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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: Oct. 25-Nov. 1
From The Indianapolis Star, Sunday, October 26, 1913: More than 2,500 persons representing practically every industry, business firm, and institution in the city took advantage of the industrial excursion conducted yesterday afternoon under the auspices of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. Two special passenger trains departed Union Station and made … Read More
The Civil War — 150th Anniversary, October 1863
Public meetings in the Marion County townships were scheduled, “attended by able speakers for the discussion of the political issues of the times,” during the first week of October. Warren Township’s meeting was at Bethel Meeting House on Thursday evening, October 6. Crowds pouring in by most of the railroads … Read More
100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 18-25
From The Indianapolis News, Thursday, October 23, 1913: Equal suffrage was endorsed at noon today, without a dissenting vote, by the delegates to the 7th annual convention of the Indiana Woman’s Federation of Clubs. Suffrage has been the subject under greatest discussion since hundreds of club women from across the … Read More
100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 11-18
From The Indianapolis Star, Monday, October 13, 1913: While yesterday was Discovery Day, the first observance in Indiana of the celebrated event since it was made a public holiday by the last session of the legislature will be held today. Last night, the Knights of Columbus gave a public banquet … Read More
100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 4-11
From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, October 8, 1913: The sun shone down in its rich October glory on the many colored leaves falling gently on Lockerbie Street yesterday morning as 3,000 pupils of the Indianapolis public schools and hundreds of tots with their parents greeted the Hoosier Poet, James Whitcomb … Read More