Illustrations and text present the history, geography, people, politics and government, economy, and social life and customs of Indiana, whose motto is "The Crossroads of America".
The story of a young woman in rural Indiana in 1908 who dreams os attending high school, a dream that is threated when taxes come due on her widowed mother's farm.
A romantic story of young lovers separated and eventually reunited under the watch of the Wild Bull of Blue River who, to most, was a killer on the loose.