New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Mary's)

Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 1, 2007

1. Close up of New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Mary's) Marker

Inscription.
In October 1818, Purchasing Commissioners Lewis Cass, Benjamin Parke and Governor Jonathan Jennings acquired Indian claims on the land shown on this marker. About one-third of modern Indiana was involved in this transaction.

Erected 1966 by Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission. (Marker Number 80.1966.1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series list. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1818.

Location. Marker has been permanently removed. It was located near 40° 17.048′ N, 86° 1.894′ W. Marker was in Tipton, Indiana, in Tipton County. It was on North Ash Street (State Road 19) north of East Jefferson Street (State Road 28). Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Tipton IN 46072, United States of America.

We have been informed that this marker is no longer there and will not be replaced. This page is an archival view of what was.

Regionally, this marker was in Central Indiana.

It was also in the American Midwest

and in

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the Corn Belt.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found 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 8 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Tipton County Courthouse (approx. half a mile away); General John Tipton (approx. half a mile away); Tipton County (Indiana) Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Land Between The Rivers (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Tipton County (Indiana) Veterans Memorial (approx. one mile away); Tipton County (Indiana) World War I and II Memorial (approx. one mile away); Old Log Store Built 1850 (approx. 7.1 miles away); Ryan White (1971-1990) (approx. 7.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tipton.

Also see . . . Big Miami Reserveeeee (sic). Bill Robinson Research Archives website entry (Submitted on November 21, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Mary's) Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 1, 2007

2. New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Mary's) Marker

Field next to the New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Mary's) Marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by M. Bowyer, July 1, 2007

3. Field next to the New Purchase Boundary (Treaty of St. Mary's) Marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. This page has been viewed 1,761 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on January 1, 2023, by Trevor L Whited of Kokomo, Indiana. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2007, by M. Bowyer of Indianapolis, Indiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.