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Richard J. Gatling

(Sept. 12, 1818-Feb. 26, 1903). Richard J. Gatling, born in North Carolina, later moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where, in… Read More »

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Madelyn Pugh Davis

(Mar. 15, 1921-Apr. 20, 2011) Madelyn Pugh Martin Davis is best-known as one of two pr...

Paul H. Buchanan Jr.

The grandson of the founder of , Paul H. Buchanan turned down an opportunity to go int...

Charles E. Coots

Coots was born on July 22, 1851, at Hagerstown in Wayne County, Indiana, and grew up i...

Alice Holliday O’Neal Dye

(Feb. 19, 1927-Feb. 1, 2019). Known as the “First Lady” of architecture, Alice Dye...

PLACES

Lockerbie Marketplace

Originally identified as Block 22 on 1821 plan for Indianapolis, Sears, Roebuck and Co. opened in an Art Deco building… Read More »

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The Pyramids

Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates (KRJDA) of New Haven, Connecticut, designed t...

Old National Centre

Located at 510 North New Jersey Street, Old National Centre, now a major event venue, ...

Senate Avenue YMCA

Early in 1900, white officials of the Indianapolis YMCA asked the national association...

Ransom Place

Ransom Place is a historic African American neighborhood bounded by 10th Street to the...

EVENTS

Visits of Abraham Lincoln

President-elect Lincoln’s trip to Washington, D.C., in February 1861, for his inauguration as chief executive was a “progress” rather than… Read More »

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Butler Relays

Founded by track coach Herman Phillips, the Butler Relays were a prestigious American ...

Super Bowl XLVI

The construction of , which replaced the outdated as home of the , led civic leaders t...

Fall Creek Massacre

On March 22, 1824, a band of nine Seneca and Miami Indians camped on in nearby to hunt...

1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

From September 1918 to the late spring of 1919, Indianapolis suffered from a viral inf...

ORGANIZATIONS

Ancient Order of Hibernians

The Ancient Order of Hibernians is a National Irish Catholic organization that was founded in New York in 1836. The… Read More »

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Civil War Round Table

On February 8, 1955, Harry Grube, an assistant chief attorney for the Veterans Adminis...

Indiana University School of Medicine

Until the 1890s most medical education in the United States occurred at private, propr...

Russ and Harrison

Merritt Harrison (1888-1973), a graduate of Indianapolis (1906) and Cornell University...

Indianapolis Ballet Theatre

Formed in 1973 as an outgrowth of the Civic Ballet Society of Indianapolis (which had ...

TOPICS

Retailing

The earliest retail businesses in Indianapolis were general stores, farmers’ markets, and workshops. Currency was not widely available in the… Read More »

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