The“ AAA” did not exist and there were darned few roadside amenities. But according to the travel guide,“ Here one meets the hills-people in their homely surroundings and sociable moods. Into these unpretentious log homes of plain, simple, hospitable people those who approach in the right spirit are welcomed.”
The next time I came across Ms. Sturtevant was when I discovered the first 1929 issue of the Hoosier Magazine. She wrote articles for and edited that issue dedicated to Brown County.
She also wrote a book of Native American folklore entitled Tepee Smoke and Hill Haze.
But beyond these accomplishments Mabel E. Sturtevant remains a mystery.
I have done a reasonable search for Ms. Sturtevant’ s biography with little success. I have not even been able to locate a birth record or an obituary for her.
Perhaps this is a case where her works must speak for her life, and she will live on in Brown County history as one of its earliest and most ardent boosters. •
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