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A selection of subjects that provide an interesting look at Indianapolis and Hoosiers.

All Topics Demography and Ethnicity African Americans Religion Economy/Business View More...
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Soil and Groundwater Contamination
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

Spanish-influenced Architecture in Indianapolis 
Spanish-influenced Architecture in Indianapolis 

Examples of Spanish-influenced architecture can be found in various parts of Indianapolis. Historically, sixteenth-century Spaniards brought their architectural styles to… Read More »Spanish-influenced Architecture in Indianapolis 

Special Education
Special Education

Some Indianapolis children received special education services even before the city had a free, public school system. These services were… Read More »Special Education

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
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
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

Street Paving Methods
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
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

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