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 Before the 20th century, private charity organizations customarily provided social services to school-age children. With new social theories of education… 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
Socialist Parties and Movements In the summer of 1901, more than 100 men and women met in the Masonic Hall in Indianapolis, sang the… Read More »Socialist Parties and Movements
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
Speech And Dialect There have been no studies of the speech and dialect of Indianapolis, however, studies including Indiana and the Midwest give… Read More »Speech And Dialect
Sports Broadcasting Indianapolis broadcasting and sports have been linked since the early 1920s. In 1922 stations and broadcast reports on the ,… Read More »Sports Broadcasting
Sports Medicine Well before the term “sports medicine” had come into common use, a few Indianapolis physicians began concentrating on the treatment… Read More »Sports Medicine
