Indianapolis Journal

The Indianapolis Journal was a newspaper published in Indiana during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The paper published daily editions every evening except on Sundays when it published a morning edition. The paper was established in the 1823 as a pro-Whig newspaper. M.B. Martindale purchased the paper in the 1850s and was an early supporter of the Republican Party. During the American Civil War the paper's editor was the brother-in-law of Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton, and published columns and propaganda on behalf of Morton. The Democrat and southern sympathetic Indianapolis Sentinel saw a decline in its daily readership due to interference and shutdowns enforced by Morton.

In 1880 Martindale sold the paper to John C. New, a banker, attorney, and leading figure in the local Republican Party in the Indianapolis area. New's leadership helped the paper excel, dramatically increasing its readership. Other rival papers, including the Indianapolis Mirror went out of business leaving the Journal as the only daily newspaper in the Indianapolis metropolitan area.

Indianapolis

Indianapolis (/ˌɪndiəˈnæpəlɪs/) is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County. With an estimated population of 848,788 in 2014, Indianapolis is the largest city in Indiana, second largest in the American Midwest, and 14th largest in the U.S.Indianapolis–Carmel–Anderson is the 33rd largest metropolitan area in the U.S., with nearly 2 million inhabitants. Residents of the city are occasionally referred to as "Indianapolitans," although this archaic term is rarely used.

Indianapolis was founded in 1821 near the confluence of the White River and Fall Creek as a planned city for the new seat of Indiana's state government. The city's economy is diverse, including health care, life sciences, manufacturing, motorsports, and transportation and logistics, contributing to a gross domestic product (GDP) of $125.8 billion in 2014. Three Fortune 500 companies are based in the city: Anthem Inc., Eli Lilly and Company, and Calumet Specialty Products Partners. Nicknamed the Crossroads of America, Indianapolis is the junction for four Interstate highways and six U.S. highways. Indianapolis International Airport is a major international cargo hub, ranking as the 23rd busiest airport in the world by cargo traffic in 2014. Indianapolis is considered a "high sufficiency" global city.

Indianapolis (disambiguation)

Indianapolis is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Indiana.

Indianapolis may also refer to:

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Indianapolis (song)

"Indianapolis" is a 1985 song by boy band Menudo.