Articles: Black Hawk War Black Hawk, chief of the Sac Indians, called Ma-ka-tai-she-kia-kiak by his people, rejected the legitimacy of the Treaty of St.… Read More »Black Hawk War Cemeteries Prior to 1824, all cemeteries in were rural graveyards often adjacent to churches. One hundred and fifty of these interment… Read More »Cemeteries Crown Hill Cemetery Crown Hill Cemetery was officially incorporated as a nonprofit, nondenominational cemetery on September 25, 1863. Prior to Crown Hill, Greenlawn… Read More »Crown Hill Cemetery Gatling Gun The Gatling Gun was an early rapid-firing weapon, or machine gun, invented by . Gatling was a physician and real… Read More »Gatling Gun Heslar Naval Armory Riverside High School, formerly the Heslar Naval Armory, originally was the home of the Indiana Naval Reserve at Indianapolis (1938-1976).… Read More »Heslar Naval Armory Trustin B. Kinder (July 27, 1822-Feb. 23, 1847). Trustin B. Kinder was born on his family’s farm near the new state capital, Indianapolis.… Read More »Trustin B. Kinder Mexican-American War On May 16, 1846, Governor James Whitcomb was given a federal quota to supply three regiments of infantry or riflemen… Read More »Mexican-American War James Paxton (July 1, 1792-Apr. 5, 1829). A native of Virginia and veteran of the War of 1812, James Paxton came to… Read More »James Paxton Spanish-American War Although much of the U.S. press called for war against Spain following the February 15, 1898, sinking of the USS… Read More »Spanish-American War
Black Hawk War Black Hawk, chief of the Sac Indians, called Ma-ka-tai-she-kia-kiak by his people, rejected the legitimacy of the Treaty of St.… Read More »Black Hawk War
Cemeteries Prior to 1824, all cemeteries in were rural graveyards often adjacent to churches. One hundred and fifty of these interment… Read More »Cemeteries
Crown Hill Cemetery Crown Hill Cemetery was officially incorporated as a nonprofit, nondenominational cemetery on September 25, 1863. Prior to Crown Hill, Greenlawn… Read More »Crown Hill Cemetery
Gatling Gun The Gatling Gun was an early rapid-firing weapon, or machine gun, invented by . Gatling was a physician and real… Read More »Gatling Gun
Heslar Naval Armory Riverside High School, formerly the Heslar Naval Armory, originally was the home of the Indiana Naval Reserve at Indianapolis (1938-1976).… Read More »Heslar Naval Armory
Trustin B. Kinder (July 27, 1822-Feb. 23, 1847). Trustin B. Kinder was born on his family’s farm near the new state capital, Indianapolis.… Read More »Trustin B. Kinder
Mexican-American War On May 16, 1846, Governor James Whitcomb was given a federal quota to supply three regiments of infantry or riflemen… Read More »Mexican-American War
James Paxton (July 1, 1792-Apr. 5, 1829). A native of Virginia and veteran of the War of 1812, James Paxton came to… Read More »James Paxton
Spanish-American War Although much of the U.S. press called for war against Spain following the February 15, 1898, sinking of the USS… Read More »Spanish-American War