Mar 30, 2017 | Highlights in History
Berta Jones – Woman Playwright By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian I’d like to finish up Women’s History Month with the story of another creative woman from Hamilton County – Berta Jones. She was born Alberta Haworth on February 21, 1877 to Albert...
Mar 23, 2017 | Highlights in History
Women’s baseball in Hamilton County By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian It’s the time of year to start talking about baseball and, since it happens to still be Women’s History Month, I thought I would look at early women’s baseball in the county. ...
Mar 17, 2017 | Highlights in History
Leota Fodrea By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian A few weeks ago, I did a post about the Noblesville playwright John Wise and the productions of his plays. I mentioned that one of the reasons for the initial success of the plays was the woman who played the...
Mar 8, 2017 | Highlights in History
Women Running the Railroad: Station Agents By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian There has been a lot of local discussion of railroads lately and, since this is Women’s History Month I thought I might show how the railroads offered nineteenth century women...
Mar 2, 2017 | Highlights in History
Beatrice O’Niel and “The Future” By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Thanks to La Vella Hyter and Bryan Glover for bringing this to my attention. As a follow up to last week’s community leader, Olivia Roper, I thought I would look at another notable African...
