Category Archives: Area History
Eagle’s Edge, 8140 Moore Road
Eagle’s Edge ,8140 Moore Road, The Samuel Dowden House, is currently owned by Dennis and Patti Smith. It was built in 1930 for Attorney Samuel Dowden and has since been owned by several prominent Indianapolis doctors and … Continue reading
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Traders Point and “the most famous man in America”: Henry Ward Beecher
Many know that the first pastor of Second Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, Henry Ward Beecher, would go on to influence Abraham Lincoln and gain world re-known fame as a leader in the temperance movement. Son of famed theologian Lyman Beecher, Henry was … Continue reading
Traders Point Indians- Another Story of Pioneer Life: The Stolen Horses by Jerry Reade (1822)
Artist Cassilly Adams (born 1843) died in Traders Point in 1921 (Indiana American – March 27, 1869) Grandfather drew his chair nearer the fire and began: ” I well recollect the time. It was in 1822 and in the … Continue reading
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Henry Ward Beecher and Traders Point
Today during a visit to the Pike Township Historical Society Archives I was researching the history of the two-room brick school house that had once stood within the northeast corner of Lafayette and Moore Roads. I had recently been shown a … Continue reading
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Fortune Farms breaks ground for new barn
A new barn will soon appear on Moore Road as part of Fortune Acres, a new organic farm in the Traders Point area. The barn will house equipment and livestock and will have office space in one end. The structure, … Continue reading
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Growing up in Traders Point – 1880 to 1895 – The autobiography of Bertha Lee Redden Shaw
The Life of an Octogenarian by Bertha Lee Redden Shaw (written in her hand about 1962) This manuscript is now available for purchase by clicking on the link beneath the masthead (flood photo) on the home page of this … Continue reading
Archivist from Fermilab responds to my inquiry
Following the discovery last week that Purdue University had proposed in the 1950s the land now known as Eagle Creek Park for a Nuclear Particle Accelerator, I wrote to and received a reply from the Archivist for Fermilab. At some … Continue reading
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Trader’s Point, continued from History of Indianapolis and Marion County – Pike Township – B.R. Sulgrove – 1884
Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church – The first meetings of the citizens in the northwestern part of the township for worship was at the residences of J.C. Hume and Orlos Babcock. Mr. Hume then lived on the south end of … Continue reading
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Traders Point – History of Indianapolis and Marion County – Pike Township – B.R. Sulgrove – 1884
The village of Trader’s Point was laid out by John Jennings and Josiah Coughran in 1864. They erected a flour mill, with four run of burrs, three for wheat and one for corn. It was at first a water mill … Continue reading
