>> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "JOURNEY INDIANA" IS PROVIDED BY: >> COMING UP, TAP SOME TREES WITH THE FOLKS AT L.M.

SUGARBUSH IN SALEM.

>> CHECK OUT INDIANA'S MOST FAMOUS COVERED BRIDGE AT THE BRIDGETON MILL.

>> TRAVEL TO FORT WAYNE TO GRAB A CUP WITH THE FOLKS AT CONJURE COFFEE.

>> AND CHECK OUT A UNIQUE ART MUSEUM IN A SMALL TOWN OF GARRETT.

THAT'S ALL ON THIS EPISODE OF "JOURNEY INDIANA."

♪ ♪ >> WELCOME TO "JOURNEY INDIANA."

I'M BRANDON WENTZ COMING TO YOU FROM THE WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN RICHMOND.

>> AND I'M ASHLEY CHILLA HERE AT THE FRENCH LICK WEST BADEN MUSEUM IN ORANGE COUNTY.

SO BRANDON, LAST EPISODE, WE FEATURED SOME CIRCUS HISTORY HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY AND AROUND THE STATE.

WHAT DOES WAYNE COUNTY HAVE TO OFFER?

>> WELL, ASHLEY, A GREAT PLACE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION IS RIGHT HERE AT THE WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM, WHICH PROMOTES, COLLECTS, PRESERVES AND INTERPRETS THE RICH HISTORY OF WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA.

INSIDE, YOU WILL FIND ALL SORTS OF WAYNE COUNTY WONDERS, FROM GENNETT RECORD ARTIFACTS TO LAWN MOWERS TO A 3,000-YEAR-OLD MUMMY.

THEY HAVE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, AND WE WILL LEARN ABOUT IT IN JUST A BIT, BUT FIRST, WE ARE HEADED SOUTH TO WASHINGTON COUNTY TO LEARN METHOD FOR MAKING MOUTH-WATERING MAPLE SYRUP.

PRODUCER REUBEN BROWNING HAS THE STORY.

♪ ♪ >> THE SALEM AREA, IT'S VERY SCENIC.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FARMLAND AND ROLLING HILLS.

L.M.

SUGARBUSH IS ONE OF INDIANA'S LARGEST PRODUCERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF PURE MAPLE SYRUP.

WE HAVE OUR FARM HERE IN SALEM, INDIANA, AND THEN WE ALSO HELP TO DISTRIBUTE FOR OUR LOCAL AMISH COMMUNITIES.

ALL IN ALL, WE DISTRIBUTE ABOUT 3,000 GALLONS OF PURE MAPLE SYRUP A YEAR.

♪ THE FARM WAS STARTED IN THE '70s.

SO MY DAD MOVED HERE, AND HE NOTICED THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF MAPLE TREES IN THIS AREA.

AND SO THEY TAPPED A FEW TREES AND MADE A COUPLE OF GALLONS OF REALLY DARK SYRUP ONE YEAR.

IT'S BEEN A PRODUCING FARM FOR MAPLE SYRUP EVER SINCE THEN.

AND MY SISTER AND I AND OUR HUSBANDS BOUGHT IT IN 2013.

WE CHANGED FROM LeANN AND MICHAEL SUGARBUSH TO L.M.

SUGARBUSH.

IT'S IN OUR BLOOD NOW.

IT'S VERY ADDICTIVE.

IT'S A CHALLENGE.

AND THERE'S SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN'T CONTROL.

SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE EVERY YEAR IS JUST SO UNIQUE.

THE MAIN THING THAT'S UNIQUE HERE IS THAT OUR MAPLE TREES ARE CONDENSED ON ABOUT 40 ACRES OF PROPERTY, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO USE OUR TUBING SYSTEM.

THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT CHANGES WITH MAPLE SYRUP MAKING, BUT MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT WE USE HERE ON THE FARM IS FROM AROUND THE TIME PERIOD THAT THE FARM WAS STARTED.

SO IT'S STAYED PRETTY RUSTIC AND UNIQUE.

♪ ♪ THE BIG THING FOR US IS A WOOD BURNING EVAPORATOR.

SO WE STILL HAVE ONE OF THE OLDER STYLE WOOD BURNING EVAPORATORS.

WE HAVEN'T SWITCHED OVER TO THE GAS OR THE DIESEL LIKE SO MANY OTHER OUTFITS USE NOW.

TO MAKE MAPLE SYRUP, THE FIRST THING YOU NEED IS A GROVE OF MAPLE TREES.

YOU WANT THE HARD SUGAR MAPLES BECAUSE THEY PRODUCE THE HIGHEST SUGAR CONTENT.

AFTER YOU HAVE YOUR MAPLE TREES SORTED, YOU PRAY FOR WEATHER.

YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT FIGURED OUT, WHAT WILL MAKE THE TREES RUN, AND THEN THE OPPOSITE HAPPENS.

YOU START GENERALLY GETTING THE RIGHT WEATHER CONDITIONS DOWN HERE AROUND SUPER BOWL.

AND THEN YOU WANT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME WHERE SPRING IS TRYING TO COME, BUT NOT QUITE MAKING IT.

AND ONCE IT GETS OVER 55 DEGREES, THE TREES START TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S TOO HOT.

SO THEY ARE VERY FINICKY.

AFTER WE COLLECTED THE SAP, WE WILL HAUL IT BACK INTO THE SUGAR HOUSE, WHERE WE PROCESS IT.

WE USE A REVERSE OSMOSIS MACHINE TO TAKE OUT ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WATER.

IT DOES TAKE 45 TO 60 GALLONS OF SAP TO MAKE ONE GALLON OF SYRUP.

IF YOU SEE THE SAP COMING OUT OF A TREE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SHOCKED BECAUSE IT LOOKS AND TASTES LIKE VERY MILDLY SWEET WATER.

SO WE'RE JUST HAVING TO BOIL A TON OF WATER OUT OF THE SAP IN ORDER TO MAKE THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

SO ON A DAY WHEN WE COLLECT 5,000 GALLONS OF SAP, WE THINK WE ARE DOING GREAT, AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK AND PROCESS IT AND WE ONLY END UP WITH A FEW GALLONS OF SYRUP AT THE END.

IT'S A FUN TIME.

IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF IT IS BOILING.

IT SMELLS GREAT.

YOU ARE WARM.

AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE REWARD FOR ALL THE WORK TO ACTUALLY SEE THE FINISHED PRODUCT.

SO SYRUP ACTUALLY HAS THE WIDEST SPECTRUM OF FLAVORS, BUT IT IS GRADED ON COLOR AND NOT TASTE.

SO THE LIGHTER THE SYRUP IS THE AMBER RICH.

WHAT WE CALL THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DARKER AND MORE FLAVORFUL IS DARK ROBUST, AND THEN THE VERY DARKEST IS VERY DARK STRONG TASTE.

IN 2019, WE MADE OUR FIRST BOURBON BARREL MAPLE SYRUP.

THIS PAST YEAR, ANGEL'S ENVY WAS ABLE TO GIVE US FOUR PORT BARRELS THAT THEY HAD BOURBON IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE WE PICKED IT UP.

AND WE FILLED THEM.G THEM UP TO BOTTLE THEM FOR THE FESTIVALS.

THE MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL IS ONE OF THE MORE UNIQUE FESTIVALS YOU WILL GO TO.

THIS IS OUR 30th YEAR OF DOING IT.

ON GOOD YEARS, WITH GOOD WEATHER, WE WILL HAVE BETWEEN 10,000 AND 15,000 PEOPLE SHOW UP.

WE HAVE FOOD.

WE HAVE MUSIC.

WE HAVE VENDORS.

WE HAVE MAPLE SYRUP.

WE HAVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

I ALWAYS SAY IT'S LIKE PLANNING FOUR WEDDINGS ON THE SAME LOCATION ON THE SAME WEEKEND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINTER.

WE ALSO HAVE A COWBOY SHOOT-OUT.

THEY SET UP IN OUR FRONT YARD AND DO TWO SHOWS A DAY WITH A LOT OF GUNFIRE.

SO IT'S JUST -- IT'S AN INTERESTING COMBINATION OF THINGS.

WE TRIED TO MAKE IT SUPER OPEN AND WELCOMING TO EVERYBODY.

♪ ♪ AND FOR US, IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY.

YOU KNOW, WE WORK OUR DAY JOBS.

WE TRY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE CAREERS, AND WE LIKE TO MAKE A LITTLE BIT OUT HERE, BUT IT'S MORE THE PROCESS AND THE HAVING THE WHOLE FAMILY TOGETHER AND HAVING THE COMMUNITY COME OUT TO SEE IT AT THE FESTIVAL AND BEING PROUD OF THE PRODUCT WE PRODUCE.

I CAN'T EVER SEE US DOING ANYTHING ELSE.

>> THE 2021 MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL AT L.M.

SUGARBUSH IS SCHEDULED FOR THE LAST WEEKEND IN FEBRUARY AND THE FIRST WEEKEND IN MARCH.

YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFO AT LMSUGARBUSH.COM.

EARLIER WE CAUGHT ONE SHARON SHANK-CHAPMAN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERE AT THE WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

>> WHEN WE FIRST COME INTO THE MUSEUM, WE HIGHLIGHT A LOT OF OUR WAYNE COUNTY HISTORY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE HAVE AN INTERESTING WORLD COLLECTION AS WELL, AND THAT'S A LOT TO DO WITH OUR FOUNDER JULIA MINK GARR, WHO TRAVELED THE WORLD AND BROUGHT BACK AMAZING COLLECTIONS FOR THE CHILDREN OF WAYNE COUNTY TO LEARN FROM.

WE HAVE ONE OF TWO MUMMIES IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF THE INDIANA.

OUR MUMMY, WE FIGURE HE'S PRETTY SPECIAL.

WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH.

WE HAVE WORKED WITH VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE STATE AND AROUND THE WORLD TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS STORY AND WHAT HE CAN TEACH US ABOUT ANCIENT LIFE IN EGYPT.

OUR MUMMY IS 3,500 YEARS OLD.

WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT HE WAS A MALE IN LIFE.

HE AND OUR EGYPTIAN COLLECTION ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE THINGS.

LAWN MOWERS.

WHO KNEW, ONCE UPON A TIME, WE WERE THE LAWN MOWER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

SO WE HAD THE MCGUIRE'S AND OTHERS HERE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING BUT LAWN MOWERS WERE A BIG ONE.

THE GENNETT STORY IS AN AMAZING STORY AND IT'S SO MANY LEVELS.

ESSENTIALLY THEY WERE A RECORDING COMPANY HERE IN TOWN THAT STARTED OFF AS PIANO MANUFACTURER.

ONE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THE GENNETTS IS THAT THEY WANTED TO RECORD ANYONE THAT WAS WILLING TO PUT THEIR VOICE ON A RECORD.

PEOPLE LIKE LOUIS ARMSTRONG AND BIX BEIDERBECKE AND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, EVEN HOAGY CARMICHAEL WHO WE ALL KNOW HERE IN INDIANA, RIGHT?

I WOULD BE DOING US A DISSERVICE IF I DIDN'T MENTION OUR HUGE AUTO COLLECTION.

THE MAJORITY OF THE CARS WERE CREATED HERE IN WAYNE COUNTY.

SO KIND OF HARKENS BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT THE BIG MANUFACTURING HERE.

THE PILOT CAR IS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITES BECAUSE IT'S SO UNIQUE.

THE CAR WAS ACTUALLY BUILT TO FLY.

IT COULD BE PICKED UP BY A DIRIGIBLE OR A ZEPPELIN, IF YOU WILL.

I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHY.

BUT IT WAS A REALLY COOL THING AT THE TIME.

>> YOU CAN LEARN EVEN MORE AT WCHMUSEUM.ORG.

ASHLEY?

>> THANKS, BRANDON.

SO EARLIER WE LEARNED ABOUT MAPLE SYRUP.

AND MAPLE SYRUP GOT ME THINKING ABOUT PANCAKES.

AND TO MAKE GOOD PANCAKES, YOU NEED GOOD FLOUR, AND SOME OF THE BEST FLOUR IN INDIANA COMES FROM AN HISTORIC MILL IN BRIDGETON, INDIANA.

PRODUCER JOHN TIMM HAS THE STORY.

♪ ♪ [ ROOSTER CROWING ] >> A LOT OF TOWNS, THOUSANDS OF TOWNS STARTED AROUND THE MILL.

♪ THIS MILL IS STILL HERE.

THE TOWN IS STILL HERE.

♪ MY NAME IS MIKE ROWE.

MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THIS OLD MILL 25 YEARS AGO.

WE BOUGHT IT FROM A LITTLE OLD LADY.

SHE WAS 82.

IT WAS IN HER FAMILY FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

♪ >> I SAW THIS PLACE BACK IN THE LATE '70s, THE FIRST TIME WE SAW IT.

IT WAS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE AND HAD NOT BEEN WATER POWERED SINCE '51.

SO THE DAM, THE MILL POND, EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY MUCH TORE UP AND BAD, BAD SHAPE.

BUT I RECOGNIZED WHAT IT COULD BE.

AND BY THIS TIME, I HAD QUIT MY JOB.

THE WHITE SHIRT AND TIE WAS CHOKING ME.

SO I STARTED BUILDING FURNITURE IN MY GARAGE AND THAT TURNED INTO A FAIRLY NICE LITTLE BUSINESS.

I WAS DREAMING OF A WATER-POWERED WOOD SHOP, AND I THOUGHT, WHOA!

WATER POWERED, LINE SHAFT GOING THROUGH HERE, AND FLAT BELTS COMING THROUGH HERE AND RUNNING THE EQUIPMENT, WOW, WOULDN'T THAT BE REALLY COOL?

♪ I SAW THIS PLACE FOR SALE IN 1994.

I STOPPED BY AND THE DOOR WAS OPENED.

I ASKED HOW MUCH ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IT?

THEY SAID $240,000.

I SAID, I'LL TAKE IT.

BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, AND SHE SAYS, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?

I SAID, YOU GIVE ME HALF THE DOWN PAYMENT, AND I PROMISE YOU, I WILL SAVE IT AND RESTORE IT AND CARRY ON.

SHE SAID, MICHAEL, I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE MILL BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO GOOD.

♪ SO I WENT HOME.

MY WIFE SAID, HOW DID YOU DO?

I SAID, WELL, THOSE TWO LADIES THAT LITTLE STORE BOUGHT ALMOST EVERYTHING I HAD IN THE TRUCK.

I SAID, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

ON THE WAY HOME, I SPENT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.

SHE SAYS, WHAT THE HECK HAVE YOU BEEN DOING NOW?

ONCE THEY GAVE US THE KEYS, AFTER THEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO ALL THE MILLING, THE MAINTENANCE, THEIR GRANDFATHER'S RECIPES AND THE PROPER ORDER OF THE MIXING, AND THEY MADE ME START, RUN, STOP, START, RUN, STOP UNTIL I PROVED I COULD DO IT, THEY SAID, YOU WILL BE A PRETTY GOOD MILLER AND HANDED ME THE KEYS AND HOW THE DOOR THEY WENT.

NOW, I MAKE THE FLOUR DUST INSTEAD OF SAWDUST.

AND I HAVE FOR 25 YEARS.

♪ ♪ >> TWO MILLWRIGHTS FOLLOW THE CREEK LOOKING FOR POWER.

THEY LOOK AND FOUND THIS SPOT, AS THE BEST SPOT TO GET WATER POWER, AND THEY GOT A 200-ACRE LAND GRANT, AND THE PRESIDENT MONROE SIGNED THE DEED OCTOBER 12th, 1818.

♪ ON THE CREEK BANK ON THE OTHER SIDE OVER THERE, THEY HAD A BIG FLAT SANDSTONE ROCK AND THEY STARTED CRACKING CORN.

NOW JIMMY CRACKS CORN, I DON'T CARE.

YOU SEE, JIMMY IS MAKING WHISKEY.

THAT'S WHY NOBODY CARED.

1823, THEY BUILT A LOG BUILDING AND STARTED SAWING WOOD.

PEOPLE STARTED LOCATING NEAR THE MILL, NEAR THE ROAD, AND ONCE THEY GOT A SMALL COMMUNITY, ALL THE PEOPLE COME IN AS A GROUP AND THEY SAID, HEY, WE GOT LOTS OF WOOD.

WE NEED SOMETHING TO EAT, FLOUR, CORNMEAL, SOME MORE OF THAT GOOD WHISKEY.

AND SO THEY RERIGGED THE MILL, AND THEY MADE, FLOUR, CORNMEAL, FEED AND WHISKEY.

THEY KEPT SAWING WOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE.

IT HAD TO BE INTERESTING FLOUR.

THEY MOVED 25 FEET DOWNSTREAM AND THEY BUILT THIS BUILDING 1869.

GRAND REOPENING JANUARY 1st, 1870.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING THAT THIS IS STILL HERE, STILL PRIVATELY OWNED, AND WE HAVE IT.

THAT'S EVEN THE MOST AMAZING PART.

♪ ♪ >> WE BRING IN THE BEST GRAINS FROM ALL OVER.

TODAY WE HAVE WHITE CORN AND WE HAVE THE CORNBREAD MIXES.

WE ALSO HAVE BLUE CORN, WHICH IS HOPI INDIANS ORIGINALLY.

♪ WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT KINDS OF PANCAKE MIXES NOW, HOME STYLE, SEVEN GRAIN.

WE HAVE A BUTTERMILK.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE PURPLE CORNMEAL, PURPLE CORNBREAD MIX AND PURPLE GRITS.

I BELIEVE WE ARE THE ONLY PLACE IN THE WORLD THAT YOU CAN GET PURPLE GRITS.

THIS WHOLE GRAIN NATURAL FOOD THING HIT THE MARKET, AND BOOM.

I SAID, OH, THANK YOU!

WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND BOOM, IT JUST TOOK OFF.

♪ TODAY, WE'RE DOING AROUND 40,000 POUNDS A YEAR, AND THAT'S THE LIMIT.

I'M NOT DOING ANY MORE THAN THAT.

THE BUILDING IS TOO OLD.

I'M TOO OLD.

WE STILL MAKE IT THE SAME WAY IT WAS MADE BACK IN THE 1830s.

IT'S A FRESH, NATURAL FOOD.

I'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY, WOW, WHAT'S THAT WONDERFUL FLAVOR.

I SAID, IT'S WHEAT!

I BELIEVE THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.

IT'S BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE THE 1820s.

IT'S FAMILY-OWNED AND STILL IS, NOT THE SAME FAMILY, THOUGH.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE 14th OWNERS.

WE HAVE A COVERED BRIDGE WITH A WATERFALL UNDER IT.

OLD MILL ON THE HILL.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT HISTORY.

YOU CAN WATCH IT.

BUT HERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY VISIT IT.

AND FREE ADMISSION!

♪ ♪ >>> THAT MIKE IS QUITE THE CHARACTER, AND I WOULD BUY PANCAKE MIX FROM HIM ANY DAY, AND, IN FACT, I HAVE BOUGHT PANCAKE MIX FROM HIM, AND IT WAS DELICIOUS.

YOU CAN GET MORE INFO AND DO A LITTLE SHOPPING AT BRIDGETONMILL.COM.

>>> UP NEXT, WE'RE HEADED NORTH TO FORT WAYNE TO GRAB A CUP AT AND HEAR THE STORY BEHIND CONJURE COFFEE.

♪ ♪ >> I'M CORY WALDRON.

I'M THE FOUNDER OWNER OF CONJURE COFFEE.

WE ARE A COFFEE ROASTING COMPANY WITH MULTIPLE CAFES IN FORT WAYNE, AND COFOUNDER AND INVENTOR OF THE MODBAR, THE MODULAR BREWING SYSTEM.

♪ ♪ IN THE PAST, I WORKED AS A COFFEE ROASTER AS WELL AND AS A BARISTA, AND I LOVE HANDS ON WITH COFFEE.

I LIKE ALL THINGS SENSORY RELATED.

AND SO WORKING IN THE FACTORY AND DESIGNING AND DEVELOPING THE MODBAR EQUIPMENT WITH OUR PARTNERS WAS REALLY EXCITING, HOWEVER, BEING IN FULL PRODUCTION MODE WAS MORE -- I WOULD SAY MORE OF A TECHNICAL FACTORY KIND OF WORK, AND I REALLY WAS CRAVING MORE INTERACTION WITH COFFEE HANDS ON.

SO WHEN I LEFT WORKING IN THE OPERATION AT MODBAR IN 2015 IS WHEN I HAD -- I HAD ALREADY PURCHASED THE COFFEE ROASTING DEVICE, AND I STARTED ROASTING COMMERCIALLY.

AND WE OPENED THE FIRST CONJURE CAFE IN 2016.

♪ >> IT'S AN AMAZING THING, COFFEE.

IT'S THE REASON MY WIFE AND I CAME UP WITH THE NAME FOR OUR CAFE, IS CONJURE, BECAUSE THE DEFINITION IN THE SENSE THAT WE LOOK AT IT FOR CONJURE WAS TO MAKE SOMETHING SEEM TO APPEAR AS IF FROM NOTHING.

AND WHEN YOU ORDER A CUP OF COFFEE AND IT COST $2.25, THEY POUR IT OUT OF A CARAFE FOR YOU OR PREPARE IT IN 30 SECONDS OR LESS, IT SEEMS TO COME FROM NOWHERE.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT, AND EXPERTISE THAT -- THE NUMBER OF HANDS THAT TOUCH EVERY COFFEE CHERRY THAT TURNS INTO EVERY SEED THAT GOES INTO EVERY CUP IS -- IT'S AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF EFFORT.

WE ARE BIG FANS OF AFRICAN COFFEE.

SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO NOT BE HEAVY ON AFRICAN COFFEES, BUT WE LOVE ETHIOPIA AND KENYA, RWANDA AND TANZANIA.

WE ALSO REPRESENT CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.

WE REPRESENT DIFFERENT ORIGINS AROUND THE WORLD FAIRLY EQUALLY.

WE ALWAYS POSITION MODBAR EQUIPMENT IN OUR ACCOUNTS, AND WE OFFER IT TO OUR WHOLESALE ACCOUNTS.

AND I'M A MODBAR FOUNDER AND WE ARE A SERVICE POINT FOR IT.

WE ARE BELIEVERS IN THE TECHNOLOGY AND LOVE EVERYTHING THAT IT DOES, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THE ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH A CUSTOMER IN SUCH A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A HUGE MACHINE IN BETWEEN YOU AND ME.

WE CAN HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION WHILE WE ARE SERVING YOUR COFFEE.

♪ THE PEOPLE WHO FREQUENT OUR CAFES CAN WALK INTO A BEAUTIFUL BRIGHT SPACE AND BE TAKEN AWAY FROM WHATEVER NORMALCY THEY ARE HAVING IN THE DAY AND HAVE A SPECIAL MOMENT, AND ENJOY A FANTASTIC CUP OF COFFEE AND BE TAKEN TO ORIGINS BY THE FLAVORS WE PROVIDE IN OUR CUP.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER OUR SHOPS A RESPITE FROM THE EVERY DAY.

IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM LIKE ALL OF THESE BIG CITIES THAT HAVE GREAT AND ACTIVE COFFEE CULTURES COMING TO FORT WAYNE AND BEING REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE KIND OF QUALITY THAT WE CAN SERVE THEM WHEN THEY ARE HERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT EXPECTING TO COME TO A TOWN LIKE OURS AND HAVE A WORLD-CLASS EXPERIENCE.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS FUN.

WE ARE HOPING TO EXPAND EVERYBODY'S OPINION OF WHAT COFFEE IS AND WHAT IT CAN BE.

IT'S NOT JUST THE SAME OLD FLAVOR ALL THE TIME.

AND IT SHOULDN'T BE.

IT'S A SEASONAL CROP.

IT'S CHANGING ALL THE TIME.

THE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THESE THINGS ARE GROWN ARE CHANGING ALL THE TIME.

IT'S AN AGRICULTURAL PHENOMENON.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE TREATED WITH AN AIR OF MYSTICISM AND SOMEONE LOOKS FORWARD TO THE CHANGE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO CONTINUALLY GET THE SAME THING.

♪ >> LOOKING FOR MORE INFO?

IT'S ALL AT CONJURECOFFEE.COM.

>> AND FINALLY, WE ARE HEADED TO A SMALL TOWN IN DeKALB COUNTY TO CHECK OUT A FORMER BANK THAT'S NOW AN ART MUSEUM.

PRODUCER JASON PEAR HAS THE STORY.

♪ >> THE TOWN OF GARRETT WAS A RAILROAD TOWN.

THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD MADE A CONNECTION BETWEEN INDIANA AND CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AND SO A MAN NAMED JOHN W. GARRETT ACTUALLY CAME HERE AND FOUNDED THE TOWN.

BOUGHT 50 ACRES AND SETTLED HERE AND THAT WAS IN 1871.

SO THE TOWN WAS REALLY BUILT ON RAILROADING AND PEOPLE WORKING FOR THE RAILROAD.

IT HAS EVOLVED INTO WHAT IT IS NOW, WHERE THERE ARE A FEW BUSINESSES AND BANKS AND CHURCHES AND SOME RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

GARRETT STATE BANK WAS REALLY FOUNDED IN 1893.

IT WAS IN THE WAGNER OPERA HOUSE.

AND AFTER THAT, MOVED TO THE MAZILLO BUILDING.

NEITHER OF THOSE PLACES STILL EXIST AND IN 1917, THEY HAD AN ARCHITECT COME AND BUILD THIS BUILDING.

IT'S BUILT IN THE CLASSICAL STYLE.

IT WAS, I IMAGINE, ONE OF THE GRANDEST BUILDINGS ON THE MAIN STREET HERE.

IT STAYED HERE UNTIL 1975.

THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND TELL US ABOUT REMEMBERING WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE KIDS AND WOULD COME INTO THE BANK, AND OH, THE TELLERS BOOTHS WERE OVER HERE.

AND I REMEMBER BRINGING MY PENNIES IN AND HAVING THEM COUNT 'EM FOR ME.

THE BANK IS STILL OPEN.

IT JUST RELOCATED.

SO IN 1975, THEY VACATED THIS BUILDING AND BUILT A NEW BUILDING ON THE CORNER BEHIND US.

THEY ALSO HAVE ANOTHER BRANCH ON THE MAIN STREET COMING INTO GARRETT, AND THEY HAVE A BRANCH IN FORT WAYNE.

SO THE BANK STILL EXISTS, STILL GOING STRONG AND PEOPLE AROUND HERE, I WOULD IMAGINE, ALL BANK HERE.

THERE WERE A GROUP OF PEOPLE, ONE BEING AN ART TEACHER AND ONE BEING A LOCAL ARTIST THAT KNEW THAT THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE EMPTY, AND THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO SOME KIND OF AN ART VENUE, AN ART MUSEUM OR A GALLERY.

SO THEY APPROACHED THE BANK AND THE BANK SAID, YES.

WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU USE THE BUILDING FOR THAT.

AND IT BECAME A MUSEUM BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT SAID, WELL, WE HAVE PAINTINGS OR SOME KIND OF DRAWINGS OR ILLUSTRATIONS THAT WERE FROM GARRETT RESIDENTS.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO START A SO-CALLED PERMANENT COLLECTION.

AND SO HENCE IT BECAME A MUSEUM VERSUS A GALLERY.

THIS IS UNIQUE.

THERE WAS NO OTHER ART MUSEUM IN THIS AREA.

THERE ARE A FEW SMALLER GALLERIES IN DeKALB COUNTY, BUT THIS IS -- WE ARE THE ONLY ART MUSEUM.

♪ OPEN CALL USED TO BE CALLED OUR MEMBERS SHOW.

SO WE HAD IT EVERY YEAR SINCE THE VERY FIRST YEAR IN 2008.

THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST EXHIBIT THAT EVER OPENED HERE.

AND WE CARRIED ON THE TRADITION EVERY YEAR.

AND THIS YEAR, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD CHANGE THE NAME TO OPEN CALL, NOT STIPULATE THAT YOU HAD TO BE A MEMBER TO BE IN THE SHOW.

WE WANT TO INCLUDE YOU.

WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOUR ART SOMEWHERE, SINCE IT'S DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW TO GET SHOWS, AND SHOWS ARE CANCELING, WE THOUGHT WE COULD OPEN IT UP MORE TO THE COMMUNITY.

IN THE MAIN MUSEUM FOR OPEN CALL, WE HAVE VARIETY OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME ALL THE WAY FROM HUNTINGTON, SOME OHIO, MICHIGAN, AND THEN OUR SURROUNDING AREA.

I'M ENCOURAGED THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF 3-D ART THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE JEWELRY WHICH WE HAVE NOT HAD BEFORE.

WE HAVE SCULPTURES AND POTTERY, PLUS THE PAINTINGS HANGING ON THE WALL.

IT'S A VERY ECLECTIC SHOW, WHICH MAKES IT INTERESTING TO HANG, AND CHALLENGING, BUT ONCE IT'S ALL TOGETHER, IT SEEMS TO WORK.

WE HAVE 10 TO 11 EXHIBITS A YEAR.

WE TRY TO SHOW NOT ONLY LOCAL AND AREA ARTISTS, BUT NOW WE ARE EXPANDING TO NATIONAL.

IN 2022, WE OPENED THE YEAR WITH EDWARD S. CURTIS, WHO WAS A FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE UNITED STATES WHO MADE IT HIS MISSION TO TRY TO DOCUMENT THE SO-CALLED DEATH OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS.

HIS WORK IS SHOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AND WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE BRINGING 70 PIECES HERE TO THE MUSEUM.

WE ARE ALSO BRINGING IN A NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER BROOKE SHADEN WHO IS FROM CALIFORNIA.

SHE DOES CONCEPTUAL PHOTOGRAPHY.

SHE'S QUITE WELL KNOWN.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HER.

AND WE JUST FOUND OUT THAT WE'LL BE DOING A NORMAN ROCKWELL EXHIBIT IN 2023.

IN THIS AREA AND THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES, IT IS A VIBRANT ART SCENE.

PEOPLE WILL MAKE IT A DESTINATION VISIT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OUTDOOR PUBLIC ART.

WE HAVE MURALS.

AND WHEN THEY FIND OUT ABOUT US, THEY ARE GLAD TO HAVE A MUSEUM IN THIS AREA TO BE ABLE TO COME TO.

>> OPEN CALL, 2021 RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MARCH.

AND YOU CAN GET ALL THE INFO ABOUT THAT AND FUTURE SHOWS AT GARRETTMUSEUMOFART.ORG.

AND AS ALWAYS, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO STAY CONNECTED WITH US.

>> JUST HEAD OVER TO JOURNEYINDIANA.ORG.

THERE YOU CAN SEE FULL EPISODES, CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK, YOUTUBE AND INSTAGRAM AND SUGGEST STORIES FROM YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS.

>> WE ALSO HAVE A MAP FEATURE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND TO PLAN YOUR OWN INDIANA ADVENTURES BEFORE.

BEFORE WE SAY GOOD-BYE, LET'S SPEND SOME MORE TIME EXPLORING THE TREASURES HERE AT THE WAYNE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM.

♪ ♪ >> PRODUCTION SUPPORT FOR "JOURNEY INDIANA" IS PROVIDED BY: