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Howard in Parke County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Mill Creek Covered Bridge

1907

— Indiana's Historic Parke County, The Covered Bridge Capital —

 
 
Mill Creek Covered Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 5, 2020
1. Mill Creek Covered Bridge Marker
Inscription. Burr Arch constructed by D. M. Brown. 92' in length, crosses Mill Creek. Sometimes called "Tow Path Bridge"
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. In addition, it is included in the Covered Bridges series list.
 
Location. 39° 54.483′ N, 87° 21.633′ W. Marker is in Howard, Indiana, in Parke County. It is on Tow Path Road 0.1 miles north of Brook Road (County Road 248), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9812 Tow Path Rd, Marshall IN 47859, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Indiana and in the Wabash Valley. 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 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tangier High School Bell (approx. 2.3 miles away); Vermillion County Jail (approx. 3 miles away); Newport Hill Climb (approx. 3 miles away); Vermillion County Courthouse (approx. 3 miles away); Vermillion County Indiana - - War Memorial (approx. 3 miles away); Newport Covered Bridge (approx. 4 miles away); Fulton Township (approx. 4 miles away); Silver Island Cemetery (approx. 5.4 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Mill Creek Covered Bridge. (Submitted on December 2, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.)
 
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Mill Creek Covered Bridge Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 5, 2020
2. Mill Creek Covered Bridge Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 324 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2020, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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