| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Arville L. Funk 1929-1990 |
| | Civil War cannon has been dedicated to the memory of Arville L. Funk: historian, author, lawyer, teacher, civic and church leader This six-pound field gun is similar to those used by General John Hunt Morgans Raiders and the Harrison County Home Guard. One cannon was used by the Home Guard at Morvins Landing on the Ohio River. At the Battle of Corydon the Raiders had two cannons directly South of this site under the command of Basil Duke, 6th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. Two additional cannons . . . — Map (db m9687) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1963.1 — Battle of Corydon |
| | Site of the Battle of Corydon July 9 - 1863 — Map (db m9635) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1961.1 — Battle of Corydon - - - July 9, 1863 - - - |
| | A force of about 400, Indiana militia and citizen volunteers commanded by Col. Lewis Jordan, engaged John Hunt Morgan's raiders, 2,400 cavalry, along a wooded ridge a mile south of Corydon. The determined Hoosier defense caused General Duke, Morgan's second in command, to comment, "They resolutely defended their rail piles." Three Hoosiers and eight Confederates were killed. Morgan then brought up his cannon and flanked the militia forcing Jordan to retreat. After Morgan surrounded and began shelling Corydon, Jordan surrendered with 345 men. — Map (db m9636) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Battle of Corydon |
| | On July 9, 1863, along this wooded ridge - - - from the “Laconta” Road extending across the “Mauckport” Pike to the old “New Amsterdam” Road - - - occurred the only Civil War battle in Indiana. It was between Gen. John Hunt Morgans Confederate Cavalry Division and the Sixth Regiment of the Indiana Legion (The Harrison County Home Guards) under Col. Lewis Jordan.
This “Battle of Corydon” was the first and only organized resistance that Morgan . . . — Map (db m9721) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Bell Predates the Civil War |
| | In loving memory
David J. Dukes, M.D.
July 16, 1927 — June 15, 1991
Remembered for his love of music, church, sailing, family, and his fellow man.
The bell predates the Civil War and may have been in the First Methodist Church around the early 1800's when the first State Capitol was built in Corydon, Indiana. — Map (db m9686) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1966.4 — Cedar Hill Cemetery |
| | First burials date back to founding of Corydon 1808. Col. Thomas L. Posey, a public minded citizen, donated the original ground to the Town of Corydon for burial purposes. The Farquar family added a small addition and the remainder of the cemetery was part of the Kintner-McGrain farm of Cedar Glade. Cemetery contains graves of veterans of all wars starting with the American Revolution; also graves of Confederate soldiers killed or died following Battle of Corydon, July 9, 1863. Maintained by Town of Corydon. — Map (db m9718) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Corydon Convention Of Freemasons |
| | In the home of Reuben W. Nelson two blocks east of here, eleven Master Masons representing the nine lodges of Indiana assembled Dec. 3, 1817 and called a meeting at Madison to organize a Grand Lodge. — Map (db m9616) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1980.1 — Corydon United Methodist Church |
| | Site of the first Methodist church, Corydon. Lot purchased from Isaiah Boone, son of Squire Boone, in 1826. Earlier, Corydon was a station on Silver Creed Methodist Circuit. Services were held in Corydon as early as 1816. — Map (db m9716) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Dedicated In Everlasting Tribute Corydon War Memorial |
| | [Center Panel]:
Dedicated
in
Everlasting Tribute
to
World War II
Veterans
of
Harrison County
and
to the Enduring
Memory of our
Hallowed Dead
Lest we forget, they died
that we may live
[Immediate Left of Center Panel - W.W. II]:
Ralph Eugene Atz
Charles D. Arnold
Clifford E. Baker
Claude E. Beanblossom
Lynn Bowman
Kenneth W. Briscoe
Carl E. Bussabarger
Lewis A Baylor
Jackson Bowling
Gordon E. Carrell
James Cole . . . — Map (db m9677) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1962.2 — First State Capital |
| | Corydon became the first state capital of Indiana in 1816. The first constitution was drawn up and the first sessions of the state legislature and supreme court convened here. — Map (db m9712) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1962.1 — First State Office Building |
| | Built 1817. Housed offices of State Treasurer and Auditor until Fall of 1824. The cellar was the Treasury vault. Building used by Harrison County Seminary, 1829-51. Since 1871, home of Amzi Brewster heirs. — Map (db m9710) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1965.3 — Governor's Headquarters Hendricks House |
| | Home of Governor William Hendricks 1822-1825 while he was Governor of Indiana. Front room was Governor's Headquarters. Hendricks was also Secretary of Constitutional Convention. House wa built 1817 by Davis Floyd, Territorial Auditor and Treasurer and member of Constitutional Convention. Floyd had been convicted 1806 of aiding Aaron Burr. House purchased 1841 by Judge William A. Porter, noted lawyer, judge, and staunch Whig leader who served many terms in State Legislature and was Speaker of . . . — Map (db m9711) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1966.5 — Harrison County |
| | Organized 1808 from parts of Knox and Clark Counties. Named in honor of William Henry Harrison who owned land within the County and was Territorial Governor and later ninth President of U.S.
Fourth County formed in Indiana Territory. Original Harrison County comprised a large area and parts went to form Washington, Perry, Orange, Crawford, and Floyd Counties.
Two buildings have served as County Courthouses - - the original State Capitol and the present courthouse erected 1929. County records date from 1808. — Map (db m9750) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Harrison County (Indiana) Fair |
| | Oldest continuous County Fair existing in Indiana. First fair held Sept. 11 - 14, 1860. Citizens met jan. 1860, organized Harrison County Agricultural Society, adopted constitution which with amendments governs yet today. Ground purchased Mar. 1860 from Benj. Aydelott, half mile track constructed for pacing or trotting, racing against time. In 1904, mare Bertha W won race and dropped dead at grandstand, buried north center field. Near mouth of spring Edw. Smith, first Corydon white settler . . . — Map (db m9634) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1965.2 — Harrison County Jail |
| | First Log Jail erected 1809. Spier Spencer, First Sheriff, was killed 1811 commanding the Harrison County Yellow Jackets in the Battle of Tippecanoe.
During first twelve years, Harrison County had a whipping post where justice was meted out by floggings.
Second Jail burned 1871 in one of Corydon's disastrous fires. Devin and Tennyson, two criminals, were taken from jail 1889 by a band of White Caps and hanged on the West Bridge at Corydon.
Third jail, a brick structure, was razed 1964 to make way for present jail. — Map (db m9628) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Hottell Insurance Building |
| | Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by The United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m9644) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — In Honor Of The Men from Harrison County |
| | [Marker Front]:
In Honor of
The men from
Harrison County
killed or died of wounds at the
Battle of Tippecanoe
Nov. 7, 1811
and
War of 1812
[Marker's Left Side]:
Capt. Spier Spencers Co.
Mounted Rifleman
“Yellow Jackets”
Capt. Spier Spencer
Lieut. Richard M. McMahan
Pvt. William Davis
Pvt. Marshall Duncan
Pvt. George Spencer
Pvt. Samuel Sands
Lieut. Thomas Berrys Co.
Mounted Rifleman
Lieut. Thomas Berry . . . — Map (db m9751) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1948.1 — Indiana Capitol |
| | The Capital of Indiana Territory was moved to Corydon from Vincennes, 1813.
This building became first State Capitol, 1816.
Offices were moved to Indianapolis in 1825. — Map (db m9626) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.2004.1 — John Shields Lewis and Clark Expedition Member |
| | [Marker Front]:
Shields, born 1769 in Virginia, served as a private for the entire Lewis and Clark Expedition from October 19, 1803 until October 10, 1806; one of its "Nine Young Men from Kentucky," he was a skilled gunsmith and blacksmith.
[Marker Reverse]:
The Corps of Discovery explored lands of Louisiana Purchase and Pacific Northwest, 1803 - 1806. Shields settled in southern Indiana by June 1807; appointed captain in Clark County militia July 1807. Died in Harrison County in December 1809. — Map (db m9642) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1995.1 — Leora Brown School |
| | Facility built 1891 as elementary and secondary school for African Americans. Originally known as Corydon Colored School; first graduation was on May 14, 1897.
Renamed 1987 for Leora Brown Farrow, a teacher at the school, 1924 - 1950.
Rehabilitated as cultural and educational center, 1993. — Map (db m9627) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Morgan's Condederate Dead Morgan's Raid in Harrison County (Indiana) |
| | . . . — Map (db m9683) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Old Capital Bank |
| | Old Capital Bank & Trust Company was organized in March, 1922 and began operation at 202 N. Elm Street, across the Square.
Bank later purchased this bilding at public auction for $35,000 and opened March 31, 1923. The Neo-Classical structure, built in 1910 by a previous bank, was rated "Outstanding" in 1987 by the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana. Matching South building and center section constructed 1987.
Known as "the Bank where you feel at home," Old Capital has been a . . . — Map (db m9717) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — Oswell Wright |
| | [Front side]
Born in Maryland early 1810's. Bought land in Corydon, May 1849. In November 1857, Kentuckians arrested Wright and two white men, Charles and David Bell; they were indicted and jailed in Kentucky for aiding escape of fugitive slave. Bells rescued in jailbreak 1858. Wright convicted May 1859; completed sentence in kentucky Penitentiary; released June 1864.
[Back side]
Wright, a free black, lost his own freedom for helping a slave escape. Died in Corydon, . . . — Map (db m9615) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1965.1 — Posey House |
| | Built 1817 - - Home of Col. Thomas Posey, son of Gov. Posey. Col. Posey (1792 - 1863) served as Treasurer of Harrison County; Cashier of Corydon Branch of the Bank of Vincennes; U.S. Military Pension Agent in Indiana; Adjutant General of Indiana; Legislator representing Harrison County; early Corydon merchant; an active Mason; and an ardent Methodist.
Although he never married, he reared fourteen orphans in his home. Since 1925, Museum and Chapter House of the Hoosier Elm Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. — Map (db m9630) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.1965.4 — Presbyterian Church |
| | Organized under Louisville Presbytery, Synod of Kentucky, January 1819 by Rev. John Finley Crowe who later founded Hanover College. Early Church services were held in homes and in State Capitol prior to building first church 1826. Original church stood on South Capitol Ave. where present E. U. B. Church stands. This original church used as a Confederate Hospital following the Battle of Corydon, July 9, 1863. Congregation moved to new location and present church erected 1906. Oldest continuous church organization in Corydon. — Map (db m9713) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — 31.2003.3 — St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church |
| | [Side one:]
Free blacks and former slaves organized an African Methodist Episcopal congregation in Corydon by 1843. In 1851, church trustees purchased land in Corydon in order to build a church and for school purposes. In 1878, church trustees purchased land at this site and later built a frame church.
[Side two:]
In August 1975, the congregation dedicated the brick church adjacent to this site. William Paul Quinn, appointed A.M.E. missionary 1840, established many . . . — Map (db m9752) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — The Liar's Bench 1929 - 1986 |
| | This original Liar's Bench was located under a shade tree on the corner of Chestnut and Capital from 1929 to 1986. It was a popular and cool place for the men to congregate. Many generations of stories have been told on this bench, but it was always understood that what is said here...stays here. — Map (db m9641) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — World War I German 150 M.M. Howitzer No. 1088 |
| | This 2 ½ Ton artillery piece was captured by American forces on the Western Front in 1918.
Made by the Fried. Krupp Co. Essen, Germany in 1917. The largest arms manufacturer in the world at that time.
It could fire a 93 lb. high explosive projectile 10,000 yards about 5 ½ miles.
Because of their ability to drop gas canister or high explosive at either close range or at considerable distance these cannon and the mortars were very effective against Allied troops in trench . . . — Map (db m9679) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — World War I German 77 M.M. Trench Mortar |
| | New Model "96" made in 1916. This Leichte Minenwerfer, "Light Bomb Thrower" was captured by the French Army and presented to the United States Government by the Government of France. It weighed 550 lbs. when in action and could fire a 10 lb. projectile over half a mile. Presented to American Legion Post 123 Corydon, by the United States Government by act of Congress. Delivered 1925. — Map (db m9709) |
| Indiana (Harrison County), Corydon — World War I Memorial For God and Country |
| | April 6, 1917 Nov. 11, 1918
William C. Albin Roscoe Bennett Charles H. Bird Charles W. Bliss William McK. Brewer Pleasant Brown George Browning James R. Caughlin Raymond Chaffin Charles W. Coombs Preston L. Davis Raymond C. Davis Charles E. Day Claude Girdley Benjamin R. Hannel Clarence Heintz Edwin C. Kitterman Roy T. Morgan Lewis Kopp William H. Louden Bentley Mauck Frank E. Meyer Jonathan L. Miller Jesse G. Pearson Jasper L. Pease . . . — Map (db m9678) |
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