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Author Biography
Steven R. Barnett is Executive Director at the Irvington Historical Society.
Steve Barnett was raised in Irvington. Steve attended School #57, Howe High School (’63), and received a degree from Purdue University (’70). He served in the Indiana National Guard. After a brief hiatus from Irvington, Steve returned to his home town in 1977 with his wife Sue so their three children could grow up in a family friendly environment.
Steve had the good fortune of working with U. S. Representative Andy Jacobs, Jr. and U. S. Representative Julia Carson in the Indianapolis Congressional District Office helping constituents.
After his retirement, Steve became the executive director of the Irvington Historical Society and curator of the Bona Thompson Memorial Center until 2025. Steve was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Gov. Wallace G. Wilkinson for service to veterans, and he was appointed a Sagamore of the Wabash by Gov. Joseph Kernan for service to Indiana. In 2016, Steve was named Marion County Historian.
Steven R. Barnett’s Story Archive
100 Years Ago This Week: May 15-22
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, May 19, 1915: The Butler College examinations honor system will be replaced by a system called “student control” if a new constitution is agreed to by a vote of the student body. A special committee studied 123 collegiate student councils before making the proposed articles. … Read More
World War I 100 Years Ago: May15-22
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, May 18, 1915: National Peace Day will be celebrated in Indianapolis today with various exercises and entertainments arranged by the Indiana branch of the Woman’s Peace Party. The program begins this morning with the raising of four blue and white peace flags at the Soldiers’ … Read More
Commemoration of the Lincoln Funeral Train
A group of Irvington residents gathered on April 30, 2015 at 6:30 a.m. at the corner of S. Audubon Rd. and Bonna Ave. to mark the 150th anniversary of the passage of President Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train through Warren Township and the area that would become Irvington. The Irvington Historical Society … Read More
World War 1 100 Years Ago: May 8-15
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, May 13, 1915: Indianapolis nurses Miss Clodia Johnson and Miss Margaret Bowen, who are members of the National Red Cross Nursing Service, departed yesterday for New York where they will sail Saturday for Austria. The women are the first Indiana nurses to be accepted for … Read More
100 Years Ago This Week: May 8-15
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, May 13, 1915: Carl G. Fisher and Thomas Taggart, Indiana members of the Dixie Highway Commission, arrived in Indianapolis last night following two days of touring northern Indiana inspecting various routes for the proposed highway. After traveling from Indianapolis to South Bend, the pair covered … Read More