This post explores the history of the flood protections constructed in downtown Indianapolis in the aftermath of the flood of 1913.

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

Field Note No. 3 traces the decades-long effort to create the Soldiers & Sailors Monument and establish Monument Circle as the civic center of Indianapolis. Researcher Edward Fujawa reconstructs the p...

Exploring the history of the Inland Container Corporation of Indianapolis, one of the city's major manufacturers during the 20th century.

High temperatures and lack of rain have often led to droughts that kill crops in the Indianapolis area.

Exploring the history behind a mysterious metal object located in the White River at Riverside Park in Indianapolis.

Podcast Episode · Yesterday's Indianapolis · July 1 · 19m

Exploring the history of the Williams Creek waterway in Indianapolis.

Exploring the Calvin Fletcher connection with the No Mean City phrase and the history of Indianapolis.

A lucky find at an antique store on the south side of Indianapolis reveals the life, and impact, of an Indianapolis Public School teacher at School 43.

Exploring the history of the Federal League Ballpark in downtown Indianapolis.

May is the month for racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But the classic oval was originally meant to be much grander.

Podcast Episode · Yesterday's Indianapolis · May 13 · 25m

Exploring the history behind the founding location of the Allison Transmission Company in downtown Speedway, Indiana.

Exploring the history of the EcoLab at Marian University in Indianapolis. The EcoLab was once part of the estate of James Allison, and was designed by famed landscape architect Jens Jensen.

Exploring the history and eventual elimination of Pogue's Run through downtown Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the now defunct Riverside Park shelter house in Indianapolis.

Podcast Episode · Yesterday's Indianapolis · March 30 · 18m

Exploring the trial of Thomas Finch, an Irish immigrant charged with murder while working on the Central Canal in Indianapolis.

Exploring the trial of Thomas Finch, an Irish immigrant charged with murder while working on the Central Canal in Indianapolis.

The 30th Street bridge was one of several ornate bridges that spanned Indianapolis' waterways that were built in early 20th century.

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

Podcast Episode · Yesterday's Indianapolis · February 20 · 29m

The Atlas Engine Works was a prominent part of the Indianapolis industrial scene in the latter of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Exploring the history behind a memorial stone locating in Riverside Park in Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the sledding in Indianapolis.

Exploring the expedition to locate the site of the seat of government for the state of Indiana, and the future site of Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the sledding in Indianapolis.

A quick holiday-themed post which explores some history of holiday decorations at University Park.

Podcast Episode · Yesterday's Indianapolis · 12/24/2025 · 16m

Christmas at the Zoo gave visitors a chance to ooh and aah over hundreds of thousands of lights and visit the zoo animals in the winter time.

On the fourteenth anniversary of Indiana's entry into the Union as the nineteenth state, the evening of December 11, 1830, a “large and resp...

Podcast Episode · Yesterday's Indianapolis · 12/08/2025 · 13m

Exploring the history of the Test Building and its parking garage and golf course on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis.

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

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

Note: This post was originally published on February 12, 2022. November 5, 2023, marks the 50th anniversary of the Grant Fire and this post is being republished to recognize that anniversary and the e...