Diana of the Dunes
Diana of the Dunes[1] is a folklore legend about a woman who used to go skinny dipping at Dunes State Park in Indiana. She lived there in an abandoned cottage near the beach. She was nicknamed "Diana" after a Roman goddess. Her ghost is alleged to haunt the park's shores.[2]
Alice Mabel Gray (1881–1925) was the woman on whom the "Diana of the Dunes" legend was based. Gray was a graduate of the University of Chicago, who found city life was not conducive to the advancement of an educated woman. In 1915, she moved to the dune country, in order to write and to live a simpler life. The only known photograph of her is held by the Chicago History Museum.[3]
References
- ↑ Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2006). Alice Gray, Dorothy Buell, and Naomi Svihla: Preservationists of Ogden Dunes. The South Shore Journal, 1. http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-1-2006/78-journals/vol-1-2006/117-alice-gray-dorothy-buell-and-naomi-svihla-preservationists-of-ogden-dunes
- ↑ Kobrowski, Nicole Encyclopedia of Haunted Indiana 1st Ed. ISBN 978-0-9774130-2-7
- ↑ Images of America, Westchester Township, Westchester Public Library; Arcadia, Books, 1999; pg 19
External links
- Historic Indiana Ghost Walks and Tours/ Unseenpress Books
- Story of Diana of the Dunes
- U.S. Naval Observatory article of Alice Mabel Gray (Diana)
Further reading
- Diana of the Dunes: The True Story of Alice Gray. The History Press. July 2010. ISBN 978-1-59629-977-1. External link in
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