Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Where is Indianapolis, Indiana, USA? Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, USA
Indianapolis was founded as the site for the new state capital in 1820 by an act of the Indiana General Assembly. Prior to its official founding, Indianapolis was a swampy area called the Fall Creek Settlement sparsely settled by fur traders. The first European American settler is generally believed to be George Pogue, who on March 2, 1819, settled in a double log cabin along the creek now called Pogue's Run. However, as early as 1822, it was argued that John Wesley McCormick was the first European American settler when he built a cabin along the White River in 1820 at the site of what is now the White River State Park in downtown Indianapolis. The state capital was moved from Corydon on January 10, 1825 and the state commissioned Alexander Ralston and Elias Pym Fordham to design the new capital city.
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A Merry Meal Makes Good Digestion
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1825 - State Capital
Indianapolis becomes the state capital.
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Indianapolis becomes the state capital.
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1847 - Indiana's first major railroad line linked Madison and Indianapolis and was completed.
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1860 - SINGULAR PHENOMENON. Water Spout and Tornado - Houses Blown Down.(From the Indianapolis Journal, May 30.)
Storms, like troubles, seem to come in crowds. Last week...Read MORE...
1869 - A man in charge was explaining the working of the fire-alarm telegraph, in Indianapolis, on a recent Sunday evening,and unconsciously sent an alarm, which soon brought the whole Fire Department to his box.
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1869 - Accident at State FairTo the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, October 1. - A terrible accident occurred at the State...Read MORE...
1885 - THE STATE INSANE ASYLUM ON FIRE.Indianapolis, Jan. 27. - Fire at the insane hospital this morning was got under control after...Read MORE...
1901 - Indianapolis - The Hoosier Capital by Perry S. Heath
The visitor to the Hoosier capital familiar with the capital of the nation instantly observes a...Read MORE...
The visitor to the Hoosier capital familiar with the capital of the nation instantly observes a...Read MORE...
1901 - Met A Horrible Death Heroic Deed of William PHELPS, a Colored Man – Gave Up His Life That A Married Friend Might Make His Escape.Indianapolis, May 12. – While William PHELPS of Richmond, Ky., and James STAPLEBURY of this city...Read MORE...
1903 - CRUSHED UNDER A CAR - Mrs. John Riley, Formerly of Seymour, Killed at IndianapolisSunday morning Mrs. John Riley of Indianapolis, formerly a resident of this city, was crushed to...Read MORE...
1908 - CAR CLIMBS BUILDING NINE PERSONS NEAR DEATH JUMPS TRACK AND CRASHES INTO DRUG STORE, TERRIFYING PASSENGERS AND WAKING EVERY ONE IN NEIGHBORHOOD.Nine persons escaped death in a manner little short of miraculous at 11 00 o’clock last night, when ...Read MORE...
1911 - May 30 - 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is runThe very first Indianapolis 500, won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.59 miles per hour.
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1916
Indianapolis, a city, the capital of Indiana and of Marion co., is on the West Fork of the White...Read MORE...
Indianapolis, a city, the capital of Indiana and of Marion co., is on the West Fork of the White...Read MORE...
1920 - May 2 – The first game of Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis, Indiana.www.wikipedia.org
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1958 - December 9 - Robert H W Welch Jr & 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society
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Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Charles Pyle ADAMS
(15 June 1880, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 02 July 1936, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA)
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Cordelia BUTLER
(25 March 1828, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 31 August 1866, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Edith BUTLER
(12 October 1833, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 13 August 1834, Shelbyville, Indiana, USA)
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Julia BUTLER
(26 September 1835, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 31 May 1836, , Indiana, USA)
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Marie BUTLER
(15 February 1831, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 30 May 1911, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Ovid Dyer BUTLER
(3 October 1837, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 14 July 1919, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Albert Burnham COLE
(17 February 1875, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 30 June 1959, Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA)
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Harvey Wright JARRETT
(7 December 1887, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 7 May 1944, Livington, Otsego, Michigan, USA)
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Harry STIENECKER
(24 November 1881, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 24 November 1926, Hollywood, Florida, USA)
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Thomas Earl ADAMS
(19 July 1887, Monroe City, Indiana, USA - 27 October 1951, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Barbara BROWN
(September 26, 1927, Lincoln, Kansas, USA - September 25, 2005, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Ovid BUTLER
(7 February 1801, Augusta, Oneida, New York, USA - 12 July 1881, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Cordelia BUTLER
(25 March 1828, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 31 August 1866, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Marie BUTLER
(15 February 1831, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 30 May 1911, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Ovid Dyer BUTLER
(3 October 1837, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA - 14 July 1919, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Albert Burnham COLE
(18 May 1806, , New York, USA - 11 January 1870, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Cordelia Dyer COLE
(23 September 1809, Rodman, New York, USA - 9 September 1838, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Ernest Byron COLE
(27 February 1846, Noblesville, Indiana, USA - December 1920, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Anna Loretta FEEHELY
(9 April 1878, , Ireland - 9 July 1952, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Benjamin HARRISON
(20 August 1833, , Ohio, USA - 13 March 1901, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Joseph METHOD
(26 December 1872, , Michigan, USA - 21 December 1950, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Joseph Michael METHOD
(20 April 1920, Duluth, Minnesota, USA - 1 January 1989, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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David Henry PEABODY
(30 July 1901, Mecosta County, Michigan, USA - 6 March 1986, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Lorraine Venita WALTHER
(08/08/1920, Winona, Winona, Minnesota, USA - 11/02/2012, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
Cemeteries in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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