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Nathaniel Alexander Owings

(Feb. 5, 1903-June 13, 1984). Indianapolis native, Nathaniel Alexander Owings is known nationally and internationally for his contributions to architecture. … Read More »

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Winifred Conrick Kahmann

(May 24, 1894-Mar. 31, 1982). An early occupational therapist and an influential champ...

Clemens Vonnegut Sr.

(Nov. 20, 1824-Dec. 13, 1906). German immigrant Clemens Vonnegut Sr. was the patriarch...

John F. Buchanan

(Nov. 9, 1895-July 9, 1926). The son of Frank and Fannie L. Fleming, John F. Buchanan ...

John A. Puryear

(Feb. 1855-Nov. 18, 1930). Puryear was born in North Carolina and came to Indianapolis...

PLACES

Woodruff Place

Woodruff Place is a near eastside subdivision, bounded by East 10th Street, East Drive, East Michigan Street, and West Drive. … Read More »

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Northwest-Riverside

Northwest-Riverside, known as North Indianapolis when first platted in 1873, was origi...

Harry E. Wood High School

In 1953, the Charles E. Emmerich Manual Training High School (see ) moved from 501 S. ...

Traders Point

Traders Point is a residential area located on Lafayette Road, north of 71st Street, i...

Salesforce Tower

, chairman of Bank One Indiana, began planning for the building now known as Tower in ...

EVENTS

Police Mutiny

Occasioned by a streetcar strike, the mutiny was the most serious breach of police protocol and one of the greatest… Read More »

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Civil War Treason Trials

The Indianapolis military-commission “treason trials” of 1864 arose from the threa...

Robert F. Kennedy Speech

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

Gay Knights on the Circle

In the summer of 1984, leaders of the LGBTQ community in Indianapolis organized what b...

Battle of Pogue’s Run

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

ORGANIZATIONS

American Legion Department of Indiana

The Department of Indiana branch of the American Legion is a statewide veterans organization affiliated with the American Legion and… Read More »

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Haag Drug Company

In 1876, German-born brothers Louis and Julius Haag opened a moderately successful dru...

Stokely-Van Camp

Stokely-Van Camp is the successor to Van Camp Packing Company, an Indianapolis packer ...

Van Camp Hardware

The founder of Van Camp Hardware, Cortland Van Camp (1852-1923), was born in Metamora,...

International School of Indiana

The International School of Indiana (ISI), located in Indianapolis, Indiana, offers an...

TOPICS

Teacher Unions

Two fundamentally different national organizations serve as advocates for educators’ interests. The National Education Association (NEA) is open to all… Read More »