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Marker at the site of John McCormick's cabin. Indianapolis was founded as the site for the new state capital in 1820 by an act of the Indiana General Assembly; however, the area where the city of Indianapolis now stands was once home to the Lenape (Delaware Nation), a native tribe who lived along the White River. [1]
The twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis (Ballinger Publishing Company, 1976). Borchert, John R. "The twin cities urbanized area: past, present, future." Geographical Review 51.1 (1961): 47-70 online. Faue, Elizabeth (1991). Community of Suffering and Struggle: Women, Men, and the Labor Movement in Minneapolis, 1915–1945. UNC Press Books.
Walker founded the Minneapolis Public Library. He was among the ten wealthiest men in the world in 1923. [1] He built two company towns, one of which his son sold to become part of what is today known as Sunkist. He is the founder and namesake of the Walker Art Center.
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.
Many men of mixed racial ancestry became respected members of "white" society. William W. Warren, for example, was the son of an American entrepreneur (who hailed from New York before he began working in John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company) and a mixed-blood Ojibwe mother (whose father had been in the old French and British fur trade). He ...
After stepping down as CEO of footwear company LA Gear, which he also co-founded, Greenberg created Skechers with a focus on men’s street shoes in 1992. One of the largest American shoe brands ...
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 ...
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