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Early Fishers – A Turkey Shoot Gets Out of Hand

Early Fishers – A Turkey Shoot Gets Out of Hand By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Continuing our study of the rough-and ready history of early Fishers, it’s interesting to note that trouble began not long after the town was founded in 1872.  The best...

Robbing A Train – By Wrecking it

Robbing A Train – By Wrecking it By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The town of Fishers and Delaware Township had a lively history prior to the First World War that has been largely forgotten.  I’ve talked about some of it before, such as the grave robbing...

The 1896 Noblesville Fish Kill

The 1896 Noblesville Fish Kill By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With Earth Day coming up on Saturday, this seems like a good time to look at a Hamilton County environmental failure and see what we might have learned from it.  Many people are familiar with...

Raymond C. Boyd – Big League Pitcher

Raymond C. Boyd – Big League Pitcher By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With the opening of baseball season, here is a look at another Hamilton County player who made it to the big leagues – Raymond Boyd.  His Wikipedia entry is slim, but he did have a very...

Hamilton County in the Great War

Hamilton County in the Great War By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian April 6, 2017 is the 100th anniversary of the United States entry into the Great War, or as it’s called now, World War I.  President Woodrow Wilson had asked on April 3 for Congress to...