Tag: Dandy Trail
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On the Dandy Trail in Indianapolis: Abandoned bridge in what is now Eagle Creek Park
Along what was the Dandy Trail in what is now Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, you will find an abandoned bridge. It’s hard to reach on foot. Jayson Rigsby recently contacted me to say he made photographs of it on a recent kayaking trip along Eagle Creek. The Dandy Trail was a 1920s pleasure-drive loop…
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Vintage map of the Dandy Trail, a 1920s pleasure drive around Indianapolis
I found a circa 1925 map of the Dandy Trail, a 1920s pleasure loop around Indianapolis.
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Abandoned Fall Creek Road
My recent Dandy Trail tour took me down a part of Fall Creek Road, which rolls and curves through a long portion of northeast Indianapolis. I drive this road often, as it is on one of the routes I follow to pick up and drop off my sons at their mother’s. It’s a lovely drive…
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Driving the Dandy Trail, part 1
When I found the 1921 map of the Dandy Trail, a 1920s country driving loop around Indianapolis, I knew I’d want to drive it myself. So I traced the route on a modern city map and found that most of the route still exists, and where it doesn’t, easy detours return you to the trail…
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Vintage Dandy Trail photos
The Dandy Trail was a 1920s country driving loop around the city of Indianapolis. Monday’s post tells a little of its history and shows a map of its route. It’s funny how connections get made in life. I first learned of the Dandy Trail when I moved to Indianapolis almost 18 years ago. I was…
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It’s 1921, and you’re taking a pleasure drive on the Dandy Trail
It’s a warm spring Sunday afternoon in 1921 and you decide to take your family for a nice country drive. Because you live in Indianapolis, all you have to do is get on any of the city’s major roads and head out until you cross the Dandy Trail, a series of roads that toured the…