Class 900: Indianapolis

A short 'then and now' about the history behind the 1916 setting of the cornerstone for the Central Library in downtown Indianaoplis.

Calvin Fletcher gets all the attention locally, but the history behind his wife, Sarah, shows the profound impact she had on Indianapolis.

Exploring the history behind an inscription from 1907 I found on a flood wall along Fall Creek in Indianapolis.

Exploring the life and career of pioneering attorney and Butler-Tarkington resident, Harriette Bailey Conn.

Exploring the history behind a historical document found on eBay which details the sale of land early in the history of Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of William P. Jungclaus and the founding of the present day Jungclaus Campbell general contracting firm.

Exploring the history of the National Road Bridge over the White River through the sketches of Christian Schrader and other sources.

Exploring the background of a document found on ebay which dates to 1840's Indianapolis and addresses the assignment of a widow's dower.

Looking at the efforts of William Watson Woollen to protect nature and to establish Woollen's Gardens of Birds and Botany.

Exploring the placement of a new historical marker explaining the history of Booth Tarkington and his home on Meridian St. in Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the Oak Hill tuberculosis camp in Indianapolis, and its founder, Lillian Thomas Fox.

Analyzing a piece of Indianapolis history from a lawsuit filed by Samuel Henderson, the future first mayor of Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of a monument to Lucius Burrie Swift and the life of the Indianapolis civil service reformer.

Exploring the Calvin Fletcher connection with the No Mean City phrase and the history of Indianapolis.

Exploring the world of Christmas trees and Edward Eickhoff, one of the first to commercially grow Christmas trees in Indianapolis.

Elizabeth Rainey was the first woman from Indianapolis to be elected to the Indiana General Assembly.

Explore the history of the little known Crows Nest Cemetery and the earlier Indianapolis residents who are now at rest there.

Note: A version of this blog post appeared in the Butler Tarkington Neighborhood Association newsletter in early 2018. Butler...

Note: This is an updated version of a post I wrote for a cycling blog I maintained when I was racing mountain bikes more regularly than I...

I walk and bike around Indianapolis a lot. When you aren't encased in a metal shell of a car, and if you keep your eyes off your phone,...