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Indianapolis became an incorporated city effective March 30, 1847. Samuel Henderson, the city's first mayor, led the new city government, which included a seven-member city council. In 1853, voters approved a new city charter that provided for an elected mayor and a fourteen-member city council.
Indianapolis became an incorporated city effective March 30, 1847. Samuel Henderson, the city's first mayor, led the new city government, which included a seven-member city council. In 1853, voters approved a new city charter that provided for an elected mayor and a fourteen-member city council.
Jul 19, 1998 · Indianapolis was founded in 1821 as the state capital, which it officially became in 1825. Some impetus for growth was given when the Cumberland (National) Road (modern Washington Street downtown) was routed across the city in 1827 and later when railroads arrived.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 15, 2018 · In the early 1800s, before Indiana was even a state, the capital of the then-U.S. territory was Vincennes, a small city on the western edge of the state, bordering Illinois. The old capitol building was constructed in 1805 and can still be found in this historic city.
- Courtney Johnston
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 1820s.
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.
Founded as the proposed state capital of Indiana, the city of Indianapolis lies along the White River and was formerly a swampy region settled sparsely by fur traders, the first of whom, George Pogue, built his log cabin here in 1819.
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