Local Author Spices up Indiana Township

Through historic images, Spiceland Township shines End Quote

Indianapolis, IN (1888PressRelease) September 23, 2014 - The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series is Spiceland Township from author Richard Pickering Ratcliff, lifelong resident. The book not only covers the town and Township of Spiceland at large but also touches on some of the close-by communities that helped shape the people and its environs.

From the National Road at Ogden of Dunreith, explore and discover little known facts that helped shape not only Spiceland (the town and Township both), but the county and state that housed it; as it was known.

Although created in 1842, the area now known as Spiceland township was officially settled by North Carolinian Quakers in the early 1820's. Mr. Ratcliff expertly weaves a narrative of the Township in which he grew up with more than 200 vintage and some modern images chronicling the steady growth and steadfastness of Henry County's most populated Township.

Images of America: Spiceland Township presents the entrepreneurial, educational, and industrial fortitude of the people within Henry County in photographs from the early 1800s through the 1970's. To start the penultimate chapter, Richard Ratcliff treats readers with a touching soliloquy that makes us all long to know and love the legacy that was.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.

Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America's people and places. Have we done a book on your town? Visit http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/.

Richard Pickering Ratcliff, 73, was born and raised in Henry County, and is an eight-generation resident of Spiceland. He is currently the official historian for Henry County. He is married to Linda S. Ratcliff. For 40 years he was a teacher of American history for Parkview Junior High School. Mr. Ratcliff is a graduate of Ball State University with both a Bachelors & Masters degrees. He is currently the head of Spiceland Friends Meeting. He is the former chairman and later president of the Henry Co. Historical Society (1965-1988) and the Chairman of Henry Co. Republican Party 1988-1991. He was presented the "Sagamore of Wabash" award 1988 by Ind. Gov. Robert D. Orr, and "Distinguished Hoosier" award 2009 by Gov. Mitch Daniels. Richard is the Founder and President of the Spiceland Preservation and Tourism Society and was appointed the official Henry Co. historian by the Ind. General Assembly and the Indiana Historical Bureau in 1981. He still functions as the President of the Spiceland Alumni Association (since1969). Richard was previously a Member (1967-1973) and President (1973-2006) of the Spiceland Public Library Board.

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