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The Beauty Bar at Geist Serves Up Relaxation
#Geist #Indiana – Geist residents are now able to enjoy a beauty salon with a twist. The Beauty Bar at Geist opened earlier this summer, and it’s the first of its kind in the Indianapolis area. The focus at the Beauty Bar is two-fold. First and foremost, it’s a hair salon and spa. Secondly, it’s […]
Geist Park: A Hidden Hamilton County Oasis
One of the best things about central Indiana is the collection of park systems. My family has had the fortune to experience many of them, and last week, we stumbled upon a new one we didn’t even know existed. We were in the Geist area for field trip, and on the way home, we saw […]
Geist, Indiana
Geist, Indiana is more of a region than a city. Named for the beautiful Geist Reservoir that defines it, the Geist area occupies most of the northeastern quadrant of Greater Indianapolis. The Geist Reservoir is a man-made body of water created in 1943 as the result of damming its source, Fall Creek, in order to provide a practical water supply for the burgeoning state capital. It's an interesting story. In the early 1900s, one Clarence Geist was a multi-millionaire who owned the Indianapolis Water Company. The idea to build the Reservoir was a result of his conviction that, without such a project, Indianapolis would find itself in a water deficit. Over a period of two decades, Clarence Geist bought up around 5,000 acres of contiguous property in the area, then known as Fall Creek Valley. The land was at that time the home of Germantown, a long-gone historic community which now resides on the sandy bottom of Geist Reservoir. Completed in 1943, the Geist Reservoir and its immediate surrounding neighborhoods, though lovely, have been fraught with political and developmental … Read More
