Public Service Indiana Public Service Indiana, one of the state’s largest electric utilities, was headquartered at the in Indianapolis for its first four… Read More »Public Service Indiana
Public Utilities Public utility services are of recent origin, gradually evolving into their current form over the last century or so. Indianapolis… Read More »Public Utilities
Purposeful Design Since 2013, Purposeful Design has worked to rebuild the lives of those people in Indianapolis struggling with addiction or homelessness… Read More »Purposeful Design
Railroadmen’s Federal Savings and Loan Association Founded in 1887 by William T. Cannon, paymaster of the Indianapolis Union Railroad, Railroadmen’s Federal Savings and Loan Association originally… Read More »Railroadmen’s Federal Savings and Loan Association
Ransburg In 1938, Harold Ransburg and Harry Green began experiments in Indianapolis attempting to conserve paint, in short supply during the… Read More »Ransburg
Freeman Briley Ransom (July 7, 1884-Aug. 6, 1947). Born in Grenada, Mississippi, Ransom graduated from the law department of Walden University in Nashville,… Read More »Freeman Briley Ransom
James M. Ray (1800-Feb. 22, 1881). Born in Caldwell, New Jersey, James Ray studied at Columbia University before migrating in 1818 to Lawrenceburg,… Read More »James M. Ray
William Theodore (W. T.) Ray (Mar. 20, 1916 -Dec. 17, 2010). The first accredited Black real estate agent and the first African American to hold… Read More »William Theodore (W. T.) Ray
Real Estate Development and Developers The first real estate sale in Indianapolis took place on October 8, 1821, at Matthias Nowland’s tavern near what is… Read More »Real Estate Development and Developers
Real Silk Hosiery Mills Real Silk began operations in 1922 under the direction of J. A. and L. L. Goodman. At its peak, the… Read More »Real Silk Hosiery Mills
