The Racer and the Dancer: New Examiner.com entry

I'm still working on my series about the first auto races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. I discovered that racer Lewis Strang, who won the 100-mile race on August 20, 1909, was married to the dancer Louise Alexander, who electrified New York audiences with her "Vampire Dance:"

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-20007-Indianapolis-History-Examiner~y2009m9d14-The-racer-and-the-dancer-Lewis-Strang-and-Louise-Alexander

The drawing of Stran's victory kiss is by my wife, Kathleen Crews Wylder.

I'm now an Indianapolis History Examiner

Like a lot of my fellow bloggers, I've neglected my blog for Facebook. Recently I've started writing for the Indianapolis edition of Examiner.com. I'll be linking these articles here, as well as in my Facebook page. The best thing about my Examiner articles is that many of them include drawings by my lovely and talented wife, Kathleen Crewa Wylder. Here are links to my first two articles:

The music of history

One Nation Indivisible: The first Pledge of Allegiance

I'll still be posting here infrequently, on issues not relating to history. But I'll include links to the Examiner articles here as well.