Bacon’s Swamp A large peat bog that once extended several blocks west of today’s Keystone Avenue between 54th Street and Kessler Boulevard, Bacon’s Swamp was named after Hiram and Mary Bacon, its… Read More »Bacon’s Swamp
Baltimore and Ohio Trail Repurposed as a recreation rail-trail, in 1994, the vast Baltimore & Ohio railroad system originally radiated out of Indianapolis and served as a freight-passenger connection to the east. It specialized… Read More »Baltimore and Ohio Trail
Bowen Site The Bowen Site is the best documented of seven known Late Woodland Native American villages along the White River in Hamilton County. The Oliver Phase was a cultural mixture between… Read More »Bowen Site
Bradford Woods Bradford Woods is located on roughly 2,500 acres of heavily wooded land located in Clay Township in the southwestern corner of Morgan County, Indiana, about 28 miles southeast of Indianapolis.… Read More »Bradford Woods
Broad Ripple Park Located along the White River, Broad Ripple Park served as a popular swimming and boating resort as early as 1890. Local businessmen W. H. Tabb and Dr. Robert C. Light,… Read More »Broad Ripple Park
Canal And White River State Park The Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission selected the Canal and White River State Park area as one of Indianapolis’s cultural districts due to its deep-rooted history and numerous cultural institutions in… Read More »Canal And White River State Park
Eagle Creek Park Before Eagle Creek Park was a municipal park, it was a 12-acre country estate called Eagle Crest Estate. Josiah K. Lilly Jr. purchased most of the property currently encompassed by… Read More »Eagle Creek Park
Fall Creek Bridges In 1899, a program of replacing Indianapolis’ steel and iron bridges with new “permanent” stone and concrete ones began. The first bridges to be replaced were on Fall Creek at… Read More »Fall Creek Bridges
Fall Creek Waterway Fall Creek, a major tributary of White River within Marion County, was one of the earliest focal points of Indianapolis. The city was initially planned around the wetland areas featuring… Read More »Fall Creek Waterway
Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park Located in Lawrence Township, Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park is about 12 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis and is a 1,700-acre park consisting of the largest forest in Central Indiana.… Read More »Fort Benjamin Harrison State Park
