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==Notable people== * [[Ford Frick]], commissioner of [[Major League Baseball]] from 1951 to 1965, went to high school in Rome City. * [[Gene Stratton Porter]] (August 17, 1863 β December 6, 1924), author, nature photographer, naturalist, and [[silent movie]]-era producer, lived at her lakeside estate, the Cabin at Wildflower Woods, near Rome City from 1913 until 1919. Scenes from the 1927 movie based on her novel, ''The Harvester'', were filmed at Wildflower Woods. The property has been designated as the [[Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin (Rome City, Indiana)|Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site]], operated by the [[Indiana State Museum]] and Historic Sites, and open to the public.<ref>{{cite book | author=Barbara Olenyik Morrow | title =Nature's Storyteller: The Life of Gene Stratton-Porter | publisher =Indiana Historical Society | year =2010 | location =Indianapolis | pages =139, 161β62 | isbn =978-0-87195-284-4}} See also: {{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title =Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher =Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| access-date =July 21, 2017}} This includes {{cite web| author=Thomas Gross | title =National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin | format =pdf | url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1d811/N/Gene_Stratton_Porter_Memorial_Noble_CO_Nom.pdf| access-date =July 21, 2017}} and accompanying photographs.</ref>
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