July 14
In 1925, Englishman John Francis Gillin set out from Greenfield’s Columbia Hotel during a bicycle trip he was making from his home in Cleveland, Ohio, to St. Louis, where he was a member of the St. Louis Cycling Club. He said he often took his summer vacation by bicycle.
July 15
In 1935, Paul Lacy opened a grocery store in Fortville. He operated Lacy’s Market, as well as a meat locker he opened in 1945, until his death in 1966.
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July 16
In 1986, Hancock County officials opened bids on a new two-story, 50,000-square-foot jail to be built on East Main Street.
July 17
In 1900, the interurban line between Greenfield and Indianapolis began regularly carrying passengers.
July 18
In 1933, the Daily Reporter included word from Shirley that two men digging a basement had unearthed a human skull and several other bones, which they believed to be part of the skeleton of an American Indian. The wife at the home said older residents had told her the site was an old Indian mound and cemetery.
In 1967, Hancock County’s John Modglin died in Vietnam.
July 19
In 1972, country singer Skeeter Davis performed in Greenfield at the Hancock County 4-H Fair.
In 2007, Greenfield’s Jake Fox made his debut with Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs.
July 20
In 1924, the Memorial Building in Greenfield was dedicated.
In 1927, Greenfield merchants and manufacturers organized the first in a four-night series of Industrial Display Nights. The Industrial Exposition was meant to highlight products manufactured and sold in the city.
In 1959, county employees were working to copy public records to microfilm.
