Feb 25, 2025 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History, New & Exciting
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian 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...
Feb 17, 2025 | Crossroads Discovery Center, New & Exciting, Staff Picks For Adults
By Jessica L., Local History and Genealogy Librarian March 2025 will mark one hundred years since Madge Oberholtzer, a woman from Irvington in Indianapolis, was attacked and killed by D. C. Stephenson. Stephenson was the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana...
Dec 16, 2024 | Library News
The Hamilton East Public Library (HEPL) is excited to host the 2025 Local Author Fair, an annual, free open house-style event for all ages. The event will be held on Saturday, April 12 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the FORUM Events Center, 11313 USA Pkwy, Fishers, Indiana....
Dec 2, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The City of Noblesville has now installed the ice rink at Federal Hill Commons, and people are preparing to do some skating. To those interested in history, this brings up the question of where people would have gone in the...
Oct 17, 2024 | Crossroads Discovery Center, Highlights in History
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian 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. It is...
