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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
World War I 100 Years Ago This Week: Aug. 15-22
From The Indianapolis News, Monday, August 17, 1914: Articles of incorporation were filed with the Indiana Secretary of State for the League of 1914. It is an association of Indianapolis citizens of German descent whose purpose is “extending to the German people the assurance of our steadfast confidence in the … Read More
World War I 100 Years Ago: Aug. 8-15
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, August 13, 1914: Indianapolis druggists and physicians predicted yesterday that within a few days it will be impossible, on account of the war, to obtain the anti-syphilitic drug salvarsan, commonly known as “606,” that is manufactured exclusively in Germany. One of the city’s largest retail … Read More
100 Years Ago this Week: Aug. 8-15
From The Indianapolis Star, Thursday, August 13, 1914: Food prices have steadily advanced in Indianapolis since the opening of the European war. Pork has started upward at a rate that threatens to shatter all former records and shortages in fancy hams and sausages is expected because Germany exports a considerable … Read More
World War I 100 Years Ago: Aug. 1-8
From The Indianapolis News, Saturday, August 1, 1914: Local steamship bookings show several hundred persons from Indianapolis and vicinity have gone to Europe this summer and practically all of them are still abroad. War conditions have caused the cancellation of the sailing schedules of practically all the foreign steamship lines … Read More
100 Years Ago this Week: Aug. 1-8
From The Indianapolis Star, Tuesday, August 4, 1914: Last night, the City Council passed over the Mayor’s veto an ordinance providing for the annexation of Beech Grove and the intervening territory. In his lengthy veto message to the Council, Mayor Bell called the annexation “wholly unwise” and stated that it … Read More