1 00:00:06,066 --> 00:00:07,133 PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR THE 2 00:00:07,133 --> 00:00:15,000 "WEEKLY SPECIAL" IS PROVIDED 3 00:00:08,666 --> 00:00:30,000 BY... 4 00:00:36,433 --> 00:00:38,033 >> FOR HUNDREDS, EVEN THOUSANDS 5 00:00:38,033 --> 00:00:40,966 OF YEARS, THE LAND THAT IS NOW 6 00:00:40,966 --> 00:00:43,300 INDIANA HAS BEEN SHAPED BY 7 00:00:43,300 --> 00:00:43,766 TRANSPORTATION. 8 00:00:43,766 --> 00:00:45,866 JOURNEY WITH ANCIENT ANCESTORS, 9 00:00:45,866 --> 00:00:48,166 DISCOVER HOW MODERN INVENTIONS 10 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:50,166 CHANGED CITYSCAPES IN A NEW 11 00:00:50,166 --> 00:00:51,666 MEMORY CHAIN. 12 00:00:51,666 --> 00:00:53,366 TRAVEL TO NICE TOWN, INDIANA, 13 00:00:53,366 --> 00:00:57,466 HOME OF THE FAMOUS HOOSIERS GYM. 14 00:00:57,466 --> 00:01:01,833 MEET A NEW MUSICIAN WITH AN OLD 15 00:01:01,833 --> 00:01:02,133 SOUL. 16 00:01:02,133 --> 00:01:03,166 STAY TUNED FOR THE STORIES THAT 17 00:01:03,166 --> 00:01:04,866 WILL SHAPE YOUR OWN INDIANA 18 00:01:04,866 --> 00:01:11,100 PERSPECTIVE RIGHT NOW ON "THE 19 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:23,533 "WEEKLY SPECIAL." 20 00:01:23,533 --> 00:01:25,266 >> WELCOME TO THE "WEEKLY 21 00:01:25,266 --> 00:01:25,633 SPECIAL." 22 00:01:25,633 --> 00:01:27,766 I'M ERICA SAGON. 23 00:01:27,766 --> 00:01:29,266 WALKING FAMILIAR PATHS OR 24 00:01:29,266 --> 00:01:31,166 DRIVING ROUTINE ROADS, IT'S EASY 25 00:01:31,166 --> 00:01:32,566 TO FORGET HOW MANY HOOSIERS HAVE 26 00:01:32,566 --> 00:01:33,800 COME BEFORE US. 27 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,366 TRAVELING ALONG THE EXACT SAME 28 00:01:36,366 --> 00:01:38,166 PATHS CENTURIES AGO. 29 00:01:38,166 --> 00:01:39,800 AND AS OUR NEXT STORY PROVES, 30 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:44,233 YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT MAY LIE JUST 31 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:46,700 BENEATH YOUR OWN FEET. 32 00:01:46,700 --> 00:01:48,500 >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE STARTING IN 33 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:50,433 THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE CAVERNS. 34 00:01:50,433 --> 00:01:52,933 THIS IS WHERE THE WATER 35 00:01:52,933 --> 00:01:54,100 CONSTANTLY FLOWS. 36 00:01:54,100 --> 00:01:55,633 WHILE IT'S FLOWING ALONG DOWN 37 00:01:55,633 --> 00:01:58,533 HERE IN THE UNDERGROUND RIVER IT 38 00:01:58,533 --> 00:02:00,500 SLOWLY LITTLE BY LITTLE IS 39 00:02:00,500 --> 00:02:02,433 DISSOLVING AWAY AT THE LIMESTONE 40 00:02:02,433 --> 00:02:04,100 ENLARGING THE PASSAGE YEAR BY 41 00:02:04,100 --> 00:02:04,633 YEAR. 42 00:02:04,633 --> 00:02:06,000 ALTHOUGH NOT ENOUGH YOU WOULD 43 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,300 NOTICE IT IF YOU SAT DOWN HERE 44 00:02:07,300 --> 00:02:08,466 FOR 10 YEARS. 45 00:02:08,466 --> 00:02:11,633 IT IS A RIVER CAVE, SO THE 46 00:02:11,633 --> 00:02:13,833 PASSAGES WE'RE FOLLOWING WERE 47 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:19,700 TOTALLY CARVED BY THE FLOWING 48 00:02:19,700 --> 00:02:20,000 WATER. 49 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:20,633 GEOLOGISTS TELL US THESE 50 00:02:20,633 --> 00:02:21,300 UNDERGROUND PASSAGES BEGAN 51 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:22,000 FORMING ABOUT A MILLION YEARS 52 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:22,266 AGO. 53 00:02:22,266 --> 00:02:22,933 THAT'S WHEN THE FIRST TINY 54 00:02:22,933 --> 00:02:23,900 TRICKLES OF WATER FLOWED THROUGH 55 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:25,466 THE CRACKS OF THE LIMESTONE 56 00:02:25,466 --> 00:02:28,366 ENLARGED OVER THE LAST MILLION 57 00:02:28,366 --> 00:02:30,366 YEARS AND EVENTUALLY REACHED THE 58 00:02:30,366 --> 00:02:31,466 SIZE WE SEE TODAY. 59 00:02:31,466 --> 00:02:32,866 IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE HISTORY 60 00:02:32,866 --> 00:02:35,200 BOOKS IN THE LATE 1800s, THEY 61 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,266 MENTIONED GOING INTO THE 62 00:02:37,266 --> 00:02:38,533 CAVERNS, AND WE ASSUME AT THAT 63 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:41,466 TIME THEY WERE COMING IN FROM 64 00:02:41,466 --> 00:02:42,833 THE RIVER WHERE THE UNDERGROUND 65 00:02:42,833 --> 00:02:44,600 RIVER AND THE CAVERNS HERE 66 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,800 ACTUALLY JOINS THE OUTSIDE. 67 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,000 THE ENTRANCE WE USE TODAY OPENED 68 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,100 UP OVER NIGHT AFTER A HEAVY 69 00:02:51,100 --> 00:02:51,400 RAIN. 70 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,533 THE BOTTOM DROPPED OUT OF A 71 00:02:55,533 --> 00:02:59,733 SINKHOLE AND THAT'S WHEN THE 72 00:02:59,733 --> 00:03:02,100 MODERN-DAY HISTORY OF THESE 73 00:03:02,100 --> 00:03:03,266 CAVERNS STARTED. 74 00:03:03,266 --> 00:03:06,400 >> IT TOOK THE CURIOSITY OF 75 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:10,100 LOCAL SPEA LUNKERS TO DISCOVER 76 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:12,400 THE MAP OF THE CAVERN. 77 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:13,900 >> I STARTED GOING IN THIS CAVE 78 00:03:13,900 --> 00:03:14,500 IN 1961. 79 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:16,000 WE SPENT A NUMBER YEARS 80 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:17,100 EXPLORING AND CAUGHT THE BUG TO 81 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:20,233 SEE WHAT WE COULD DO AS FAR AS 82 00:03:20,233 --> 00:03:21,133 MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR THE 83 00:03:21,133 --> 00:03:22,166 PUBLIC TO SEE IT. 84 00:03:22,166 --> 00:03:25,466 THIS WAS THE CAVE THAT WE FIRST 85 00:03:25,466 --> 00:03:26,933 EXPLORED, AND DISCOVERED LOTS 86 00:03:26,933 --> 00:03:28,633 AND LOTS OF PASSAGES NO ONE HAD 87 00:03:28,633 --> 00:03:29,233 SEEN BEFORE. 88 00:03:29,233 --> 00:03:33,566 SO IT'S KIND OF TRANSFERRED TO 89 00:03:33,566 --> 00:03:36,233 [INAUDIBLE] IN 1974 WE OPENED UP 90 00:03:36,233 --> 00:03:39,766 THE CAVE FOR TOURISM OF THE 91 00:03:39,766 --> 00:03:40,100 PUBLIC. 92 00:03:40,100 --> 00:03:41,366 AS THE MAIN PERSON INVOLVED WITH 93 00:03:41,366 --> 00:03:42,666 SETTING THE WHOLE THING UP TO 94 00:03:42,666 --> 00:03:45,900 BEGIN WITH, THIS IS KIND 95 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:47,166 [INAUDIBLE] SO I HAVE BEEN HERE 96 00:03:47,166 --> 00:03:53,566 EVERY SINCE. 97 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:55,700 >> IT'S ONE OF FOUR DEVELOPED 98 00:03:55,700 --> 00:03:56,866 LOCATIONS ON INDIANA'S CAVE 99 00:03:56,866 --> 00:03:58,266 TRAIL. 100 00:03:58,266 --> 00:03:59,666 >> CAVE TRAIL IS REALLY KIND OF 101 00:03:59,666 --> 00:04:01,233 A PAINFUL PROCESS. 102 00:04:01,233 --> 00:04:02,766 YOU CAN'T GO OUT AND HIRE A 103 00:04:02,766 --> 00:04:04,133 CONTRACTOR TO COME AND DO IT. 104 00:04:04,133 --> 00:04:06,800 SO ALL THE WORK THAT WAS PUT IN 105 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:09,466 IN THE TRAILS, IT'S ALL IN THE 106 00:04:09,466 --> 00:04:10,566 LIGHTS -- INSTALLING THE LIGHTS, 107 00:04:10,566 --> 00:04:12,466 ALL THAT WE DO OURSELVES. 108 00:04:12,466 --> 00:04:13,966 TYPICALLY UNDERGROUND RIVERS 109 00:04:13,966 --> 00:04:15,766 LIKE THIS CAN BE FOUND IN A LOT 110 00:04:15,766 --> 00:04:17,200 OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS BUT IT'S 111 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:19,400 RARE TO HAVE THIS MUCH 112 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:19,766 DEEPWATER. 113 00:04:19,766 --> 00:04:21,400 IT'S PROBABLY THE LONGEST 114 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,700 NAVIGABLE UNDERGROUND RIVER IN 115 00:04:23,700 --> 00:04:25,866 THE COUNTRY. 116 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:27,800 IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER THREE 117 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,200 MILES OF PASSAGES YOU CAN FOLLOW 118 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:30,500 BY BOAT AND THERE ARE A BIT OVER 119 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:33,733 17 MILES OF TRIBUTARIES, STREAM 120 00:04:33,733 --> 00:04:34,700 PASSAGES, THAT FEED INTO THE 121 00:04:34,700 --> 00:04:37,800 MAIN RIVER JUST LIKE CREEKS 122 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,633 WOULD FEED INTO A RIVER ON THE 123 00:04:39,633 --> 00:04:39,966 SURFACE. 124 00:04:39,966 --> 00:04:42,933 >> THE CAVE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED 125 00:04:42,933 --> 00:04:45,033 INTO AN AWARD WINNING ADVENTURE 126 00:04:45,033 --> 00:04:46,433 DESTINATION OFFERING BOAT TOURS 127 00:04:46,433 --> 00:04:49,433 AND EVEN OVERNIGHT SPELUNKING. 128 00:04:49,433 --> 00:04:51,266 >> WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUR 129 00:04:51,266 --> 00:04:52,733 OVERNIGHT ADVENTURE FOR OVER 40 130 00:04:52,733 --> 00:04:54,566 YEARS NOW AND THIS PROGRAM IS 131 00:04:54,566 --> 00:04:56,566 UNIQUE SET UP FOR YOUTH GROUPS 132 00:04:56,566 --> 00:04:58,333 AGES 9-16. 133 00:04:58,333 --> 00:04:59,800 THEY COME DOWN TO THE CAVERNS. 134 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,433 WE TAKE THEM ON A BOAT TRIP UP 135 00:05:01,433 --> 00:05:02,366 THE RIVER. 136 00:05:02,366 --> 00:05:05,033 THEY GET TO DO A SPECIAL TRIP 137 00:05:05,033 --> 00:05:07,466 OFF TRAIL WHERE THEY USE -- HAVE 138 00:05:07,466 --> 00:05:09,633 HELMETS AND LIGHTS AND GO INTO 139 00:05:09,633 --> 00:05:11,433 THE UNDEVELOPED SECTIONS OF THE 140 00:05:11,433 --> 00:05:13,133 CAVE AND DO A BIT OF CRAWLING 141 00:05:13,133 --> 00:05:15,633 AND CLIMBING, GET VERY DIRTY. 142 00:05:15,633 --> 00:05:17,766 IT'S A WAY OF INTRODUCING THE 143 00:05:17,766 --> 00:05:21,800 YOUTH TO WHAT'S GOING ON 144 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:22,200 UNDERGROUND. 145 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:23,766 EXPERIENCE THINGS YOU WON'T SEE 146 00:05:23,766 --> 00:05:25,066 AND WON'T EXPERIENCE SITTING AT 147 00:05:25,066 --> 00:05:26,800 HOME IN YOUR LIVING ROOM OR 148 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:28,200 WATCHING TV, WHERE YOU ACTUALLY 149 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:29,966 GET INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AND SEE 150 00:05:29,966 --> 00:05:31,500 IT WITH YOUR OWN EYES. 151 00:05:31,500 --> 00:05:33,300 >> IT'S NO WONDER WHY BLUE 152 00:05:33,300 --> 00:05:34,933 SPRINGS HAS BECOME A FAVORITE 153 00:05:34,933 --> 00:05:36,033 DESTINATION NO MATTER THE 154 00:05:36,033 --> 00:05:38,700 SEASON. 155 00:05:38,700 --> 00:05:40,133 >> IF YOU'D LIKE MORE 156 00:05:40,133 --> 00:05:41,233 INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN 157 00:05:41,233 --> 00:05:42,833 EXPERIENCE THE CAVERNS, VISIT 158 00:05:42,833 --> 00:05:46,066 THEIR WEBSITE AT 159 00:05:46,066 --> 00:05:47,600 BLUESPRINGCAVERNS.COM. 160 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,333 >> JUST AS ADVANCES IN TRANSPOUR 161 00:05:49,333 --> 00:05:50,633 DAITION CARVED THE NATURAL 162 00:05:50,633 --> 00:05:52,733 LANDSCAPE OF THE KANKAKEE RIVER, 163 00:05:52,733 --> 00:05:55,366 SO, TOO, DID THEY CHANGE THE 164 00:05:55,366 --> 00:05:57,200 CITYSCAPES ACROSS INDUSTRIAL 165 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:57,733 INDIANA. 166 00:05:57,733 --> 00:06:00,933 >> IT MAY SEEM INCREDIBLE NOW, 167 00:06:00,933 --> 00:06:02,300 CONSIDERING HOW DIFFERENTLY THEY 168 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:04,400 EACH INFLUENCED DAILY LIFE, BUT 169 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:06,533 THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHEN 170 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:08,733 BICYCLES AND MOTOR VEHICLES LEFT 171 00:06:08,733 --> 00:06:10,433 THE STARTING LINE AT ROUGHLY THE 172 00:06:10,433 --> 00:06:13,533 SAME SPEED. 173 00:06:13,533 --> 00:06:17,366 IN 1885 THE CHAIN-DRIVEN SAFETY 174 00:06:17,366 --> 00:06:18,933 BICYCLE WAS INTRODUCED. 175 00:06:18,933 --> 00:06:21,866 JUST A COUPLE MONTHS AND A FEW 176 00:06:21,866 --> 00:06:23,166 HUNDRED MILES FROM AN EARLY 177 00:06:23,166 --> 00:06:25,233 PROTOTYPE OF AN AUTOMOBILE WITH 178 00:06:25,233 --> 00:06:28,866 A GASOLINE-FUELED INTERNAL 179 00:06:28,866 --> 00:06:30,466 COMBUSTION ENGINE. 180 00:06:30,466 --> 00:06:32,466 INITIALLY THE TOP SPEED OF TWO 181 00:06:32,466 --> 00:06:35,066 WHEELS POWERED BY LEGS AND FOUR 182 00:06:35,066 --> 00:06:36,866 WHEELS POWERED BY PISTONS WAS 183 00:06:36,866 --> 00:06:39,433 ROUGHLY THE SAME. 184 00:06:39,433 --> 00:06:41,566 IT WAS A THRESHOLD THAT STILL 185 00:06:41,566 --> 00:06:44,066 ALLOWED RIDERS AND DRIVERS TO 186 00:06:44,066 --> 00:06:47,200 NOTICE AND EXPERIENCE THEIR 187 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:47,633 SURROUNDINGS. 188 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:49,966 FOR A COUPLE DECADES AT LEAST IT 189 00:06:49,966 --> 00:06:52,366 WASN'T HOW FAST ONE COULD GO OR 190 00:06:52,366 --> 00:06:54,600 HOW QUICKLY ONE COULD GET THERE, 191 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:59,733 BUT, RATHER, ALL THAT HAPPENED 192 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:07,566 ALONG THE WAY. 193 00:07:07,566 --> 00:07:10,566 ONE DAY IN MAY A GROUP OF 194 00:07:10,566 --> 00:07:13,600 CYCLISTS CAME TOGETHER IN TERRE 195 00:07:13,600 --> 00:07:15,266 HAUTE, INDIANA, A VERY DIVERSE 196 00:07:15,266 --> 00:07:17,566 GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS, SOME WITH 197 00:07:17,566 --> 00:07:21,000 THEIR ARMS AND HANDLEBARS 198 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:21,366 ENTWINED. 199 00:07:21,366 --> 00:07:23,500 WE'RE AT 1922, A TIME WHEN THE 200 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:26,000 LEGS OF HUMANS AND HORSES WERE 201 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,600 STILL RELIED UPON FOR MUCH OF 202 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,233 THE DAILY TRANSPORTATION AROUND 203 00:07:31,233 --> 00:07:31,600 AMERICA. 204 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,200 AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DECADE, 205 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,200 IN FACT, THERE WERE TWICE AS 206 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:38,433 MANY HORSES AS MOTOR VEHICLES IN 207 00:07:38,433 --> 00:07:38,766 INDIANA. 208 00:07:38,766 --> 00:07:40,866 WITHIN 10 YEARS, THOSE 209 00:07:40,866 --> 00:07:42,700 PROPORTIONS WOULD BE REVERSED 210 00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:47,100 WITH NO LOOKING BACK. 211 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:50,766 IN 1922 THIS GROUP COULD FIND 212 00:07:50,766 --> 00:07:52,233 ENCOURAGEMENT FROM A DEVELOPMENT 213 00:07:52,233 --> 00:07:54,966 BEING PLANNED FOR THEIR 214 00:07:54,966 --> 00:07:55,333 HOMETOWN. 215 00:07:55,333 --> 00:07:57,366 THE NATIONALLY RENOWNED 216 00:07:57,366 --> 00:07:59,666 ARCHITECT GEORGE KESSLER HAD 217 00:07:59,666 --> 00:08:01,900 PROPOSED A 30-MILE-LONG BRFD 218 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:04,133 THAT WOULD ENCIRCLE THEIR 219 00:08:04,133 --> 00:08:05,200 RAPIDLY GROWING CITY. 220 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,633 THIS IS THE ONLY REMAINING 221 00:08:07,633 --> 00:08:10,933 SKETCH OF HIS VISION, A GRAND 222 00:08:10,933 --> 00:08:12,933 PAVED THOROUGHFARE WITH A CANOPY 223 00:08:12,933 --> 00:08:17,433 OF BROAD, LEAFY TREES R EVERY 224 00:08:17,433 --> 00:08:20,533 FEW MILES PARK LANDS AND NATURAL 225 00:08:20,533 --> 00:08:23,233 VISTAS SUITABLE FOR PICNICKING, 226 00:08:23,233 --> 00:08:25,633 OR PAINTING. 227 00:08:25,633 --> 00:08:27,366 FOREST PARK. 228 00:08:27,366 --> 00:08:28,566 FAIRBANKS PARK. 229 00:08:28,566 --> 00:08:30,333 HIGHLAND LAWN CEMETERY. 230 00:08:30,333 --> 00:08:31,233 THE WATERWORKS. 231 00:08:31,233 --> 00:08:34,066 AND THE BANKS OF THE WABASH NOT 232 00:08:34,066 --> 00:08:36,866 SO FAR AWAY. 233 00:08:36,866 --> 00:08:38,166 IDEAL FOR AN OUTING YOU WILL 234 00:08:38,166 --> 00:08:40,000 COULD TAKE BY BICYCLE ON A 235 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,466 LOVELY SPRING DAY, EXACTLY WHAT 236 00:08:42,466 --> 00:08:44,566 THIS GROUP WAS PLANNING WHEN 237 00:08:44,566 --> 00:08:46,833 THEY POSED FOR THIS PHOTOGRAPH 238 00:08:46,833 --> 00:08:49,900 ON THAT SATURDAY IN MAY. 239 00:08:49,900 --> 00:08:52,000 GEORGE KESSLER'S VISION WAS 240 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,400 NEVER REALIZED, IN PART BECAUSE 241 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,500 OF WHAT KESSLER HIMSELF WAS 242 00:08:56,500 --> 00:08:59,600 UNABLE TO SEE. 243 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:02,500 THE RATIO OF TRAFFIC ALONG HIS 244 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:04,166 PROPOSED BOULEVARD ENVISIONED 245 00:09:04,166 --> 00:09:08,466 FOUR CARS, FOUR PEDESTRIANS AND 246 00:09:08,466 --> 00:09:09,000 TWO HORSES. 247 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,200 THE LEGS OUTNUMBERED THE ENGINES 248 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:13,866 FOUR TO ONE. 249 00:09:13,866 --> 00:09:16,300 NO BICYCLES PICTURED, BUT NO 250 00:09:16,300 --> 00:09:19,000 WORRIES HERE. 251 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,700 ANYONE IN THIS GROUP WOULD HAVE 252 00:09:20,700 --> 00:09:27,933 TOLD YOU, "I LIKE THOSE ODDS 253 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:31,000 JUST FINE." 254 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,533 >> IT'S INCREDIBLE TO IMAGINE 255 00:09:32,533 --> 00:09:34,500 WHAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE LOOKED 256 00:09:34,500 --> 00:09:36,900 LIKE TODAY, BUT FASTER TRANSIT 257 00:09:36,900 --> 00:09:38,633 HAS CERTAINLY MADE IT EASIER TO 258 00:09:38,633 --> 00:09:40,933 EXPLORE YOUR NEIGHBORING 259 00:09:40,933 --> 00:09:42,600 COMMUNITIES AND JESSICA IS HERE 260 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,200 TO SHARE A SUGGESTION. 261 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,533 >> JUST OVER 2,000 CALLED 262 00:09:48,533 --> 00:09:51,133 KNIGHTS TOWN, INDIANA HOME. 263 00:09:51,133 --> 00:09:54,166 IT MAKES A NICE DAY TRIP KIND OF 264 00:09:54,166 --> 00:09:55,200 DESTINATION ALL ON ITS OWN, BUT 265 00:09:55,200 --> 00:10:01,000 IT IS A 1986 MOVIE, HOOSIERS, 266 00:09:57,833 --> 00:10:13,033 THAT MADE IT FAMOUS. 267 00:10:13,033 --> 00:10:14,966 THIS WAS THE GYM ALSO LOCATED 268 00:10:14,966 --> 00:10:15,966 DOWNTOWN THAT SEPTEMBER THE 269 00:10:15,966 --> 00:10:18,433 SCENE FOR THE FILM. 270 00:10:18,433 --> 00:10:20,366 THE GYM HAS BEEN MOSTLY 271 00:10:20,366 --> 00:10:23,566 UNTOUCHED SINCE THE 1950s. 272 00:10:23,566 --> 00:10:25,766 WELL TAKEN CARE OF, IT IS A 273 00:10:25,766 --> 00:10:27,266 COMMUNITY CENTER AND A POPULAR 274 00:10:27,266 --> 00:10:30,333 EVENT VENUE. 275 00:10:30,333 --> 00:10:32,133 THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE MEMORABILIA 276 00:10:32,133 --> 00:10:34,500 AND THE LOCKER ROOM WHERE MANY 277 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,466 MOVIE SCENES WERE FILMED. 278 00:10:36,466 --> 00:10:38,200 BACK IN 1921 THE COMMUNITY 279 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:39,600 RAISED FUNDS TO BUILD A GYM IN 280 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,600 ORDER TO HELP PAY FOR THE COST 281 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,000 ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING A LARGE 282 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,233 SPACE THEY HAD PROFESSIONAL 283 00:10:45,233 --> 00:10:46,333 BASKETBALL TEAMS AND COLLEGE 284 00:10:46,333 --> 00:10:48,233 PLAYERS TO FORM THEIR OWN LOCAL 285 00:10:48,233 --> 00:10:48,733 TEAM. 286 00:10:48,733 --> 00:10:52,533 IN 1932, FUNDS FROM THE WPA, THE 287 00:10:52,533 --> 00:10:54,333 FEDERAL WORKS PROGRESS 288 00:10:54,333 --> 00:10:55,533 ADMINISTRATION, WERE USED FOR 289 00:10:55,533 --> 00:10:57,133 ADDITION, INCLUDING THE BASEMENT 290 00:10:57,133 --> 00:10:57,933 LOCKER ROOM. 291 00:10:57,933 --> 00:11:00,900 IN 1966 THE GYM WAS CLOSED. 292 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:02,500 THE GYM SAT UNTIL SOMETHING 293 00:11:02,500 --> 00:11:03,600 WONDERFUL HAPPENED. 294 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:07,033 THE 1985 FILMING OF THE MOVIE 295 00:11:07,033 --> 00:11:07,433 "HOOSIERS." 296 00:11:07,433 --> 00:11:09,300 RELEASED IN 1986, IT BROUGHT THE 297 00:11:09,300 --> 00:11:11,000 GYM BACK INTO THE LIMELIGHT. 298 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,133 TO SEE THE GYM REALLY HOPPING, 299 00:11:13,133 --> 00:11:14,633 POP IN DURING THE ANNUAL 300 00:11:14,633 --> 00:11:16,233 HOOSIERS REUNION ALL-STAR 301 00:11:16,233 --> 00:11:17,666 CLASSIC, A DOUBLE-HEADER 302 00:11:17,666 --> 00:11:18,733 COMPOSED OF THE TOP INDIANA HIGH 303 00:11:18,733 --> 00:11:21,133 SCHOOL SENIORS. 304 00:11:21,133 --> 00:11:22,966 BUT IF SHOPPING IS MORE YOUR 305 00:11:22,966 --> 00:11:25,866 SPEED, TAKE A LOOK GLATS-COVERED 306 00:11:25,866 --> 00:11:26,233 ANTIQUES. 307 00:11:26,233 --> 00:11:28,366 THERE ARE 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF 308 00:11:28,366 --> 00:11:29,666 VENDOR BOOTHS TO SORT THROUGH. 309 00:11:29,666 --> 00:11:32,633 IT IS EASY TO NAVIGATE, WHICH IS 310 00:11:32,633 --> 00:11:37,066 NO EASESY FEAT WITH ALL THE 311 00:11:37,066 --> 00:11:38,766 NOOKS AND CRANNIES. 312 00:11:38,766 --> 00:11:41,100 IT ISN'T THE ONLY GREAT PLACE TO 313 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:41,433 BROWSE. 314 00:11:41,433 --> 00:11:42,566 YOU CAN FIND GIFT ITEMS AND 315 00:11:42,566 --> 00:11:47,066 FRESH FLOWERS AT THE IVY LEAGUE 316 00:11:47,066 --> 00:11:48,566 FLORAL AND GIFTS. 317 00:11:48,566 --> 00:11:50,800 DURING OUR VISIT, A MAGICIAN WAS 318 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:51,566 THERE SHOPPING. 319 00:11:51,566 --> 00:11:53,166 I GUESS MAYBE EVERYONE FINDS IT 320 00:11:53,166 --> 00:11:55,400 A BIT MAGICAL. 321 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,700 DON'T MISS THE HOMEMADE FOOD AT 322 00:11:57,700 --> 00:11:59,300 KNIGHTS TOWN T DINER. 323 00:11:59,300 --> 00:12:00,466 NOT ONLY DO THEY HAVE SOME OF 324 00:12:00,466 --> 00:12:02,166 THE BEST HOMEMADE FRIES IN THE 325 00:12:02,166 --> 00:12:03,766 ENTIRE STATE, AND I SHOULD KNOW, 326 00:12:03,766 --> 00:12:06,300 BUT THEY SERVE UP A PERFECT PORK 327 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:07,300 TENDERLOIN SANDWICH. 328 00:12:07,300 --> 00:12:08,866 PORTIONS ARE BIG, BUT TRY TO 329 00:12:08,866 --> 00:12:10,666 SAVE SOME ROOM. 330 00:12:10,666 --> 00:12:13,400 THAT DESSERT CASE IS ALWAYS FULL 331 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,900 OF FRESHLY PREPARED TREATS. 332 00:12:14,900 --> 00:12:17,300 WE SAW FOUR KINDS OF PIES ON OUR 333 00:12:17,300 --> 00:12:20,400 VISIT IN ADDITION TO OTHER SWEET 334 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,133 OFFERINGS. 335 00:12:20,766 --> 00:12:24,800 YOU WILL NOT LEAVE HUNGRY. 336 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,300 >> WHAT GREAT PLACE TO SPEND THE 337 00:12:27,300 --> 00:12:27,600 DAY. 338 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:29,333 READ MORE ABOUT KNIGHTS TOWN, 339 00:12:29,333 --> 00:12:34,400 INDIANA AT 340 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:34,966 WWW.LITTLEINDIANA.COM. 341 00:12:34,966 --> 00:12:39,266 SMALL TOWNS, DESTINATIONS, NOT 342 00:12:39,266 --> 00:12:41,233 DRIVE-THROUGHS. 343 00:12:41,233 --> 00:12:42,533 >> WHAT A PERFECT TIME TO VISIT 344 00:12:42,533 --> 00:12:43,966 AT THE START OF BASKETBALL 345 00:12:43,966 --> 00:12:46,333 SEASON ACROSS THE STATE. 346 00:12:46,333 --> 00:12:47,966 AND KNIGHTS TOWN IS NOT THE ONLY 347 00:12:47,966 --> 00:12:49,166 INDIANA CITY WITH A SURPRISING 348 00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:50,433 BASKETBALL CONNECTION. 349 00:12:50,433 --> 00:12:56,100 THE DETROIT PISTONS ARE, IN 350 00:12:52,466 --> 00:12:56,733 FACT, HOOSIERS AT HEART. 351 00:12:56,733 --> 00:12:58,166 JOHN GRAHAM MAY JUST BE THE 352 00:12:58,166 --> 00:13:01,433 WORLD'S BIGGEST PISTON FAN. 353 00:13:01,433 --> 00:13:03,433 >> I WAS ALWAYS A SPORTS FAN, 354 00:13:03,433 --> 00:13:05,433 ALWAYS A NUT FOR SPORTS. 355 00:13:05,433 --> 00:13:07,566 >> YOU'RE PROBABLY PICTURING 356 00:13:07,566 --> 00:13:08,266 PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL RIGHT 357 00:13:08,266 --> 00:13:09,366 NOW, AND YOU WOULD BE CORRECT, 358 00:13:09,366 --> 00:13:11,466 BUT IF YOU'RE PICTURING DETROIT, 359 00:13:11,466 --> 00:13:13,366 YOU'RE LOOKING A LITTLE TOO FAR 360 00:13:13,366 --> 00:13:13,933 NORTH. 361 00:13:13,933 --> 00:13:15,466 THE DETROIT PISTONS ACTUALLY 362 00:13:15,466 --> 00:13:17,066 BEGAN LIFE IN FT. WAYNE, 363 00:13:17,066 --> 00:13:23,500 INDIANA, AS THE GOLMER PISTONS, 364 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:26,666 NAMED AFTER THE INDUSTRIALIST 365 00:13:26,666 --> 00:13:29,300 WHO MADE HIS FORTUNE MAKING 366 00:13:29,300 --> 00:13:31,300 PISTONS. 367 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:35,366 >> WE HAD A PHILCO RADIO IN THE 368 00:13:35,366 --> 00:13:37,400 LIVING ROOM AND NOBODY ELSE 369 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,333 SEEMED TO BE ALL THAT INTERESTED 370 00:13:38,333 --> 00:13:39,766 BUT I WOULD LISTEN TO THEM ON 371 00:13:39,766 --> 00:13:40,800 THE RADIO WHEN I COULD. 372 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:43,333 >> AND THE PISTONS HAD SOME 373 00:13:43,333 --> 00:13:46,133 LEGENDARY GAMES, INCLUDING ONE 374 00:13:46,133 --> 00:13:47,333 RECORD-SETTING WIN AGAINST THE 375 00:13:47,333 --> 00:13:48,000 LAKERS. 376 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,500 >> BACK THEN THE INDIANAPOLIS 377 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:53,433 LAKERS WAS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE 378 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:53,766 LEAGUE. 379 00:13:53,766 --> 00:13:58,033 SOARSO FT. WAYNE FIGURED ONE WAY 380 00:13:58,033 --> 00:13:59,333 THEY COULD BEAT THEM AND STALLED 381 00:13:59,333 --> 00:13:59,600 IT. 382 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:01,700 IN THE FINAL PERIOD THEY WERE A 383 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:05,600 POINT BEHIND, 18-17. 384 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,100 A PLAYER TOOK AN INBOUND PASS, A 385 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:10,733 25-FOOT SHOT, BANKED IT OFF THE 386 00:14:10,733 --> 00:14:13,233 BACKBOARD, IT WENT IN. 387 00:14:13,233 --> 00:14:15,800 PISTONS WON. 388 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:17,300 AND IT'S GONE DOWN IN HISTORY AS 389 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:20,833 THE LOWEST SCORING GAME EVER AND 390 00:14:20,833 --> 00:14:21,800 STILL IS. 391 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,833 >> FOR YEARS THEY PLAYED AT THE 392 00:14:23,833 --> 00:14:26,233 TIME NORTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL GYM 393 00:14:26,233 --> 00:14:28,033 WHICH HOUSED ABOUT 3,000 PEOPLE. 394 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:29,933 >> IT WAS SO COMPACT, THE STANDS 395 00:14:29,933 --> 00:14:31,833 AND FANS WERE SITTING ALMOST 396 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:32,633 DOWN ON THE FLOOR. 397 00:14:32,633 --> 00:14:34,466 >> NOT THAT THAT WAS A BAD 398 00:14:34,466 --> 00:14:35,466 THING. 399 00:14:35,466 --> 00:14:37,033 >> WHEN YOU GOT TO THE COLISEUM, 400 00:14:37,033 --> 00:14:39,066 IT WAS KIND OF WIDE-OPEN, YOU'RE 401 00:14:39,066 --> 00:14:40,366 SITTING WAY BACK. 402 00:14:40,366 --> 00:14:41,700 IT TOOK SOMETHING AWAY FROM IT. 403 00:14:41,700 --> 00:14:42,600 I DON'T KNOW. 404 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:44,166 IT WAS BUILT MOSTLY BECAUSE OF 405 00:14:44,166 --> 00:14:47,066 THE PISTONS AND TO MOVE THE 406 00:14:47,066 --> 00:14:49,066 PISTONS INTO A BIGGER ARENA AND 407 00:14:49,066 --> 00:14:50,066 DRAW BIGGER CROWDS. 408 00:14:50,066 --> 00:14:52,400 AS IT TURNED OUT IT DIDN'T DRAW 409 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:53,000 BIGGER CROWDS. 410 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,333 THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FRED 411 00:14:54,333 --> 00:14:57,200 MOVED THE TEAM TO DETROIT. 412 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,200 >> AND AFTER THE MOVE TO 413 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,966 DETROIT, SOME FT. WAYNE 414 00:15:01,966 --> 00:15:03,466 RESIDENTS FORGOT ABOUT THE THEIR 415 00:15:03,466 --> 00:15:04,866 NBA PAST BUT NOT DON. 416 00:15:04,866 --> 00:15:06,700 SO ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO HE BEGAN 417 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:09,400 COLLECTING ALL THINGS PISTONS. 418 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:10,766 >> I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAS THE 419 00:15:10,766 --> 00:15:11,766 FIRST PIECE I BOUGHT. 420 00:15:11,766 --> 00:15:13,500 IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PROGRAM. 421 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:15,400 BUT I GOT STARTED, AND IT'S 422 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,700 LIKE, ONCE YOU GET STARTED, IT'S 423 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:19,400 CATEY BAR THE DOOR, BECAUSE 424 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:22,000 YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING TO STAR. 425 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,033 I'VE GONE TO A LOT OF AUCTIONS, 426 00:15:24,033 --> 00:15:26,033 BEEN TO A LOT OF ANTIQUE SHOPS 427 00:15:26,033 --> 00:15:27,133 LOOKING FOR THIS STUFF. 428 00:15:27,133 --> 00:15:28,300 PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE QUARTERS 429 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:29,800 OF THE STUFF THAT EVER EXISTED 430 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,300 IS GONE. 431 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,833 IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 432 00:15:33,833 --> 00:15:36,233 BUT IT'S ALSO AMAZING HOW MUCH 433 00:15:36,233 --> 00:15:37,833 STUFF IS STILL OUT THERE. 434 00:15:37,833 --> 00:15:39,733 >> HE'S COLLECTED PROGRAMS, 435 00:15:39,733 --> 00:15:41,933 TICKET STUBS AND LOTS OF PHOTOS. 436 00:15:41,933 --> 00:15:44,366 ALL NEATLY ORGANIZED IN 437 00:15:44,366 --> 00:15:46,166 THREE-RING BINDERS. 438 00:15:46,166 --> 00:15:47,566 EVENTUALLY WORD OF DON'S 439 00:15:47,566 --> 00:15:48,666 COLLECTION MADE IT TO THE FOLKS 440 00:15:48,666 --> 00:15:51,566 AT THE ALLEN COUNTY LIBRARY. 441 00:15:51,566 --> 00:15:53,733 NOW EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY DON 442 00:15:53,733 --> 00:15:56,366 SITS AT HIS COMPUTER SCANNING 443 00:15:56,366 --> 00:15:57,866 AND CATALOGING, PRESERVING 444 00:15:57,866 --> 00:15:58,966 HISTORY AND DEVELOPING A FAN 445 00:15:58,966 --> 00:15:59,866 BASE OF HIS OWN. 446 00:15:59,866 --> 00:16:01,233 >> DON IS MY IDOL. 447 00:16:01,233 --> 00:16:04,666 I MEAN, DON IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO 448 00:16:04,666 --> 00:16:07,366 HAVE HAD A LIFETIME HOBBY THAT 449 00:16:07,366 --> 00:16:08,666 HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO MORE WITH 450 00:16:08,666 --> 00:16:09,766 AFTER HE RETIRED. 451 00:16:09,766 --> 00:16:10,900 IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS 452 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:13,300 GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY WHAT ETION 453 00:16:13,300 --> 00:16:14,666 DOING, AND HE LOVES IT. 454 00:16:14,666 --> 00:16:17,766 I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT. 455 00:16:17,766 --> 00:16:19,800 >> SOON DON'S GIFT WILL BE 456 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,033 AVAILABLE FOR ALL TO ENJOY, 457 00:16:22,033 --> 00:16:24,300 ELECTRONICALLY AND IN BEAUTIFUL 458 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:25,300 HARD-BOUND VOLUMES THAT WILL BE 459 00:16:25,300 --> 00:16:26,566 STORED AT THE LIBRARY. 460 00:16:26,566 --> 00:16:28,400 BUT FOR DON GRAHAM IT'S SIMPLY 461 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:29,900 HIS HOBBY AND A TRUE LABOR OF 462 00:16:29,900 --> 00:16:30,433 LOVE. 463 00:16:30,433 --> 00:16:32,400 >> I DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT I'VE 464 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:34,633 GOT WRAPPED UP IN IT AND IT 465 00:16:34,633 --> 00:16:35,400 DOESN'T MATTER. 466 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:36,900 NONE OF IT IS FOR SALE. 467 00:16:36,900 --> 00:16:38,700 IT BELONGS IN FOREWAYNE. 468 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:40,733 IT'S PART OF FT. WAYNE'S SPORTS 469 00:16:40,733 --> 00:16:42,033 HISTORY, SO IT BELONGS IN 470 00:16:42,033 --> 00:16:42,600 FT. WAYNE. 471 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:44,233 >> TO READ MORE ABOUT THE 472 00:16:44,233 --> 00:16:46,033 FT. WAYNE PISTONS OR TO DISCOVER 473 00:16:46,033 --> 00:16:48,133 OTHER HOOSIER CONNECTIONS TO 474 00:16:48,133 --> 00:16:50,600 FAMOUS TEAMS VISIT 475 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,633 SPORTSTEAMHISTORY.COM. 476 00:16:52,633 --> 00:16:54,633 OUR NEXT MUSICAL GUEST IS MAKING 477 00:16:54,633 --> 00:16:56,933 HISTORY IN HER OWN RIGHT AS JUST 478 00:16:56,933 --> 00:17:02,100 15 YEARS OLD. 479 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:07,300 LILLY IS GAINING RECOGNITION FOR 480 00:17:07,300 --> 00:17:12,266 HER INSIGHTFUL LYRICS AND 481 00:17:09,766 --> 00:17:15,000 COMPOSITIONS. 482 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:17,400 >> I WAS STUDYING WHEN I ASKED 483 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:19,933 TO PLAY THE GUITAR, AND THEN I 484 00:17:19,933 --> 00:17:24,033 STARTED SINGING WHEN I WAS 10. 485 00:17:24,033 --> 00:17:25,433 THAT ENDED UP BECOMING MY 486 00:17:25,433 --> 00:17:27,233 PASSION. 487 00:17:27,233 --> 00:17:31,133 A LOT OF TIME GOES INTO MY 488 00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:31,433 MUSIC. 489 00:17:31,433 --> 00:17:34,033 TWO HOURS A DAY WRITING. 490 00:17:34,033 --> 00:17:35,966 A LOT OF MY MUSIC IS A LITTLE 491 00:17:35,966 --> 00:17:36,933 DEEPER AND SAD. 492 00:17:36,933 --> 00:17:39,266 I REALIZE THAT IT'S EASY TO 493 00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:40,300 WRITE ABOUT SAD STUFF BECAUSE 494 00:17:40,300 --> 00:17:42,700 THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET OUT. 495 00:17:42,700 --> 00:17:44,666 SITUATIONS THAT I'M FEELING DOWN 496 00:17:44,666 --> 00:17:46,266 ABOUT, NOT BEING GOOD ENOUGH, OR 497 00:17:46,266 --> 00:17:47,900 ME NOT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT I 498 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:51,066 WANT TO DO OR WHAT I'M DOING AT 499 00:17:51,066 --> 00:17:54,366 THE MOMENT. 500 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:55,800 I LIKE PLAYING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE 501 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:56,600 MY THERAPY. 502 00:17:56,600 --> 00:17:58,700 I CAN ALWAYS GO TO MUSIC AND IT 503 00:17:58,700 --> 00:17:59,800 DOESN'T JUDGE AND IT'S ALWAYS 504 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:02,566 THERE FOR ME. 505 00:18:02,566 --> 00:18:04,666 IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE I'M STILL 506 00:18:04,666 --> 00:18:05,366 YOUNG. 507 00:18:05,366 --> 00:18:08,466 MY PARENTS AND ALL MY FAMILY 508 00:18:08,466 --> 00:18:10,166 LISTEN TO MY MUSIC. 509 00:18:10,166 --> 00:18:11,866 WHEN IT'S DARK AND PERSONAL THEY 510 00:18:11,866 --> 00:18:13,066 WORRY ABOUT ME SOMETIMES BECAUSE 511 00:18:13,066 --> 00:18:13,900 THEY CARE. 512 00:18:13,900 --> 00:18:18,300 IT'S HARD SOMETIMES TO PERFORM 513 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:19,700 STUFF AND YOU'RE TELLING THE 514 00:18:19,700 --> 00:18:23,500 WORLD YOUR PROBLEMS AND ISSUES. 515 00:18:23,500 --> 00:18:26,200 OVER THE SUMMER I PLAYED AT AN 516 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,733 OPEN MIC NIGHT IN A BAR IN 517 00:18:28,733 --> 00:18:29,500 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE. 518 00:18:29,500 --> 00:18:31,433 I FINISHED MY FIRST SONG AND THE 519 00:18:31,433 --> 00:18:33,200 OWNER CAME IN AND ASKED ME TO 520 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:34,833 PLAY MORE SONGS AND ASKED IF I 521 00:18:34,833 --> 00:18:36,733 COULD PLAY ORIGINAL MUSIC. 522 00:18:36,733 --> 00:18:38,500 WELL, THIS IS NASHVILLE. 523 00:18:38,500 --> 00:18:39,933 PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR COUNTRY. 524 00:18:39,933 --> 00:18:41,033 BUT PEOPLE IN THE CROWD WANTED 525 00:18:41,033 --> 00:18:42,233 TO HEAR MY ORIGINAL STUFF. 526 00:18:42,233 --> 00:18:43,866 AFTER I PLAYED HE TOLD ME HE WAS 527 00:18:43,866 --> 00:18:46,233 INTERESTED IN HOOKING ME UP WITH 528 00:18:46,233 --> 00:18:48,333 A SONGWRITER AND HAVING HIM HELP 529 00:18:48,333 --> 00:18:50,033 ME WITH MY OWN SONGS. 530 00:18:50,033 --> 00:18:52,466 HIS NAME IS DON GOODMAN, AND 531 00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:54,966 HE'S A SONGWRITER FROM NASHVILLE 532 00:18:54,966 --> 00:18:56,866 WHO HAS WRITTEN WITH DOLLY PART 533 00:18:56,866 --> 00:18:58,700 UN, BLAKE SHELTON. 534 00:18:58,700 --> 00:19:00,533 HE HAD A LOT OF AT VICE FOR ME 535 00:19:00,533 --> 00:19:02,333 AS FAR ATZ WRITING GOES. 536 00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:03,833 HE INSPIRED ME TO WRITE MORE 537 00:19:03,833 --> 00:19:05,033 THAN I ALREADY WAS. 538 00:19:05,033 --> 00:19:08,233 HE WANTED TO PUSH ME HARDER AND 539 00:19:08,233 --> 00:19:11,066 TO INSPIRE ME TO KEEP WRITING 540 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:12,533 AND BE MYSELF. 541 00:19:12,533 --> 00:19:14,166 I FEEL LIKE THE BIGGEST 542 00:19:14,166 --> 00:19:16,066 CHALLENGE AS A MUSICIAN HAS BEEN 543 00:19:16,066 --> 00:19:18,566 THAT PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE ME. 544 00:19:18,566 --> 00:19:22,500 I WOULD SUGGEST TO OTHER YOUNG 545 00:19:22,500 --> 00:19:24,100 MUSICIANS TO NOT UNDERESTIMATE 546 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:26,666 THEMSELVES AND NOT LET YOUR AGE 547 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:30,766 STOP YOU FROM DOING ANYTHING AND 548 00:19:30,766 --> 00:19:39,266 THAT YOU [INAUDIBLE] MY GOALS AS 549 00:19:39,266 --> 00:19:41,600 AN ARTIST WOULD BE TO AFFECT 550 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,800 PEOPLE WITH MY MUSIC AND TO HELP 551 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:46,400 PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE HAVING 552 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:48,100 PROBLEMS BECAUSE I TURN TO MUSE 553 00:19:48,100 --> 00:19:50,300 WHIK I NEED HELP, AND I WOULD 554 00:19:50,300 --> 00:19:51,800 HOPE PEOPLE MIGHT EVENTUALLY 555 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:55,200 TURN MOO MY MUSIC FOR HELP. 556 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:56,800 I WOULDN'T SAY IT HAS MADE ME 557 00:19:56,800 --> 00:19:57,833 GROW UP FASTER. 558 00:19:57,833 --> 00:19:59,333 I FEEL LIKE IF ANYTHING IT'S 559 00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:00,733 MADE ME APPRECIATE GROWING UP 560 00:20:00,733 --> 00:20:04,533 AND CHANGING AND EVOLVING AND 561 00:20:04,533 --> 00:20:07,033 JUST [INAUDIBLE] SO IT'S COOL. 562 00:20:07,033 --> 00:20:08,633 TO LOOK BACK A COUPLE YEARS AGO 563 00:20:08,633 --> 00:20:10,133 AND SEE WHAT I WAS WRITING 564 00:20:10,133 --> 00:20:10,433 ABOUT. 565 00:20:10,433 --> 00:20:11,733 I FEEL LIKE I NEED IT MORE THAN 566 00:20:11,733 --> 00:20:12,333 WANT IT. 567 00:20:12,333 --> 00:20:13,666 I KNOW I WILL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO 568 00:20:13,666 --> 00:20:15,266 GO TO MUSIC AND THAT IT WILL 569 00:20:15,266 --> 00:20:16,466 ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME. 570 00:20:16,466 --> 00:20:18,000 IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I 571 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,166 THOROUGHLY ENJOY AND IT DOESN'T 572 00:20:19,166 --> 00:20:25,400 EVER REALLY FEEL LIKE SOMETHING 573 00:20:20,366 --> 00:20:49,900 THAT I EVER WANT TO LEAVE. 574 00:20:40,666 --> 00:21:11,400 >> AND NOW, LILLYMEISTER. 575 00:20:55,966 --> 00:23:18,600 [ MUSIC ] 576 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,933 >> TO HEAR MORE OF LILLY'S 577 00:23:20,933 --> 00:23:22,366 ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS OR TO GET 578 00:23:22,366 --> 00:23:26,366 THE LATEST LISTING OF UPCOMING 579 00:23:26,366 --> 00:23:28,233 PERFORMANCES, VISIT... 580 00:23:28,233 --> 00:23:29,533 >>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 581 00:23:29,533 --> 00:23:31,033 JOINING US TONIGHT AND WE SURE 582 00:23:31,033 --> 00:23:32,433 HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED HEARING 583 00:23:32,433 --> 00:23:34,433 THESE FANTASTIC HOOSIER STORIES. 584 00:23:34,433 --> 00:23:37,566 ONE MORE TIME BEFORE WE GO, 585 00:23:37,566 --> 00:23:41,300 LILLY MEISTER. 586 00:23:39,633 --> 00:23:57,600 GOOD NIGHT. 587 00:23:42,133 --> 00:26:07,800 [ 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