Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Long known simply as the “500,” the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race has been conducted continuously at the since its inception in… Read More »Indianapolis 500-Mile Race
Indianapolis Colts The Indianapolis Colts National Football League (NFL) franchise traces its lineage to December 1946, when the Miami Seahawks of the… Read More »Indianapolis Colts
Indiana Catholic and Record Joseph P. O’Mahoney, a native of Tralee, County Kerry Ireland, issued the first Indiana Catholic on February 4, 1910, for… Read More »Indiana Catholic and Record
Hudson Institute The Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank and policy research group, moved to Indianapolis in 1984 from Croton-on-Hudson, in New… Read More »Hudson Institute
Jesse Lynch Holman (Oct. 24, 1784-Mar. 28, 1842). Born near Danville, Kentucky, Holman was one of 14 children. His father died in 1789… Read More »Jesse Lynch Holman
Norman Hapgood (Mar. 28, 1868-Apr. 29, 1937). Born in Chicago, Norman Hapgood graduated from Harvard College in 1890, where he also received… Read More »Norman Hapgood
Geisendorff Mill In 1847, Maryland-born brothers Christian E. and George W. Geisendorff opened a woolen mill in the abandoned building. Five years… Read More »Geisendorff Mill
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
Garfield Park Neighborhood Bounded by Beecher Street, I-65, Troy Avenue, and East Street/Madison Avenue, the Garfield Park neighborhood is located south of with… Read More »Garfield Park Neighborhood
Five Points An early settlement in , Five Points derives its name from the angled intersection of three early roads that have… Read More »Five Points
