Richard Jordan Gatling
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Richard Jordan Gatling was an American inventor. He is best known for having invented the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun.
Gatling sometime between 1870 and 1880
Gatling mausoleum at Crown Hill Cemetery
History of Indianapolis
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The history of Indianapolis spans three centuries. Founded in 1820, the area where the city now stands was originally home to the Lenape. In 1821, a small settlement on the west fork of the White Rive
Marker at the site of John McCormick's cabin
Plat of the Town of Indianapolis from December 1821
Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis.
Child workers. Noon hour in a furniture factory. Indianapolis, Indiana, August 1908. Photographed by Lewis Hine.