Nov 10, 2025 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History, New & Exciting
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian In the past, people have said that William Conner was the first settler of Hamilton County because he established a trading post here in 1802. However, while he had a license to trade with the Native Americans, the fact is...
Oct 17, 2025 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History, New & Exciting
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian A version of this article originally appeared in the Aug.-Sept. 2015 issue of the Hamilton County Business Magazine. I recently wrote about Isaac Cachell, a story that went viral in the 1830s. Another example of a historic...
Sep 16, 2025 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian If you’ve read much Indiana history, you’ve heard about the attempts to build canals and the failures that resulted. One of the classic stories is that of the Central Canal which only now exists in two sections between...
Aug 22, 2025 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian A version of this article first appeared in the June/July 2019 issue of the Hamilton County Business Magazine It’s unpredictable what will catch the public’s attention and make a person famous (or infamous) on the internet....
Jul 18, 2025 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Over a century ago, Noblesville had an opportunity to witness cutting edge automotive technology when the Glidden Tour came through town. Officially named the Fourth Annual American Automobile Association Tour, this was a...
Jun 12, 2025 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian We have now spent a couple of years working on the possible situation of Hamilton County men being at the first Juneteenth event in 1865. However, sometimes research goes in a different direction than you expect. New...
