Exploring the background of the neighborhood today known as 'Venerable Flackville.'

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

Exploring the background of a document found on ebay which dates to 1840's Indianapolis and addresses the assignment of a widow's dower.

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.

Part two in a series on the history of Geist Reservoir, this posting looks at the efforts to expand Geist, and to develop its shores.

My research on the history of the Central Canal in Indiana led to the discovery of the ruins of a culvert for the canal near Indianapolis.

Exploring the site of a stone lock in downtown Indianapolis along the route of the Central Canal.