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
Charles H. Black (Oct. 5, 1852-Aug. 19, 1918). Charles Black, a carriage builder in Indianapolis, asserted that he built the first gasoline-powered automobile… Read More »Charles H. Black
George Joseph Biskup (Aug. 23, 1911-Oct. 17, 1979). Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, of Czech ancestry, Biskup was ordained in Rome on March… Read More »George Joseph Biskup
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
Bindley Western Industries Founded in Indianapolis in 1968 by Terre Haute native William E. Bindley, the company was the fifth-largest supplier of pharmaceutical,… Read More »Bindley Western Industries
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana, also known as BBBSCI, is a not-for-profit human service agency formed in 2002… Read More »Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana
Bicycling The earliest appearance of the bicycle in Indianapolis was a demonstration on the of the high-wheeled “ordinary” in 1869. Within… Read More »Bicycling
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge (Oct. 6, 1862-Apr. 27, 1927). Born in Highland County Ohio, Albert Beveridge moved with his family to Moultrie County Illinois,… Read More »Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church In 1836, Augustus Turner, a local barber, organized a small group of African American Methodists into a congregation eventually known… Read More »Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site (1230 North Delaware Street). Designed by architect Herman T. Brandt in the Italianate style popular in the late 19th century,… Read More »Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site
