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...
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...
