Mar 17, 2026 - News

Old News: Remembering the Bowen-Merrill Fire

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Sepia-toned 19th-century street with a row of arched storefronts, signs reading DRY GOODS and ARCADE, a large shoe-sale banner, and a dense crowd along the curb beneath overhead wires.

Photo: Courtesy of the Indiana Historical Society

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