Indianapolis Star (ProQuest Historical Newspapers) (2024)

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The Indianapolis Star was founded on June 6, 1903, by Muncie industrialist George F. McCulloch as competition to two other Indianapolis dailies, the Indianapolis Journal and the Indianapolis Sentinel. It acquired the Journal a year and two days later, and bought the Sentinel in 1906.

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Why is Indianapolis called Naptown? ›

In the 1920s, African American performers and musicians began referring to Indy as “Naptown,” according to the article, it was seen as an informality of conversation stressing the fourth, most prominent syllable in the name Indianapolis.

Founded in 1732 in a part of the Midwest that belonged to France, Vincennes is Indiana's oldest city.

Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Article: Subtitle if Any." Name of Newspaper [city of newspaper if city name not in name], Date of Publication, p. Page number if given.

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