Dec 2, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The City of Noblesville has now installed the ice rink at Federal Hill Commons, and people are preparing to do some skating. To those interested in history, this brings up the question of where people would have gone in the...
Nov 8, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center
By Jessica L., Local History and Genealogy Librarian The winter season often allows time for families to huddle together inside away from the cold and celebrate traditions, some of them going back generations. If you’ve ever wondered about the story behind a family...
Oct 17, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian It’s not often that I find a straight-forward ghost story, but while doing some research on another topic, I found an 1899 incident at a house in southwest Noblesville that doesn’t seem to have an explanation. It is...
Oct 4, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Library News
October is Family History Month! What does family history mean to you? Ancestry charts of grandparents, great grandparents, back and back into history? Close friends that have been there for you? Favorite memories of time spent with a beloved grandma or grandpa?...
Sep 19, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Noblesville will soon have a professional basketball team, thanks to the Indiana Pacers G-League team moving from Fort Wayne, which makes it worth looking back at the history of the sport in this area. Of course, high...
Aug 20, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian I’ve covered early circus activity in Hamilton County before. Pushing it farther back, we have a record of the earliest appearance of a circus or menagerie show in the county. A reminiscence by Augustus Finch Shirts in the...
