(Editor's note: This story is an amalgam of two stories that originally appeared in 2016.) Raggedy Ann is a simple and unpretentious doll with button eyes and a tender smile. Not bad for over 100 ...

Johnny Gruelle, creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy, grew up in Indianapolis. The influential artists he grew up around undoubtedly inspired his own art. Learn more about the origins of this beloved doll ...

ARCOLA -- The irony of her childhood disinterest in dolls, in general, was not lost on the granddaughter of Johnny Gruelle, the Arcola native who created the Raggedy Ann doll, as she attended the ...

Arcola is the one-time home of Raggedy Ann and Andy creator Johnny Gruelle. The dolls, which are immortalized with bronze statues in the town, are the subject of several events at an annual gathering ...