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Near Aurora in Dearborn County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Drovers Inn

 
 
Drovers Inn Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 21, 2019
1. Drovers Inn Marker
Inscription. The large brick house nearby was Baker's Drovers Inn. This highway was the early state Manchester & Lawrenceburg Turnpike. A short distance from here was a Toll-Gate house.
 
Erected 1966 by Dearborn County Sesquicentennial Committee.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceRoads & Vehicles.
 
Location. 39° 8.582′ N, 84° 59.986′ W. Marker is near Aurora, Indiana, in Dearborn County. It is on Indiana Route 48 0.2 miles west of Louden Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9735 State Route 48, Aurora IN 47001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southern Indiana. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Ohio River Valley, 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 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Moore's Hill United Methodist Church (approx. 5.1 miles away); Guilford Covered Bridge (approx. 5.2 miles away); Moore Hall (approx. 5.4 miles away); Moores Hill College (approx. 5.4 miles away); East Fork Stone Chapel (approx. 6 miles away); General John Morgan (approx. 6.3 miles away); Raiders Steal the Priest’s Horses (approx. 6.3 miles away); Exhausted Morgan Troops (approx. 6.6 miles away).
 
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Drovers Inn Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 21, 2019
2. Drovers Inn Marker
Baker's Drovers Inn image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, April 21, 2019
3. Baker's Drovers Inn
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2019, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,304 times since then and 97 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 29, 2019, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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