Atlas Engine Works Indianapolis has a long history of industry and manufacturing, which persists today. In the 1870s had already made Indianapolis a… Read More »Atlas Engine Works
Drive-In Restaurants Ordering food and delivering it to your car became common in the 1930s when many families owned an automobile. The… Read More »Drive-In Restaurants
Mug-n-Bun Mug-n-Bun, located at 5211 W. 10th Street in , is one of Indianapolis’ oldest continuously operating drive-in restaurants. It opened… Read More »Mug-n-Bun
Carl Graham Fisher (Jan. 12, 1874-July 5, 1939). Carl Graham Fisher was born in Greensburg, Indiana. This flamboyant entrepreneur never let his poverty-stricken… Read More »Carl Graham Fisher
Thomas Smith (ca. 1843-Nov. 8, 1911). Thomas Smith was born in Kentucky, almost certainly enslaved. He first appeared in Indianapolis in 1870… Read More »Thomas Smith
Center for Victim and Human Rights The Center for Victim and Human Rights (CVHR) is a nonprofit legal services organization focused on providing legal representation to… Read More »Center for Victim and Human Rights
John Stevenson Tarkington (June 24, 1832-Jan. 30, 1923). John Stevenson Tarkington was born in Centerville, Indiana, to Joseph Tarkington and Mary Slawson. The… Read More »John Stevenson Tarkington
Consulate of Mexico in Indianapolis Established in 2002, the Consulate of Mexico in Indianapolis represents the government of Mexico to local, state, and federal authorities.… Read More »Consulate of Mexico in Indianapolis
Evelyn Fortune (Sept. 30, 1887- July 1, 1997). Evelyn Fortune was born in Indianapolis to , president of the Indianapolis Telephone Company… Read More »Evelyn Fortune
Eugenie Nicholson (July 11, 1867- Dec. 20, 1931). Born Eugenie Clementine Kountze in Omaha, Nebraska to Herman and Elizabeth Davis Kountze, Eugenie… Read More »Eugenie Nicholson
