Editing Limberlost Swamp (section)

==Representation in media==
* Indiana-born author [[Gene Stratton-Porter]] helped make the Limberlost Swamp famous in the early 20th century. She lived for years on its periphery and lobbied unsuccessfully against its ongoing destruction. The swamp served as the setting for two of her novels, ''[[Freckles (novel)|Freckles]]'' (1904) and ''[[A Girl of the Limberlost (novel)|A Girl of the Limberlost]]'' (1909). Her novel ''The Harvester'' (1911) includes the names of many of the plants found in the swamp around the time the book was written. Stratton-Porter was also an accomplished artist and wildlife photographer who specialized in making close-up photographs of the birds and [[moths]] in their natural habitat. Several of her nonfiction nature books, including ''Moths of the Limberlost'' (1912), feature the swamp's wildlife.  Her residences in the area became the laboratories for her research. They are preserved today as the [[Gene Stratton Porter Cabin (Geneva, Indiana)|Limberlost Cabin]], the Limberlost State Historic Site in Geneva, and the [[Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin (Rome City, Indiana)|Cabin at Wildflower Woods]]. The [[Indiana State Museum]] and Historic Sites operates Stratton-Porter's former homes as state historic sites, which are open to the public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Authors: Gene Stratton-Porter|work=Our Land, Our Literature|publisher=[[Ball State University]]|url=http://www.bsu.edu/ourlandourlit/literature/authors/portergs.htm%23laddie|access-date=July 26, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20030708025702/http://www.bsu.edu/ourlandourlit/literature/authors/portergs.htm%23laddie|archive-date=July 8, 2003}} See also: {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111231051/http://landandlit.iweb.bsu.edu/Literature/Authors/portergs.htm |date=January 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Gugin, Linda C., and James E. St. Clair, eds. | title =Indiana's 200: The People Who Shaped the Hoosier State | publisher =[[Indiana Historical Society]] Press| year =2015 | location =Indianapolis | pages=333–35 | isbn =978-0-87195-387-2}} See also: {{cite book | author = Long, Judith Reick | title = Gene Stratton-Porter: Novelist and Naturalist | publisher = Indiana Historical Society | year = 1990 | location = Indianapolis | url = https://archive.org/details/genestrattonport0000long | isbn = 0871950529 | url-access = registration }}</ref>
*''[[Romance of the Limberlost]]'' (1938) is an American moving picture based on Stratton-Porter's writings and directed by [[William Nigh]], and starring [[Jean Parker]] and [[Eric Linden]].<ref>{{IMDb title|qid=Q7362419|title=Romance of the Limberlost}}</ref> It is set in Indiana's Limberlost region in 1905.