00;00;07;04 - 00;00;15;14 Adele Reich The Muncie Memory Spiral is a nature walk that includes all aspects of south Muncie’s history. It’s half the size of a football field, and the path is 800 feet long. 00;00;15;16 - 00;00;24;07 Richard Ziegler That was my wife Jean's idea to make of the spiral. My idea was a circle. She's an artist. She immediately said it should be a spiral. 00;00;24;10 - 00;00;32;26 Adele Reich The development was spearheaded by Richard Ziegler and his wife Jean, along with community enhancement projects, who wanted to make a monument to South Muncie's history. They found a great place to do it. 00;00;33;02 - 00;00;44;13 Richard Ziegler Heekin Park seemed to be the perfect place, because Heekin Park already has a number of other history components throughout the park. So we wanted to make Heekin Park known as Muncie’s history park. 00;00;44;16 - 00;01;03;04 Adele Reich Historical signs lined the path starting from the present and ending on the Native Americans and colonial settlers who first found in Muncie. To better tell this history. Ziegler worked alongside both State Professor Chris Flook and the Delaware County Historical Society. Flook wanted to emphasize the contributions from every population in Muncie because the story wouldn't be complete without them. 00;01;03;10 - 00;01;16;08 Chris Flook The story of Muncie is it cannot be understood without explaining the role that African Americans played in the history, the all the role that women have played, the fact that we are on indigenous land. There's just no way around that. 00;01;16;11 - 00;01;27;29 Adele Reich The Ziegler's wanted the landscape to be different from other outdoor activities they had seen and unique to Muncie. Benches were designed by Ball State Landscape Architecture students, and the awning has cutouts of raccoon tracks and animal natives. Muncie. 00;01;28;01 - 00;01;37;28 Richard Ziegler There's a lot here. We wouldn't necessarily expect somebody to come and take it all in on one swoop, because there is a lot of information. It's a journey in and of itself. 00;01;38;01 - 00;01;39;16 Adele Reich Adele Reich for IPR news.