Exploring the history of the Hetherington & Berner company of Indianapolis and looking for surviving pieces and reminders of the company's long history around the city.

Exploring the history of the Native American population in and around Indianapolis at the time of the city's founding in 1820 and 1821.

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.

Podcast Episode · Yesterday's Indianapolis · March 9, 2025 · 29m

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

Exploring the history of a former streetcar maintenance and storage barn on the near northside of 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 site of a stone lock in downtown Indianapolis along the route of the Central Canal.