History Blogs
Sometimes research goes in a different direction than you expect. New information can be found in letters from one of the men who was with the 28th USCT. This was Junius B. Roberts.
The railroad known as the Midland was a venture that began in high optimism and then struggled through 110 years of bankruptcies, reorganizations, and mechanical malfunctions.
Way back in 1897, there was a boat that traveled all over central Indiana, including Noblesville, and made some surprising journeys. Her name was Stella.
Joyce Hobson (1851-1939) was the first known woman doctor in Hamilton County. She practiced “eclectic” medicine, which might be called holistic today.
Donald Graham is mostly forgotten now, but in his day, he was one of the state’s more notable architects. He designed libraries, theaters, and other buildings around Indiana. Locally, he should be remembered for having created several iconic Noblesville buildings.
Where did people ice skate in Noblesville 160 years ago? A popular spot in the 1850s and 1860s was Scott’s Pond.
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.
A look back at the history of basketball in Noblesville, Indiana.
The earliest appearance of a circus or menagerie show in Hamilton County appears in a reminiscence by Augustus Finch Shirts in the Hamilton County Democrat newspaper October 2, 1891.
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