Navistar International Transportation Corporation Chicago-based International Harvester grew out of Cyrus Hall McCormick’s 1831 invention of the mechanical reaper. In 1904, the farm machinery… Read More »Navistar International Transportation Corporation
Vertex Technology & Training Solutions Commissioned in 1942 and operated under sole contract by the Lukas-Harold Corporation, the Naval Ordnance Plant (NOP), as it was… Read More »Vertex Technology & Training Solutions
National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 in Washington D.C., to combat discrimination against and to promote… Read More »National Organization for Women
National Institute for Fitness and Sport In June 1983, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sport announced that Indianapolis was one of the cities being… Read More »National Institute for Fitness and Sport
Monument Circle The circular street in the center of Mile Square is one of the city’s shortest yet most famous thoroughfares. Planned… Read More »Monument Circle
Minigov When was considered during the 1969 session of the Indiana General Assembly, State Representative E. Henry Lamkin Jr. (R-Indianapolis) introduced… Read More »Minigov
Militia Organized initially to protect expanding settlements in the Northwest Territory, the militia played a significant role in the development of… Read More »Militia
Military Park Bounded by West, New York, and Blackford streets and the , the 14-acre park is the oldest in the city.… Read More »Military Park
Mile Square The Mile Square encompasses the area comprising Indianapolis’ original plat created in 1821 by surveyor , who worked under Pierre… Read More »Mile Square
Meridian Hills Located just north of the White River, Meridian Hills, bounded by Williams Creek, College Avenue, 71st and 64th streets, and… Read More »Meridian Hills
