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In addition to state government offices, a U.S. district court was established at Indianapolis in 1825; [24] two years later, the state legislature appropriated $500 for construction of a new building in Indianapolis to house the Indiana Supreme Court. [25] In its early years Indianapolis hosted numerous political gatherings and visiting ...
The Indianapolis Woman's Club is founded. [243] 1876 The Indianapolis Benevolent Society is founded. It is reorganized as the Charity Organization Society in 1879. [244] [245] Colonel Eli Lilly establishes a pharmaceutical manufactory on Pearl Street that becomes Eli Lilly and Company. [246] The Flower Mission is organized; it is incorporated ...
Indianapolis (/ ˌ ɪ n d i ə ˈ n æ p ə l ɪ s / ⓘ IN-dee-ə-NAP-ə-lis), [10] [11] colloquially known as Indy, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. Indianapolis is situated in the state's central till plain region along the west fork of the White River.
Colonel Eli Lilly founded his pharmaceutical corporation in 1876 and headquartered in Indianapolis. The company introduced the first commercial insulin in 1923 and produced Prozac and other ...
Purdue University was founded in 1869 as the state's land-grant university, a school of science and agriculture. Ball State University was founded as a normal school in the early 20th century and given to the state in 1918. [163] Public colleges lagged behind the private religious colleges in both size and educational standards until the 1890s ...
From McDonald's to Crocs, here's a look back at iconic companies founded from 1940 onward.
Originally founded as Villanueva de La Serena, the city was destroyed completely in a native uprising in 1549 and re-founded the same year as San Bartolomé de La Serena; its founding date is for this reason sometimes listed as 1549. Second oldest European city in Chile. 1545: Potosí: Potosí: Bolivia: 1545 San Juan de los Remedios: Villa ...
Indianapolis moved from the AFC East. Houston Texans enfranchised. In 2011 the active roster limit was shifted from 45 + 1 emergency quarterback to an undifferentiated 46 players. This would remain in effect through the end of the 2019 season. [6]