Oliver Hampton Smith (Oct. 23, 1794-Mar. 19, 1859). Born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, of Quaker stock, Oliver Hampton Smith journeyed first to New… Read More »Oliver Hampton Smith
Stewart-Warner In 1937, Chicago-based Stewart-Warner Corporation, which manufactured automobile and aeronautic heaters, purchased the old Nordyke-Marmon plant at 1514 Drover Street… Read More »Stewart-Warner
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
