Lewis Wallace was an American lawyer,Union general in the American Civil War,governor of New Mexico Territory,politician,diplomat,artist,and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies,Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story,Ben-Hur:A Tale of the Christ (1880),a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century."
Madge Augustine Oberholtzer was a white American woman whose rape and murder played a critical role in the demise of the second incarnation of the Ku Klux Klan. In March 1925,while working for the state of Indiana on an adult literacy campaign,Oberholtzer was abducted by D. C. Stephenson,Grand Dragon of the Indiana Klan. Holding her captive in his private train car,Stephenson raped and tortured her. Oberholtzer died from a combination of a staphylococcal infection from her injuries and kidney failure from mercury chloride poisoning,which she took while held captive in an attempt to commit suicide.
Albert Kahn was an American industrial architect who designed industrial plant complexes such as the Ford River Rouge automobile complex. He designed the construction of Detroit skyscrapers and office buildings as well as mansions in the city suburbs. He led an organization of hundreds of architect associates and in 1937,designed 19% of all architect-designed industrial factories in the United States. Under a unique contract in 1929,Kahn established a design and training office in Moscow,sending twenty-five staff there to train Soviet architects and engineers,and to design hundreds of industrial buildings under their first five-year plan. They trained more than 4,000 architects and engineers using Kahn's concepts. In 1943,the Franklin Institute posthumously awarded Kahn the Frank P. Brown Medal.
Robert Dunkerson Orr was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 45th governor of Indiana from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party,he served as United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1989 to 1992 under President George H. W. Bush.
William Henry Harrison Miller was an American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States.
John Downey Works was an American politician and lawyer. He was a U.S. Senator representing California from 1911 to 1917,and an associate justice of the California Supreme Court from October 2,1888,to January 5,1891.
Crown Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at 700 West 38th Street in Indianapolis,Marion County,Indiana. The privately owned cemetery was established in 1863 at Strawberry Hill,whose summit was renamed "The Crown",a high point overlooking Indianapolis. It is approximately 2.8 miles (4.5 km) northwest of the city's center. Crown Hill was dedicated on June 1,1864,and encompasses 555 acres (225 ha),making it the third largest non-governmental cemetery in the United States. Its grounds are based on the landscape designs of Pittsburgh landscape architect and cemetery superintendent John Chislett Sr and Prussian horticulturalist Adolph Strauch. In 1866,the U.S. government authorized a U.S. National Cemetery for Indianapolis. The 1.4-acre (0.57 ha) Crown Hill National Cemetery is located in Sections 9 and 10.
Mark Whitty Everson is an American politician who is currently the Vice Chairman of alliantgroup and served as the 46th Commissioner of Internal Revenue from 2003 until 2007. Prior to his appointment as Commissioner of the IRS,Everson held a number of federal government positions in the administrations of George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan,as well as at the state level within the administration of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels.
Marjorie Wallace is an American actress,television host,model and beauty queen. In 1973,she made history as the first woman from the United States to be crowned Miss World,but just 104 days later,pageant officials announced she would be the first Miss World to have her title taken from her for having an affair. Years later,she helped launch the television program Entertainment Tonight as an original co-host.
Edward Test Wallace was a veteran of the Mexican–American War. He was also a participant in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). Before the war he lived for a time in Mattoon,Illinois where he worked as a tinner at a hardware store. At the outset of the civil war,Wallace was captain in the 11th Indiana Infantry Regiment. Later,he was acting aid for his brother,General Lew Wallace at the Battle of Shiloh and later as Volunteer Aide-de-Camp for his brother at the defense of Cincinnati,Ohio. At the end of the war he was a captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps.
John Coburn was a United States Representative from Indiana and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
The 1919 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1919 college football season. In their 20th year under head coach Henry L. Williams,the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–2–1 record. The 1919 team finished in a tie for fourth place in th Big Ten. Halfback Arnold Oss was named All-Big Ten first team.
The Eskenazi Health Art Collection consists of a wide variety of artworks composed of fragments from the 1914 City Hospital mural and artwork project,artworks added over time,and newer pieces which include works created for the new Sidney &Lois Eskenazi Hospital and campus in 2013. Other works have been added occasionally;there are also artworks at the clinics throughout Marion County.
Roy W. Howard was an American newspaperman with a long association with E. W. Scripps Company. He was president of E. W. Scripps Company and the United Press,and chairman of Scripps Howard Newspapers.
Wallace Junction is a ghost town in Taylor Township,Owen County,in the U.S. state of Indiana.
Four Seasons is a series of four murals - Spring,Summer,Autumn, and Winter - painted in 1914 by Indiana artist T.C. Steele,which feature the landscape of Brown County,Indiana. The paintings are located on the Eskenazi Health campus,near downtown Indianapolis,Indiana,and are part of the Eskenazi Health Art Collection.
The 1941 Butler Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Butler University as a member of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) during the 1941 college football season. In its third season under head coach Tony Hinkle,the team compiled a 5–4 record. The team played its home games at the Butler Bowl in Indianapolis.
The 1946 Cincinnati Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Cincinnati in the Mid-America Conference (MAC) during the 1946 college football season. The Bearcats were led by head coach Ray Nolting and compiled a 9–2 record. The Bearcats won the MAC championship and defeated VPI in the Sun Bowl,18–6.
Albert Edward Wiggam was an American psychologist and eugenicist. He was called "one of the most influential promoters of eugenic thought" and a "gifted showman," which made him a popular lecturer.
Rowland Holman Jackson was an American educator,attorney,businessman and politician. Jackson served as an Indiana State Senator from 1911 until 1917.
