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Birthplace James Whitcomb Riley 'The Hoosier Poet' IN399 Print E-mail
James Whitcomb Riley
October 7, 1849 - July 22, 1916

Editor, author, poet, lecturer and entertainer. One of the best known Hoosiers of all time, Riley first wrote under the name of "Benj. F. Johnson of Boone" and was famous for his use of Hoosier dialect.


Erected by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission, 1967.

250 W. Main St. (US-40), Greenfield, Hancock County Indiana

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