Tag Archives: lafayette road
Bridge – Week 2
Thursday, March 12, 2009
End of Week one images Lafayette Rd. Bridge
March 06, 2009 posted by Indy Possible at 6:14 PM 0 comments Is the city backtracking on bridge bike lanes? This morning’s Star article infers the bike lanes promised for the bridge over Eagle Creek may be deleted. That’s a … Continue reading
March 2, 2009 – The first day without the bridge
Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Fire trucks from Hendricks County blared by my house early this morning. The road closure means that emergency response to the Traders Point area includes a contingent from Brownsburg. Raceway to Fishback, Fishback to Wilson, Wilson … Continue reading
Cyclists, Kayakers, Canoeists and Lafayette Road Bridge
The Department of Public Works held a public meeting last week about the closure of Lafayette Road between March and October 2009 for the reconstruction of the bridge over Eagle Creek. Most of the discussion centered on traffic concerns, fire … Continue reading
Laf. Rd. Bridge CLOSED April – December 2009 ! ! !
If you travel Lafayette Rd between 71st and 79th St., you might want to attend this public meeting. The road is scheduled be closed from March through December 2009 to replace the bridge over Eagle Creek. You are cordially invited … Continue reading
“We Meet by Accident”
A growing church is a beautiful sight accompanied by challenges. The real estate history of Traders Point Christian Church is of a church that built a log cabin in the floodway of Eagle Creek (1850s) and had to move to … Continue reading
Homer Resler
One-Armed Homer Resler Homer Resler and George Wilkins were a couple of the earliest auto mechanics on the northwest side of Indianapolis. Their garage greeted motorists from the 1920s through the 1950s who either needed gas or mechanical help at … Continue reading
Burden’s lunch
Burden’s Lunch Restaurant Traders Point was home to several businesses that catered to the traveling public. Burden’s Lunch was one such place. Located next to the Wilkins Garage, (just south of the current location of Bill Kappel’s Countryside Lawn and … Continue reading
Traders Point Gives Up the Ghost (Indianapolis News Aug. 1, 1968)
(photo of 1958 Flood in Traders Point and a recent color photo from the same location which shows TOX DROP activities taking place within the same floodway – IRONY) “One would be hard-pressed to find a point in … Continue reading
Posted in Area History, Distinctives
Tagged eagle creek, flood, lafayette road, rural historic district
2 Comments
Lafayette Road Bridge History
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 The name “Traders Point” refers to an old Indian Trail crossing where Eagle Creek meets Lafayette Road. The first parcel purchased in Pike Township was a small 80 acre parcel and it included this crossing. • … Continue reading
Posted in Area History, Distinctives, William Conner
Tagged eagle creek, lafayette road, ross reller, rural historic district
Leave a comment
Historic Traders Point Indiana 