The Rise and Fall of the Billy Goat Beer
If you strolled down the streets of Indianapolis in 1900, you would have needed a bale of cotton...
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Tag: prohibition
A Ku Klux Quaker?
Daisy Douglass Barr, Imperial Empress of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, circa 1923. Women are...
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At Your Leisure: That’s the Spirit!
It’s easy to pick out an out-of-towner at the grocery store on a Sunday. Often times he or...
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Agitatin’ on the Fourth of July: The Hidden History of Dietz’s Grove
On July 4, 1913, Americans celebrated their national holiday with pride as always, even as the...
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At Your Leisure: Sorry, No Ladies Allowed
The long gone Ye Ark Saloon stood at 15 East Ohio Street, approximately where the Chase Tower...
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Sunday Adverts: Haag Drugs
If you’ve lived in Indiana long (and you’re older than 20) you likely have fond...
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The Courtroom Where Jack Daniels “Got Served”
During the height of 1920’s Prohibition, the Federal Courthouse in downtown Indianapolis was home...
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Penny Post: WM Brommer Saloon
The prohibition of alcohol in Indiana began with a 1790 – 1795 Northwest Territory law that...
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HI Mailbag: Lux Laundry Fire
Reader’s Question: I have recently moved back to Indianapolis after living most of my adult...
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Indiana City Brewery (Home Brewing Company Bottling Building)
In case you missed it the first time we published it… Early last year, our own Joan...
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Friday Favorite: Good for What Ales You
As you toast the new year with your jug, mug, glass, or stein, it is perhaps a good moment to...
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Indiana City Brewery (Home Brewing Company Bottling Building)
Three original Home Brewing Company bottles in the Indiana City Brewery tasting room. –...
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Flats Saved: Heier’s Hotel
The Heier Hotel, located at 12-18 South New Jersey Street, is named after original owner Fred...
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Then & Now: Anheuser Busch Brewing Association and Capitol City Fence Company, 920-24 E. Ohio Street
Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society, Bass Photo Company Collection 26612 Many have...
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Then and Now: The Dorman Street Saloon (aka “The Hog”), 901 Dorman Street
The Dorman Street Saloon has a long and fabled history in Cottage Home Neighborhood on the near...
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Ladies Lounge: Booze, Bars, Broads–and the Whiskey Drinking Women of 1820s Indianapolis
Tonight, the 2nd of the 3-part Ken Burns documentary series, “Prohibition,” airs on...
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