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Bess Robbins Kaufman

(Jan. 9, 1905-May 3, 1961). A native of Anderson, Indiana, Bess Robbins came to Indianapolis as a young girl. She… Read More »

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Charles Phillips Emerson

(Sept. 4, 1872-Sept. 26, 1938). Physician, medical textbook author, and long-time dean...

Charles Williams

(Jan. 11, 1948-July 12, 2004). Born in Indianapolis, Charles Williams attended and gra...

Louis Leon Ludlow

(June 24, 1873-Nov. 28, 1950). Louis Leon Ludlow was born in a log cabin in Fayette Co...

Ferdinand Schaefer

(Dec. 11, 1861-Apr. 18, 1953). Born in Dotzheim, Germany, Ferdinand Schaefer attended ...

PLACES

Midtown

The neighborhood colloquially known as Midtown is a historically African American neighborhood bounded by 16th Street, Dr. Martin Luther King… Read More »

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Indianapolis Raceway Park

The 300-acre Indianapolis Raceway Park (IRP) is located west of at 10267 East U.S. Hig...

Five Points

An early settlement in , Five Points derives its name from the angled intersection of ...

Fall Creek Bridges

In 1899, a program of replacing Indianapolis’ steel and iron bridges with new “per...

State House

The first capitol building in Indianapolis was the original Marion County courthouse, ...

EVENTS

Fred Sanders Case

The Fred Sanders Case involved an Indianapolis parochial school teacher’s fatal shooting of an Indianapolis police officer. On the evening… Read More »

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Richmond Hill Explosion

On Saturday night November 10, 2012, at 11:10 p.m., a natural gas explosion occurred i...

Cold Spring Murder Case

The bodies of Jacob Young and Nancy Jane Young, husband and wife, were discovered alon...

Marshal Foch Day

Marshal Ferdinand Foch, commander-in-chief on the western front during World War I, to...

Townsend Recovery Plan Convention

The Townsend Recovery Plan Convention was the fourth national gathering of an organiza...

ORGANIZATIONS

Irvington Group

A colony of artists resided in during the 1920s and 1930s that became known as the Irvington Group. From 1928… Read More »

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Leadership United (United Way)

developed leadership training programs in 1986 to enhance volunteers’ ability to s...

Broadmoor Country Club

In 1922, several Jewish businessmen organized a social and sporting club for the Jewis...

National Starch and Chemical Company

William F. Piel Sr. began the Union Starch Company near the downtown area in 1867 as t...

Haag Drug Company

In 1876, German-born brothers Louis and Julius Haag opened a moderately successful dru...

TOPICS

Freethought

Freethought aims to approach all matters objectively and rationally, although this definition oversimplifies. Principally antireligious, thus its atheistic and humanistic… Read More »

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