WBRI In October 1963, Radio One Five Hundred Inc., a subsidiary of New York City-based brokerage firm Edwin Tornberg and Co.,… Read More »WBRI
WAIV The second independent commercial FM station in the city, WAIV went on the air in 1961 from studios in the… Read More »WAIV
Upland Southerners From its beginning, Indianapolis possessed a significant population of native and former residents of the Upland South, a region that… Read More »Upland Southerners
United Northwest Area The United Northwest Area (UNWA) is located in what was once a large, unincorporated area known as . It is… Read More »United Northwest Area
United Mine Workers Of America The National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers was founded in Indianapolis in 1885. In January 1890 and now known… Read More »United Mine Workers Of America
Marie Childs Todd (Apr. 23, 1871-Dec. 17, 1951). Marie Childs Todd was born in Indianapolis. She was the daughter of John Todd, an… Read More »Marie Childs Todd
Sunday Schools Presbyterian physician started the first Sunday school in Indianapolis in 1823. The Indianapolis Sabbath School met at Caleb Scudder’s cabinet… Read More »Sunday Schools
Stockyards In 1876, Indianapolis financed the construction of the Union Railroad Transfer and Stock Yards Company, which comprised the first public… Read More »Stockyards
Spring Hill Spring Hill is a town bounded by Cold Spring Road to the west, to the south, and the campus and… Read More »Spring Hill
U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners United States v. Board of School Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis, Indiana, was rooted in the U.S. Supreme Court’s… Read More »U.S. v. Board of School Commissioners
