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Indiana (Steuben County), Angola — Steuben County Civil War Honor Rolls
		( East Side - Memorial ) ( Stone Etching ) In loving memory of the women of 1861 to 1865 whose courage and heroism at home were a no less worthy sacrifice upon the alter of Liberty. ( Bronze Plaque ) Steuben County’s Roll of Honor —— Twenty-Ninth Indiana Infantry —— ( Row One ) James J. Adkins • ★ James Antehouse • ★ David B. Allen • ★ Webster Allen • ★ Geo. P. Amidon • ★ Henry Amidon • Hiram Baker . . . — Map (db m54113) WM
Indiana (Steuben County), Angola — Steuben County Court House
		Built in 1867 - 1868 on site of original 1841 structure, of material native to Steuben County. Architect: Freeborn Patterson Superintendent of Construction: H. A. Wakefield Construction Contractors: Holmes & Miles (LaPorte) Cost: $27,000 National Registry of historic places listed May 12, 1975 Dedicated by Pokagon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution May, 1976 — Map (db m53930) HM
Indiana (Steuben County), Fremont — 76.1976.1 — Fremont Indiana
		Settled in 1834 as Willow Prairie. Village of Brockville - Platted in 1837. Post Office and town changed to Fremont in 1848 in honor of John C. Fremont “the Great Pathfinder.” Located on the Vistula Trail, the meeting place for people from the Detroit, Toledo, and Pittsburg areas in their westward movement. First frame building erected in 1837 near the center of the village. In 1838 the Potawatomi Tribe was removed from the area. First Church – Methodist . . . — Map (db m3406) HM
Indiana (Steuben County), Fremont — 76.2000.1 — Indiana's Northern Boundary Line
		Indiana admitted by the U.S. Congress as nineteenth state 1816. Enabling Act moved northern boundary ten miles north of southernmost tip of Lake Michigan providing direct access to the lake. Boundary first surveyed 1817 by William Harris. Boundary disputes with Michigan and Ohio continued until Michigan statehood 1837. (Map of Indiana State Boundary Line and Indiana Territory Boundary Line) Enabling Act of 1816 established Indiana's northern boundary (3 miles north of here) as a . . . — Map (db m61519) HM
Indiana (Steuben County), Fremont — The Vistula Road
		The pioneers traveling from Chicago to Toledo used this road. It was the oldest path of travel in the Central West - first used by Indians - then French traders, missionaries and the military. Established by an act of Indiana legislature in 1833, approved in 1835. — Map (db m62027) HM

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