Month: December 2024

29 February 1880 – 9 May 1967 Louis was briefly a race car driver and later an engineer. He became quite wealthy as an engineer and businessman and was well known for his philanthropy. As a driver, he won the first ever race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and in honor of that achievement […]

July 29, 1869 – May 19, 1946 Booth Tarkington was quite famous during his life and won the Pulitzer Prize more than once — a rare feat. He was part of something of a Hoosier Renaissance of literature during the early 1900s, but like his fellow authors of that era, at least one of whom […]