Circle Side Chats: The Doctor and the Canals with Ed Fujawa

Event Details

Join Indiana Humanities and local humanities scholars in the southwest quadrant of Monument Circle. Bring a lunch and listen to brief presentations from local experts on Indiana history and culture. Every Thursday from Sept. 7 through Oct. 19, stop by to reflect on fascinating Indiana topics, learn something new, and leave with a spark of appreciation for all that makes Indy unique. Presentations will be about 20 minutes long with plenty of time for discussion and Q&A after.

The Doctor and the Canals: Dr. Isaac Coe and the Bankrupting of Indiana with Ed Fujawa

Talk Description: Learn more about the early history of Indianapolis’s canal system—an ambitious project that nearly doomed a fledgling state and created a legacy still evident when you walk the streets of Indianapolis today.  

Bio: Ed Fujawa is an attorney with the Indiana Department of Insurance and in his spare time, an Indianapolis historian. His authors a blog dedicated to the history of the Circle City, www.class900indy.com His first history book about the city, Vanished Indianapolis, explores the history of lost sites across the city. When he is not researching local history, Ed enjoys being a subpar fisherman and going kayaking on the White River and Fall Creek. 

About: Circle Side Chats is in partnership with Big Car Collaborative and SPARK. SPARK is a partnership with Downtown Indy, the City of Indianapolis, and the Indiana War Memorials Commission and funded by the Capital Improvements Board.