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Sumner A. Furniss
Sumner A. Furniss
(Jan. 30, 1874 -Jan. 18, 1953). Born in Jackson, Mississippi, Sumner A. Furniss moved to Indianapolis with his family as… Read More »Sumner A. Furniss

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Thomas William Moses
Thomas William Moses

(June 30, 1919-Mar. 21, 1986). Thomas William Moses was born in Benton, Illinois, and ...
Abel Streight
Abel Streight

(June 17, 1828-May 27, 1892). Born in New York, Abel Streight began his career as a bu...
John Leslie (Wes) Montgomery
John Leslie (Wes) Montgomery

(Mar. 6, 1923-June 15, 1968). Born John Leslie Montgomery in Indianapolis, Montgomery ...
Eli Lilly
Eli Lilly

(Apr. 1, 1885-Jan. 24, 1977). Eli Lilly was the son of and Lilly Ridgely Lilly; the gr...
 
USS Indianapolis Memorial
In 1930, construction began on a new heavy cruiser for the U.S. Navy. It was the second of four Navy… Read More »USS Indianapolis Memorial

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Fall Creek Waterway
Fall Creek Waterway

Fall Creek, a major tributary of White River within Marion County, was one of the earl...
Perry Township
Perry Township

Perry Township is located in southern Marion County. In 1822, county commissioners def...
West Indianapolis
West Indianapolis

The boundaries of the former West Indianapolis are roughly Washington Street, White Ri...
Avon
Avon

Avon is a community located west of Indianapolis in Washington Township in eastern , a...
 
Coliseum Explosion
Coliseum Explosion
On October 31, 1963, Shriners Night at the Coliseum, the Holiday on Ice performance ended abruptly when a propane tank… Read More »Coliseum Explosion

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Super Bowl XLVI
Super Bowl XLVI

The construction of , which replaced the outdated as home of the , led civic leaders t...
National Sports Festival IV
National Sports Festival IV

In 1978, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) announced its decision to implemen...
Morgan’s Raid 
Morgan’s Raid 

During the , a division of Confederate cavalry under Gen. John Hunt Morgan invaded Ind...
American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. Hudnut
American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. Hudnut

American Booksellers Association, Inc. v. Hudnut was an action brought against the Cit...
 
Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company
In the mid-1860s, J. R. Osgood and S. F. Smith established a business producing wagon and carriage materials on South… Read More »Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company
Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company

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Pierre And Wright
Pierre And Wright

The partnership of Edward Dienhart Pierre and George Caleb Wright was one of the most ...
Tuchman Cleaners
Tuchman Cleaners

Sam Tuchman, a Jewish immigrant born in Lublin, Poland, arrived in Indianapolis with h...
Church Women United
Church Women United

In 1898 a group of church women headed by Mrs. J. D. Forest and Mrs. W. H. H. Shank is...
Children’s Express/Y-Press
Children’s Express/Y-Press

Children’s Express/Y-Press was a non-profit Indianapolis-based youth-media news orga...
 
Art Exhibitions
The had its first art exhibition in 1883. Supervised by local painter and art instructor and held at the on… Read More »Art Exhibitions

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Automobile Culture
Automobile Culture

The automobile has changed every American city throughout the 20th century, those of m...
Streetcars
Streetcars

The streets of Indianapolis have known three kinds of externally guided vehicles offer...
Equal Rights Amendment
Equal Rights Amendment

U.S. Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana in 1972 introduced the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)...
Japanese
Japanese

Census data from 1880 onward reveals the small number of Japanese in Indiana, without ...