| Indiana (Adams County), Berne — Adams County Veterans Memorial |
| | In loving memory and appreciation for the men and women of Adams County who served our nation.
This monument is dedicated to those veterans who made the supreme sacrifice and gave their todays for our tomorrows
World War I
Apr. 6, 1917 - Nov. 11, 1918
Bixler, David
Bratmiller, Ehrhart
Christen, Jesse F.
Clark, Clarence
Coffelt, Roy
Eley, Clelmer Clayton
Fox, Chester
Heller, Reuben Hugh
Henschen, Frank Oliver
Hirschy, Christian
Huser, Samuel . . . — Map (db m16999) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Chief Little Turtle 1752 - 1812 |
| | . . . — Map (db m21066) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Duck Creek: Early Industry and Business Development |
| | Fort Wayne business had a start on Duck Street, named for the 19th century Duck Creek that drained the area from the higher ground near Superior Street into the St. Marys River. Along Duck Creek in the 1840s and 50s stood the City Mills, one of the largest mills in early Fort Wayne. Like other streams in the area, Duck Creek afforded an ideal opportunity for the beginnings of industry in the frontier community. The first industrial businesses in the city - blacksmithing, brick and tile making, . . . — Map (db m16997) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Earliest Railroad |
| | The Wabash & Erie Canal was instrumental in the construction of the first railways in Fort Wayne, which quickly became a railroading center in the Midwest. In 1852, along the canal at the present-day railroad elevation that borders the south edge of Headwaters Park at Lafayette Street, the first locomotive was unloaded from a canal boat. The locomotive was placed on tracks that were laid on Lafayette Street and led to the south side of town where the main line of the new Ohio and Indiana . . . — Map (db m16996) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Early Effort To Build A Park |
| | Around the turn of the century, the nationwide “City Beautiful” movement found local expression through the efforts of Charles Mulford Robinson and nationallly known landscape architect George Kessler. Seeking to reclaim the natural beauty of our rivers, Mr. Kessler incorporated them into a sweeping plan of riverside drives and parks that would bring the Indiana landscape into the heart of the city. Proposed in a report presented to the City's Park Board just days before the . . . — Map (db m17034) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Emerine Jane Holman Hamilton 1810 - 1889 Pioneer in Religion, Education, Philanthropy, Reform |
| | She encouraged local efforts to form First Presbyterian Church, establish a public library, support the national Women's Suffrage Movement, and donated land for Fort Wayne's first African-American church.
The Hamilton Estate on Clinton Street abounded in flowers, shrubs, and trees and included the homes in which granddaughters Edith, Alice, and Agnes lived.
This gardenscape is a tribute to Emerine's personal elegance and achievements. As it surrounds the plaza, it symbolizes Emerine's . . . — Map (db m16967) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — First Americans |
| | The confluence area of the Three Rivers was known to the native people since as early as the end of the last Ice Age, more than 10,000 years ago. As the glaciers melted and receded, they paused here creating a high point in the topography of the land. Early native people followed the edge of the glacier taking advantage of the food sources it provided, such as vegetation and wild game. The St. Mary's and St. Joseph Rivers join a few hundred yards east of this point and form the Maumee River . . . — Map (db m17064) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Flood Retention Walls |
| | The concrete retention walls at the north end of the plaza will help downtown Fort Wayne withstand future flooding when the rivers rise. They were constructed where sandbaggers and volunteers worked during the flood of 1982 to build a dike to protect the National Guard Armory and other buildings on this site. The flood protection walls, spanning both sides of the Headwaters Park Plaza, are dedicated to the people who helped Fort Wayne become known as the city that saved itself. — Map (db m17061) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Fort Miamis |
| | [Marker Front]:
French built a palisaded fort on this strategic site in 1722; named Fort Saint Philippe des Miamis. One of three French forts built in what is now Indiana to protect French fur trade from encroaching English. First of five forts built over time within a square mile of the center of present-day Fort Wayne.
[Marker Reverse]:
Nearby confluence of St. Mary's and St. Joseph's Rivers forms Maumee River, a strategic central part of the waterways system . . . — Map (db m21029) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Fort Wayne ~ Fort Dearborn Trail |
| | An ancient Indian trail, through Pottawattomie country, variably called the Dragoon, White Pigeon, Great Northwestern and Fort Dearborn Road. After 1795 used for mail delivery between Fort Wayne and Fort Dearborn. Captain Wells, Wayne spy, was slain along this route. — Map (db m20782) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Headwaters Park |
| | Architect Eric R. Kuhne was commissioned to design a flood control plan that would provide for a park and premier festival center. It could also serve as a model for flood control in other sections of the country. The Headwaters Park Commission was formed to implement and fund the plan that is now Headwaters Park. Construction to develop approximately thirty acres in the “Thumb” began in 1994 and was completed in 1999. There are approximately twenty acres of parkland that lie in the . . . — Map (db m17037) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Jail Flats |
| | Because of the often soggy conditions that discouraged use as either residential or commercial property, the area of Headwaters Park became known as the Jail Flats. The first jail in Allen County was a two-story hewn-log structure that was enclosed by a board fence, located on the southwest corner of the courthouse square in downtown Fort Wayne. When it burned in 1849, it was promptly replaced. However, after several prisoners escaped, it was determined that a better jail was needed. In 1852, a . . . — Map (db m16998) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Johnny Appleseed 1774-1845 |
| | Johnny Appleseed legendary planter of orchards across Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, was a real person named John Chapman. He was a friend to all God's creatures and a missionary for the Swedenborgian religion, a Christian denomination.
He was also a smart businessman. Moving ahead of the waves of westward bound settles, he purchased property, carefully sowed apple seeds, and had seedlings available when the settlers arrived. His seedlings were valuable because apples were highly nutritious . . . — Map (db m21560) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Kekionga |
| | This area of the Three Rivers was a site of settlement of Native Americans for as much as 10,000 years. The collection of villages known as Kekionga, located in the present-day Lakeside neighborhood, was a center of the Miami nation in historic times. At the time of the Miami confederacy in the 1790s, Kekionga also was the gathering place for the Huron, the Ottawa, and the Shawnee.
Tradition holds that Kekionga means "the blackberry patch." To the Miami people this also had the meaning of . . . — Map (db m21501) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — League Park |
| | The first professional organized league baseball game was played here on May 4, 1871 ending in a victory for the Fort Wayne Kekiongas over the Cleveland Forest Citys by a score of 2-0. A wooden structure was built in 1883 and rebuilt numerous times over the next several decades. In 1908, Claude Varnell, whose Fort Wayne “Billikins” was a minor league team associated with the St. Louis Cardinals, rebuilt the park. This included the then unique idea of a grass infield. The field, . . . — Map (db m17026) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Little Turtle |
| | Miami Chief Mishikinakwa or Me-she-kin-no-quah, known to the Euro-Americans as Little Turtle, born circa 1747, played a significant role in the settlement of the area surrounding the confluence of the Three Rivers. He was the most successful Native American resistance leader during the frontier wars of the late 1700s. He was also one of President George Washington's greatest concerns in the development of the young United States. It was important to the new nation to hold control of this area, . . . — Map (db m16976) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Maumee - Wabash Portage "Glorious Gate" |
| | Only land barrier
on shortest trade route
between Quebec and
New Orleans.
Eastern landing of eight-
mile carry from St. Mary's
to Little River. Used by
Indians, French, British
and American traders. — Map (db m21061) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Meshekinnoquah (Chief Little Turtle) |
| | Chief Little Turtle was one of the most feared and respected leaders during the frontier wars of the 1780s and 1790s when Fort Wayne was born. Known to his people as Meshekinnoquah, Little Turtle is thought to have been born in 1752 in a village along the Eel River a few miles northeast of Columbia City.
Little Turtle rose to prominence as a warrior in 1780. As war chief of the Miami nation, he led them in defeat of the united States irregulars of Colonel LaBalme who attacked the Miami . . . — Map (db m21503) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Miami Legend of the Sandhill Crane |
| | Long before settlers appeared on the scene, the American Indian people here used the sandhill crane as a symbol for their tribe. Early British and American officials referred to the people we know as Miami as “Twightwees” in various spellings such as the English “Twaatwaa”, “Tweeghtwees” or “Twicktwigs.” A legend about how the name became associated with Miamis extends deep into the early history of its people. It is said that the early Miamis . . . — Map (db m17068) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Old Fort Wayne Well |
| | The "Old Well," an important factor in the
existence of the fort and its people, saved
the fort from Indian fire brands in 1812.
Fort Wayne was first built, near by, in 1794.
It was rebuilt, on this site, in 1804, and 1815.
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Research by
Allen County - Fort Wayne Historical Society
Architect: Courtney Robinson — Map (db m21210) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Pirogue Landing |
| | Terminal point where French-Canadian boats, hollowed from 30-60 foot poplar logs, brought families and cargo up the Maumee River from Toledo and Detroit, and returned furs to Lake Erie in exchange for traders' supplies, from the late 1700's until the canal era of the 1840's — Map (db m16957) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Site of Last French Fort |
| | Erected, 1750, by Captain Raimond
Surrendered to the British under Lieutenant Butler in 1760.
Ensign Richard Holmes and British garrison massacred by Miami Indians in 1763.
The most severe engagement of battle between Gen. Josiah Harmar and Miamis under Little Turtle fought here, Oct. 22, 1790. — Map (db m21036) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — The Battle of Harmar's Ford |
| | To the Memory of
Major John Wyllys
And His Brave Soldiers Who
Were Killed Near this Spot
In The Battle of
Harmar's Ford
Oct. 22, 1790
With the Indians Under
Chief Little Turtle — Map (db m21358) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — The Battle of Kekionga |
| | The Battle of Kekionga in October 1790 was the fist battle fought by the United States Army after the War for Independence. The campaign had been ordered by President Washington against the Miami settlement of Kekionga, the center of Indian resistance to U.S. migration across the Ohio River.
On October 17, the U.S. commander, General Josiah Harmar, reached Kekionga with 1,453 regular and militia soldiers and found that the Miami had burned and abandoned their town. General Harmar sent . . . — Map (db m21497) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — The Floods |
| | Most often the rivers here brought prosperity. They are the reason humanbeings settled here; established a land portage to connect with the Wabash River system; and attracted the canal followed by rails, highways, industry, and homes. They brought good, industrious people such as Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman, who was seen in 1830 arriving near this point on the Maumee River with his small boat laden with apple seeds. One significant flood recorded in the Three Rivers area occurred in . . . — Map (db m17030) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — The Fur Traders and the Military at Fort Wayne |
| | The French built Fort St. Philippe (Fort Miamis) west of this area by 1722, to command the land portage here between the Maumee and Wabash Rivers. It was important to the French to protect the area in their political competition with the British as a strategic location for the potential profit from fur trading with the native people Europeans were ready to supply the goods Native Americans wanted, such as metal tools, utensils, weapons, manufactured cloth materials and decorative items. Because . . . — Map (db m17067) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — The Last Two American Forts/The Siege of 1812 |
| | The Last Two American Forts
In 1798, Col. Thomas Hunt began construction on this site of the second American fort at the Three Rivers. this fort, which was completed in 1800, replaced the first, hastily built one erected nearby to the south by Gen. Anthony Wayne in 1794.
In 1815, after having withstood a siege three years earlier, this fort was replaced by Maj. John Whistler, who had assisted in the construction of the first two forts. This was the last fort in the Three Rivers . . . — Map (db m21219) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — The Site of General Wayne's Fort |
| | The Site Of
General Anthony Wayne's Fort
Dedicated October 22nd 1794
It Was The First
United States Fort
Near "Three Rivers"
This Fort Commanded
The Shortest Portage
Between The St. Lawrence
And Mississippi Systems
A Portage Known To
The Indians As "Glorious Gate"
And A Strategic Cross-Roads
In Early Trade and Exploration — Map (db m21020) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — The Wabash & Erie Canal |
| | Anchoring the southern edge of the Headwaters Park “Thumb” until circa 1874, the Wabash & Erie Canals importance to transportation to the western part of the United States and to the growth of Fort Wayne was substantial. Headwaters Park is on the “Summit” or highest elevation of the canal project and dependent upon the waters of the St. Joseph River to function. Ground breaking for the canal was held on February 22, 1832. The grand opening was celebrated here, . . . — Map (db m16985) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — These are the Hamilton Women of Fort Wayne |
| | Edith (seated), scholar of Greek and Roman mythology, wrote the classic text, The Greek Way.
Alice (standing), Edith's sister, influential industrial physician, advanced the reform of unsafe working conditions in our nation's factories.
Agnes (with young child), their cousin, accomplished painter and child advocate, worked in settlement houses and founded Fort Wayne's YWCA.
The Hamilton women have made lasting contributions to the well being of citizens on both local and national levels. Fort Wayne is proud of them. — Map (db m16956) |
| Indiana (Allen County), Fort Wayne — Wabash and Erie Canal Groundbreaking |
| | On February 22, 1832, ground was broken two blocks north for the canal, which would link Lake Erie at Toledo with the Ohio River at Evansville. Jordan Vigus, Canal Commissioner, Charles W. Ewing, Samuel Hanna, Elias Murray participated in the ceremony. — Map (db m21045) |
| Indiana (Allen County), New Haven — Gronauer Lock No 2 Marker |
| | Wabash and Erie Canal lock was discovered here June 1991 during excavation for highway construction. It was built 1838–1840 by Henry Lotz and named for lock keeper Joseph Gronauer. The rare, well-preserved timber-frame design lock measured 115 by 40 feet; lock chamber was 90 by 15 feet; two-thirds of the total structure was excavated and removed.
Numerous artifacts and 750 pieces of timber were recovered. After extensive preservation treatment, approximately 5 percent of total lock . . . — Map (db m2498) |
| Indiana (Benton County), Fowler — Benton County Courthouse |
| | Benton County formed by General Assembly in 1840. Oxford first county seat; Fowler became second, 1874. Designed in Second Empire Style by Gorden P. Randall and built 1874 by Levi L. Leach. Located at geographical center of county on land donated by Moses Fowler family. — Map (db m21487) |
| Indiana (Benton County), Fowler — 04.1966.1 — New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Mary's) |
| | In October 1818, Purchasing Commissioners Lewis Cass, Benjamin Parke and Governor Jonathan Jennings acquired Indian claims on the land shown on this marker. About one-third of modern Indiana, was involved in this transaction. — Map (db m21517) |
| Indiana (Benton County), Oxford — 04.1999.1 — Dan Patch |
| | [Marker Text, Side 1]:
Standard-bred colt (sire Joe Patchen, dam Zelica) foaled 1896 Oxford, Benton County; raised by Daniel A. Messner, Jr. on this farm. A natural pacer, trained for harness racing, a very popular sport in late 1800's and early 1900's. Dan Patch began his racing career at county fairs in 1900; he became famous in Grand Circuit racing and never loast a race.
[Marker Text, Side 2]:
In 1902, sold to M. E. Sturgis, New York, then to Marion W. Savage, owner . . . — Map (db m8546) |
| Indiana (Benton County), Oxford — Lest We Not Forget |
| | Those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice
Given in their memory
by
Town of Oxford — Map (db m8558) |
| Indiana (Boone County), Lebanon — Abraham Lincoln |
| | Enroute to Washington, D.C., to become 16th President of the U.S., addressed citizens of Lebanon and Boone County from rear of railroad passenger car at this place on the evening of February 11, 1861. — Map (db m3811) |
| Indiana (Boone County), Lebanon — Boone County (Indiana) Veterans |
| |
[ Center - Engraved in Stone: ]
In Memory of our
Boone County Veterans
who Bravely Served
in Our Wars.
Erected by The American Legion
Brown - Dolson Post 113
Lebanon, Ind.
[ Left Bronze Plaque: ]
World War I
Bunnie R. Airhart John L. Brindle Clarence E. Brown Herdis Brown Arthur R. Caldwell Omer J. Coffman Raymond W. Combs Grace Copeland Joseph R. Gregg Leon L. Hardesty E. E. Harshbarger Mason B. Hittle Loring . . . — Map (db m21359) |
| Indiana (Boone County), Lebanon — Revolutionary War Memorial Soldiers Buried in Boone County Indiana |
| |
In Memory
of Revolutionary Soldiers
Buried in
Boone County Indiana
Arthur Andrews 1753 - - 1834
John Ferguson 1759 - - 1839
William Gipson 1753 - - 1835
James Hill 1745 - - 1854
Henry Johns 1757 - - 1833
John Leap 1735 - - 1843
William Pauley 1762 - - 1838
Elias Plew 1762 - - 1843
Jesse Robertson 1758 - - 1846
John Roberts 1760 - - 1840
Abraham Utter 1763 - - 1851
Joseph Wheatley 1761 - - 1844
[ Plates added to Plaque: ]
John Aldbridge 1762 - - . . . — Map (db m21353) |
| Indiana (Boone County), Thorntown — 06.1961.1 — Indian Cemetery Eel River Tribe of Miamis |
| | Ka-wi-a-ki-un-gi Village "Place of Thorns" (Thorntown) was center of 64, 000 acre Thorntown Indian Reserve. Granted to Eel River Miamis in 1818, ceded to U.S. in 1828. — Map (db m21352) |
| Indiana (Boone County), Zionsville — Lincoln's Stop in Zionsville, Indiana |
| | Abraham Lincoln enroute to Washington as President Elect on February ll, 1861 addressed the Citizens of Zionsville at the Railroad Depot which stood on this site. — Map (db m8326) |
| Indiana (Boone County), Zionsville — Town of Zionsville Founded in 1852 |
| | In the beautiful Eagle Creek valley of southeastern Boone County, a new town was planned on land owned by Elijah and Mary "Polly" Cross.
Convinced by Lebanon businessman William Zion, a director of the Lafayette & Indianapolis Railroad, the Crosses determined to locate it along the planned railway. When his wife declined his proposal to name the town Marysville in her honor, Cross asked Zion, who had joined him as proprietor of the town, to lend his name.
The site was surveyed and . . . — Map (db m8328) |
| Indiana (Carroll County), Delphi — Civil War Memorial - Carroll County Indiana In Memory of Her Soldiers and Sailors |
| | [Bronze Plaque - East Side]:
Erected by Carroll County Indiana
In Memory of her Soldiers and Sailors
[ Battles Listed on Upper Shaft ]:
South Side -- Shiloh / Stone River
East Side -- Antietam / Gettysburg
North Side -- Vicksburg / Champions Hill
West Side -- Wilderness / Cedar Creek — Map (db m20798) |
| Indiana (Carroll County), Delphi — Delphi |
| | Named and platted in 1828 by Gen. Samuel Milroy, on 100 acres donated by Wm. Wilson for the seat of Carroll Co., named for Charles Carroll, last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence. Henry Robinson was the first settler. Transportation provided by Wabash & Erie Canal in 1840, Wabash RR in 1856, Monon in 1882. City first chartered in 1866. Products now include furniture, lime, plumbing fixtures and truck bodies. — Map (db m1154) |
| Indiana (Carroll County), Delphi — New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Marys) |
| | In October 1818, Purchasing Commissioners Lewis Cass, Benjamin Parke and Governor Johnathan Jennings acquired Indian claims on the land shown on this marker. About one-third of modern Indiana was involved in this transaction. — Map (db m1152) |
| Indiana (Carroll County), Delphi — Samuel Milroy Child of the American Revolution |
| | [front of marker]
Samuel Milroy was born 1780 in Pennsylvania and is a "Child of the American Revolution". His father served as a Patriot in the war for Independence. In 1826, at the age of 46, Samuel moved to Carroll County and built a cabin, which was located on this site. In 1827, he presented the petition to the Legislature to form the County. He also laid out the streets and public square of Delphi in 1828. Milroy was a friend of President Jackson, a Brigadier-General serving on . . . — Map (db m7538) |
| Indiana (Carroll County), Delphi — Site of Cabin Home Gen. Samuel Milroy |
| | Site of Cabin Home Gen. Samuel Milroy 1826 On the banks o' Deer Crick — Map (db m7539) |
| Indiana (Carroll County), Delphi — Spanish American War Veterans Gave Their Cannon |
| | In appreciation
of the
Spanish American War Veterans
who gave their cannon from
this Site for World War II
Harry Bohannon Post
No. 75 American Legion
installs and dedicates this field
piece in their honor. — Map (db m20803) |
| Indiana (Carroll County), Delphi — Wabash and Erie Canal |
| | Constructed 1832-1853, canal was nation's longest, connecting Lake Erie at Toledo with Ohio River at Evansville. Key portion in Carroll County included Deer Creek Lake Dam, constructed 1838-1840 (1 mile west). Various canal structures are still in evidence. — Map (db m7540) |
| Indiana (Carroll County), Pyrmont — Pyrmont / 1812 Hopkins Expedition |
| | Pyrmont. John Wagner built a dam, race and sqw mill about a mile South in 1833 and added a grist mill. He sold to John Fisher who sold to John Fetterhoff who built a large frame mill. Joel Wagoner, James Allen, Elias Morkert, J. J. Cripe, Wm. Gardner, Bert Smoker were later operators. It burned December 7, 1929. Fetterhoffs Mill Post Office established 1851, was changed to Pyrmont in 1866.
1812 Hopkins Expedition. On November 22nd 60 mounted scouts were ambushed and 18 killed . . . — Map (db m1153) |
| Indiana (Clay County), Brazil — Civil War Cannons Rededicated - Restoration Brazil - Clay County, Indiana |
| | These Civil War Cannons
were Rededicated after
Restoration by the
American Legion Post #2
Brazil, Indiana
on May 30th, 1998 by
Commander Thomas W. Owen — Map (db m18910) |
| Indiana (Clay County), Brazil — 11.2001.1 — Clay County (Indiana) Courthouse |
| | [Side one:]
County formed by Indiana General Assembly 1825; named for national statesman Henry Clay. First county seat at Bowling Green; had three courthouses: first built 1827 was two-story log structure; second and third built 1839-1840 and 1852-1853 were two-story brick. County seat moved to Brazil 1877 after fourth courthouse completed there in 1876.
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[Side two:]
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This fifth . . . — Map (db m18883) |
| Indiana (Clay County), Brazil — Memorial Building Clay County (Indiana) Honor Roll |
| | MEMORIAL BUILDING
Erected and Dedicated
1945
Clay County Post No. 2
American Legion
Honor Roll Committee
David W. Henry, Chairman
Leo J. Murphy, Leo E. Dubois,
Victor P. George, Claude Reese,
Albert R. Morgan — Map (db m18894) |
| Indiana (Clay County), Brazil — Vietnam War Memorial Clay County / Brazil, Indiana |
| |
[On Stone Bench]
To Keep forever living the freedom for which they served
we dedicate this symbol to those men and women who served in vietnam.
[Left - Bronze Plaque]
Dedicated to the memory of these men who gave their lives in Vietnam:
LT. CHARLES BRENT ROSS
Sept. 11, 1969
HT2 GARY LEE BOYCE
Jan. 1, 1973
SGT. MAX WAYNE BATCHELOR
Oct. 4, 1967
SP4 DOM E. LEE
March 14, 1968
SP4 ZETTIE ZEB J. C. DULIN
April 27, 1970
[Right - Bronze . . . — Map (db m18912) |
| Indiana (Clinton County), Frankfort — Clinton County (Indiana) War Memorial |
| | [ Center Panel ]
Clinton County
War Memorial
All Gave Some.
Some Gave All.
Dedicated to All
Clinton County
Veterans
[ Left - Large Panel ]
Civil War * 1861 - - 1865
[ Row One ]
Wm. H. Abbott Alfred R. Alexander Galen Alexander James Alexander James W. Alexander Samuel Alexander Ashbrook J. Allen John L. Benjamin A. J. Arthur George E. Armer Benjamin A. Ashba William Atwood Darlington Aughe Joel M. Bacon William Bailess . . . — Map (db m21436) |
| Indiana (Clinton County), Frankfort — Memory of Our Departed Shipmates Navy Club U. S. A. |
| | [ Top has Insignia of the "Navy Club U.S.A." ]
This memorial is erected to
revere, honor, and perpetuate
the memory of our departed Shipmates
Roy E. Boggess
Ship No. 11 — Map (db m21430) |
| Indiana (Clinton County), Frankfort — Revolutionary War Memorial Soldiers Buried in Clinton County Indiana |
| |
[Upper - Bronze Plaque:]
This Tablet Is Dedicated
To The Memory Of
The Revolution Soldiers
Buried in
Clinton County
Captain Harmon Aughe
John Applegate
William Carter
Thomas Harris
John Reed
Frederick Shaffer
Robert Wright
Matthias Young
[Lower - Etched in Stone]
1775 - - 1783 — Map (db m21438) |
| Indiana (Clinton County), Frankfort — To The Unknown Dead Civil War Memorial - Clinton County Indiana |
| | To The
Unknown Dead
1861 - - 1865
By The W. B. C. — Map (db m21397) |
| Indiana (Daviess County), Elnora — 14.2007.1 — Wabash and Erie Canal |
| |
[Side A:]
A canal from Terre Haute to Evansville authorized 1846. Maysville Division along White River was over 23 miles long from Newberry through Owl Prairie (now Elnora) to Maysville; part of it paralleled what is now S.R. 57. Contracts were let June 1849. Construction was delayed by cholera outbreaks among workers, many of whom were Irish immigrants.
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[Side B:]
Continued from other side
Navigation . . . — Map (db m23203) |
| Indiana (Daviess County), Washington — 14.1992.1 — Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad Depot |
| | Mission Revival Style depot, built 1906, restored 1990; part of Washington Commercial Historic District. Link to city's trading and industrial history, with substantial railroad machine shops and car works. Indiana stop of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower's funeral train, April 1, 1969. — Map (db m23214) |
| Indiana (Daviess County), Washington — Civil War Memorial - Daviess County Indiana |
| | [ Front - Center Panel ]
This memorial is the tribute of the people of Daviess County to the memory of her Brave Soldiers who endured the hardships and fought the battles of 1861 to 1865 that the Union might be preserved
[ Front Right Panel ]
Daviess County furnished 2,312 men for the Union Army from 1861 to 1865
[ Obverse - Center Panel ]
This panel is Dedicated
To the memory of the pioneers who blazed the way and cleared the fields:
To the . . . — Map (db m23352) |
| Indiana (Daviess County), Washington — 14.1999.1 — Fort Flora |
| | Built on this site by civilians to protect approximately ten families during War of 1812. Named for landowner David Flora. Ten such forts were built circa 1811-1813 in area that became Daviess County. Area was Knox County, part of Indiana Territory 1800-1816. Daviess County was carved out of Knox County 1817, following Indiana's statehood 1816. — Map (db m23211) |
| Indiana (Daviess County), Washington — 14.1999.2 — Homer E. Capehart / GOP Cornfield Conference |
| |
[Side A:]
Homer E. Capehart
Born into Indiana farming family 1897. Manufactured and pioneered sales of automatic phonographs, creating Capehart Corporation. Executive of Rudolph Wurlitzer Company 1933-1944. Organized 1938 Republican Party "Cornfield Conference" on Capehart farm land across the road. Became influential in party; served as U.S. senator 1945-1963. Died 1979.
[Side B:]
GOP Cornfield Conference
Republican Party rally organized by Homer E. . . . — Map (db m23206) |
| Indiana (Daviess County), Washington — 14.1989.1 — Mimi's House Robert C. Graham |
| | Residence of Robert C. Graham (1885-1967), pioneer glass, truck and auto manufacturer. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 by the U.S. Department of the Interior because of its history and Prairie Style architecture. — Map (db m23208) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Aurora — Aurora |
| | Aurora was laid out by Jesse L. Holman, trustee for the “Aurora Association for Internal Improvements” in 1819. Judge Holman was an early statesman, preacher, educator, and Federal Justice.
His son, U.S. Congressman William S. Holman served this district many years and was called “the Watchdog of the Treasury”. — Map (db m22105) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Aurora — Hillforest Thomas Gaff House A National Historic Landmark |
| | Originally called Forest Hill, Hillforest was completed in 1855 for local industrialist and steamboat owner Thomas Gaff and his family. Emigrants from Scotland in 1811, the six Gaff children moved with their mother to Aurora in the 1840s and became civic and professional leaders locally and in the Greater Cincinnati area. Thomas Gaff and his brothers participated in local politics and maintained diverse business interests including brewing, distilling, mining, banking, farming and milling. . . . — Map (db m22125) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Abraham Lincoln |
| | Abraham Lincoln made a famous pre-inaugural speech from his train platform near here Feb. 12, 1861, placing emphasis on the people's part in justice and good government. — Map (db m20600) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Captain Samuel C. Vance 1802 - 2002 Bicentennial Memorial to The Common Man " The Flatboat " - Mode of River travel in 1802 |
| | [ Plaque One ]
Captain Samuel C. Vance
Our Founder [ Plaque Two ]
In memory of Captain Vance and the pioneer families who endured the hardships of flatboat travel to reach this place in the wilderness.
They lived in log cabins with dirt or puncheon floors, cat-in-clay chimneys, wooden hinged split wood doors, and greased paper windows. They persevered to give us this historic city. [ Plaque Three ]
"The Flatboat"
A mode of river travel 1802 — Map (db m20604) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Dearborn County |
| | Formed by proclamation of Indiana Territorial Governor William Henry Harrison March 7, 1803. Named in honor of Major General Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War.
The third county to be formed, it was originally much larger. Its present boundaries were established January 7, 1845. First courthouse built 1810, second built 1828, present limestone courthouse built 1870 - 1871. — Map (db m22103) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Dearborn County American Revolution War Memorial 1775 — 1783 |
| | In Honor of the Soldiers of
the American Revolution
buried in Dearborn County
Their names are recorded in the
County Auditor's Office
Book 29 - Page 250. — Map (db m22174) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Dearborn County Korean War Memorial |
| | KOREAN WAR
This plaque is dedicated
in grateful remembrance
of the men of Dearborn
County who served their
Country in the Korean War.
In God we trust — Map (db m22173) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Dearborn County World War I War Memorial |
| | Honor Roll
In Grateful remembrance of the boys of Dearborn County who gave their lives in the World War 1917 - 1918.
Erected by the Citizens of Dearborn County, Indiana
Walter Ahrens Henry Fred Amm Elmer Andrews Hobart S. Bailey Harry Bales Louis A. Bartels Raymond F. Beard Floyd Becker Charles H. Bildner John V. Bildner John R. Boyd Bernard H. Burke Harvey J. Clarke Millard Dennerline Edwin F. Engelking Edwin M. Fox William J. Haske Dewey H. . . . — Map (db m22203) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Dearborn County World War II War Memorial |
| | WORLD WAR II
For God and Country
This tablet is erected
in honor of the men who
answered their country's
call and gave their lives
for freedom — Map (db m22175) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Hunt House Hotel Federal Style 1819 |
| | 1812 Jacob Horner buys lot #157, builds log tavern on corner.
1817 Jesse Hunt leases Horners Tavern.
1818 Hunt purchases and removes log tavern.
1819 Hunt builds first 3-story brick building in Indiana, Benj. Stockman, brick mason. Livestock drovers enter tavern through cellar.
c.1825 Hunt buys lot #158; 3-story additions to east & south. Hunt House operates over 50 years.
c.1885 Known as Grand Hotel; remodeled after floods of 1882-83-84, pressed metal . . . — Map (db m22033) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Lawrenceburgh First in New Modes of Transportation |
| | 1802
Lawrenceburgh
First in New Modes of
Transportation
1802 - - Village of Lawrenceburgh founded in the Wilderness by Capt. Samuel C. Vance
Commerce and travel are via the Ohio River. Pioneers
constructed flatboats to carry goods to New Orleans
Markets. The “Kaintucks” walked back to the
Ohio Valley through hostile Indian Territory.
1832 - - George H. Dunn, Whig congressman from Lawrenceburg
convinced the state to charter Indianas . . . — Map (db m22029) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Medal of Honor Citations Civil War Dearborn County (Indiana) |
| | Dearborn County
Medal of Honor Citations
Civil War
Name Awarded
Pvt. William Shepherd - - May 3, 1865
Pvt. Frank Stolz - - July 9, 1894
Pvt. David H. Helms - - - July 26, 1894
Pvt. Thomas A. Blasdel - - - August 11, 1894
Pvt. John W. Conaway - - - - August 11, 1894
Pvt. William W. Chisman - - - August 15, 1894 — Map (db m22171) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — The Price of Freedom |
| | - - -[ Center Section ]- - -
[ Center - Memorial ]
+ + + THE PRICE OF FREEDOM + + +
Dedicated in Honor of All men and women
who have served in the Armed Forces and
Sacrificed Unselfishly for the Freedom of
the United States of America
[ Left - Memorial ]
Serving those who served
( Seals of ::)
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Vietnam Veterans of America
[ Right - Memorial ]
Serving those who served
( . . . — Map (db m22301) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Vietnam War Memorial Dearborn County Indiana |
| | In God We Trust
In Grateful remembrance of the men of Dearborn County who gave their lives in the Vietnam War, erected by the Citizens of Dearborn County, Indiana.
Honor Roll, first column:
William Omer Burkett Thomas Denning Larry Arthur Diefenbach Larry Fogle Harvey D. Gray David Hemphill Donald Ray Henry Clabe Herald, Jr. Neil Philip Farmer
Honor Roll, second column:
Ronald A. Hoff Kenneth Wayne Lozier Dale K. McLanahan Ronald W. . . . — Map (db m22202) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Lawrenceburg — Vietnam War Memorial - - Dearborn County Lawrenceburg Indiana |
| | In Memory of our Vietnam Veterans Killed in Action
Vietnam War 1959 - 1975
Dedicated July 4, 2000
Lary Dale Fogle U.S. Army PFC - - Killed in Action December 20, 1965 - Saigon, South Vietnam
Thomas George Denning U.S.M.C. LCPL Killed in Action March 2, 1967 - Quang Tri, South Vietnam Robert Joe Williamson U.S. Army Sgt. Killed in Action January 31, 1968 - Gia Dinh, South Vietnam
Ronald Alvin Hoff U.S. Army SP4 Killed in Action July 16, 1969 - Biuh Dinh, South Vietnam — Map (db m22037) |
| Indiana (Decatur County), Greensburg — Decatur County (Indiana) Bridge 140 Bridge Moved |
| | Built by the Pan-American Bridge Company of New Castle, Indiana, in 1915. This bridge originally carried County Road 700 South over Sand Creek, 2.5 miles East of Letts, Indiana. This bridge was disassembled, rehabilitated, and reconstructed at this location in 2006. Below is a Plaque that was mounted on the bridge when it was at its oribinal location.
Reconstructed by:
Force Construction Company, Inc.
Columbus, Indiana
Decatur County Commissioners:
Charles Buell
Jerome . . . — Map (db m22028) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — 23.1997.1 — Attica & Covington Canal Skirmish |
| | In fall 1846, residents of Covington and Attica skirmished at Lock 35 over lack of water to Covington. Heavy rains eventually resolved the problem. Competition among canal towns over water control was often intense. First boat reached Attica 1846 via Wabash and Erie Canal (connected Lake Erie with Ohio River in 1853). — Map (db m3284) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — 23.2005.1 — Atticas Carnegie Library |
| | Ladies Library Association of Attica, created 1885, deeded its library building to city; city library opened 1902 with a collection of 1,500 books. Funds from Andrew Carnegie made it possible to build a new library here on land originally owned by Daniel Stump. It opened 1904. Building is Neoclassical design. Tall Crane fountains placed in front.
Library underwent major interior renovation 1988; complementary addition completed 1995. Library included in Brady Street Historic District, . . . — Map (db m3317) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — Davis Township - Maysville 1825 - 1935 |
| | Platted 1832
Addition 1836
Population in 1840 - - 800
First polling place in Davis Township.
Many years Largest Town South of Chicago. — Map (db m9874) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — Devon Theater Art Deco Style Built in 1938 |
| | Historic Landmarks of Fountain County
Award Presented to
Harold and Helena Hayes
Robert "Robie" Criswell
Robert and Aldean Criswell
for the Restoration and Preservation of the Art Deco Style Devon Theater built in 1938. — Map (db m7934) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — Dr. John Evans 1814 – 1897 Logan Township |
| | Doctor – Educator – Builder – Financier.
Attica, Indiana Doctor, 1839–1845
Founder: Indiana Hospital for Insane.
Chicago Mercy Hospital: City of Evanston, Ill.
Northwestern University - U. of Denver.
Rush Medical College Faculty.
Territorial Governor of Colorado. — Map (db m9947) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — Harrison Hills Country Club House Restoration and Preservation Tudor Revival |
| | Historic Landmarks of Fountain County, Inc.
Award Presented to
Harrison Steel Castings Co.
For the Restoration and Preservation of the
Tudor Revival
Harrison Hills Country Club
Club House
Built in 1924 — Map (db m19771) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — Hotel Attica |
| | This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by The United States
Department of the Interior — Map (db m7936) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — In Memory of Heroes 1861 - 1865 Civil War Memorial |
| | In Memory of Heroes 1861 - 1865
Presented by L. of G. A. R.
Attica Circle, 1911 — Map (db m20531) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — Italianate Style House |
| | Historic Landmarks of Fountain County
Award presented to
Dr. Peter and Ann Petrich
for the Restoration and Preservation of This
Italianate Style House built c. 1850 — Map (db m7969) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — Marshall M Milford Home |
| | Milford Home
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1845 — Map (db m9310) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — 23.2003.1 — Ravine Park |
| | American Indians frequented this area, rich in natural resources. The ravine provided water from natural springs, marl for lime, and clay for bricks for nineteenth-century residents of Attica, platted 1825. City became owner of ravine 1906 when local business aand professional men organized to donate fifty-five acres for a public park.
City purchased thirty-five additional acres 1911, adding to eastern end. Park has served as center for social and recreational activities. Attica Chautauqua . . . — Map (db m3311) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — The Old Church Cottrell Village |
| | Built - 1850
Restored 1989 by the
John Cottrell Foundation — Map (db m7938) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — The Old Library Ladies Library - Attica Est. 1889 |
| | Founded in 1885,
built in 1889,
and restored in 1998 by
Historic Landmarks of Fountain County. — Map (db m7933) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — The Spirit of the American Doughboy |
| | Erected 1927 by
Francis M. Dodge
Wilbert M. Allen
and other citizens
in grateful recognition
of the patriotic service
rendered by
Fountain County
men and women
during the World War
1917–1918 — Map (db m7988) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Attica — World War I Memorial |
| |
John Feuristien - Co. D - 113 Eng.
Robert L. Goans - Battery C - 150 F.A.
Edward Harty - 306 U.S. Inf.
Arch Hope
Earle Ireland - 131 U.S. Inf.
Lloyd Ireland - Battery B - 70 F.A.
Frank J. Kight - Battery C - 6 F. A.
Chas. W. McKinney - Co. K - 16 Inf.
Edward Merriman - Co. H - 23 Inf.
Clinton OBrien - U.S. Medical Corps.
Harry F. Springman - 310 Q.M.C.
David M. Wilhite
Clarence W. Young - Co. D - 327 M.G.B. — Map (db m22801) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Covington — Covington - Indiana City Building Craig and Dawn Dixon |
| | Historic Landmarks of Fountain County
award Presented to Craig and Dawn Dixon for Restoration and Preservation of 413 Washington Street Covington, In. Built 1903 — Map (db m7906) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Covington — Covington Carnegie Library |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. — Map (db m8724) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Covington — 23.1970.2 — Esther Test Wallace |
| | 1807–1834. The 1st wife of Governor David Wallace and Mother of General Lew Wallace, soldier, author of Ben Hur, statesman & diplomat, is here buried. She influenced the lives of two important Hoosiers. — Map (db m3382) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Covington — Fountain County Centennial Memorial In Honor of our Heroes Who Have Defended us in All Wars |
| | 1826 - - 1926
Fountain County Centennial Memorial
Erected by The Richard Henry Lee Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution in Memory of The Pioneers and Illustrious Dead of Fountain County and In Honor of our Heroes Who Have Defended us in All our Wars. — Map (db m7907) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Covington — Fountain County Clerk's Building Fountain County Art Council |
| | Historic Landmarks of Fountain County
Award Presented to Fountain County Art Council
for Restoration and Preservation of
Fountain County Clerk's Building Built 1842. — Map (db m21155) |
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