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Katharine Croan Greenough

(Sept. 8, 1888-Dec. 12, 1977). Katharine Foster Croan was born in Shenandoah, Iowa, and grew up in , Indiana. Katharine… Read More »

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William John Brown

(Aug. 15, 1805-Mar.18, 1857). Born in Mason County, Kentucky, Brown moved with his par...

Mae Alice Engron

(Jan. 29, 1933-May 4, 2007). An abstract artist, Engron was born in Indianapolis to Re...

Ikko Matsumoto

(Sept. 14, 1863-Dec. 14, 1935). Ikko Yahe was born in Tokyo, Japan, where he apprentic...

Frank Baldwin Hunter

(June 17, 1883-Jan. 5, 1958). Indianapolis architect and swimming-pool-designer Frank ...

PLACES

Zionsville

Zionsville is a town located northwest of Indianapolis along S.R. 334 (116th Street). It began as a depot on the… Read More »

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Newby Oval

Indianapolis bicycle chain manufacturer and cycling enthusiast devised a plan to build...

Williams Creek

Williams Creek is a northside bounded by 81st Street, College Avenue, Williams Creek...

Babe Denny

Babe Denny is a near southside community bordered by South Street, Madison Avenue, Mor...

Forest Manor

Forest Manor is a northeast side neighborhood bounded by 38th Street, Hawthorne Lane, ...

EVENTS

Indianapolis Public School 27 National Chess Champions 

Against all odds, a team of 11 inner-city students from Indianapolis Public School (IPS) 27 defeated a team from Hunter College… Read More »

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Fiesta Indianapolis

Fiesta Indianapolis celebrates the cultures of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Spain...

Tenth Pan American Games

In 1984, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) urged Indianapolis to bid for the ...

Blizzard of 1978

The worst blizzard in Indianapolis history battered the city and most of Indiana on Ja...

Super Bowl XLVI

The construction of , which replaced the outdated as home of the , led civic leaders t...

ORGANIZATIONS

Salesforce

Salesforce is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform that integrates marketing, sales, commerce, service, and IT to help businesses… Read More »

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Peoples Bank

In 1891, Tennessee native Felix Tony McWhirter opened an office at 122 East Market Str...

Ancient Order of Hibernians

The Ancient Order of Hibernians is a National Irish Catholic organization that was fou...

Lilly Industries

Lilly Industries was the outgrowth of a varnish company started by Henry B. Mears in 1...

Indiana Latino Institute

The Indiana Latino Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to servin...

TOPICS

Unigov and Political Participation

The 1969 reorganization of Indianapolis-Marion County local government known as Unigov had profound effects on patterns of political participation and… Read More »

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