Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Cortege The Lincoln funeral train arrived in a rainy Indianapolis at 7 A.M. on Sunday, April 30, 1865. The coffin was… Read More »Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Cortege
African Americans in Politics Black residents have fought for civil rights and participation in politics from the beginning of the city’s history. Indiana’s 1816… Read More »African Americans in Politics
Gordon St. Angelo Gordon St. Angelo was born on June 20, 1927 to George and Lillian (Salat) St. Angelo in Huntingburg, located in… Read More »Gordon St. Angelo
Antebellum Politics Politics in Indianapolis before the Civil War reflected the stresses of a growing city against a background of national issues… Read More »Antebellum Politics
Arcada Campbell Stark Balz Born on December 31, 1879 in Morgan County on a farm near Bloomington, Indiana, Arcada Stark’s family moved to Colorado… Read More »Arcada Campbell Stark Balz
John J. Barton The son of Irish immigrants Patrick and Nora Prendergast Barton, John J. Barton was born in Indianapolis on June 23,… Read More »John J. Barton
Phillip Louis Bayt Jr. Born on September 29, 1910, the second of 11 children to his Slovenian and Austrian parents, Phillip Bayt Jr. attended… Read More »Phillip Louis Bayt Jr.
Joseph E. Bell One of six children, Bell was born on November 28, 1865, and reared on a farm in Union County Indiana.… Read More »Joseph E. Bell
Albert Jeremiah Beveridge Born on October 6, 1862, in Highland County Ohio, Albert Beveridge moved with his family to Moultrie County Illinois, in… Read More »Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
Benjamin I. Blythe Benjamin I. Blythe was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, to Samuel Blythe and Jemima Irwin. The farming and milling family… Read More »Benjamin I. Blythe
