By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Noblesville will soon have a professional basketball team, thanks to the Indiana Pacers G-League team moving from Fort Wayne, which makes it worth looking back at the history of the sport in this area. Of course, high...
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian I’ve covered early circus activity in Hamilton County before. Pushing it farther back, we have a record of the earliest appearance of a circus or menagerie show in the county. A reminiscence by Augustus Finch Shirts in the...
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian In the early nineteenth century, the Fourth of July could be considered the most important holiday in the United States. It was a statement of national identity at a time when Americans were still trying to understand who...
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian It’s difficult to miss the activities being planned around the total solar eclipse that will be happening on April 8. Of course, this isn’t the first eclipse to be seen in Hamilton County. There are some interesting...
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Looking back over old blog posts about the history of the Hamilton County area, certain names have cropped up several times. An important one is the Dempsey family who were prominent in the African American community and...
