For many years, some of Mrs. Porter’s works have been required reading for pupils in the English classes of the Fort Wayne high schools, which has reinforced the demand for these titles. Inquiry into the holdings of this Library reveals that at present (1953), there are 650 active copies of Mrs. Porter’s titles. In all, this Library has purchased, during the last half-century, 2,580 of her books. Of these FRECKLES is the most widely read; 353 copies have been worn out and 119 copies are still active. GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST ranks second with 377 worn out and 90 still available. Perhaps the greatest achievement of Mrs. Porter and her books was to induce people to wander in the out-of-doors and investigate nature. Her considerable ability as a story-teller enabled her to hold and influence her readers. A boulder, known as Elephant Rock, lay in the St. Mary’s River a few miles north of Decatur and is probably the largest of its kind in the state. Youths called themselves skaters only when they could reach Elephant Rock and return. Since Mrs. Porter wished such a rock as a monument when she died, the school children of Adams County accordingly placed it across the street from the old Porter homestead. The State of Indiana has now taken over both the home at Rome City and the one in Geneva as state memorials. When she moved to California, she offered all her Sylvan Lake property to the State of Indiana on the condition that she be reimbursed for the cost of the buildings and the expense of the garden, but the State was not prepared to act on the proposal at that time. Mrs. Jeanette Meehan, daughter of Mrs. Porter, has written two books—a biography of her mother, LADY OF THE LIMBERLOST, and a novel, FRECKLES COMES HOME. In 1927, Mr. Meehan, in his capacity as director of films for Gene Stratton Porter Inc., came to Sylvan Lake with a group of thirty-five persons to film HARVESTER. Besides her daughter and four grandchildren, Mrs. Porter was related to other persons in and near Fort Wayne. Mrs. John Heller of Decatur was a cousin; Merlin Wilson of Fort Wayne was a nephew; two sisters, Mrs. Florence S. Compton and Mrs. Ada Wilson, were residents of Fort Wayne for many years. Holdings of Titles by GENE STRATTON PORTER in the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County Total Active