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| Indiana (Jasper County), Remington — Fountain Park Chautauqua | | | Fountain Park has been the site of annual Chautauqua sessions since 1895. The Chautauqua continues to promote traditional values and religious, social and educaitonal activities upon which it was founded. — Map (db m3806) | | Indiana (Jasper County), Remington — Remington Water Tower | | | Built 1897 by Challenge Wind and Feed Mill Company of Batavia, Illinois. Rare tower and wood tank structure is an original example of nineteenth century public water utility facility, construction methods, and technology. Tower has limestone foundation, is 104 feet tall and approximately 20 feet in diameter, with two-foot thick brick walls.
Original 1897 tank replaced 1924 by Challenge; 66,000 gallon tank is made of horizontally curved cypress battens held in place by metal binder rings. . . . — Map (db m1513) | | Indiana (Jasper County), Rensselaer — General Robert H. Milroy | | | General Robert H. Milroy, 1816–1890, was appointed colonel of the 9th Indiana Infantry, later promoted to brigadier and major general. He saw extensive action in western Virginia. After the war he served as Indiana agent in State of Washington. — Map (db m2312) | | Indiana (Jasper County), Renssellaer — St. Joseph’s Indian Normal School — 1888–1896 | | | Erected by the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions with funds from Katharine Drexel and operated by the Society of the Precious Blood with federal funds, 60 Indian boys from distant reservations were annually trained here. — Map (db m2311) |
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