Articles: American Nonconformist Published in Winfield, Kansas, from 1879, the American Nonconformist, a People’s (Populist) Party newspaper, moved in June 1892 to Indianapolis… Read More »American Nonconformist Bash Seed Company In 1906 Daniel F. Bash started Bash Seed Store at 141 North Delaware Street as an extension of his father’s… Read More »Bash Seed Company Joseph Jenkins Bingham (Jan. 6, 1815-Jan. 12, 1896). Born in New York City, Bingham migrated to the Midwest where he engaged in a… Read More »Joseph Jenkins Bingham Block Forum Lecture Series A legacy from the estate of Edward A. Block, a member of the and heir of department stores, provided the… Read More »Block Forum Lecture Series Carmel Located north of Indianapolis in southern , Carmel, settled in the 1820s, was a small farming community for over a… Read More »Carmel Church Women United In 1898 a group of church women headed by Mrs. J. D. Forest and Mrs. W. H. H. Shank issued… Read More »Church Women United John Barrett Cockrum (Sept. 12, 1857-Apr. 15, 1937). John Barrett Cockrum was recognized as one of the city’s leading corporate lawyers. Born in… Read More »John Barrett Cockrum Country Clubs By the late 1800s, country clubs were popular social centers for the cultural elite in many American communities, including Indianapolis.… Read More »Country Clubs William A. Dyer Jr. (Oct. 23, 1902-Mar. 21, 1993). Born in Providence, Rhode Island, and educated at Brown University, William Dyer worked as director… Read More »William A. Dyer Jr. Election Riot of 1876 In the early evening of May 3, 1876, the day of a special election for city councilmen, a disturbance broke… Read More »Election Riot of 1876 Byron K. Elliott (Sept. 4, 1835-Apr. 19, 1913). Born in Ohio, Elliott moved to Indianapolis with his father in 1850 and was elected… Read More »Byron K. Elliott Harvey A. Grabill (Jan. 8, 1890-Sept. 25, 1977). Born in Ohio, Grabill moved to Indianapolis and attended the Benjamin Harrison Law School (later… Read More »Harvey A. Grabill Harvey Gregg (Mar 5, 1792-Apr 3, 1833). Arriving in Indianapolis in December 1821 from Henry County, Kentucky, Gregg was admitted to practice… Read More »Harvey Gregg Holliday Park (founder of the Indianapolis News) and his wife , both active philanthropists, deeded their 80-acre estate to the city in… Read More »Holliday Park Home-News In November 1922, Reverend Clay Trusty incorporated the East Side News (1918), the Christian Visitor (1914), and South Side News… Read More »Home-News Henry Hallam Hornbrook (Feb. 15, 1870-Sept. 20, 1935). Born in Evansville, Indiana, Hornbrook graduated from DePauw University in 1892 and studied at Harvard… Read More »Henry Hallam Hornbrook Harry T. Ice (Oct. 17, 1904-Sept. 8, 1982). Born in Paulding, Ohio, Harry T. Ice moved to Indianapolis in 1918 and graduated from… Read More »Harry T. Ice Indiana Democrat and State Gazette Alexander Morrison, who came to Indianapolis as a state representative from Clark County where he also published the Republican Statesman,… Read More »Indiana Democrat and State Gazette Indiana Journal First published January 11, 1825, by and after they purchased, enlarged, and changed the name of the (1823). The paper… Read More »Indiana Journal Indiana State Sentinel First published by brothers after they purchased the (1830) and renamed it the . The paper remained a supporter of… Read More »Indiana State Sentinel International Typographical Union Workers in the printing trade were among the first in the nation to organize trade unions. After several attempts to… Read More »International Typographical Union James Andrew Jacobs Sr. (Feb. 22, 1906-Dec. 17, 1992). Born in Perry County, Indiana, James Andrew Jacobs Sr. attended Benjamin Harrison Law School (later… Read More »James Andrew Jacobs Sr. Law Schools Legal education in the early 19th century consisted of studying as an apprentice under a practicing lawyer. One of the… Read More »Law Schools Lindner’s Dairy David and Hannah Lindner operated a dairy in Dayton, Ohio, for 9 years before moving to Indianapolis in 1929, where… Read More »Lindner’s Dairy Marian Mcfadden Memorial Lecture Upon her death in 1975, Marian McFadden, director of the from 1944 to 1955, left over $150,000 to the library’s… Read More »Marian Mcfadden Memorial Lecture Marjorie Jackson Murder Case (Nov. 30, 1910-May 7, 1977). Marjorie Viola O’Connell Jackson was killed with a .22 caliber rifle during a burglary of… Read More »Marjorie Jackson Murder Case Market Square Arena When it opened on September 15, 1974, Market Square Arena (MSA), was the fifth-largest sports arena in the United States.… Read More »Market Square Arena David McDonald (May 4, 1803-Aug. 25, 1869). Attorney, judge, and legal educator, David McDonald was born in Kentucky. He moved with his… Read More »David McDonald Montani Brothers Originally from Italy, the Montani family immigrated to Utica, New York, in 1878 and moved to Indianapolis in 1881. The… Read More »Montani Brothers Municipal Gardens The site now known as Municipal Gardens began in the early 20th century as the Indianapolis Canoe Club for the… Read More »Municipal Gardens National Enquirer , former Indiana governor and strong prohibition supporter, organized and published the Enquirer beginning in 1915. The weekly publication, using… Read More »National Enquirer Kurt F. Pantzer (Aug. 21, 1892-July 8, 1979). Born in Indianapolis, Kurt Pantzer attended Wabash College and received both his A.B. and his… Read More »Kurt F. Pantzer Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis Conceived by Herman H. Rinne, a local music retail businessman and former member, the Philharmonic Orchestra began with three members… Read More »Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis Asa J. Smith (Jan. 20, 1894-Feb. 12, 1973). Born in Wabash, Indiana, Asa Smith graduated from DePauw University in 1915 and came to… Read More »Asa J. Smith John H. Stem (Oct. 3, 1847-Aug., 1910). Born in Ohio, John H. Stem came to Indianapolis in 1868 to work with his architect… Read More »John H. Stem Sunday Closing Laws Laws governing the observance of the Sabbath have existed in Indiana since 1807 when territorial governor William Henry Harrison approved… Read More »Sunday Closing Laws Robert H. Tyndall (May 2, 1877-July 9, 1947). Born in Indianapolis and educated in its public schools, Robert H. Tyndall enlisted in the… Read More »Robert H. Tyndall War Manpower Commission Industries producing war material geared up immediately following Pearl Harbor. To meet the demand for labor, the employment services of… Read More »War Manpower Commission
American Nonconformist Published in Winfield, Kansas, from 1879, the American Nonconformist, a People’s (Populist) Party newspaper, moved in June 1892 to Indianapolis… Read More »American Nonconformist
Bash Seed Company In 1906 Daniel F. Bash started Bash Seed Store at 141 North Delaware Street as an extension of his father’s… Read More »Bash Seed Company
Joseph Jenkins Bingham (Jan. 6, 1815-Jan. 12, 1896). Born in New York City, Bingham migrated to the Midwest where he engaged in a… Read More »Joseph Jenkins Bingham
Block Forum Lecture Series A legacy from the estate of Edward A. Block, a member of the and heir of department stores, provided the… Read More »Block Forum Lecture Series
Carmel Located north of Indianapolis in southern , Carmel, settled in the 1820s, was a small farming community for over a… Read More »Carmel
Church Women United In 1898 a group of church women headed by Mrs. J. D. Forest and Mrs. W. H. H. Shank issued… Read More »Church Women United
John Barrett Cockrum (Sept. 12, 1857-Apr. 15, 1937). John Barrett Cockrum was recognized as one of the city’s leading corporate lawyers. Born in… Read More »John Barrett Cockrum
Country Clubs By the late 1800s, country clubs were popular social centers for the cultural elite in many American communities, including Indianapolis.… Read More »Country Clubs
William A. Dyer Jr. (Oct. 23, 1902-Mar. 21, 1993). Born in Providence, Rhode Island, and educated at Brown University, William Dyer worked as director… Read More »William A. Dyer Jr.
Election Riot of 1876 In the early evening of May 3, 1876, the day of a special election for city councilmen, a disturbance broke… Read More »Election Riot of 1876
Byron K. Elliott (Sept. 4, 1835-Apr. 19, 1913). Born in Ohio, Elliott moved to Indianapolis with his father in 1850 and was elected… Read More »Byron K. Elliott
Harvey A. Grabill (Jan. 8, 1890-Sept. 25, 1977). Born in Ohio, Grabill moved to Indianapolis and attended the Benjamin Harrison Law School (later… Read More »Harvey A. Grabill
Harvey Gregg (Mar 5, 1792-Apr 3, 1833). Arriving in Indianapolis in December 1821 from Henry County, Kentucky, Gregg was admitted to practice… Read More »Harvey Gregg
Holliday Park (founder of the Indianapolis News) and his wife , both active philanthropists, deeded their 80-acre estate to the city in… Read More »Holliday Park
Home-News In November 1922, Reverend Clay Trusty incorporated the East Side News (1918), the Christian Visitor (1914), and South Side News… Read More »Home-News
Henry Hallam Hornbrook (Feb. 15, 1870-Sept. 20, 1935). Born in Evansville, Indiana, Hornbrook graduated from DePauw University in 1892 and studied at Harvard… Read More »Henry Hallam Hornbrook
Harry T. Ice (Oct. 17, 1904-Sept. 8, 1982). Born in Paulding, Ohio, Harry T. Ice moved to Indianapolis in 1918 and graduated from… Read More »Harry T. Ice
Indiana Democrat and State Gazette Alexander Morrison, who came to Indianapolis as a state representative from Clark County where he also published the Republican Statesman,… Read More »Indiana Democrat and State Gazette
Indiana Journal First published January 11, 1825, by and after they purchased, enlarged, and changed the name of the (1823). The paper… Read More »Indiana Journal
Indiana State Sentinel First published by brothers after they purchased the (1830) and renamed it the . The paper remained a supporter of… Read More »Indiana State Sentinel
International Typographical Union Workers in the printing trade were among the first in the nation to organize trade unions. After several attempts to… Read More »International Typographical Union
James Andrew Jacobs Sr. (Feb. 22, 1906-Dec. 17, 1992). Born in Perry County, Indiana, James Andrew Jacobs Sr. attended Benjamin Harrison Law School (later… Read More »James Andrew Jacobs Sr.
Law Schools Legal education in the early 19th century consisted of studying as an apprentice under a practicing lawyer. One of the… Read More »Law Schools
Lindner’s Dairy David and Hannah Lindner operated a dairy in Dayton, Ohio, for 9 years before moving to Indianapolis in 1929, where… Read More »Lindner’s Dairy
Marian Mcfadden Memorial Lecture Upon her death in 1975, Marian McFadden, director of the from 1944 to 1955, left over $150,000 to the library’s… Read More »Marian Mcfadden Memorial Lecture
Marjorie Jackson Murder Case (Nov. 30, 1910-May 7, 1977). Marjorie Viola O’Connell Jackson was killed with a .22 caliber rifle during a burglary of… Read More »Marjorie Jackson Murder Case
Market Square Arena When it opened on September 15, 1974, Market Square Arena (MSA), was the fifth-largest sports arena in the United States.… Read More »Market Square Arena
David McDonald (May 4, 1803-Aug. 25, 1869). Attorney, judge, and legal educator, David McDonald was born in Kentucky. He moved with his… Read More »David McDonald
Montani Brothers Originally from Italy, the Montani family immigrated to Utica, New York, in 1878 and moved to Indianapolis in 1881. The… Read More »Montani Brothers
Municipal Gardens The site now known as Municipal Gardens began in the early 20th century as the Indianapolis Canoe Club for the… Read More »Municipal Gardens
National Enquirer , former Indiana governor and strong prohibition supporter, organized and published the Enquirer beginning in 1915. The weekly publication, using… Read More »National Enquirer
Kurt F. Pantzer (Aug. 21, 1892-July 8, 1979). Born in Indianapolis, Kurt Pantzer attended Wabash College and received both his A.B. and his… Read More »Kurt F. Pantzer
Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis Conceived by Herman H. Rinne, a local music retail businessman and former member, the Philharmonic Orchestra began with three members… Read More »Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis
Asa J. Smith (Jan. 20, 1894-Feb. 12, 1973). Born in Wabash, Indiana, Asa Smith graduated from DePauw University in 1915 and came to… Read More »Asa J. Smith
John H. Stem (Oct. 3, 1847-Aug., 1910). Born in Ohio, John H. Stem came to Indianapolis in 1868 to work with his architect… Read More »John H. Stem
Sunday Closing Laws Laws governing the observance of the Sabbath have existed in Indiana since 1807 when territorial governor William Henry Harrison approved… Read More »Sunday Closing Laws
Robert H. Tyndall (May 2, 1877-July 9, 1947). Born in Indianapolis and educated in its public schools, Robert H. Tyndall enlisted in the… Read More »Robert H. Tyndall
War Manpower Commission Industries producing war material geared up immediately following Pearl Harbor. To meet the demand for labor, the employment services of… Read More »War Manpower Commission