Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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the C£NTRAL Canal was DUG IN 1836, BY IRISH IMMIGRANTS WHO WERE OFTEN PAID WITH J 6GFAS OF WHISKEY BROAD RIPPLE AREA, NORTH OF THE CANAL, WAS CALLED RIPPL£ OfCRIFFLE BY THE EARLY SETTLERS CROSSING WHITE RIVER.THE OFFICIAL NAME OF BROAD RIPPLE WAS COINED IH 1837 BY THE VILLAGE ' S FOUNDER., JACOB COIL BROAD RIPPLE VILLAGE, NORTH OF THE CANAL, WAS CALLED HELL ' S HALF ACRE BY THE SETTLERS OF THE RIVAL COMM UNITY HEU IN6TQN, SOUTH OF THE CANAL - U Opening

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I ■ m ■ ■Vi. --■ ■ m Th ' CENTRAL CANAL, FLOWING THROUGH BROAD RIPPLE VILLAGE, WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO COVER 495 MILES AS PART OF A NATIONAL CANAL SYSTEM. HOWEVER, DIGGING ENDED BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDS,AFTER 3 YEARS AND ON LY 8.3MILES 0 1975 RIPARIAN IS THE g® EDITION. THE FIRST BROAD RIPPLE YEAR- BOOK WAS PUBLISHED IN 1926 RIPARIAN YEARBOOK VOLUME 50 1115 BROAD RIPPLE AVENUE INDIANAPOL I S,INDI ANA 4 220 Opening I

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mm mmi zM jZ M . ss , . ------ - . ' ' ■ ■ — -- -- 6 FIRST STREET CARS TO TRAVEL THROUGH BROAD RIPPLE,, ,88+, WERE WELCOMEDWITH A HUGE CELEBRATION WH CH LASTED 3 DAYS SPIRIT OF THE 19 CENTURY RIVER TOWN Of BROAD RIPPLE WAS CAPTURED BY JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY IN A POEM PUBLISHED IN 1882 BROAD RlPPLE ' s FIRST AND ONLY JAIL,BUILT IN THE EARLY 1880 % WAS PARTIALLY DESTROYED IN I9I3.WHEN A DRUNK ' 7 FARM- HAND SHOOKTHE RAFTERS OF HIS CELL UNTIL THE ROOF BROKE LOOSE FROM TS RAFTERS m Opening III