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

Claude R. Wickard

1893-1967

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 15, 2024

1. Claude R. Wickard Marker, Side One

Inscription. Agricultural leader Claude Wickard was born on a farm near here, which he maintained throughout his career. He graduated from Purdue University, became a local Farm Bureau leader, and in 1932 was elected to the Indiana Senate. During the 1930s, Wickard advanced through the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, a New Deal agency aimed at creating parity for farmers.

By 1937, Wickard became a leader within the U.S. Department of Agriculture. After President Franklin Roosevelt appointed him Secretary of Agriculture in 1940, Wickard ensured the agricultural production necessary for Allied victory in WWII. In 1945, he became chief of the Rural Electrification Administration, which increased farmers' production and standard of living.

Erected 2018 by Indiana Historical Bureau • Carroll County Historical Society • Carroll White REMC • Friends and family of Claude R. Wickard. (Marker Number 08.2018.1.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Indiana Historical Bureau Markers series

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list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.

Location. 40° 33.449′ N, 86° 39.123′ W. Marker is near Delphi, Indiana, in Carroll County. It is in Deer Creek Township. It is at the intersection of Heartland Drive and U.S. 421, on the right when traveling west on Heartland Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 241 Heartland Dr, Delphi IN 46923, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Indiana.

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Foreman-Case House (approx. 2.3 miles away); Fred Niewerth Building (approx. 2.3 miles away); The Young Building (approx. 2.3 miles away); Delphi (approx. 2.3 miles away); Delphi Courthouse Square Historic District (approx. 2.3 miles away); Civil War Memorial - Carroll County Indiana

Claude R. Wickard Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 15, 2024

2. Claude R. Wickard Marker, Side Two

(approx. 2.3 miles away); a different marker also named Delphi (approx. 2.3 miles away); Delphi City Hall (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Delphi.

Also see . . . Claude R. Wickard. Claude Wickard’s rise to the position of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture was due both to his origins as a farmer and his lifelong allegiance to the Democratic Party. (Indiana Historical Bureau) (Submitted on July 9, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Claude R. Wickard Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, June 15, 2024

3. Claude R. Wickard Marker

Claude Raymond Wickard (1893-1967) image. Click for full size.

U.S. Office of War Information; via Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division (Public Domain), 1943

4. Claude Raymond Wickard (1893-1967)

He was killed in an automobile accident that occurred less than a mile from the marker's location.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 9, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 225 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 9, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.