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Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
(Oct. 1, 1832-Oct. 25, 1892). Wife of President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893) and first president-general of the National Society of the… Read More »Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison

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Robert Frost Daggett
Robert Frost Daggett

(Mar. 13, 1875-Sept. 6, 1955). After graduating from Indianapolis High School (later )...
Frank Martin McHale
Frank Martin McHale

(Mar. 4, 1891-Jan. 26, 1975). Attorney, businessman, and state and national Democratic...
Easley Rutland Blackwood Sr.
Easley Rutland Blackwood Sr.

(June 25, 1903-Mar. 27, 1992). Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Blackwood spent most of hi...
Thurman Brooks Rice
Thurman Brooks Rice

(Aug. 17, 1888-Dec. 27, 1952). Physician, public health leader, medical historian, edu...
 
Riverside Park
Early History The area now occupied by Riverside Park was developed for agricultural use beginning in the 1820s. Although it… Read More »Riverside Park

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Belt Line Railroad
Belt Line Railroad

Completed in 1878, the Belt Line Railroad over many decades has served as a supplement...
Avondale Meadows
Avondale Meadows

Avondale Meadows is an eastside neighborhood, formerly known as the Meadows, bounded b...
Edgewood

Edgewood is a suburb roughly bounded by Thompson Road, McFarland Road, Edgewood Avenue...
Old Northside
Old Northside

Bounded by 16th Street, Bellefontaine Street, I-65, and Pennsylvania Street, the area ...
 
Sylvia Likens Murder Case
Sylvia Likens Murder Case
In July 1965, Lester and Betty Likens, traveling fair concessionaires, left two of their children, Sylvia Marie, 16, and Jenny… Read More »Sylvia Likens Murder Case

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Mexican-American War
Mexican-American War

On May 16, 1846, Governor James Whitcomb was given a federal quota to supply three reg...
World War I
World War I

Indianapolis experienced profound changes during World War I. The societal transformat...
National Sports Festival IV
National Sports Festival IV

In 1978, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced its decision to implemen...
Talbot Street Art Fair
Talbot Street Art Fair

Originally held on Mother’s Day weekend in 1956, a group of students from the initia...
 
Mayflower Transit Company
In 1927, trucker Conrad M. Gentry, formerly of , and International Harvester truck salesman Don F. Kenworthy started the Mayflower… Read More »Mayflower Transit Company
Mayflower Transit Company

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Irvington Group
Irvington Group

A colony of artists resided in during the 1920s and 1930s that became known as the Irv...
Cole Motor Car Company  
Cole Motor Car Company  

Joseph Jarrett Cole (1869-1925), a native of Connersville, Indiana, and a graduate of ...
Eastern Star Church
Eastern Star Church

Eastern Star Church, the largest predominantly African American religious congregation...
Mays Family Institute On Diverse Philanthropy
Mays Family Institute On Diverse Philanthropy

An institute at the Indiana University , the Mays Institute on Diverse Philanthropy ho...
 
Civil War Camps
Civil War Camps
As the political capital and railroad hub of Indiana during the American Civil War (1861-1865), Indianapolis became an important military… Read More »Civil War Camps

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Dentistry
Dentistry

Dental problems were a common affliction of early settlers of Indiana. Casual referenc...
Germans
Germans

People with ancestral ties to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg...
Public Service Indiana
Public Service Indiana

Public Service Indiana, one of the state’s largest electric utilities, was headquart...
Latvians
Latvians

Earliest records indicate the presence of Latvian residents in North America around 16...