sneak sneak

By Jeff A • February 6, 2006

I know, your wondering what I have been doing and why so quiet over the weekend. I have taken up a new hobby, well sub-hobby actually. They call it Urban Exploration. There are a few links in my sidebar so you can get some information about this.

Along with this new hobby I had to have a way to display the spoils of my exploration so I have added a gallery to the site. So far all it has is a scouting trip to a local facility. Here are a few example shots till I get the story of the area up.

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Update: A little background to peak the old interest!

Muscatatuck State Developmental Center (1920-present)
(formerly Muscatatuck State School and Indiana Farm Colony for Feeble Minded Youth)

Initially, the Indiana Farm Colony, a work farm and residential facility, accepted only developmentally disabled men over the age of sixteen. In 1925, with the transfer of the Colony’s administrative authority to the School for Feebleminded Youth at Fort Wayne, the Epileptic Village focused less on work and more on education. In 1941, the Colony became the Muscatatuck State School and began to accept women.

Collection Description: Annual Reports; Patient Records (sampling), 1920-1971.

Muscatatuck once housed 1,800 people with developmental disabilities. From 1997 to 2000, investigators substantiated 183 cases of physical, sexual and verbal abuse at the facility, 75 of which occurred in 1999.

And even more info, there are a lot of results in this search