and junk that it had sunk through the wood floor to the ground. The walnut boards did not rot away.
It is nice to know that a tree harvested before 1850 has survived in furniture form up to 2015. What if an original stand of forest was still present today as it was being discovered and documented in 1819? If a piece of land the size of Brown County State Park had been preserved as it was found, I would bet that the virgin forest would still be standing today. Maybe, a few of the trees would have measured more than 50 feet in circumference. •
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and grieved. Vawter was laid to rest at Park Cemetery in Greenfield, Indiana.
The Hancock County Arts Council commemorates the life and work of Vawter with the Will Vawter Art Show and Competition, which celebrated its fifteenth event this past spring. The annual juried competition and exhibit is open to all artists residing in Indiana and has impressive prizes and offers opportunities to show and sell their work. Information can be found at the Hancock County Arts Council website < www. hancockcountyarts. com >. It is a fitting memorial to Vawter, who valued his Greenfield ties and often visited the city throughout his life. It also is a bow to the camaraderie that Vawter found in the Artist Colony in his Brown County home.
Some of Vawter’ s works can be found at the Brown County Art Gallery’ s Permanent Collection. •
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