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Beech Grove Independent, Beech Grove, IN (2026)

09/06/2026

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨-𝐎-𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟔, 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟒..
On this day, September 6, 1904, Carl Fisher, co-founder of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and his business partner James A. Allison established the Prest-O-Lite Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company utilized a revolutionary method to develop acetylene gas vehicle headlights, which were distributed nationally.

At the time, the early automobiles were very often equipped with kerosene or carbide gas headlights that gave off dim light and were easily extinguished by wind or rain. With Prest-O-Lite headlamps, motorists could control the flow of gas, and by doing so, the brightness of the beam, with the turn of a key.

The consistent flow of gas created a steady, and a wind-resistant flame. Adding to he company's success lay in its "fast, dependable service" in replacing cylinders, even providing overnight deliveries in some areas of the United States. Due to the volatile nature of the gases produced at the plants, Prest-O-Lite factories were prone to fires and devastating explosions.

News of these explosions generated some very negative press, and many questioned the safety of maintaining such a volatile gas plant in such a densely populated area. Even so, the Prest-O-Lite plants remained in Indianapolis and profits continued to soar. In 1912, the company built a decent sized factory on the outskirts of town near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The Prest-O-Lite company catapulted Fisher and Allison into a position of prominence in the automobile industry and earned the initial fortune that Fisher would invest into future automotive enterprises and other business ventures. In 1917, the Prest-O-Lite Company merged with the newly-formed Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation.

Between 1980 and 1989, Norris Cylinder purchased the Union Carbide acetylene massing plant on Main Street in Speedway, Indiana. Norris Compressed Gas Cylinder Division becomes the Norris Cylinder Company and builds the Longview, Texas facility to produce all of its large steel high pressure cylinders.

Later, between 1990 and 2000, Norris Cylinder starts the process to move the acquired Speedway massing operations to the more modern and larger plant in Longview, Texas facility.

Photo attribution: Michigan Motor Car

Learn more..
https://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/articles/prest-o-lite
Norris Cylinder Company History
https://www.norriscylinder.com/about-norris/history
🎥The Bhopal Chemical Gas Disaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b70CgMYB10w

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫:
" 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 80'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 90'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦. "

"𝘋𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸. 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘐, 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴. " ~𝘑𝘋

09/06/2026

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟔, 𝟏𝟖𝟖𝟑..
On this day, September 6, 1883, Marengo Cave was discovered by siblings Orris and Blanche Hiestand. Orris was 11 years old at the time, and his sister Blanche was 15. Blanche worked as a cook at the local Marengo Academy and had heard some of the boys discussing a sinkhole they had found in the woods close.

They thought it might lead to a cave and were talking of returning with lanterns later. Blanche decided to beat the boys to it. She ran home from school that day, enlisted her brother Orris, took two candles and set off into the woods.

The children crawled down a narrow passageway, approximately 50 feet long, and were the first humans known to set foot in Marengo Cave. Awed by what they had seen but quickly becoming afraid of the darkness they retreated back to the surface.

Three days later they notified the land owner, Samual Stewart whose land they had been trespassing on when they discovered the cave. The kids thought they had found diamonds because of the sparkling flowstone formations their candles revealed briefly while they were inside the cave.

Believing the cave to possibly contain diamonds, Stewart quickly organized a group of men from the town and explored the cavern. Guided tours started soon afterwards for one quarter per person.

The Stewart family continued ownership of the cave until sometime in 1955 when Floyd Denton purchased the cave with great plans for development. Unfortunately, his plans were cut short when he died of a stroke in 1961. The present ownership purchased the cave in 1973 during the period when Interstate 64 was being constructed through southern Indiana.

With better roads, an increasingly mobile population and aggressive promotion and quality improvements, the cave business began to grow again. The cave and surrounding park have grown nearly continuously during the past 40 years.

Photo attribution: Marengo Cave
Discover more: https://www.marengocave.com

08/20/2026

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎, 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟐..
On this date, August 20, 1952, Singer-Songwriter John Hiatt was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. When he was 9 years old, Hiatt's 22-year-old brother Michael died by su***de. Two years later, his father died after a long illness.

He learned to play the guitar when he was 11, and began his musical career in Indianapolis as a teenager playing in several garage bands. Hiatt played in a variety of local clubs, most notably the Hummingbird.

Out of all the bar bands he played with in the late 1960's, a group called the White Ducks was the one that received the most attention.

When Hiatt turned 18 years old, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and got a job as a songwriter for the Tree-Music Publishing Company for $25 a week.

Within a few years, his songs were being recorded by several different artists, including Conway Twitty, Tracy Nelson, and Three Dog Night, who took Hiatt's "Sure as I'm Sittin' Here" to number 16 in the summer of 1974.

Photo attribution: Wikipedia
Official Website of John Hiatt
https://johnhiatt.com/
🎥John Hiatt Channel on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/johnhiatt

08/20/2026

𝐒𝐞𝐲𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎, 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟒..
On this date, August 20, 1934, potato chip company Seyfert’s opened in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Founder Charles Seyfert traveled from his Pennsylvania home to the World's Fair in Chicago in 1933 and on his way back stopped in Fort Wayne.

He returned, liking "what he saw of the northeastern Indiana town," and established a pretzel business that ultimately failed. He then founded his potato chip business. The company noted that "the operation was much different than today's.

Charles Seyfert did everything himself – from peeling potatoes to making chips to delivering the finished product. The miles of conveyor belts carried the raw ingredients, cooked snacks and bags of products from one area of the plant to another.

Seyfert became a household name in 1987, following the appearance of Fort Wayne's Myrtle Young, known as the Potato Chip Lady on Johnny Carson - Tonight Show. As Young showed off her prized collection of chips, Carson took a bite of an ordinary potato chip, but Young thought he was munching on part of her prized collection.

Young worked as a potato chip inspector for 17 years at the former Seyfert's plant in Fort Wayne. She began collecting potato chips that looked like famous people, animals and various objects in 1986. She died in Fort Wayne, Indiana, aged 90, on August 9, 2014, from congestive heart failure.

Seyfert's was acquired by Borden Inc. in 1982, followed by Health Corp in 1994 and finally Troyer Potato Products in 2001, which had been supplying potatoes to the company since the 1960's.

Seyfert Snack Foods shut its doors in 2018 after being in operation for more than 80 years because the company said it was no longer profitable.

Photo attribution: Snack Museum
🎥‘Potato Chip Lady’ passes away at 90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiLtOypE5T0

08/19/2026

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐌𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟗, 𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟗..
On this day, August 19, 1909, the first automobile races, were run at the just opened Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Starting out as the Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race, this was the precursor to the Indianapolis 500 started two years later. The trophy race was sponsored by the Prest-O-Lite Company, a local company.

Built on 328 acres of farmland five miles northwest of Indianapolis. The speedway was started by local businessmen James A. Allison, Arthur C. Newby, and Frank H. Wheeler as a testing facility for growing automobile industry in Indiana.

The idea behind the creation, was that occasional races at the track would pit automobiles from several different manufacturers against each other. They thought, that after seeing what these automobiles could really do on the track, the spectators would all head down to the local showroom of their choice to get a closer look at the automobiles.

The rectangular two-and-a-half-mile track linked four turns, each exactly 440 yards from start to finish, by two long and then two short straight sections. The surface of the track, made of crushed rock and tar soon proved to be a total disaster, breaking up in a several places and causing the untimely deaths of two drivers, two mechanics and two spectators.

Halfway through the first 250-mile event, Louis Chevrolet, the race leader was temporarily blinded when a suspected stone smashed his goggles. Also, Wilfred Bourque, driving in a Knox, suffered a suspected rear-axle failure resulting in his automobile flipping end over end on the front stretch before crashing into a fence post. Both he and his mechanic, Harry Halcomb, died at the scene.

The winner of the first event was automobile engineer Louis Henry Schwitzer. Schwitzer drove a Stoddard-Dayton touring car twice around the 2.5-mile track at an average speed of 57.4 mph. Fifteen to twenty thousand spectators showed up, paying at the most $1 for a ticket.

The surface was soon replaced with an estimated 3.2 million paving bricks, each hand laid in a bed of sand and fixed with mortar. Five Indiana manufacturers supplied the 10-pound bricks to the track. Nicknamed “The Brickyard,” they reopened in December 1909.

Source: Oily Rag
Image information: 1909 poster advertising the speedway
Image source: United States Library of Congress
Image link: loc.gov/pictures/resource/cph.3g13593/

08/19/2026

The Town of Whiteland unveiled their latest roundabout and dedicated the artwork to Bob Glidden today, which would have been the NHRA drag racer’s 82nd birthday. Bob hailed from Whiteland and was a force to be reckoned with on the drag strip, accumulating 85 wins and 10 national championships throughout his racing career. After Bob’s passing in 2017, the Town of Whiteland named a road after him which was not too far from his house and shop and this summer had a roundabout constructed at the intersection of Whiteland Road and Bob Glidden Boulevard, which is located at the Whiteland exit, just west of Interstate 65.

The Town of Whiteland partnered with Bo-Mar Industries on the artwork design and fabrication. Bob and Mark Buchanan are huge fans of Bob Glidden and drag racing, so this was a natural fit. “They built an amazing tribute to Bob Glidden that featured highlights in Bob’s career” said Carmen Young, Whiteland Town Manager, “they also added a unique element to the artwork, which Bo-Mar calls an Easter egg. The Glidden family was known for their love of large birds, so if you look near the top of the artwork, you will see Murphy, a scarlet macaw.”

Nearly 100 people gathered today to honor Bob Glidden and celebrate the legacy he built both on and off the track. “Attendees came from neighboring states and communities throughout Indiana,” Young said. The highlight of the day was seeing the undefeated 1978 Ford Fairmont, recently purchased by Ed Martin Ford, drive down Bob Glidden Boulevard and take a lap around the roundabout.

Young concludes “This was a great day to honor Bob and the Glidden family. We at Whiteland are happy to carry on his legacy and have a tribute dedicated to one of the greatest NHRA drag racers of all time.”

08/17/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐬𝐭..
This photograph shows the street view of 625-627 Main Street in Beech Grove, Indiana. The building was constructed in the early to mid-1920's.

In the 1980's, 625 Main Street was known as the Hornet's Nest, which was a family arcade with a large variety of games to play. Also pictured is 627 Main Street that was occupied by Shear Magic, a local barber shop and beauty salon.

Photo attribution: Indiana Historical Society

08/17/2026

𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟕, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟑..
On this day, August 17, 1973, self taught automotive engineer and mechanic Fred Offenhauser died. Fred designed the Offenhauser racing engine, nicknamed the “Offy”, which dominated competition in the Indianapolis 500 race for decades.

In 1913, when he was 25, Fred began working in the shop of Harry Arminius Miller, having learned his trade as a machinist working for a railroad.

That year a Peugeot Grand Prix car won the Indianapolis 500. It was equipped with a state-of-the-art double overhead cam, four valve per cylinder engine. Miller named Fred as the head of his engine department in 1914.

In 1917, Fred designed and built Barney Oldfield's famous "Golden Submarine". In 1919, mechanical engineer and automobile designer Leo Goossen joined Miller's shop, and Fred became plant manager.

Fred bought the patterns and equipment from Miller, and began developing a new engine with Goossen. What became known as the Offenhauser engine was driven to great success in roadsters at the Indianapolis 500, with 24 victories in 27 years.

In 1934, Fred built his first 97-cubic inch-engine for midget car racing. Curly Mills was the first to win with this engine in his car.

By 1941 Fred's shop had developed the Novi engine, designed by Goossen and Bud Winfield. It was first promoted under the Winfield name. With additional development, it was used on racing cars in the Indianapolis 500 from 1941 to 1966.

In 1946 Fred sold his business to Louis Meyer and Dale Drake. Meyer and Drake continued producing the motor using the Offenhauser name. Fred died in Los Angles, California and is buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California, he was 84.

𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

• 𝘐𝘯 1982, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘦.
• 𝘐𝘯 1994, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘦.
• 𝘐𝘯 1999, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘦.
• 𝘐𝘯 2001, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘦.
• 𝘐𝘯 2002, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.

𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄..
Fred Offenhauser at Find a Grave
findagrave.com/memorial/15056578/fred-offenhauser
2014 SEMA Hall Of Fame Inductee
https://www.sema.org/hof/2014/fred-offenhauser
International Motorsports Hall of Fame
https://www.motorsportshalloffame.com/inductees/fred-offenhauser
Fred H. Offenhauser “Offy” – King of the Indy Powerplants
https://fuelcurve.com/offy-king-of-the-indy-powerplants
The Immortal Offenhauser Racing Engine
https://www.enginelabs.com/features/immortal-offenhauser-racing-engine
🎥The Engine That Refused To Die: An Offenhauser History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHMzHDdGmik

Photo attribution: Encyclopedia Britannica

08/17/2026

𝐏𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐚..
This is a view of the Pan American Plaza from Illinois Street with the RCA Dome in the background. The Pan Am Plaza was located at 201 South Capitol Avenue and was created for the 1987 Pan American Games, hosted by the city of Indianapolis.

This large brick plaza was designed as an outdoor gathering space for large events. Circa @ 1988 - 2001

Photo attribution: Indiana Historical Society

08/16/2026

𝐄𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟏𝟔, 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟕..
On this day, August 16, 1977, Elvis Aaron Presley, the "King of Rock 'n' Roll," died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42. Earlier in the day, Presley was scheduled on an evening flight out of Memphis to Portland, Maine, to begin another tour.

That afternoon, at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, his fiancée Ginger Alden discovered him unresponsive on the bathroom floor. Attempts to revive him failed, and he was pronounced dead at Baptist Memorial Hospital at 3:30 p.m.

His last concert was held at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 26, 1977, for a crowd of nearly 18,000. Little did anyone know that this concert would mark the end of an era in music history.

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Elvis Presley at Find a Grave
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Last concert at Indianapolis, Indiana (June 26, 1977)
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