Ravenswood (Indianapolis)
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Ravenswood is located north of Broad Ripple
Indianapolis, Indiana
, United States
, between 71st and 75th Street, and between Keystone Avenue and White River. In 1913, a flood caused the river channel to change its course slightly affecting the Beach near the Yacht Club.
In the early 1900's, Ravenswood was a lively resort area with few permanent residents. In the mid 1940's the local Volunteer Fire Department had an annual fish fry and weekly movies on the beach. Flooding was a problem but locals coped with it until the late 60's when development north of the town dredged holding ponds and opened up the channel near the Yacht Club to Williams Creek.
In the mid 80's the Ku Klux Klan
was highly populated in the Ravenswood area, giving it a bad name in the local area as a racist neighborhood.
Broad Ripple Village, Indianapolis
Broad Ripple Village is one of six areas designated as cultural districts in Indianapolis, Indiana. Located about six miles north of Downtown Indianapolis, Broad Ripple was established in 1837 as an independent municipality and annexed to the city of Indianapolis in 1922...
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
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, United States
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, between 71st and 75th Street, and between Keystone Avenue and White River. In 1913, a flood caused the river channel to change its course slightly affecting the Beach near the Yacht Club.
In the early 1900's, Ravenswood was a lively resort area with few permanent residents. In the mid 1940's the local Volunteer Fire Department had an annual fish fry and weekly movies on the beach. Flooding was a problem but locals coped with it until the late 60's when development north of the town dredged holding ponds and opened up the channel near the Yacht Club to Williams Creek.
In the mid 80's the Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...
was highly populated in the Ravenswood area, giving it a bad name in the local area as a racist neighborhood.