP HIM

BUILD HIS HORSELESS CARRIAGE.

>> SAYING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN

A FACTORY WOULD BE LIKE SAYING I

WANT TO BUILD A ROCKET THAT WILL

GO TO MARS AND I WANT YOU TO

BUILD IT FOR ME.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT YOU

LIKE YOU'RE A LITTLE OFF.

>> MR. HAYNES MUST HAVE BEEN A

PRETTY GOOD SALESMAN, BECAUSE

THE CAR, LATER KNOWN AS THE

PIONEER, WAS BUILT.

>> HE EVENTUALLY HAS A THOUSAND

DOLLARS WRAPPED UP IN THIS

THING.

TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THE AVERAGE

PERSON IN THE 1880s, '90s,

THE ONCH WORKER WAS MAKING 300

BUCKS A YEAR.

SO THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY.

IT TOOK THE BETTER PART OF THE

YEAR.

THE TEST RUN, BRINGS IT BA K

INTO TOWN AT 7 MILES AN HOUR.

>> BY MODERN STANDARDS IT HAD A

FEW ISSUES.

>> IT DIDN'T HAVE BRAKING

CAPACITY, VERY GOOD.

IT HAD NO REVERSE.

IT HAD NO MUFFLER.

AND THE STEERING WAS A CRANK.

YOU PUSHED IT THIS WAY, YOU

PULLED IT THAT WAY TO STEER.

IT DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL.

>> IN 1894, IT WAS A MARVEL.

HAYNES CONTINUED TO INNOVATE,

IMPROVED HIS ORIGINAL DESIGN AND

SOON BUILT A FACTORY IN KOKOMO.

THE FACTORY, WITH PRECISION

TOOLS AND ELECTRIC POWER, WAS

ONE OF THE FIRST IN THE WORLD TO

PRODUCE CARS AND WAS A

REVELATION FOR ITS DAY.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE PRODUCTION

TIME, IT GOES FROM BEING LIKE A

WHOLE YEAR DOWN TO SIX TO EIGHT

MONTHS AND BY 1897 WE ARE

INCORPORATING AND BUILDING

SEVERAL CARS A YEAR.

IT SHOWS THERE'S A MARKET FOR

THEM FOR ONE THING.

THEY WOULDN'T BUILD THEM IF THEY

COULDN'T SELL THEM.

THERE WERE 30 CARS BUILT IN 1899

AND THEN IT GETS TO BE DWOD,

300, 400 CARS.

EYE SHOWS THERE IS A MARKET FORB

THAT.

>> THERE WAS ALSO VERY STIFF

COMPETITION.

BY 1912 ELWOOD HAYNES WAS

LARGELY OUT OF THE CAR BUSINESS

HAVING RETURNED TO HIS FIRST

LOVE, METALLURGY.

THE LAST HAYNES POOBL ROLLED OFF

THE LINE IN 1925.

THE SAME YEAR ITS NAMESAKE

PASSED AWAY.

BUT KOKOMO'S TIES TO THE

AUTOMOBILE DIDN'T END WITH

HAYNES AND THE APPERSON

BROTHERS.

DELCO'S RADIO DIVISION SET UP

SHOP IN THE LATE 1930s AND TWO

YEARS LATER CHRYSLER OPENED ITS

FIRST TRANSMISSION PLANT.

TODAY MORE THAN 10,000 HOOSIERS

HAVE JOBS IN KOKOMO RELATED IN

SOME WAY TO THE OONL INDUSTRY.

AUTOMOBILE

INDUSTRY.

A TRIP TO THE KOKOMO AUTOMOTIVE

MUSEUM ALLOWS VISITORS TO GET UP

CLOSE AND PERSONAL.

>> I REMEMBER THAT CAR.

MY MOM HAD THIS.

MY DAD HAD HAD THIS.

THAT WAS MY FIRST CAR.

I TOOK MY PROM DATE TO THE PROM

IN THAT CAR.

WHATEVER.

IT'S THAT CONNECTION.

AND WE OWE A LOT TO PIONEER AUTO

FOR STARTING IT.

THEY DONATED HUNDREDS MUCH

THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD

THIS THING.

THEN THEY BROUGHT THEIR CARS IN

AS A WAY TO FULFILL IT.

>> THERE ARE NOT SURPRISINGLY A

NUMBER OF HAYNES CARS.

IT'S THE LARGEST COLLECTION IN

THE WORLD AND INCLUDES A REPLICA

OF THE HAYNES PIONEER, THE

ORIGINAL SITS IN THE

SMITHSONIAN.

>> WE HAVE A JACKRABBIT THAT I

CALL A 1910 CORVETTE.

WE HAVE A 1923 HAYNES MODEL 75

TOURING CAR.

IT WAS OWNED BY ONE OF THE

FOUNDERS OF THE MUSEUM.

IT'S A TYPICAL 1920s TOURING

CAR, LARGE, MAROON AND BLACK.

IT HAS A PRESENCE.

>> THERE ARE COLES, DUSENBERGS.

IF YOU ARE A CAR HISTORIAN THERE

IS SOMETHING HERE FOR YOU.

THE GOAL OF THE MUSEUM IS TO

CELEBRATE THE CITY OF FIRSTS

FROM ELWOOD HAYNES TO TODAY.

>> WITHOUT KOKOMO WE WOULDN'T

HAVE THIS.

WITHOUT KOKOMO WE WOULDN'T HAVE

THAT.

MY GOODNESS.

SUDDENLY IT BECOMES, MAYBE

THERE'S SOMETHING TO THAT PLACE.

MAYBE THERE IS SOMETHING TO THAT

PLACE.

MAYBE IT'S JUST MORE THAN AN OLD

INDUSTRY TOWN.

WHATEVER CITY YOU LIVE IN OR

WHATEVER CITY YOU'RE PASSING

THROUGH, YOU GET TO KNOW THAT

HISTORY AND YOU APPRECIATE WHAT

IT WAS AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU

AND THINGS TODAY.

>> DON'T MISS YOUR OPPORTUNITY

TO SEE THESE BEAUTIFUL CARS UP

CLOSE.

GET HOURS AND DIRECT SHUNDZ TO

THE KOKOMO AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM AT

KOKOMOAUTOMOTIVEMUSEUM.COM.

>>> ELWOOD HAYNES WASN'T THE

ONLY INDUSTRYIST TO PUT DOWN

ROOTS IN KOKOMO.

IN 1889 ANOTHER AMBITIOUS

ENTREPRENEUR BUILT THIS MANSION

AND NOW IT'S AN ICON HERE IN

KOKOMO.

IF YOU LOVE OLD HOUSES LIKE I

DO, YOU'RE IN LUCK.

LET'S HEAD INSIDE.

WE'RE HERE WITH DAVE, EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR OF THE HOWARD COUNTY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHICH

OVERSEAS THE MANSION.

DAVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

HAVING US HERE.

>> WELCOME.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I WANT FOR YOU TO GIVE US AN

IDEA OF THE HISTORICAL

SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MANSION.

WHY SIT HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

>> IT REALLY GOES BACK TO THE

INDIANA GAS BOOM OF THE

MID-1800s WHEN THEY DISCOVERED

NATURAL GAS, AND AT THAT TIME

THIS WAS AN AGRICULTURAL

COMMUNITY, AND THEY BROUGHT IN

INDUSTRY BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL

GAS.

THEY WERE GETTING AWAY -- GIVING

AWAY FREE GAS TO PEOPLE WHO

WOULD BUILD FACTORIES.

ONE OF THE VERY FIRST TO USE

THAT ON A LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIAL

MANUFACTURING BASIS THROUGHOUT

INDIANA WAS A GUY NAMED MONROE

SEIBERLINNG.

HE HAD PLENTY OF MONEY SO HE

BUILT THIS GORGEOUS HOUSES.

>> THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ALONG

WITH THE COUNTY HAS BEEN

RESTORING THIS MANSION SINCE

ABOUT THE 1970s.

GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT THE

RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF

THIS BEAUTIFUL HOUSE HAS BEEN

LIKE.

>> WE'VE HAD TO DO IT IN EAR IS

A EASE OF STAGES THAT BEGAN

AROUND 1971, '72 WITH SIMPLY

STABILIZING THE STRUCTURE

BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN SITTING

EMPTY FOR A FEW YEARS, AND IT

UNFORTUNATELY DETERIORATED QUITE

A BIT.

SO WE JUST HAD TO MAKE SURE THE

ROOF WAS INTACT AND CLEAN UP

SOME OF THE RESIDUE FROM THE

BIRDS AND THE BROKEN WINDOWS AND

THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEN WE COULD BEGIN TO MOVE THE

MUSEUM IN.

THEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT

FEW YEARS, WE HAD A MAJOR

RENOVATION IN '88.

WE HAD ONE ABOUT 2002.

AND THEN THE MOST RECENTLY WE

JUST DID SOME ROOF WORK.

>> ONE REALLY NEAT POINT IN THE

MANSION'S PAST IS THAT IT

ACTUALLY USED TO HOUSE INDIANA

UNIVERSITY KOKOMO.

CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT

ABOUT THAT?

>> YOU BET.

THE HOUSE WAS A RESIDENCE FOR

THE FAMILY FOR A FEW YEARS

BEFORE THEY MOVED ON.

THEY BUILT THIS GORGEOUS HOUSE

AND FINISHED IN 1891 AND IN '95

THEY LEFT.

THE GI BILL WAS EXPANDING

COLLEGE ENROLLMENT ACROSS THE

COUNTRY AND INDIANA UNIVERSITY

WAS GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS

AND ESTABLISHING BRANCH

CAMPUSES.

KOKOMO'S ENROLLMENT EXPLODED,

THEY NEEDED MORE ROOM AND THE

HOUSE WAS AVAILABLE.

SO THEY BOUGHT IT FROM THE

ESTATE OF THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND

THEY TURNED THIS INTO A

UNIVERSITY.

>> WOW, WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR

STUDENTS.

I CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING CLASS IN

SOME OF THESE GORGEOUS ROOMS.

>> YEAH.

AND THEY HAD CLASSES, THEY HAD

DANCES, THEY HAD SOCK HOPS.

THE STUDENT UNION WAS IN THE

BASEMENT OF ALL PLACES.

IT WAS KIND OF NEAT.

>> AFTER BUILDING THIS BEAUTIFUL

HOUSE, THEY DID NOT STAY HERE

VERY LONG.

WHY NOT?

>> HE WAS AN INDUSTRIAL

ENTREPRENEUR.

HE WAS A GUY WHO BUILT THINGS.

HE CAME FROM THAT BACKGROUND IN

OHIO IN THE AKRON AREA.

HE CAME OVER HERE SPECIFICALLY

TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GAS

BOOM AND BUILD THE FACTORIES.

SO HIS GLASS COMPANY IN KOKOMO

WAS TAKEN OVER BY A BIG

SYNDICATE FROM OUT EAST AND HE

MOVED ON TO ILLINOIS TO BUILD

SEVERAL MORE FACTORIES IN THE

PEORIA AND OTTAWA.

>> THE MANSION IS KIND OF A MIX

OF EXHIBITS AND SORT OF

PRESERVATION, AND IT'S OPEN TO

THE PUBLIC, OF COURSE.

WHEN PEOPLE COME HERE, WHAT

SHOULD THEY NOT MISS?

>> THE WOODWORK IS STUNNING, AND

I LOVE WATCHING PEOPLE'S MOUTHS

DROP WHEN THEY WALK IN FRONT

DOOR.

THE WOODWORK, THE STAINED GLASS

WINDOWS ARE ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.

THE NATURAL GAS BROUGHT A LOT OF

GLASS MANUFACTURING TO CENTRAL

INDIANA, NOT JUST HERE, BUT IN

MADISON COUNTY, ELWOOD,

ANDERSON, CLEAR UP TO HARTFORD

CITY.

ONE THAT CAME IN WAS KOKOMO

GLASS AND THEY MANUFACTURE ART

GLASS, WHICH IS COLORED GLASS

FOR STAINED GLASS WINDOWS.

IN FACT, THEY MANUFACTURED QUITE

A BIT OF GLASS FOR TIFFANY AND

COMPANY.

SO THEY WERE HERE WHEN HE CAME

MAKING GLASS, AND THEY MADE THE

GLASS AND THE WINDOWS FOR THIS

BEAUTIFUL MANSION.

WE HAVE A FEW WINDOWS THAT ARE

REPRODUCTIONS BUT WE HAVE A

NUMBER OF ORIGINAL STAINED GLASS

WINDOWS WITH THAT ORIGINAL UP A

LESSANT GLASS IN IT.

>> WHAT IS EXACTLY IN THE

ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF THIS

HOME?

>> THE OFFICIAL NAME IS

NEOJOCOBIAN REVIVAL.

IT'S PRIMARILY ROMANESQUE, WHICH

IS CHARACTERIZED BY THE HEAVY

STONE BLOCKS THAT ARE AROUND THE

HOUSE.

IT GIVES IT A REALLY SOLID-BUILT

FEATURE, FEELING WHEN YOU LOOK

AT THE HOUSE.

IT'S A BIG STONE BRICK

ROMANESQUE.

>> IN ADDITION TO BEING A LOVELY

HOME, THIS IS ALSO A COUNTY

MUSEUM WITH EXHIBITS.

TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THE

EXHIBITS YOU'LL FIND HERE.

>> WELL, WE TRY TO GO THROUGH

AND EXPLAIN THE FOUNDING OF THE

COUNTY AND REALLY FOCUS ON THE

GAS BOOM HISTORY BECAUSE THAT'S

WHAT MADE KOKOMO WHAT IT IS

TODAY.

SO WE HAVE -- INSIDE THE HOUSE

WE HAVE A MIX OF EXHIBITS AND

PERIOD ROOMS TO LET PEOPLE GET

AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO

LIVE HERE AND THEN TO ALSO

UNDERSTAND HOW THE COMMUNITY

CAME TO BE, HOW THE COUNTY CAME

TO BE WHAT IT IS TODAY.

>> AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, AT

ONE POINT THE HOUSE WAS IN SUCH

DISREPAIR THAT SOME MIGHT HAVE

WONDERED WHY NOT JUST TEAR IT

DOWN.

WHY SAVE IT.

WHY IS THIS HOUSE IMPORTANT TO

KOKOMO AND MAYBE IMPORTANT TO

INDIANA?

>> OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN

ARCHITECTURAL BEAUTY.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE ICONIC

BUILDINGS THAT HAS COME TO STAND

FOR NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY BUT

THIS WHOLE COUNTY.

BUT BEYOND THAT IT HAS

TREMENDOUS SYMBOLIC VALUE

BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE HUGE

CHANGE THAT MADE KOKOMO THE

INDUSTRIAL TOWN THAT IT IS.

THIS BUILDING IS AT THE CORE OF

WHY THIS TOWN IS WHAT IT IS.

>> WE'RE CERTAINLY FORTUNATE TO

HAVE THIS WONDERFUL HOME HERE AS

A PEEK INTO INDIANA'S PAST.

THANK YOU, DAY, FOR GIVING US A

TOUR OF THE HOME AND ITS

HISTORY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE

INFORMATION ON THE MANSION OR

THE HOWARD COUNTY MUSEUM, VISIT

THEIR WEBSITE

HOWARDCOUNTYMUSEUM.ORG.

AS DAVE MENTIONED THE MANSION IS

FULL OF GLASS FROM THE KOKOMO

OPEN LESSANT GLASS FACTORY, A

BUSINESS OVER 100 YEARS OLD AND

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE

NOW TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE

FASCINATING HISTORY.

>> WHEN KOKOMO SPECULATORS

DISCOVERED NATURAL GAS IN 1886,

NEWS TRAVELED QUICKLY FROM

KOKOMO ALL THE WAY TO NEW

ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, WHERE

CHARLES EDWARD HENRY, A

SUCCESSFUL GLASS CHEMIST, SAW AN

OPPORTUNITY, ONE THAT WOULD

BEGIN A 130-YEAR LEGACY KNOWN

TODAY AS THE KOKOMO OPAL HE

ISANT GLASS FACTORY.

>> HE HR HAD CONNECTIONS IN THE

INDUSTRY, INCLUDING LEWIS

TIFFANY.

TIFFANY WAS LOOKING FOR UNIQUE

GLASSES, THINGS WITH TEXTURE,

LITTLE FLAWS IN THEM THAT ADDED

CHARACTER AND GAVE THE GLASS A

CERTAIN LOOK.

HENRY WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE

THAT.

WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT THE INDIANA

GAS BOOM HE DECIDED TO COME OVER

TO INDIANA BECAUSE WHAT BETTER

PLACE TO HAVE A GLASS FACTORY IF

YOU CAN HAVE FREE NATURAL GAS.

AND THE CITY OF KOKOMO ACTUALLY

GAVE HIM THIS PROPERTY.

SO THEN HE ERECTED THE ORIGINAL

FURNACE ROOM AND STARTED

MANUFACTURING GLASS.

>> ON NOVEMBER 16th, 1888,

HENRY SHIPPED HIS FIRST HAUL OF

GLASS, OVER 600 POUNDS OF

BRILLIANT BLUE AND WHITE SHEETS

TO TIFFANY.

SHORTLY THEREAFTER HEN TREE

SHIPPED GLASS TO DISPLAY AT THE

PARIS EXHIBITION, THE WORLD'S

FAIR WHERE HE WON A GOLD MEDAL.

NEW ORDERS POURED IN FROM ACROSS

EUROPE.

>> WE'RE FAMOUS FOR OUR COLORS,

THE VIBE RUNS OF THE COLORS, THE

RICHNESS, INTENSITY OF THE

COLORS.

I THINK MAYBE PRIOR TO HENRY THE

LOOK FOR STAINED GLASS, PEOPLE

WANTED TO SEE IT CLEAR AND FLAT

AND FLAWLESS.

YOU KNOW, PRODUCING A TEXTURED

STAINED GLASS WAS SOMETHING THAT

WAS NEW AND DIFFERENT.

>> SPEA SITE THE SURGE OF

SUCCESS, HAD HE BEEN RE'S POOR

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LED TO

BANKRUPTCY WITHIN THE YEAR.

BUT THE KOKOMO COMMUNITY BANNED

TOGETHER TO SAVE THE FACTORY.

THREE LOCAL BUSINESSMEN

PURCHASED THE GLASSWORKS AND

OVER THE NEXT CENTURY THE

FAMILIES BUILT A GLASS EMPIRE.

KOKOMO'S GLASS CAN BE SEEN

ACROSS THE WORLD FROM

ARCHITECTURAL WONDERS LIKE THE

CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER AND

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S DANA HOUSE

TO STUNNING PLACES OF WORSHIP

LIKE THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY'S

CADET CHAPEL, AND EVEN THE

VATICAN.

IN FACT, THERE ARE ESTIMATES

THAT 75% OF THE WORLD'S CHURCHES

CONTAIN KOKOMO'S GLASS.

TODAY IT IS THE OLD US STAINED

GLASS MANUFACTURER IN THE

COUNTRY.

>> SO WE MAKE OUR PRODUCT JUST

LIKE WE DID BACK IN 1888.

THE PROCESS HAS NOT CHANGED.

WE'RE USING THE SAME RECIPES WE

DID IN HIS DAY.

WE MELT THE GLASS THE SAME WAY

WE DID, WE HAND A LITTLE IT,

HAND MIX IT AND ROLL IT AND IT'S

ALL ESSENTIALLY EXACTLY THE

SAME.

THE THING THAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT

THAT IS NO TWO SHEETS OF GLASS

ARE GOING TO BE IDENTICAL.

EACH ONE IS GOING TO BE A UNIQUE

PIECE OF ART.

>> AND BECAUSE OF THIS APPROACH,

THE KOKOMO GLASS FACTORY WAS

ABLE TO OFFER 22,000 DIFFERENT

COMBINATIONS OF COLOR AND

TEXTURE.

THE FURNACE'S 12 CRUCIBLES CAN

EACH HOLD A MOLTEN GLASS, UP TO

600 POUNDS AT A TIME.

IT TAKES HALF A DAY TO MELT BUT

WHEN THE GLASS IS READY TO BE

POURED, THE CREW LEAPS INTO

ACTION.

>> THAT IS AN ART FORM MORE THAN

A SCIENCE.

IT TAKES A LOT OF YEARS AND A

GOOD EYE TO KNOW WHEN YOU'VE GOT

THE APPROPRIATE MIX.

YOU DON'T WANT TO OVERMIX IT

BECAUSE IT WILL BECOME MUDDY AND

YOU DON'T WANT TO UNDERMIX IT

BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL HAVE THE

COLORS SEGREGATED WHERE YOU WANT

THEM COMBINED TOGETHER IN JUST

THE RIGHT AMOUNT.

>> WHEN THE MIX IS READY,

SPECIALIZED ROLLERS FLATTEN IT

INTO A SHEET AND THE SHEET IS

PUSHED INTO AN ANNEALING

FURNACE.

THERE THE GLASS IS GRADUALLY

COOLED TO PREVENT CRACKS.

ONCE THE SHEET REACHES THE TRIM

ROOM IT IS READY TO BE KUPT INTO

THE NECESSARY SIZES.

ALL TOLD, THE FACTORY PRODUCES

BETWEEN 1500 AND 2500 SQUARE

FEET OF UNIQUE GLASS EACH DAY.

>> WE STARTED OUT STRICTLY AS A

MANUFACTURER OF STAINED GLASS

SHEETS AND SLOWLY WENT --

SELLING THAT TO GLASS ARTISTS

AROUND THE WORLD.

OVER THE YEARS WE'VE EXPANDED.

BACK IN THE '90s WE ADDED THE

HOT GLASS STUDIO WHERE WE HAVE

GLASS BLOWERS ON STAFF, AND THEY

PRODUCE REALLY AN UNLIMITED

NUMBER OF PRODUCTS THERE.

RONDELS ARE A COMMON PRODUCT FOR

US.

WE PROBABLY PRODUCE MORE THAN OF

THOSE THAN ANYTHING.

WE ALSO DO VASES, BOWLS, PAPER

WEIGHTS.

YOU NAME IT.

IF IT'S MADE OUT OF COLORED

GLASS, WE'RE PROBABLY DOING IT

SOMEWHERE IN THIS OF FACTORY.

>> THEY OFFER ART CLASSES AND

OPEN UP THE FACTORY FLOOR EACH

WEEKDAY MORNING WHERE VISITORS

CAN STEP BACK IN TIME AND WATCH

THE CENTURY-OLD PROCESS TAKE

PLACE, ALL IN THE SAME FACILITY

THAT CHARLES HENRY ONCE BUILT.

>> YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THAT

CONNECTION TO THE PAST, THE

IMPORTANCE OF THIS PLACE TO THE

COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE HERE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES HERE

WHO ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL IN

THEIR SENIORITY.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WILL COME IN

AND TELL US THEIR GRANDFATHER

WORKED HERE.

IT'S REALLY NEAT WHEN WE HAVE

THOSE PAST STORIES COME ABOUT.

WE'RE PART OF THE INDUSTRIAL

HERITAGE OF NOT JUST KOKOMO BUT

INDIANA AND THE UNITED STATES.

WE'RE ONE OF JUST A SMALL

HANDFUL OF MANUFACTURERS

PRODUCING GLASS THIS WAY.

THE GLASS ART COMMUNITY

WORLDWIDE RELIES ON US TO

CONTINUE IN BUSINESS AND BE ABLE

TO SUPPLY THEIR NEEDS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, A

LOT OF NEW THINGS TO TRY HERE.

WE'RE CONSTANT DLOIFLING AND

IMPROVING -- DEVELOPING AND

IMPROVING WHAT WE DO AND ADDING

NEW PRODUCTS.

IT'S NEVER ENDING, THE POTENTIAL

OF THINGS YOU CAN DO WITH GLASS,

AND IT'S VERY REWARDING THAT

WAY.

>> YOU CAN TAKE A TOUR OF THE

KOKOMO GLASS FACTORY AND SEE UP

CLOSE HOW THEY'VE MADE THEIR

QUALITY GLASS FOR OVER 100

YEARS.

LEARN MORE AT KOG.COM.

>>> WHEN IT COMES TO ARTISTRY

THE GLASS COMPANY HAS BEEN

HAPPENING MAKE A NAME FOR KOKOMO

FOR DECADES.

UP NEXT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE

KOKOMO ART ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS

ENSURING KOKOMO IS A PLACE FOR

ARTISTS FOR YEARS TO COME WITH

PUBLIC WORKS LIKE THE KOKOMO

MANTIS.

>> COKE MOST ARTIST ASSOCIATION

WAS BOARND IN 1926.

SO WE HAVE BEEN HERE 92 YEARS

NOW.

WE'RE, I THINK, THE OLDEST

OPERATING ART ASSOCIATION IN

KOKOMO.

THE MISSION WAS TO BRING ART TO

THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY TO

ART.

>> IN 1988 THE ORGANIZATION

OPENED THE KOKOMO ART CENTER TO

HOUSE AND SHARE THE

ASSOCIATION'S EXTENSIVE ART

COLLECTION.

STILL, THE ORGANIZATION WANTED

TO DO MORE TO SUPPORT ITS

COMMUNITY.

SO THEY STARTED TO LOOK FOR A

SECOND HOME WHERE LOCAL ARTIST

KOZ SHOWCASE AND SELL THEIR

WORK.

>> WE DECIDED WE LIKED THE

VISION THE MAYOR HAD FOR THE

CITY MAKING DOWNTOWN AN ARTS

DISTRICT AND WE THOUGHT THIS WAS

THE PLACE WE SHOULD BE, AND WHEN

WE WALKED IN THE DOOR OF THIS

BUILDING AND SAW THE BUILDING WE

THOUGHT, THIS IS IT.

>> AND IN 2012, THANKS TO A

GRACIOUS BENEFACTOR, THE KOKOMO

ARTS ASSOCIATION WAS ABLE TO

PURCHASE THE BUILDING.

TODAY THE ARTWORK'S GALLERY

FEATURES STUDIO SPACES FOR

CLASSES AND DISPLAYS FOR LOCAL

ARTISTS, CULTIVATING A CREATIVE

ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL AGES AND

ABILITY.

>> WHEN YOU FIRST COME IN AS THE

NEW ARTIST, YOU COME IN, AND

BEING AROUND OTHER ARTISTIC

PEOPLE, YOU LEARN AND YOU ABSORB

AND YOU BECOME A BETTER ARTIST.

I'VE BECOME A BETTER

PHOTOGRAPHER JUST BY BEING IN

THE ARTWORKS GALLERY.

EVERY MONTH HERE WE HAVE A

FEATURE OR A GUEST ARTIST, AND

WE TRY TO BRING IN ARTISTS FROM

THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO FROM

OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE HAD ARTISTS FROM CHICAGO,

CINCINNATI, AND WE TRY TO BRING

IN THINGS THAT PEOPLE HERE IN

KOKOMO WOULD NOT NORMALLY SEE.

>> AND IF SOME RESIDENTS WEREN'T

GOING TO VISIT THE GALLERY, THEN

THE KOKOMO ARTS ASSOCIATION

WOULD BRING THE GALLERY TO THEM,

WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY AND

LOCAL VOLUNTEERS.

THE ORGANIZATION CONVERTED THE

PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY OUTSIDE THEIR

BUILDING INTO A 24/7 OUTDOOR

EXHIBIT ACTUALLY NAMED ARTIST

ALLEY.

IT'S THE ASSOCIATION'S HOPE THAT

THE GALLERY WILL TRANSFORM FAR

MORE THAN BRICK WALLS.

>> THE HEART OF A CITY IS THE

DOWNTOWN, AND TO HAVE A VIBRANT

CITY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VIBRANT

DOWNTOWN.

IT'S AMAZING TO WALK THROUGH THE

ALLEY AND SEE OTHER PEOPLE WALK,

AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE ART

AND READING THE DEGYP SHUN OF

THE ART -- DESCRIPTION OF THE

ART AND ENJOYING WHAT WE HAVE

OUT HERE.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

THERE AGAIN, WE'RE REACHING

PEOPLE.

WE'RE BRINGING ART TO THE

COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN SEE IT.

YOU CAN SEE THE PEOPLE AND HOW

THEY ENJOY AND IT MAKES THEM

HAPPY.

>> AND SEEING THAT JOY INSPIRED

THE ASSOCIATION TO BRING EVEN

MORE ART INTO THE COMMUNITY.

PARTNERING WITH OTHER KOKOMO

ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL ARTISTS

TO CREATE INCREDIBLE MURALS,

DOTTING THE TOWN'S WALKING

TRAILINGS AND BUSINESSES.

>> WHEN WE DO THESE MURLZ,

PEOPLE STOP AND THEY LOVE IT AND

THEY TELL YOU WHAT THEY THINK OF

THE MURAL, THEY WANT TO KNOW IF

YOU'RE GOING TO DO MORE, AND THE

PEOPLE ARE JUST EXCITED TO SEE

THESE PIECES OF ARTWORK GO UP.

I THINK IT BRIGHTENS THE

COMMUNITY.

I THINK IT GIVES PEOPLE WHEN

THEY SAY IT, I THINK IT GIVES

THEM A LITTLE BIT OF HEAP EANESS

FORHAPPINESSFOR THE DAY.

I HOPE IT BRINGS PRIDE TO PEOPLE

THAT THEIR COMMUNITY IS TRYING

TO BEAUTIFY THE PLACES THAT THEY

WALK AND FIT AND SEE EVERY DAY.

I HOPE PEOPLE HAVE PRIDE IN

THAT.

I KNOW I DO.

BUT I HOPE IT'S AN ENJOYMENT AND

BRINGS A LITTLE SENSE OF WHAT

ART IS AND WHAT IT DOES FOR YOUR

LIFE.

I WANTED TO HAVE A LEGACY OF ART

IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE WE

CONTINUE TO.

>> THERE ARE MANY WONDERFUL

ARTISTS IN THE CITY AND THE

KOKOMO ART ASSOCIATION IS

DEDICATED TO BRINGING THEM TO

THE COMMUNITY.

FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN SEE THEIR

WORK AT KAAA.ORG.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS TO SEE

IN KOKOMO WITH NEW ATTRACTIONS

EVERY YEAR.

DISCOVER THE CITY OF FIRSTS.

LEARN MORE AT VISITKOKOMO.ORG.

>>> THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE

TONIGHT.

WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE

JOURNEY INTO KOKOMO WITH US AND

DISCOVERING ALL THE INNOVATIONS

AND IDEAS THAT GOT THEIR START

RIGHT HERE.

GOOD NIGHT!

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