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Margaret Moore Post

(Aug. 16, 1909-Oct. 31, 1987). Born Margaret Stephenson in Plainfield, Indiana, Post earned her first byline in the Plainfield High… Read More »

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Madge Augustine Oberholtzer   

(Nov. 10, 1896 – Apr. 14, 1925). Born in Clay City, Indiana, Madge Augustine Oberhol...

Bertita Carla Camille Leonarz De Harding

(Nov. 1, 1902-Dec. 31, 1971). Bertita Carla Camille Leonarz de Harding was born in Hun...

Emmett I. Brown Jr.

Emmett Isom Brown Jr. was the son of Alberta S. and Emmett I. Brown Sr., a dentist and...

James Franklin Baskett

James Franklin Baskett was born on Feb. 16, 1904, in Indianapolis and attended Arsenal...

PLACES

Governor’s Residences

There have been six official residences for Indiana’s governors. The first residence was located in Indiana’s original capital, Corydon, and… Read More »

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Paul Laurence Dunbar Library Branch

Although the was founded in 1873 with an official policy that proclaimed it “open to...

Indianapolis Traction Terminal

Hub of the statewide interurban (electric railway) system. When the Indianapolis Tract...

Indiana Convention Center

Opened in 1972 at a cost of $26 million, the Indiana Convention Center was constructed...

DigIndy

The Indianapolis sewer system was originally built as a combined sewer system. Common ...

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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Dust Bowl Tournament

The Dust Bowl Tournament emerged from a (PAL) sponsored basketball league at the , a s...

Tally Sheet Forgeries

The Tally Sheet Forgeries occurred during the 1886 midterm election in Indianapolis. T...

Coliseum Explosion

On October 31, 1963, Shriners Night at the Coliseum, the Holiday on Ice performance en...

Robert F. Kennedy Speech

On the evening of April 4, 1968, as more than a hundred cities erupted in violence fol...

ORGANIZATIONS

Junior League of Indianapolis

The Junior League of Indianapolis (JLI) is a women’s organization that trains volunteers as community leaders to improve local social,… Read More »

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American Red Ball Transit Company

In 1914 Ward B. Hiner began selling automobile insurance in Indianapolis, soon adding ...

United Way of Central Indiana

Nationally and locally, the United Way traces its origins to World War I, when “war ...

Early Learning Indiana

Successor to Day Nursery Association of Indianapolis, Early Learning Indiana is the st...

Center for Interfaith Cooperation

The Center for Interfaith Cooperation (CIC) is a nonprofit organization with the goal ...

TOPICS

Antislavery Movement

Militant opposition to slavery was not widespread in Indianapolis because of the city’s large southern population and general race prejudice.… Read More »

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