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1822 - Jesse McKay and John Colip purchase the land that will become Broad Ripple (Sept) (4) 1836 - Jacob Coil of Virginia buys the land from McKay and Colip 1837 - Coil plats Broad Ripple (April 20) (5) 1837 - work begins on the Central Canal 1837 - Nelson plats Wellington south of the canal 1837 - Coil dies (Dec 8) 1843 - John Burk builds saw mill on White River (7) 1847 - Canal project bankrupt 1851 - Dr. Harvey Kerr is first physician in Broad Ripple (6) 1875 - river floods town, levee built 1884 - flood breaks the levee 1884 - Broad Ripple is incorporated as a town 1884 - Wellington merges into Broad Ripple 1886 - Broad Ripple High School established 1902 - Broad Ripple Lodge #643 is chartered 1906 - White City Amusement Park opens (May 26) (1) 1908 - Broad Ripple Masonic Temple, officially named J.S. Mustard Hall, opens 1913 - worst flood hits Broad Ripple 1922 - Town of Broad Ripple annexed by Indianapolis 1924 - Olympic swimming tryouts held at White City Amusement Park (2) 1925 - Lobraico's Rexall Drug Store opens 1929 - School 80 is built 1930 - Library opens in storefront on 63rd Street (BR Ave) (Dec 15)(11) 1938 - The Vogue Movie Theater opens (June 18) 1938 - Library moves into Mustard Hall (8) 1940 - Broad Ripple Post Office open on Carrollton (Feb 10) (16) 1945 - City buys Broad Ripple Park and removes amusement rides (May 18) (3) 1949 - Library moves into new building next to School 80 (March 28) (10) 1950 - G.C. Murphy Co open at 63rd & College (June 23) (15) 1958 - Glendale Opens (Aug 14) (14) 1958 - Canal parking deck is built (October) (13) 1977 - Vogue Theater becomes night club (Dec 31) 1986 - Library moves into Broad Ripple Park (March) (9) 1990 - Lobraico's Drug Store closes 1995 - Monon Trail opens from Westfield Boulevard to 86th Street 2000 - Library moves into Glendale Mall (Oct 23) (12) 2002 - Olympic Torch comes through Broad Ripple 2002 - Deering Cleaners burns 2002 - Atlas Grocery closes (May 11) 2003 - McDonald's reopens with new concept store (Jan 20) 2003 - Indianapolis North Flood Damage Protection Project - levee reconstruction 2003 - Broad Ripple Avenue restriping (Mar 26)

Sources: 1 - Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, p353 2 - Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, p354 3 - Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, p354 4 - History of Indianapolis and Marion County - Sulgrove, p65 5 - History of Indianapolis and Marion County - Sulgrove, p637 6 - History of Indianapolis and Marion County - Sulgrove, p637 7 - History of Indianapolis and Marion County - Sulgrove, p637 8 - A Live Thing in the Whole Town - p161 9 - A Live Thing in the Whole Town - p162 10 - A Live Thing in the Whole Town - p161 11 - A Live Thing in the Whole Town - p160 12 - IMCPL Web Site - http://www.imcpl.org/gld_serv.htm 13 - North Side Topics - Oct 23, 1958 - p1 14 - North Side Topics - Aug 14, 1958 - p1 15 - North Side Topics - June 22, 1950 - p11 16 - North Side Topics - April 20, 1950 - p6

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