Articles: Richard (Dick the Bruiser) Afflis (June 27, 1929-Nov. 10, 1991). Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Richard Afflis was raised in Delphi before moving with his family… Read More »Richard (Dick the Bruiser) Afflis Richard I. Blankenbaker (Dec. 7, 1930-Nov. 18, 1988). Born in New Albany, Indiana, Richard Blankenbaker began his long career in the grocery business… Read More »Richard I. Blankenbaker Nathaniel Bolton (July 25, 1803-Nov. 26, 1858). Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Bolton came to Indiana in 1820 when George Smith, his stepfather,… Read More »Nathaniel Bolton Michael A. Carroll (Feb. 9, 1941-Sept. 11, 1992). An Indiana University graduate, Carroll earned a master’s degree in urban planning from the University… Read More »Michael A. Carroll John Coburn (Oct. 27, 1825-Jan. 28, 1908). Born in Indianapolis, Coburn received his education in public schools and at the Marion County… Read More »John Coburn Isaac Coe (July 25, 1782-July 30, 1855). Born in Dover, New Jersey, Coe came to Indianapolis in May 1821, becoming the second… Read More »Isaac Coe Christian J. Emhardt (Nov 5, 1883-Sept. 4, 1971). Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Christian J. Emhardt and his family moved to Indianapolis when he… Read More »Christian J. Emhardt Fred Sanders Case The Fred Sanders Case involved an Indianapolis parochial school teacher’s fatal shooting of an Indianapolis police officer. On the evening… Read More »Fred Sanders Case John P. Frenzel II and Otto N. Frenzel I (John, Dec. 21, 1853-May 29, 1933; Otto, Sept. 8, 1856-June 23, 1925). Sons of the engineer responsible for driving the… Read More »John P. Frenzel II and Otto N. Frenzel I Richard Wayne Guthrie (Mar. 19, 1926-Apr. 14, 1993). Born in Indianapolis, Richard Wayne Guthrie graduated from Thomas Carr Howe High School. He received… Read More »Richard Wayne Guthrie Garfield Thomas Haywood (July 15, 1880-Apr. 12, 1931). African American minister and a major leader in the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Garfield… Read More »Garfield Thomas Haywood William Miller Herschell (Nov. 17, 1873-Dec. 2, 1939). A native Hoosier, Herschell, for 37 years, was a reporter for the . His poems… Read More »William Miller Herschell 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 Hook’s Historical Drug Store Located in the Indiana State Fairgrounds, the Hook’s museum was opened in August 1966, as part of commemoration of the… Read More »Hook’s Historical Drug Store Louis Howland (June 13, 1857-Mar. 26, 1934). Journalist, author, and longtime editor, Louis Howland was born in Indianapolis. He was the son… Read More »Louis Howland Frank McKinney (Kin) Hubbard (Sept. 1, 1868-Dec. 26, 1930). Frank McKinney (Kin) Hubbard’s cartoon creation, Abe Martin, graced the back page of the for… Read More »Frank McKinney (Kin) Hubbard Indiana State Fair and Fairgrounds On February 14, 1851, the Indiana General Assembly passed legislation for the encouragement of agriculture, which also created the State… Read More »Indiana State Fair and Fairgrounds John Worth Kern Jr. (July 7, 1900-Jan. 29, 1971). Born in Indianapolis, Kern was the son of —vice-presidential candidate with William Jennings Bryan in… Read More »John Worth Kern Jr. Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873-Nov. 28, 1950). Louis Leon Ludlow was born in a log cabin in Fayette County. He graduated from… Read More »Louis Leon Ludlow Douglass Maguire (Apr. 29, 1799-Oct. 13, 1857). Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, Maguire came to Indianapolis in 1823. On March 7, 1823,… Read More »Douglass Maguire Mercer M. Mance (Dec. 23, 1910-Oct. 17, 1990). Mercer M. Mance was born and raised in Beaufort, South Carolina. He went on to… Read More »Mercer M. Mance John Bartlow Martin (Aug. 4, 1915-Jan. 3, 1987). Born in Hamilton, Ohio, John Bartlow Martin and his family came to Indianapolis when he… Read More »John Bartlow Martin Nicholas McCarty Sr. (Sept. 26, 1795-May 17, 1854). Born in Moorefield, Hardy County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Nicholas McCarty Sr. grew up in… Read More »Nicholas McCarty Sr. Claude E. Negley (Jan. 29, 1873-Oct. 5, 1943). Born in northern Marion County, Negley was in the real estate business when he won… Read More »Claude E. Negley Palm Sunday Palm Sunday, subtitled An Autobiographical Collage (1981), is a collection of essays, letters, speeches, reviews, and fiction by , perhaps… Read More »Palm Sunday David M. Parry (Mar. 26, 1852-May 12, 1915). Businessman and foe of organized labor, David M. Parry was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,… Read More »David M. Parry Spectator Sport Written by Gosport, Indiana, native James Alexander Thom, Spectator Sport focuses on the rain-shortened, crash-marred 1973 and the deaths of… Read More »Spectator Sport George W. Stubbs (Sept., 1837-Mar. 3, 1911). Born in Shelby County, Indiana, George W. Stubbs was studying law when the Civil War began.… Read More »George W. Stubbs Reginald H. Sullivan (Mar. 10, 1876-Jan. 30, 1980). Born in Indianapolis, Reginald H. Sullivan came from a long line of Indiana politicians. His… Read More »Reginald H. Sullivan USS Indianapolis Four U.S. Navy vessels have been named for the city of Indianapolis. The first USS Indianapolis (3865), built by the… Read More »USS Indianapolis Lewis (Lew) Wallace (Apr. 10, 1827-Feb. 15, 1905). Originally from Brookville, Indiana, Wallace was one of four boys born to David and Esther… Read More »Lewis (Lew) Wallace Joseph H. Ward (Aug. 26, 1872 – Dec. 12, 1956). Joseph Henry Ward was born in Wilson, North Carolina. He left Wilson as… Read More »Joseph H. Ward John R. Weliever (Oct. 23, 1941-Sept. 11, 1992). A graduate of Arsenal Technical High School and Butler University, Weliever worked in the restaurant… Read More »John R. Weliever Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide Established on March 7, 1823, the Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide was launched nearly one year after the appearance of… Read More »Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide Wooton Patent Desks The elaborately crafted Wooton Patent Desk was the creation of William S. Wooton who, along with his furniture expertise, was… Read More »Wooton Patent Desks
Richard (Dick the Bruiser) Afflis (June 27, 1929-Nov. 10, 1991). Born in Lafayette, Indiana, Richard Afflis was raised in Delphi before moving with his family… Read More »Richard (Dick the Bruiser) Afflis
Richard I. Blankenbaker (Dec. 7, 1930-Nov. 18, 1988). Born in New Albany, Indiana, Richard Blankenbaker began his long career in the grocery business… Read More »Richard I. Blankenbaker
Nathaniel Bolton (July 25, 1803-Nov. 26, 1858). Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Bolton came to Indiana in 1820 when George Smith, his stepfather,… Read More »Nathaniel Bolton
Michael A. Carroll (Feb. 9, 1941-Sept. 11, 1992). An Indiana University graduate, Carroll earned a master’s degree in urban planning from the University… Read More »Michael A. Carroll
John Coburn (Oct. 27, 1825-Jan. 28, 1908). Born in Indianapolis, Coburn received his education in public schools and at the Marion County… Read More »John Coburn
Isaac Coe (July 25, 1782-July 30, 1855). Born in Dover, New Jersey, Coe came to Indianapolis in May 1821, becoming the second… Read More »Isaac Coe
Christian J. Emhardt (Nov 5, 1883-Sept. 4, 1971). Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, Christian J. Emhardt and his family moved to Indianapolis when he… Read More »Christian J. Emhardt
Fred Sanders Case The Fred Sanders Case involved an Indianapolis parochial school teacher’s fatal shooting of an Indianapolis police officer. On the evening… Read More »Fred Sanders Case
John P. Frenzel II and Otto N. Frenzel I (John, Dec. 21, 1853-May 29, 1933; Otto, Sept. 8, 1856-June 23, 1925). Sons of the engineer responsible for driving the… Read More »John P. Frenzel II and Otto N. Frenzel I
Richard Wayne Guthrie (Mar. 19, 1926-Apr. 14, 1993). Born in Indianapolis, Richard Wayne Guthrie graduated from Thomas Carr Howe High School. He received… Read More »Richard Wayne Guthrie
Garfield Thomas Haywood (July 15, 1880-Apr. 12, 1931). African American minister and a major leader in the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Garfield… Read More »Garfield Thomas Haywood
William Miller Herschell (Nov. 17, 1873-Dec. 2, 1939). A native Hoosier, Herschell, for 37 years, was a reporter for the . His poems… Read More »William Miller Herschell
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
Hook’s Historical Drug Store Located in the Indiana State Fairgrounds, the Hook’s museum was opened in August 1966, as part of commemoration of the… Read More »Hook’s Historical Drug Store
Louis Howland (June 13, 1857-Mar. 26, 1934). Journalist, author, and longtime editor, Louis Howland was born in Indianapolis. He was the son… Read More »Louis Howland
Frank McKinney (Kin) Hubbard (Sept. 1, 1868-Dec. 26, 1930). Frank McKinney (Kin) Hubbard’s cartoon creation, Abe Martin, graced the back page of the for… Read More »Frank McKinney (Kin) Hubbard
Indiana State Fair and Fairgrounds On February 14, 1851, the Indiana General Assembly passed legislation for the encouragement of agriculture, which also created the State… Read More »Indiana State Fair and Fairgrounds
John Worth Kern Jr. (July 7, 1900-Jan. 29, 1971). Born in Indianapolis, Kern was the son of —vice-presidential candidate with William Jennings Bryan in… Read More »John Worth Kern Jr.
Louis Leon Ludlow (June 24, 1873-Nov. 28, 1950). Louis Leon Ludlow was born in a log cabin in Fayette County. He graduated from… Read More »Louis Leon Ludlow
Douglass Maguire (Apr. 29, 1799-Oct. 13, 1857). Born in Fayette County, Kentucky, Maguire came to Indianapolis in 1823. On March 7, 1823,… Read More »Douglass Maguire
Mercer M. Mance (Dec. 23, 1910-Oct. 17, 1990). Mercer M. Mance was born and raised in Beaufort, South Carolina. He went on to… Read More »Mercer M. Mance
John Bartlow Martin (Aug. 4, 1915-Jan. 3, 1987). Born in Hamilton, Ohio, John Bartlow Martin and his family came to Indianapolis when he… Read More »John Bartlow Martin
Nicholas McCarty Sr. (Sept. 26, 1795-May 17, 1854). Born in Moorefield, Hardy County, Virginia (now West Virginia), Nicholas McCarty Sr. grew up in… Read More »Nicholas McCarty Sr.
Claude E. Negley (Jan. 29, 1873-Oct. 5, 1943). Born in northern Marion County, Negley was in the real estate business when he won… Read More »Claude E. Negley
Palm Sunday Palm Sunday, subtitled An Autobiographical Collage (1981), is a collection of essays, letters, speeches, reviews, and fiction by , perhaps… Read More »Palm Sunday
David M. Parry (Mar. 26, 1852-May 12, 1915). Businessman and foe of organized labor, David M. Parry was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania,… Read More »David M. Parry
Spectator Sport Written by Gosport, Indiana, native James Alexander Thom, Spectator Sport focuses on the rain-shortened, crash-marred 1973 and the deaths of… Read More »Spectator Sport
George W. Stubbs (Sept., 1837-Mar. 3, 1911). Born in Shelby County, Indiana, George W. Stubbs was studying law when the Civil War began.… Read More »George W. Stubbs
Reginald H. Sullivan (Mar. 10, 1876-Jan. 30, 1980). Born in Indianapolis, Reginald H. Sullivan came from a long line of Indiana politicians. His… Read More »Reginald H. Sullivan
USS Indianapolis Four U.S. Navy vessels have been named for the city of Indianapolis. The first USS Indianapolis (3865), built by the… Read More »USS Indianapolis
Lewis (Lew) Wallace (Apr. 10, 1827-Feb. 15, 1905). Originally from Brookville, Indiana, Wallace was one of four boys born to David and Esther… Read More »Lewis (Lew) Wallace
Joseph H. Ward (Aug. 26, 1872 – Dec. 12, 1956). Joseph Henry Ward was born in Wilson, North Carolina. He left Wilson as… Read More »Joseph H. Ward
John R. Weliever (Oct. 23, 1941-Sept. 11, 1992). A graduate of Arsenal Technical High School and Butler University, Weliever worked in the restaurant… Read More »John R. Weliever
Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide Established on March 7, 1823, the Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide was launched nearly one year after the appearance of… Read More »Western Censor & Emigrants’ Guide
Wooton Patent Desks The elaborately crafted Wooton Patent Desk was the creation of William S. Wooton who, along with his furniture expertise, was… Read More »Wooton Patent Desks