Misc. Monday: Bicycling Indy in 1896
In the 1890’s, bicycles were more than a hot commodity, but also an obsession–...
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What’s In a Name: Marsh Road
Marsh Rd. Location: Pike Township Abraham Marsh and family, early landowners of Pike Township The...
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What’s in a Name: Warman Avenue
Warman Ave. Location: West Indianapolis Henry & Enoch Warman, early settlers Warman was once...
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What’s in a Name: Traub Avenue
Traub Avenue Location: West Indianapolis Jacob Traub and William H. Traub, early landowners and...
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What’s In a Name: Miley Avenue
Miley Ave. Location: West Indianapolis John S. Miley, lumber merchant and landowner John Miley...
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What’s in a Name: McCarty Street
McCarty St. Location: Downtown, Southeast Named For: Nicholas McCarty, one of the first white...
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What’s in a Name: Leonard Street
Leonard St. Location: Near East side, Running North-South Named for: Caroline L. Leonard,...
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WTH: Wrong on Reisner
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. Surveying this specimen,...
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What’s in a Name: Barnhill Drive
Barnhill Drive Location: Downtown, IUPUI campus Named For: Robert Barnhill, early settler Robert...
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What’s in a Name: Barnes Avenue
Barnes Avenue Location: North Indianapolis Albert A. Barnes, president, Udell Works Albert Barnes...
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What’s in a Name: Aqueduct Street
Aqueduct St. Location: Central Canal-Fall Creek aqueduct The Central Canal through...
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Room With a View: Riley’s Lockerbie Street
Birthday of beloved Hoosier, James Whitcomb Riley is just 5 days away (born 7 October1849). In his...
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TALBOTT AVENUE, not STREET
The old Tinker homestead, looking north from 16th Street, formerly Tinker Street Once upon a time,...
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