This blog reports events and interesting tidbits from Rensselaer, Indiana and the surrounding area.
According to the city website, this hill is the high point in Rensselaer. The field at the bottom is one of the low points because it floods when the river gets high. In fact, there have been winters in which the flood water in the field freezes, creating excellent ice-skating rink.
Unofficial website of Memories Alive at Weston Cemetery (Weston Cemetery Walk)
Unofficial Art Tour of Rensselaer
The official website of the City of Rensselaer: http://www.cityofrensselaerin.com/
The Rensselaer branch of the the Jasper County Library offers many programs. Their calendar is at: http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsCalendar.cfm?SiteID=8102
The water flow in the Iroquois River is measured east of Rensselaer by the USGS at: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/in/nwis/uv?sit
https://beacon.schneidercorp.com/Application.aspx?AppID=509&LayerID=7887&PageTypeID=2&PageID=3844 Who owns what and where in Jasper County.
Weather, Rensselaer and area.
City of Rensselaer; Minutes of City Council, Park Board, Board of Public Works and Safety
Jasper County Government Document CenterRensselaer Central School Board Minutes (called Board Bits)
2 comments:
That hill looked so much larger when I was a little kid. If only I could have seen the hills around here!
I remember making a ramp of snow at the bottom of the hill so that when you hit it you would fly out into the frozen field. We were obviously young because my back couldn't take that kind of abuse now.
Rensselaer definitely needs a real sledding hill. Maybe they can create one in the empty Brookside Park lot behind the tennis courts?
I thought I was crazy for trying to sled down the deck's stairs, but apparently, that was as much of an elevation drop as the cemetery hill! Things look smaller than they used to.
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