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Since the late 19th century, a small number of Latinos and Hispanics have called Indianapolis home—illustrated by National Origin numbers… Read More »El Barrio

Ella M. Groninger

Ella M. Groninger

(April 1877–Aug. 25, 1940). Born near Camden, Indiana, Ella M. Groninger attended school in Camden and later taught in district… Read More »Ella M. Groninger

Emma Messing

(Oct. 29, 1872–April 21, 1950). Emma Messing was a vaudeville actress, a stenographer, and a pioneering figure in American diplomacy… Read More »Emma Messing

Expositions and Conventions

Expositions and Conventions

Northern states held various fairs and expositions during and after the Civil War. Part of a larger phenomenon, such national… Read More »Expositions and Conventions

FedEx Express National Hub

FedEx Express National Hub

The 2.4-million-square-foot FedEx Express Indianapolis National Hub at opened on October 4, 1988, using its corporate name at that time,… Read More »FedEx Express National Hub

Feistikji Family

Feistikji Family

In the early 1920s John (ca. 1866-Jan. 25, 1949) and Mary (ca. 1875-Apr. 18, 1948) Feistikji, who were Armenian Roman… Read More »Feistikji Family

First Lutheran Church

First Lutheran Church

Early Indianapolis residents called , a missionary who came to Marion County with a group of Maryland farmers around 1835-1836,… Read More »First Lutheran Church

Flanner House Homes

Flanner House Homes

Flanner House Homes is a majority Black residential neighborhood and historic district constructed in the 1950s as a means to… Read More »Flanner House Homes

G.G.’s was a nightclub and restaurant operated by Bob Boyd from 1987 to 1989. Boyd had previously worked at Gravel… Read More »G.G.’s

Victor Hugo Green, Harlem, New York postal worker turned travel writer, published The Negro Motorist Green Book, also known as… Read More »Green Book

A product of the Indianapolis Bicentennial effort (2020–21), the digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis integrates and accesses the explosion and fragmentation of knowledge created both as born-digital information and as a large new digital archive.

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