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The Indiana State Fair relocates to a new site on Thirty-eighth Street. [300] Saints Peter and Paul Catholic parish is organized. In 1905 construction begins on its cathedral, which is dedicated in December 1906. [239] [301] 1893 Construction begins on the Das Deutsche Haus (The German House), the city's center for German culture. [302]
The first Marion County fair was held on October 30–31, 1835, and the first Indiana State Fair was held on the grounds of what became known as Military Park, west of downtown, in October 1852. [45] Until the arrival of the first railroads in 1847, few mills and manufacturing facilities were established in Indianapolis. [46]
The Indianapolis Star would have over 40 employees work to have the story quickly added to the next morning's paper before the press deadline of 1:30 a.m. [21] Partial view of the fairgrounds, seen here during the 2006 Indiana State Fair. The coliseum is visible in the left background.
Marjorie Jackson inherited millions from her father-in-law's grocery empire, but word quickly got around that she was hiding it throughout her Indianapolis home
The Pacers were very successful in their tenure at the Coliseum, winning three ABA Championships. They captured the ABA titles in 1969–70, defeating the Los Angeles Stars in 6 games, in 1971–72, defeating the New York Nets in 6 games, and in the 1972–73 season, defeating the Kentucky Colonels in 7 games.
Nestled between a Serbian Church and a subdivision with new homes selling for $500,000 or more, the old farm is a reminder of a time when the city had large stretches of rolling hills.
While located in Noblesville, the Indiana Transportation Museum operated excursion trains on 38 miles (61 km) of a former Nickel Plate Road line originally built for the Indianapolis and Peru Railroad and, at the time of ITM's eviction, owned by the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority (HHPA), which is made up of the Indiana cities of Indianapolis, Fishers, and Noblesville.
Brienne Delaney, a former Marion County deputy prosecutor and recent Marion County Election Board director, beat 30-year incumbent Monroe Gray for the Indianapolis City-County Council District 2 seat.