Apr 27, 2017 | Highlights in History
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...
Apr 20, 2017 | Highlights in History
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...
Apr 13, 2017 | Highlights in History
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...
Apr 6, 2017 | Highlights in History
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...
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...
