Apr 4, 2016 | Highlights in History
Baseball in Noblesville and Hamilton County: The 1880’s By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With the Opening Day of the baseball season on Sunday, I thought I would look at another era of Noblesville baseball. In the 1880’s and early 1890’s, the...
Mar 30, 2016 | Highlights in History
Helen Cromell AKA “Dirty Helen” By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian I’m going to finish off women’s history month with a look at Hamilton County’s most notorious female – Helen Worley Cromell AKA “Dirty Helen”. She went from being proper Cicero...
Mar 14, 2016 | Highlights in History
Women’s Suffrage in Hamilton County By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian I’m going farther out in the county for this post on Women’s History. Women’s rights got a fairly early start in the county. Westfield women were involved in the Abolition...
Jan 25, 2016 | Highlights in History
Baseball in Noblesville and Hamilton County: 1868-1880 By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian In the coldest weather, it’s nice to think of spring-related activities such as baseball, and people in Noblesville have been doing that for quite some time. 1868 is...
Jan 20, 2016 | Highlights in History
Pioneer Kids- Crossing the County in 1824 By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian In the post about Haymond Clark, I mentioned that some of the books that he donated to the library were still in the collection. One of them is interesting for both its age and...
