Nov 22, 2017 | Highlights in History
Thanksgiving in 1890 By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Besides family dinner, Thanksgiving now brings to mind parades, football, and Black Friday sales. In the past, however, it has been fairly somber. Being rooted in the harvest celebration of the...
Nov 15, 2017 | Highlights in History
An Unexpected Aerial Visitor By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian In the early days of aviation, balloon racing was a popular sport. Unlike today’s hot-air balloons, they were hydrogen filled, a practice that continued until the Hindenburg disaster in 1937. ...
Nov 8, 2017 | Highlights in History
Cynthiana – The First Geist Community By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian The area around Fishers and Geist is the site of some of the newest housing in Hamilton County, but it was actually settled very early. A town in Fall Creek Township in one of the few...
Nov 2, 2017 | Highlights in History
A Follow-up on the “Beetle Flyer” By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Some time back, I did a post on Hamilton County’s only car company – the Fodrea-Malott Manufacturing Company. At that time, there weren’t many details about the vehicle itself. Now, some...
Oct 26, 2017 | Highlights in History
A Ghost War By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian As people prepare for trick or treaters, we should look at a time in Noblesville in late 1890 when “ghosts” appeared and frightened several families. The results were probably not what people had expected....
