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Philip Louis Bayt Jr.
Philip Louis Bayt Jr.
(Sept. 29, 1910-May 10, 1989). The second of 11 children born to Slovenian and Austrian parents, Philip Bayt Jr. attended… Read More »Philip Louis Bayt Jr.

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Charles I. (C. I.) Taylor
Charles I. (C. I.) Taylor

(ca. 1872-ca. Feb. 25, 1922). A transplanted North Carolinian, Taylor was a cofounder ...
Theodore Potter
Theodore Potter

(Nov. 29, 1861-Feb. 8, 1915). Theodore Potter was an early exponent of the germ theory...
Samuel D. Maxwell
Samuel D. Maxwell

(Feb. 19, 1803-July 3, 1873). Born in 1820 in Garrard County, Kentucky, of Scottish an...
Hale Aspacio Woodruff
Hale Aspacio Woodruff

(Aug. 6, 1900-Sept. 6, 1980). Born in Cairo, Illinois, Woodruff attended elementary an...
 
Northwest-Riverside
Northwest-Riverside, known as North Indianapolis when first platted in 1873, was originally an industrial area with a small residential population.… Read More »Northwest-Riverside

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Franklin Township
Franklin Township

Franklin Township is located in the southeastern portion of Marion County. Laid out by...
Traders Point
Traders Point

Traders Point is a residential area located on Lafayette Road, north of 71st Street, i...
Home Place

Home Place is a suburban area, centered at the intersection of 106th Street and Colleg...
Military Park
Military Park

Bounded by West, New York, and Blackford streets and the , the 14-acre park is the old...
 
Visit of Chinese Prince Pu Lun
Visit of Chinese Prince Pu Lun
In May 1904, Prince Pu Lun, twice rumored to be heir to the Manchu throne, visited Indianapolis for 10 days… Read More »Visit of Chinese Prince Pu Lun

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Marion County Fair
Marion County Fair

The first Marion County Fair was held in 1835 under the auspices of the Marion County ...
Anita Bryant In Indianapolis
Anita Bryant In Indianapolis

Evangelical pop singer and Florida orange juice spokesperson Anita Bryant came to Indi...
Vietnam War
Vietnam War

The Vietnam War divided Indianapolis as no conflict had since the Civil War. The city ...
Visits of Abraham Lincoln 
Visits of Abraham Lincoln 

President-elect Lincoln’s trip to Washington, D.C., in February 1861, for his inaugu...
 
Immigrants’ Aid Association
Civic leaders meeting at the Indianapolis in January 1911, established the Immigrants’ Aid Association in response to the needs of… Read More »Immigrants’ Aid Association
Immigrants’ Aid Association

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Indiana Gas Company
Indiana Gas Company

Indiana Gas began as the Indiana Gas & Water Company, which was formed in Septembe...
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra 

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, one of the nation’s most versatile professional...
Curtis Publishing Company
Curtis Publishing Company

Cyrus Curtis founded Curtis Publishing in 1885 in Philadelphia. His first publication ...
Sigma Gamma Rho
Sigma Gamma Rho

African American educators Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, ...
 
Butler University Architecture
Butler University Architecture
The campus of Butler University occupies 290 acres on the city’s northside, with its principal entrance on the east at… Read More »Butler University Architecture

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Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine

Because of the harsh remedies of bloodletting and purging employed during the early 19...
Civil War Camps
Civil War Camps

As the political capital and railroad hub of Indiana during the American Civil War (18...
Golden Age of Indiana Literature
Golden Age of Indiana Literature

The “Golden Age of Indiana Literature” refers to a period extending roughly from 1...
Insulin
Insulin

and Indianapolis have been at the center of insulin production and innovations in diab...