Class 900: Indianapolis

Exploring the history of the Indianapolis Arrows, and the city's attempt to bring a major league baseball team to Central Indiana.

Exploring the unfortunate history of a steamboat named Sunshine in Broad Ripple.

Exploring the 100+ year history of the Capitol Avenue bridge over Fall Creek in Indianapolis.

Examining the history of one of the strangest, and most notorious, intersections in Indianapolis.

Exploring the reactions and reports of the 1865 solar eclipse in Indianapolis and surrounding communities.

Exploring the 1923 resignation of pastor Earl Griggs in Butler-Tarkington whose church was coming under the sway of the Ku Klux Klan.

Tracking the remains of the Indianapolis Northern interurban line in Indianapolis, Broad Ripple and points to the north.

Exploring an early Civil Rights trial which took place in Indianapolis shortly after the conclusion of the Civil War.

A short post looking at the history behind a few random staircases to nowhere located around Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of a project which changed the course of the White River in Indianapolis.

Exploring an explosion which destroyed a fraternity house at Butler University in Indianapolis in 1955.

Exploring the history of the former Christel DeHaan Estate on the northside of Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the original Bellefontaine Railroad depot on Massachusetts Avenue.

In a final post about the history of the old Indianapolis Zoo, we explore the remnants of the zoo at Washington Park.

On a spring afternoon in 1949 a fugitive bank robber engaged in a running gun battle with federal agents on Monument Circle in Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the Coca Cola Bottling Plant on Massachusetts Avenue, constructed by the William P. Jungclaus Co.

Exploring the history of wild times at the Bellevue Resort and Roadhouse on Michigan Road on the northside of Indianapolis.

Part II in a series exploring the Indianapolis Zoo as it expanded operations at Washington Park, up to its move to White River State Park.

Not a traditional Indianapolis history post, but a case for the preservation and reuse of IPS School 86 in Butler-Tarkington.

Exploring the remains of an old iron bridge in the Millersville neighborhood of Indianapolis.