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William P. Jungclaus

(Feb. 22, 1849-Oct. 30, 1924). William P. Jungclaus immigrated to the United States in 1870. He was born in a… Read More »

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Genevieve Brown

A native of Winamac, Indiana, Brown graduated from Monticello High School and Indiana ...

Spurgeon Davenport

(May 4, 1911-Dec. 21, 2003). Born in Rome, Georgia, Davenport was the first Afric...

Marie Childs Todd

(Apr. 23, 1871-Dec. 17, 1951). Marie Childs Todd was born in Indianapolis. She was the...

Merica Evans Hoagland

(Apr. 7, 1858-Aug. 16, 1933). Hoagland, a native of Fort Wayne and a prominent club wo...

PLACES

Old Northside

Bounded by 16th Street, Bellefontaine Street, I-65, and Pennsylvania Street, the area now known as the Old Northside began as… Read More »

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Williams Creek

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

Bona Thompson Center

Located at 5350 University Avenue, the Bona Thompson Memorial Library is the last surv...

Washington Township

Washington Township is located in the northern portion of Marion County. Settlement be...

Hinkle Fieldhouse

Hinkle Fieldhouse is the nation’s oldest college basketball arena and takes the nick...

EVENTS

Gay Knights on the Circle

In the summer of 1984, leaders of the LGBTQ community in Indianapolis organized what became known as the Gay Knights… Read More »

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Coliseum Explosion

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

Marshal Foch Day

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

Morgan’s Raid

During the , a division of Confederate cavalry under Gen. John Hunt Morgan invaded Ind...

Visits of Abraham Lincoln

President-elect Lincoln’s trip to Washington, D.C., in February 1861, for his inaugu...

ORGANIZATIONS

Sigma Gamma Rho

African American educators Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little, Dorothy Hanley Whiteside, Vivian White Marbury, Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson, Hattie Mae… Read More »

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Indianapolis Press Club

A social and professional club for working journalists and allied crafts. Its attracti...

Flanner House

Flanner House, originally an African American branch of a white settlement house organ...

Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church

In 1869, a small group of seven or eight people left Lick Creek Baptist Church, establ...

National Institute for Fitness and Sport

In June 1983, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport announced that I...

TOPICS

Book Trade

Since the middle of the 19th century, Indianapolis has had important associations with the book world—for its publishers, book designers,… Read More »

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Cable Television

Cable television sends and receives television signals through coaxial cable instead o...