Monday, September 20, 2021

Central Union Telephone Company

In this photo, dated 1910, a Central Union Telephone company employee is on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Marion County, Indiana. 


The Central Union Telephone Company provided telephone service to New Castle, Indiana and Indianapolis, Indiana in the late 1800's to the 1920's. Photo attribution: Indiana Historical Society

Erwin George “Cannon Ball” Baker

On March 12 in 1882, Erwin "Cannonball" Baker was born in an Indiana log cabin, Baker’s family relocated to Indianapolis when he w...