| Indiana (Parke County), Annapolis — 61.1966.4 — Boyhood home of J. G. "Uncle Joe" Cannon. Senator " Smoking Joe" Cannon Annapolis Indiana |
| | From about 1835 to 1880 Annapolis was a thriving town with many factories, stores, and potteries. — Map (db m17252) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Armiesburg — 61.1966.2 — Armiesburg |
| | So named because armies of Gen. Wm. H. Harrison (1811) and Gen. Saml. Hopkins (1812) bivouacked nearby.
A busy village during waterpower days, court was held here before the county was judicially organized. — Map (db m17285) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Armiesburg — 61.2004.1 — Christmas (Noel) Dagenet |
| | [Marker Front]:
Born December 25, 1799 near Terre Haute; baptised by Father Rivet, missionary at Vincennes. Son of French fur trader Ambrose Dagenet and Mechinquamesha, sister of Wea chief Jacco. Served Wea nation and U.S. government at Treaty of St. Mary's signed 1818. Married to Mary Ann Isaacs 1819 by Isaac McCoy at his Baptist Indian mission near here.
[Marker Reverse]:
Recommended by William Clark to work for U.S. government as Interpreter, receiving $400 per year, . . . — Map (db m17284) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Bloomingdale — 61.1970.1 — Dennis Hall Western Manual Labor School Friends Bloomingdale Academy |
| | An 1860 addition to Western Manual Labor School. The school was operated by Quakers from 1846 to 1916. The name was changed to Friends Bloomingdale Academy in 1862. — Map (db m17258) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Bloomingdale — Winning School of Parke County Indiana American Legion Oratorical Contest 1954 Penn Township School |
| | 1809 (Relief of Lincoln) 1865
The Gettysburg Address
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that . . . — Map (db m17260) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Marshall — 61.1968.4 — Turkey Run |
| | Little Ned Garland, son of the first family to settle in Indiana North of the 10 Oclock Line, is said to have named the stream below this cliff because wild turkeys roosted in trees within this chasm. — Map (db m3673) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Montezuma — 61.1966.1 — Wabash & Erie Canal |
| | The Wabash & Erie was the longest canal built in North America, running from Toledo to Evansville. Montezuma was the main port of Parke County. This portion was abandoned about 1865. — Map (db m3679) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — 61.1968.2 — 10 O'Clock Line Treaty with Potawatomi, Delaware, and Miami Indians |
| | The famous Indian Reserve Line of 1809 which began at the mouth of Big Raccoon Creek and ended on the Ohio boundary crossed this point. — Map (db m18888) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — 1883 Railroad Depot |
| | This 1883 Railroad Depot serves as Parke County's Tourist Information Center. All covered bridge tours begin here.
Indiana's Historic Parke County The Covered Bridge Capital — Map (db m3675) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — Honor Roll Defenders of Freedom |
| | For God and Country
This votive tablet is dedicated to the honor of the men and women of Parke County, Indiana who answered the call of our Country in the Great World Wars, and especially to those who died that you and I might live; and to the Eternal Memory and Glory of the American Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines who sleep on the far flung beach-heads of the worlds outposts, in obedience to the Command of the American People in order that the American Way of Life might survive.
1914 . . . — Map (db m3802) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — Korea 1950 1953 |
| | Dedicated
to those who served
for God and Country
that the eternal verities,
upon which this Nation
is founded, might live
Charles Ray Chaney
Hobert Decker Robert Lee Delp
Keith Hammon
Wilbert R. Harper
Robert Dean Hutson
James A Lawson
Addison McCreary
Johnnie Reynolds
Robert Lewis Ross
William Wittenmyer — Map (db m3804) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — 61.1968.3 — Mansfield circa 1820 |
| | First named New Dublin. Later called Strain's Mills before being named Mansfield during the 1830s. — Map (db m18885) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — Naming of Rockville |
| | In February, 1824, this site was chosen as the permanent seat of justice for Parke County. Eight men christened the town-to-be in honor of the ancient boulders found here. — Map (db m8927) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — 61.1975.1 — Parke County Museum |
| | This Museum Building built in 1839 first used as a seminary; an armory during the Civil War, a school for negro children from 1873-1924, later a gas station, a restaurant, and gift shop.
Purchased in 1975 by Parke Co. Historical Society. — Map (db m3677) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — 61.2001.1 — Rockville Chautauqua Pavilion |
| | Pavilion was built 1913 by Edgar Jerome (1862–1942) of Rockville. He used wooden bridge building techniques in timber framing which supports entire structure. It was designed to seat 3,000 people under its roof. Repairs made 1976–1978 and 1992. Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1999.
Chautauquas held here 1911–1930, largest crowd estimated at 8,000 in 1915 when former President William H. Taft spoke. Popularized in late nineteenth century at Chautauqua, New . . . — Map (db m3807) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — 61.1966.3 — Roseville |
| | The first business in Parke County was a grist mill built near here by Chauncey Rose and associates in 1819. This was the first flatboat landing in the county; territorial court was held here and this was a stop for stagecoaches. — Map (db m18892) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — Viet-Nam Honor Roll |
| | These men of valor
gave up their lives
for their Country
James Harley Overpeck
June 4, 1967
Darrell Wayne Cottrell
May 4, 1968 — Map (db m3770) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Rockville — World War Memorial "War Mothers Memorial" |
| | 1917 HONOR ROLL 1919
In commemoration of the patriotism of our boys who went forth at the call of their Country to serve in the World War and in memory of those who died that liberty might live.
William Owen Isham, Adams Isaac Carl Thompson, Adams William A. Edminsten, Florida August Hamm, Florida Tony Koshon, Florida William Settles, Greene Lonnie Clore, Howard Earl A. Litsey, Howard Forrest K. Hobson, Liberty Gordon Jackson, Liberty Vivian B. . . . — Map (db m4784) |
| Indiana (Parke County), Wallace — First Church Built in Parke County 1828 Wolf Creek Church and Cemetery |
| | Primitive Baptist Faith Served Wolf Creek Community till 1917 when the present Church was dedicated — Map (db m10004) |
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