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The history of Indianapolis spans three centuries. Founded in 1820, the area where the city now stands was originally home to the Lenape (Delaware Nation). In 1821, a small settlement on the west fork of the White River at the mouth of Fall Creek became the county seat of Marion County, and the state capital of Indiana, effective January 1, 1825.
Historia. Indianapolis zostało założone w 1820 jako stolica stanu Indiana. Miasto z resztą świata łączyła szosa National Road. W 1847 uzyskało prawa miejskie. Miasto zaczęło się dynamicznie rozwijać dopiero po ulokowaniu tutaj fabryk firm Duesenberg, Marmon, Stutz.
Histories of Indianapolis. The historiography of the Hoosier capital begins with a “Historical Sketch of Indianapolis” prepared by Ignatius Brown for A. C. Howard’s Directory, for the City of Indianapolis (1857). In his preface, Howard called Brown’s effort “the only history written of Indianapolis since its settlement” in the early ...
3 lis 2018 · The digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis portrays our city’s past and present achievements, struggles, people, and places.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. 19th century. 1800s–1840s. 1816. The U.S. Congress authorizes a state government for Indiana and donates federal land to establish a permanent seat of government for the new state. [1] 1818.
History. Founding. An 1820 depiction of Indianapolis. Alexander Ralston 's "Plat of the Town of Indianapolis" (1821) In 1816, the year Indiana gained statehood, the U.S. Congress donated four sections of federal land to establish a permanent seat of state government. [33] .
The modern history of Indianapolis saw the downtown district suffer from decay in the 1970s and '80s, with revitalization taking hold in the 1990s and including the construction of the Circle Center shopping mall and further development of the city's suburbs.
