James Whitcomb Riley in prose and picture . ^HEN Riley came to pros-perity he purchased thehome in Greenfield inwhich his family hadlived—not the home inwhich he was born. This has been re-modeled and is used, but not by the poethimself. He has remained a bachelor. Time is doing a great deal to removethe landmarks which are portrayed inhis poems. Visitors still can find the oldswimming hole. The town has grown.

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