Class 900: Indianapolis

Exploring the history of boating on the Central Canal in Indianapolis, and the sinking of the paddleboat Indiana on that waterway.

Celebrating 3 years of the Class 900 Indy, this is an expanded version of the blog's first post looking at the proposed White River Lake.

Exploring the history of the Fall Creek Trail, the first greenway in Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of the Marion County Poor Farm site in the latter half of the 20th century.

Exploring the history of the former Blue Ridge Water Tank in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood.

Exploring the plan, and fate, of the Indiana Centennial Plaza

Looking at the efforts of William Watson Woollen to protect nature and to establish Woollen's Gardens of Birds and Botany.

Exploring the history behind the Riverside Park bear pit in Indianapolis.

Exploring the history of a monument to Lucius Burrie Swift and the life of the Indianapolis civil service reformer.

Investigating one of the remaining vestiges of Fairview Park in Indianapolis.

Exploring the history behind the creation of Tarkington Park, an Indianapolis and neighborhood landmark.

Explore the history of tree planting in Indianapolis and the early work of the 1858 Shade Tree Association.