Deer Creek in Carroll County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Deer Creek High School / Deer Creek Crickets

Deer Creek High School side of the marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Doda, September 3, 2023

1. Deer Creek High School side of the marker

Inscription.
Deer Creek High School. Deer Creek, Indiana. Washington Township of Carroll County, Indiana provided a quality education for the Deer Creek High School students and the North Central Elementary School students until closing in 1958. Deer Creek School became an elementary school during the 1958-1959 school year. The Deer Creek teams were known as the Crickets.

Deer Creek Crickets. The Deer Creek Cricket High School Basketball Teams played from 1909 until 1958. For the last 28 years, the Crickets didn't have a home gym. The 1936-1937 Deer Creek Crickets had a 19-0 undefeated regular season which earned the team the name "gym-less wonders of Carroll County." The same team is the only undefeated team to lose to a winless team in Indiana boys basketball sectional history.

Erected by Deer Creek Alumni Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1958.

Location. 40° 37.049′ N, 86° 23.461′ W. Marker is in Deer Creek, Indiana, in Carroll County. Marker is on Michigan Street (Indiana Route 29) north of Baltimore Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4883 Rte 29, Camden IN 46917, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Sycamore Row (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fouts Soyland Farm / American Soybean Association (approx. 1.1 miles away); Camden / Jackson Township (approx. 7.9 miles away); Flora War Memorials (approx. 8.1 miles away); Flora (approx. 8½ miles away); Charles E. Hale (approx. 9.3 miles away); Logansport Civil War Memorial (approx. 9.3 miles away); Little Turtle Waterway Plaza (approx. 9.4 miles away).

Deer Creek Crickets side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Doda, September 3, 2023

2. Deer Creek Crickets side of marker

Deer Creek High School Arch image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Doda, September 3, 2023

3. Deer Creek High School Arch

Deer Creek High School Cornerstone image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Doda, September 3, 2023

4. Deer Creek High School Cornerstone

Under the arch.

Deer Creek Community Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Craig Doda, September 3, 2023

5. Deer Creek Community Center

Credits. This page was last revised on September 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 8, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 87 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 8, 2023, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.