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Indianapolis's first two justices of the peace were appointed in 1821, and its first jail was built in 1822. The city council established Indianapolis's first police department in 1854. The Indianapolis Fire Company, organized in 1826, was the town's first volunteer fire department. Indianapolis's first firehouse was built in 1836.
BraunAbility is an American manufacturer of wheelchair accessible vans and wheelchair lifts based in Winamac, Indiana. [1] It is currently owned by Investor AB.The company was founded by Ralph Braun, who had spinal muscular atrophy.
1831 1831 map of Indianapolis in Marion County, originally drawn by surveyor B. F. Morris. Town officials appoint Indianapolis's first board of health when the town experiences its first case of smallpox. [58] The steamboat Robert Hanna arrives in town on April 11. After it departs from Indianapolis the boat runs aground along the White River ...
About 115 years ago the city opened one of its first municipal swimming pools in an effort to keep Indianapolis children safe from drowning. ... Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from 1916 shows the ...
Location First built Use Notes Grouseland: Vincennes, Indiana: 1802-1804 Residence Home of president William Henry Harrison [1] It is the oldest standing building in Indiana. Indiana Territorial Capitol: Vincennes, Indiana: 1804 Government First territorial capitol of Indiana; moved from original foundation in 1949 [1] Mont Clair Farmhouse ...
In 1970, the governments of Indianapolis and Marion County consolidated, expanding the city from 82 square miles (210 km 2) [3] to more than 360 square miles (930 km 2) overnight. As a result, Indianapolis has a unique urban-to-rural transect, ranging from dense urban neighborhoods, to suburban tract housing subdivisions, to rural villages. [4]
The Indianapolis City-County Council Monday moved forward on a Vision Zero plan, which aims to eliminate pedestrian deaths from cars by 2035. Indianapolis City-County Council introduces proposal ...
Nick Roberts, who will become a City-County Councillor in 2024, speaks during the Democratic watch party Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, at Kountry Kitchen's 910 North Event Center in Indianapolis.