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1. Eli Lilly Eli Lilly Lilly, Eli, 1885- ; Eli Lilly and Company; Pharmaceutical industry; Philanthropists; Historians; Business people After graduating from college, Lilly joined the family pharmaceutical business. He was president of the company from 1932 to 1948. Following that he was chairman of the board. He showed great management...

2. Albert Von Tilzer Albert Von Tilzer Von Tilzer, Albert; Composers; Musicians; Music publishing industry; Music; Suits (Clothing) Albert Von Tilzer's real name was Albert Gumm. He and his brother used their mother's maiden name, Tilzer. He was born in Indianapolis and worked in the family's business. In 1899 he moved to Chicago and...

3. Carl Erskine Carl Erskine Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team); Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team); World Series (Baseball); Baseball cards; Baseball players; Baseball; Bankers; Sports; Erskine, Carl; Living Legends Anderson native Carl Erskine pitched ten years for the Brooklyn Dodgers and two years for the Los Angeles Dodgers after the team moved west. He had 122 wins and 78 losses, and pitched two no-hitters. He...

4. Anne Baxter Anne Baxter Baxter, Anne; Actresses Anne Baxter was an actress. She performed in plays, movies, and on television. In 1946 she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress in the movie, The Razor's Edge.

5. Juliet Strauss Juliet Strauss Journalism; Journalists; Newspaper industry; Reporters; Newspapers; Authors; Women; Portraits; Portrait photographs; State parks & reserves; Strauss, Juliet V. (Juliet Virginia), 1863-1918 As a child Strauss showed a talent for writing. The editor of the Rockville Tribune noticed her talent and encouraged her. In 1893 she began writing the column "Squibs and Sayings" for the Rockville Tribune....

6. Birch Bayh Birch Bayh Bayh, Birch, 1928- ; Politicians; Lawyers; Legislators Bayh graduated from Indiana University Law School in 1960 and was admitted to the bar in 1961. He was in the Indiana State House of Representatives from 1954-1962. In 1961 he was elected to the U.S. Senate...

7. Hoagland Howard Carmichael Hoagland Howard Carmichael Songs & music; Composers; Singers; Musicians; Pianos Carmichael was born in Monroe County and grew-up during the ragtime era. He formed a jazz band while he was studying law at Indiana University. In 1927 when he heard a recording of his song "Washboard...

8. Chief Menominee Statue Chief Menominee Statue Chief Menominee, d. 1838; Indians of North America; Potawatomi Indians--Middle West; Potawatomi Indians--Relocation; Indians of North America--Relocation; Trail of Death, 1838 Chief Menominee was a leader among the Potawatomi Indians. In 1838 some of the Indians in the state had agreed to leave their land by August, but white settlers began moving in early. Governor David Wallace...

9. George Rogers Clark George Rogers Clark Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818; Explorers; Surveyors; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Clark's Expedition to the Illinois, 1778-1779 Clark was from Virginia and was a trained surveyor and frontiersman. He also fought in the Revolutionary War. His brother William was famous for the Lewis and Clark expedition. In 1778, Patrick Henry,...

10. Levi Coffin Levi Coffin Coffin, Levi, 1798-1877; Underground railroad system; Abolition movement; Abolitionists; Business people Coffin was born in North Carolina and moved with his family to Newport (now Fountain City), Indiana, in 1826. He became a leading merchant and miller. In 1844 he began selling only goods not produced by...

11. Schuyler Colfax Schuyler Colfax Politicians; Vice presidents; Newspaper editors; Legislators; Beards; Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885 Colfax clerked in the family store as a teenager. The store was also the town post office. He decided on a career in journalism and politics. He became a newspaper editor in South Bend, Indiana, and was...

12. Ray Crowe Ray Crowe Crowe, Ray, 1915-2003; African Americans; Teachers; Coaches (Athletics); Basketball; Politicians; Basketball coaches--Indiana; Crispus Attucks High School (Indianapolis, Ind.) Crowe grew up on a farm in Johnson County. He graduated from Indiana Central College and was a public school teacher in Indianapolis. In 1955 he coached the Crispus Attucks High School basketball team...

13. David Curtis Stephenson David Curtis Stephenson Stephenson, David Curtis, 1891-1966; Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); Racism; Politics D.C. Stephenson came to Indiana in 1920. He joined the KKK and became Grand Dragon of the Indiana Realm in 1923. Stephenson was a powerful orator and had a charming personality. Unknown to his followers,...

14. Eugene V. Debs Eugene V. Debs Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926; Labor movement--United States; Labor unions; Labor leaders; Socialists--United States; Socialism; Social-Democratic Party of America; Presidential candidates--United States Debs was a founder of the American Railway Union and served as the Union's first president. He organized the Social Democratic Party of America in 1897, and ran for the U.S. Presidency in 1900, 1904, 1908,...

15. Emil Schram Emil Schram Business people; Businessmen; New York Stock Exchange; Portraits; Paintings Director and Chairman of the Board of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, President of the New York Stock Exchange

16. Paul Dresser Paul Dresser Dresser, Paul, 1858-1906; Composers; Singers; Tuxedoes; State songs Dresser's real name was Johann Paul Dreiser, Jr. He studied at St. Meinrad's seminary in Southern Indiana, but left the school to become a composer and singer. He went to Chicago and worked as part of...

17. Max Ehrmann Max Ehrmann Ehrmann, Max, 1872-1945; Poets; Authors; Poetry; Ehrmann, Max, 1872-1945. Desiderata; Paintings; Portraits; Palettes; Philosophers Ehrmann was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He attended DePauw University and edited the DePauw Weekly. He later studied law and philosophy at Harvard. He worked as a lawyer at his brother's overall factory...

18. Senator J. Danforth (Dan) Quayle Senator J. Danforth (Dan) Quayle Quayle, Dan, 1947- ; Politicians; Legislators; Vice presidents; African Americans Elected to the U.S. Congress in 1976 and to the U.S. Senate in 1980. He was reelected in 1986. In 1988 George H. W. Bush chose him to be his running mate in the presidential election. Quayle was the ninth...

19. Etheridge Knight Etheridge Knight Poetry; Poets; Prisoners; African Americans; Knight, Etheridge Etheridge Knight was born in Mississippi. He was in the Army and served in the Korean Conflict. He was seriously wounded there causing him to become addicted to drugs and alcohol. He turned to crime to...

20. Charles Warren Fairbanks Charles Warren Fairbanks Fairbanks, Charles W. (Charles Warren), 1852-1918; Vice presidents; Politicians; Newspapers; Legislators; Lawyers Fairbanks had a successful career as an attorney for the Indianapolis, Bloomington, and Western Railroad. He purchased the Indianapolis News in 1893. Following that he began a political career serving...
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