Beech Grove Railroad Shop The Amtrak railroad system uses the Beech Grove Railroad Shops to overhaul and rebuild locomotives and other railroad rolling stock.… Read More »Beech Grove Railroad Shop
Belt Line Railroad Completed in 1878, the Belt Line Railroad over many decades has served as a supplemental track facility for other railroads… Read More »Belt Line Railroad
Bicycling The earliest appearance of the bicycle in Indianapolis was a demonstration on the of the high-wheeled “ordinary” in 1869. Within… Read More »Bicycling
Charles H. Black (Oct. 5, 1852-Aug. 19, 1918). Charles Black, a carriage builder in Indianapolis, asserted that he built the first gasoline-powered automobile… Read More »Charles H. Black
John Brough (Sept. 17, 1811-Aug. 29, 1865). In addition to being a noted newspaperman, politician, and Civil War governor in his native… Read More »John Brough
Buses Since 1975, most scheduled bus service between points in has been provided by the Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation. Known as… Read More »Buses
Canal and White River State Park The Indianapolis Cultural Development Commission selected the Canal and White River State Park area as one of Indianapolis’s due to… Read More »Canal and White River State Park
Central Canal The Central Canal, a fragment of which still runs from to downtown Indianapolis, once promised to place Indianapolis at the… Read More »Central Canal
Chrysler Corporation The history of the Chrysler Corporation in Indianapolis began in a relationship with the American Foundry Company, which was established… Read More »Chrysler Corporation
Cole Motor Car Company Joseph Jarrett Cole (1869-1925), a native of Connersville, Indiana, and a graduate of the Richmond Business College, first came to… Read More »Cole Motor Car Company
