By Stephanie Dolan This fall, the Perry Township/Southport Historical Society gathered for its second meeting of the year at the Southport Community Building at 6901
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Local author presents secrets of Indianapolis to Perry Township/Southport Historical Society
By Rick Hinton “I’ve never spoken to a historical society before, so it’s a little scary. Hopefully I can tell you something that’s new and
Remembering Southport history
By Barry Browning, Treasurer Perry Township/Southport Historical Society The Southport area was a wooded wilderness in the early 1800s. After Indianapolis was selected to be
Keeping the memory of Edgewood alive
By Rick Hinton The Edgewood Elementary School, 1408 Epler Ave., had its beginnings in the fall of 1914, opening as a four-room schoolhouse to accommodate
The Underground Railroad in Indiana
By Rick Hinton Do many of us fully understand the Underground Railroad system as it applied to frontier Indiana starting in the early 1800s? We’re
Way back when
By Stephanie Dolan For more than 20 years, Arcadia Publishing has been connecting people to the past through an historical books and series designed to