(Rose) Urbana Spink (1879-July 5, 1952). Rose Urbana Spink was born in Loogootee, Indiana to Urban and Rosanna Morgan Spink. The family moved… Read More »(Rose) Urbana Spink
Addison Locke Roache (Nov. 3, 1817-Apr. 24, 1906). Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, to Dr. Stephen Roache and Elmira Sloan McCorkle of North… Read More »Addison Locke Roache
Alexander Morrison (Mar. 22, 1804-Dec. 28, 1857). Born in Bath, New York, Alexander Morrison came to Clark County, Indiana, circa 1818, where… Read More »Alexander Morrison
Andrew “Bo” Foster (July 6, 1919-June 23, 1987). Andrew “Bo” Foster was born along an alley named Hudson near the apartment complex in… Read More »Andrew “Bo” Foster
Baseball Baseball was the most popular sport in Indianapolis long before racing, , and . Although one of the nation’s largest… Read More »Baseball
Benjamin I. Blythe (1789-Feb. 25, 1856). Benjamin I. Blythe was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, to Samuel Blythe and Jemima Irwin. The farming… Read More »Benjamin I. Blythe
Broadmoor Country Club In 1922, several test Jewish businessmen organized a social and sporting club for the Jewish community whose antisemitic exclusion from… Read More »Broadmoor Country Club
Charles A. Ray (Sept. 3, 1829 – Mar. 6, 1912). Charles A. Ray was born in Indianapolis to early Indianapolis pioneer settler and… Read More »Charles A. Ray
Christel DeHaan (Oct. 20, 1942-June 6, 2020). Christel DeHaan was a German-born Indianapolis philanthropist who cofounded and, upon its sale in 1996,… Read More »Christel DeHaan
Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Christel DeHaan Family Foundation (CDFF) was founded by , an accomplished businesswoman, community leader, and philanthropist who emigrated from Germany… Read More »Christel DeHaan Family Foundation