Indianapolis Collected: The things we leave behind
There are two kinds of people who buy old houses, according to The New York Times: old house...
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Indianapolis Collected: Free textbooks & the IPS music man
In the closing days of the Civil War, Indianapolis Public Schools superintendent Abram Shortridge...
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Indianapolis Collected: The Worms crawl in…..
This week’s story has all the hallmarks of a classic horror tale. A slaughterhouse. A...
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Indianapolis Collected: A Message from a Dead Friend
In May 1915, Argyra Friend was asleep in her apartment at 15th and Illinois when she had a...
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The Crumbling Crossroads of America
“Practically every great city has to be a geographic crossroads before it can become a great...
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Indianapolis Collected: Tribute to a “Hero in Overalls”
Classes were dismissed early on the afternoon of April 12, 1907, so that students and teachers at...
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Indianapolis Collected: D.C. Stephenson’s revenge
On July 4, 1923, an aspiring Republican politician from the east side of Indianapolis stood before...
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Indianapolis Collected: How We Spent Our Summer Vacations
Summer break ended for many Indianapolis children last week as another school year got underway. ...
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Indianapolis Collected: The Secret in the Old Diary
Charlotte Jane Anderson died 17 years ago. A life-long Indianapolis resident, she left behind a...
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Indianapolis Collected: The Mystery of the Missing Mantels
Daisy McKay was only 16 years old when her parents broke ground on a fine brick mansion at the...
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Indianapolis Collected Revisted: The Fall and Rise of the Old Northside
“In my opinion the way to beautify Indianapolis is to make its people happier,” Mrs. Albert...
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Indianapolis Collected: The dry, wry humor of Cobb X. Shinn
Thanks to my years of training as a Girl Scout, I always keep an extra umbrella in the car so I...
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Indianapolis Collected: Bringing the masses to Mass Ave
On the surface, George J. Marott would seem to have nothing in common with Ray Kinsella, the...
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Indianapolis Collected: Paging Dr. Coe
Dr. Isaac Coe turned up unexpectedly in Oregon last month. Not the actual Dr. Coe —...
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Indianapolis Collected: Camp Ida Wineman
Sylvia Dichner Weiss grew up on the near-southside of Indianapolis, in a neighborhood she called...
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Indianapolis Collected: Coal smoke brought Indy’s darkest hour
The city of Indianapolis has earned a lot of dubious distinctions during its nearly 200-year...
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Indianapolis Collected: Yar, there’s a pirate’s chest of gold on Monument Circle
For so long as most Indianapolis residents can remember, there has always been one “hot...
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Indianapolis Collected: A Road By Any Other Name
In the fall of 2011, Indianapolis Downtown Inc. sparked a Facebook frenzy when it launched a...
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Indianapolis Collected: Statehouse Eye Candy, Circa 1879
A small firestorm erupted last year when President Obama called his old friend Kamala Harris the...
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Indianapolis Collected: Where Everyone Knows your Name
When he was 12 years old, Michael Hanrahan decided to run away. For two weeks during the summer...
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