History Blogs

Thanksgiving in 1890 By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Besides family dinner, Thanksgiving now brings ...

An Unexpected Aerial Visitor By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian In the early days of aviation, balloon ...

Cynthiana – The First Geist Community By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The area around Fishers and ...

A Follow-up on the “Beetle Flyer” By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Some time back, I did a post on ...

A Ghost War By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian As people prepare for trick or treaters, we should look ...

Local Ghosts By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian In the last my blog post, I casually mentioned a ...

The Man Who Knew By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian While most people would be excited to be a part of ...

The Return of the White River Monster By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian It’s October and time to look ...

Report From Fisher’s Switch – 1875 By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Report From Fisher’s Switch – ...