Slovenians The first recorded Slovene in Indiana settled at New Alsace in Dearborn County in the early 1830s. Not until decades… Read More »Slovenians
Social Services In Schools Social Services in Schools Before the 20th century, private charity organizations customarily provided social services to school-age children. With new… Read More »Social Services In Schools
Social Work Social work in the 19th century was generally a volunteer activity, carried out through informal networks and the Indianapolis Benevolent… Read More »Social Work
Soil and Groundwater Contamination Marion County has typical urban levels of soil contamination, and potable groundwater is readily available. Several larger contaminated soil sites… Read More »Soil and Groundwater Contamination
Special Service Districts Special Service Districts are jurisdictions for Indianapolis city police protection, fire protection, and other service delivery. These districts have artificial… Read More »Special Service Districts
Special Taxing District Special Taxing Districts are jurisdictions used to raise revenues for particular services from the residents or properties within Marion County… Read More »Special Taxing District
Street Paving Methods Indianapolis streets originally consisted of dirt paths hewn from the forest, in which the stumps were gradually removed.” Corduroy” logs… Read More »Street Paving Methods
Streetcars The streets of Indianapolis have known three kinds of externally guided vehicles offering scheduled passenger service. The mule car (1864-1894),… Read More »Streetcars
Structure of Unigov City-county consolidation in Indianapolis is not a one-community, one-government system. Although the consolidation was named “Unigov” for “unified government,” Marion… Read More »Structure of Unigov
Sunday Schools Presbyterian physician Isaac Coe started the first Sunday school in Indianapolis in 1823. The Indianapolis Sabbath School met at Caleb… Read More »Sunday Schools
