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Jun 20, 20247 min read
Huffman Cemetery: Tracking Down a Graveyard in the Heart of Broad Ripple
Exploring the history of the Huffman Cemetery in the Broad Ripple neighborhood of Indianapolis.
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Jan 31, 20234 min read
Then & Now: Laying the Cornerstone of the Central Library
A short 'then and now' about the history behind the 1916 setting of the cornerstone for the Central Library in downtown Indianaoplis.
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Apr 2, 20216 min read
Discovering the Venerable behind Flackville
Exploring the background of the neighborhood today known as 'Venerable Flackville.'
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Feb 3, 202112 min read
The (Almost) State Centennial Plaza
Exploring the plan, and fate, of the Indiana Centennial Plaza
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Jan 7, 20218 min read
eBay Find: The Assignment of Dower to Elizabeth Martindale
Exploring the background of a document found on ebay which dates to 1840's Indianapolis and addresses the assignment of a widow's dower.
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Dec 18, 202016 min read
William Watson Woollen and His Garden: Early Environmental Conservation in Indianapolis
Looking at the efforts of William Watson Woollen to protect nature and to establish Woollen's Gardens of Birds and Botany.
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Dec 7, 20209 min read
Searching for the Riverside Park Bear Pit
Exploring the history behind the Riverside Park bear pit in Indianapolis.
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Nov 26, 202016 min read
Shorewood and Highland: The History of Geist Reservoir Part II
Part two in a series on the history of Geist Reservoir, this posting looks at the efforts to expand Geist, and to develop its shores.
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Apr 25, 20198 min read
Discovering The Central Canal's Buck Creek Culvert
My research on the history of the Central Canal in Indiana led to the discovery of the ruins of a culvert for the canal near Indianapolis.
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Oct 8, 20187 min read
The Lost Lock of the Central Canal
Exploring the site of a stone lock in downtown Indianapolis along the route of the Central Canal.
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