Transportation

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Stout Field

On Indianapolis’ southwest side, Stout Field lies west of Holt Road and north and south of Minnesota Street. In 1926,… Read More »Stout Field

Street Paving Exposition

Forty days after the formation of the Commercial Club (now the ) in 1890, its officers, including president  and secretary… Read More »Street Paving Exposition

Street Paving Methods

Indianapolis streets originally consisted of dirt paths hewn from the forest, in which the stumps were gradually removed.” Corduroy” logs… Read More »Street Paving Methods

Streetcars

The streets of Indianapolis have known three kinds of externally guided vehicles offering scheduled passenger service.  The mule car (1864-1894),… Read More »Streetcars

Stutz

Harry C. Stutz (1876 -1935) moved from his native Ohio to Indianapolis in 1903. By 1910, the Stutz Auto Parts… Read More »Stutz

Roscoe Turner

(Sept. 29, 1895-June 23, 1970). One of America’s greatest air racing pilots, Roscoe Turner was born in a log cabin… Read More »Roscoe Turner

Union Station

The country’s first “union station”—that is, a centralized station for the common use of passengers of independent rail lines—was constructed… Read More »Union Station

United Airlines Indianapolis Maintenance Center

United Airlines began construction of a proposed $800-million aircraft maintenance facility at the in August 1992. However, plans for the… Read More »United Airlines Indianapolis Maintenance Center

Frank H. Wheeler

(Oct. 24, 1864-May 27, 1921). Frank H. Wheeler was a native of Manchester, Iowa, coming to Indianapolis from California in… Read More »Frank H. Wheeler

Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company

In the mid-1860s, J. R. Osgood and S. F. Smith established a business producing wagon and carriage materials on South… Read More »Woodburn Sarven Wheel Company