History · Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s history is mostly unwritten

The public archives hold no old photos of Brooklyn yet. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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What stands out about Brooklyn’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Brooklyn are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.

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The story

How Brooklyn came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn was laid out in 1854, at about the time the railroad was extended to that point. The town probably took its name after Brooklyn, New York. A post office has been in operation at Brooklyn since 1856.

This town also has rich history as part the Underground Railroad in Indiana mainly spanning from Bloomington to Indianapolis.

The Franklin Landers-Black and Adams Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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By decade

Brooklyn, decade by decade

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Famous people

Famous people close to Brooklyn

Nobody well known was born in Brooklyn itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Forrest TuckerAmerican actor · b. 1919

Del HarrisAmerican basketball coach · b. 1937

William Temple HornadayAmerican conservationist and zoologist · b. 1854

Jerry SichtingAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1956

Emmett Forrest BranchAmerican politician · b. 1874

Kelly FarisAmerican basketball player · b. 1991

Stories next door

History across the town line

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