Jul 6, 2016 | Highlights in History
Another View of the Old Grain Elevators By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With final destruction of the old Model Mill wooden grain elevators last week – a full history of which can be found here – I thought it might be interesting to look at a...
Jun 27, 2016 | Highlights in History
History of Hamilton East Public Library: A Township Library By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Continuing the discussion of the history of the Noblesville library from The Founding to Dr. Haymond W. Clark., I thought I might look at a document that is still...
Jun 20, 2016 | Highlights in History
Noblesville and Hollywood: Otis F. Bart By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian About a year ago, I mentioned in passing that a local man, Otis F. Bart, had known the famous silent movie cowboy star, Tom Mix. I’m returning to that to look at exactly where and...
Jun 13, 2016 | Highlights in History
Baseball in Noblesville and Hamilton County: 1890-1910 By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Following up on the two previous baseball posts – Baseball in Noblesville and Hamilton County: 1868-1880 and Baseball in Noblesville and Hamilton County: The...
Jun 6, 2016 | Highlights in History
Sarah (Sallie) Kilgore By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian These days, there are great research resources popping up online all the time. The Hamilton East Public Library has access to two online newspaper databases which can be useful and a lot of fun to...
May 30, 2016 | Highlights in History
The Hamilton County Monument By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian For Memorial Day, I thought I would look at the largest memorial in town – the Civil War monument in Crownland Cemetery, which will be 150 years old in 2018. It’s the reason Monument Street has...
