Jan 5, 2017 | Highlights in History
Noblesville’s Loch Ness Monster By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian There has been a lot of talk recently about “fake news”. Of course, any historian can tell you that this sort of thing has been around for a long time. In fact, fake news or...
Dec 29, 2016 | Highlights in History
Celebrating the Holidays 100 Years Ago – A Double Wedding By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian There are many ways to celebrate the season – some people add to it with a wedding. A century ago, some actors in Noblesville expanded on this by...
Dec 22, 2016 | Highlights in History
Brehm Christmas By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With Christmas here, I thought I might look at some seasonal illustrations by a couple of Noblesville artists who became nationally famous. The period between the 1890’s and the 1920’s is known in the art...
Dec 15, 2016 | Highlights in History
Power Outage – of Natural Gas By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The cold weather has now arrived and one of the worries in the back of people’s minds is the possibility of the heat failing through an electrical failure. The same problem existed one...
Dec 8, 2016 | Highlights in History
Bicentennials: Looking Backwards and Forwards By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The events to celebrate the Indiana State Bicentennial will officially end on December 11, Statehood Day, and Hamilton County has had a lot of activity to show for it. ...
Dec 1, 2016 | Highlights in History
A “Highbrow” Event By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The courtroom in the old courthouse has been the site of many events, such as grave robbing trials, baseball trials, the founding of the Carnegie library, and the trial of D. C. Stephenson. ...
