Drive-In Restaurants Ordering food and having it delivered to your car became common in the 1930s when many families first owned an… Read More »Drive-In Restaurants
El Sol de Tala Restaurant Maria Taylor opened El Sol Restaurant at 2444 E. Washington Street on March 26, 1978. The restaurant occupied the space… Read More »El Sol de Tala Restaurant
Emerson Theater On December 11, 1927, Albert H. Heady opened the Eastland Theater at 4630 East 10th Street, within the eponymously named… Read More »Emerson Theater
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
Fairview Park In August 1889, the Citizens Street Railway Company purchased the 246-acre Adam Scott farm, located along the north of Indianapolis,… Read More »Fairview Park
Ferguson Brothers Denver Darious (Feb.19, 1895-May 11, 1957) and Sea Harious (Dec. 22, 1899-Mar. 3. 1974). Denver Darious and Sea Harious Ferguson… Read More »Ferguson Brothers
Festivals Like most large cities, Indianapolis has a sizeable number of annual festivals focused on the arts and culture, food, sports,… Read More »Festivals
Freemasonry The Freemason’s Grand Lodge of Indiana, with its doctrine of self-knowledge and service, was chartered in 1823 and met in… Read More »Freemasonry
Gatorade Doctors Robert Cade, Dana Shires, James Free, and Alejandro de Quesada, kidney specialists at the University of Florida College of… Read More »Gatorade
Gen Con Gen Con is the largest tabletop gaming convention in North America with more than 500 exhibiting companies, around 300 games… Read More »Gen Con