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George Brown

Born on June 19, 1835, in Rushville, Indiana, Brown moved to Indianapolis with his family at the age of one.… Read More »

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Amos C. Brown III

Amos Brown was born on December 18, 1950. A Chicago native, he attended Northwestern U...

David Curtis (D. C.) Stephenson

(Aug. 21, 1891-June 28, 1966). Born in Houston, Texas, Stephenson moved with his famil...

Sarah T. Bolton

Born Sarah Tittle Barrett on December 18, 1814, at Newport Barracks, Kentucky, she mov...

Emma Christy Baker 

Emma Christy was born on February 10, 1865 in Salem, Washington County, Indiana, to Wi...

PLACES

Kemper House

Businessman Charles Pierson constructed what is now known as the Kemper House in 1873 for his new bride, Mary Alice… Read More »

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Warren Park

Warren Park is a eastside bordered by 16th Street, Shadeland Avenue, 10th Street, and ...

White River State Park

In 1979, Indianapolis civic leaders set out to create a new state park to celebrate In...

Bowen Site

The Bowen Site is the best documented of seven known Late Woodland Native American vil...

Haughville

Haughville is a westside neighborhood roughly bounded by 10th Street, Belmont Avenue, ...

EVENTS

Labor Day Celebrations

Indianapolis first observed Labor Day on Sunday, September 19, 1886. Originally scheduled for Monday, September 6, organizers accommodated their guest… Read More »

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Battle of Pogue’s Run

The Battle of Pogue’s Run is the derisive name that the gave to events surrounding a...

USA Gymnastics Sex Abuse Scandal

In a scandal that rocked the sports world, top executives at one of America’s most p...

U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners

United States v. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, w...

Persian Gulf War

Iraq’s invasion and occupation of Kuwait in August 1990 led to the formation of a U....

ORGANIZATIONS

Jenn-Air Corporation

Founded by Ohio native Louis J. Jenn in 1947 following its move to Indianapolis, Jenn Industries produced self-ventilating, overhead exhaust… Read More »

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Union Federal Savings Bank

Union Federal Savings Bank traces its origins to 1887 when it began as the Indianola B...

Flower Mission

The idea for this healthcare charity dates to 1876 when a group of young women took fl...

Indiana Project

Under the New Deal’s response to the , the Works Progress Administration launched th...

Hudson Institute

The Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank and policy research group, moved to In...

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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