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commune (community)
The leader was Daniel Wright. He and seven others started Padanaram with a tractor and an old mule.

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Are you wondering what happened?
by Mike Kesselring , ex-member
2004/12/26
I am wondering what has happened to the commune. The website address I had no longer works and canno ... [long comment]

Sad state of affairs
by Gloria Lewis , ex-member
2005/03/11
Communal kitchen is gone, most people work outside of commnunity. Not many people there..mostly foun ... [long comment]

just a vistor
by tonya smith , visitor/guest
2005/08/08
I lived at Padanaram Settlement very briefy in early 1970's and also wondered what happened to this ... [long comment]

Robbie
by rclark , ex-member
2006/02/19
I AM AN EX-MEMBER WHO WONDERS WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE COMMUNE AND IF IT STILL EXIST.

I am going there
by Mike Kesselring , ex-member
2006/08/13
I am going to visit the place in September to see what happened. See my earlier comment for my email ... [long comment]

I have answers.
by Warrior LaMar
2006/09/06
If you have any questions about past/present/future padanaram, you can email me. wlamar@indiana.edu

agr8guy
by agr8guy , ex-member
2006/09/16
I am a ex member that lived there for 4 years through the ages of 15-19. I am now 47 years old and w ... [long comment]

One of seven
by linda , founding member
2006/10/09
I have read the comments by others who were at one time at Padanaram Settlement. I was there in the ... [long comment]

Padanaram Today
by iewright
2006/10/20
I am a 20 year old college student attending Indiana University. I was born, raised, and live in the ... [long comment]

I lived in Padanaram for a short while
by Ted Coombs , ex-member
2006/10/29
I lived in Padanaram for a short while. It was a difficult time of my life and I think of Daniel Wri ... [long comment]

A lot of my family live there.
by Robert Sean Mitchum
2006/11/06
I am Bob most of my family lived there, i think my grand ma still lives there Lillian Wright one of ... [long comment]

Padanaram Today
by kayla louise
2006/11/17
I came to this website and noticed that a lot of people just wanted to know how Padanaram is today a ... [long comment]

living to learn
by teresa Baker , ex-member
2007/01/11
I lived at Padanaram for 10 years. If there was anything to be learned from being in this community ... [long comment]

2007 Open House
by skc437 , visitor/guest
2007/05/21
Can anyone tell me if Padanarma still has there Open House in October??? I would love to go to it b ... [long comment]

members
by Ralf Gering , visitor/guest
2007/07/03
Just wondering how many people still live in Padanaram... Any guesses?

names
by zeke , visitor/guest
2007/09/23
I live in the area and meet people from Padanaram from time to time. I have always wondered about the names given to the children of the community. They are unique.

People come and people go seems the God keeps the good ones.
by Godson Wright , current member
2008/12/22
Padanaram is a place on this earth that you can learn to love or hate. God lead a man greater in the ... [long comment]

A visit
by J J B
2009/01/04
I will be visiting today! Its a nice place, my girlfriends grandparents live there, it will be nice ... [long comment]

awsome
by 5bohon
2009/01/11
Looking back on my short existence on this earth I have lived all over the states and THE absolute b ... [long comment]

Is this Community Still in Operation
by K Mariano , visitor/guest
2009/04/09
And how do you find out more about it? The website is no longer working.

More information
by Zachary N Shields , visitor/guest
2009/07/01
I am wondering about more information as well. I saw that they sometimes have an open gathering whe ... [long comment]

want to talk to people that where there when I was....
by Chris Gamble
2010/07/28
I remember setting turtle traps in the creek, and having turtle stew. Picking strawberries for break ... [long comment]

record: padanaramsettlement [edit]

location
williams, indiana, northeast usa, north america.
area (size of land):

links
website

languages
english.

partaking users
mikess, ex-member

last updated 2006/08/13
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