William H. Block Company In 1896, Herman Wilhelm Bloch, who later anglicized his name to , opened a small department store at 9 East… Read More »William H. Block Company
Willis Mortuary (C. M. C. Willis & Son Mortuary) Cassius Marcellus Clay Willis (C. M. C. Willis), the first certified Black mortician, funeral director, and undertaker in Indiana founded… Read More »Willis Mortuary (C. M. C. Willis & Son Mortuary)
Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company In the mid-1860s, J. R. Osgood and S. F. Smith established a business producing wagon and carriage materials on South… Read More »Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company