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| Limberlost Cabin, Geneva |
Hoosier-born Gene Stratton Porter was an author and early naturalist who shined a bright light on the loss of natural places in late 19th and early 20th century Indiana. It was at that time that massive acres of wetlands were being drained in favor of farming, and was a few decades before the movement to preserve natural areas in the state with the founding of the state park system in 1916. Porter lived in Geneva at a rustic home she designed and called "Limberlost Cabin", taking its name from the Limberlost Swamp nearby. Later in life she built a similar home in Rome City on Sylvan Lake on property she called Wildflower Woods and dubbed the home Limberlost North.
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| Limberlost North, Rome City |
On a birding expedition to the growing re-establishment of the Limberlost wetlands area near Geneva, we stopped by her home in December. Work took me to Rome City early this year and I stopped by her later home on a snowy day to capture additional photos. Here's a photo log of Porter's two homes.
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