Elwood in Madison County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Wendell Willkie

Photographed by M. Bowyer, June 17, 2007

1. Side One: Wendell Willkie marker

Inscription. Here in Callaway Park August 17, 1940, Willkie accepted Republican party presidential nomination after a nationwide grassroots campaign. An estimated crowd of 250,000 was in the park and along adjacent streets. Established campaign headquarters in Rushville. Lost election to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but received 22,304,755 votes.

Willkie was born in Elwood 1892. Earned bachelor and law degrees from Indiana University. Practiced law in Indiana, Ohio, and New York. President of Commonwealth and Southern Corporation, a New York utility holding company serving eleven states, 1933-1939. His book One World (1943) called for world peace. Died 1944; buried in Rushville.

Erected 2001 by Indiana Historical Bureau and Team Starfleet Elwood Community Middle School. (Marker Number 48.2001.1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Government & Politics • Industry & Commerce • Peace. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.

Location. 40° 17.107′ N,

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85° 50.084′ W. Marker is in Elwood, Indiana, in Madison County. It can be reached from Callaway Park Drive. Marker is in Callaway Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elwood IN 46036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana

and specifically in Greater Indianapolis.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 5 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Wendell L. Willkie (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Wendell L. Willkie (approx. half a mile away); Landmark Oak (approx. 5.7 miles away); Indiana’s First Interurban (approx. 8.6 miles away); Micajah Chamness Sr (approx. 8.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elwood.

Also see . . . Wendell Wilkie (1892-1944).

Side Two: Wendell Willkie marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, June 17, 2007

2. Side Two: Wendell Willkie marker

(Submitted on June 17, 2007.)

Large shelter house at Callaway Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, June 17, 2007

3. Large shelter house at Callaway Park

The large shelter house at Callaway Park. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, June 17, 2007

4. The large shelter house at Callaway Park.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 18, 2019. It was originally submitted on June 17, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,951 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 17, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.